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Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:49 am
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:49 am
Watching consecutive documentary's on ESPN about Central of Tuscaloosa High School and Rush Prost. I am sure Roll Tide/War Eagle is somewhere on the schedule. I am not sure if this is a intentional effort by the Network to put the state of Alabama in a bad light, but the rest of the country has to be shaking their heads. 
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Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:50 am to Irons Puppet
Roll Tide.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:54 am to Irons Puppet
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Roll Tide/War Eagle
Worst documentary ever, and I say that as someone who doesn't care about either team.
ESPN and Wright Thompson should be ashamed of themselves. They dumbed a century-old rivalry down to Updyke, Finebaum and Cam.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:55 am to Irons Puppet
Then switch the god damn channel and watch some football on NFL Network. Jesus I know you love to follow Alabama and all, but you'd watch ESPN documentaries over football?
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:57 am to Irons Puppet
Whenever you start a thread, the rest of the country is shaking their heads.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:01 am to East Coast Band
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Whenever you start a thread, the rest of the country is shaking their heads.
And all the dumbass bammers will make a comment.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:07 am to Feral
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ESPN and Wright Thompson should be ashamed of themselves. They dumbed a century-old rivalry down to Updyke, Finebaum and Cam.
I'd like to disagree.
But I can't.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:07 am to Irons Puppet
The War Eagle/otherthing they did was the worst one I have seen. You would think we started playing five years ago watching it. Swung and missed what the rivalry is about on just about every front.
This post was edited on 8/22/15 at 11:10 am
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:07 am to Irons Puppet
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Watching consecutive documentary's on ESPN about Central of Tuscaloosa High School
What was wrong with this one?
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:10 am to Feral
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They dumbed a century-old rivalry down to Updyke, Finebaum and Cam.
This. No Punt Bama Punt or anything about the actual history of the rivalry beyond "hey, we named it for the iron forges in Birmingham." The only good thing it gave us was the following gif:
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:32 am to Feral
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ESPN and Wright Thompson should be ashamed of themselves. They dumbed a century-old rivalry down to Updyke, Finebaum and Cam.
Completely agree.
And glad to see it's obvious to some outside/objective fans as well.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:20 pm to Feral
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Worst documentary ever, and I say that as someone who doesn't care about either team.
ESPN and Wright Thompson should be ashamed of themselves. They dumbed a century-old rivalry down to Updyke, Finebaum and Cam.
Agreed. It's a top 5 rivalry of any sport in America and they devote the entire documentary to a bunch of insignificant fans instead of the game itself. That is the problem with national media coverage of the south. The big population centers in the northeast, midwest, and west coast want to be entertained by the lowest 5% of the southern population, so that is what the media gives them. Therefore all the shows about the south show inaccurate portrayals of it.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:32 pm to Irons Puppet
Only give a shite about your self image. Makes life easier
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:34 pm to Monticello
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Monticello
In today's world of rampant obsession with not offending anyone for fear of hurting feelings, it's awfully funny that making fun of Southerners and the South in general is accepted, if not encouraged.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:40 pm to Monticello
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Agreed. It's a top 5 rivalry of any sport in America and they devote the entire documentary to a bunch of insignificant fans instead of the game itself. That is the problem with national media coverage of the south. The big population centers in the northeast, midwest, and west coast want to be entertained by the lowest 5% of the southern population, so that is what the media gives them. Therefore all the shows about the south show inaccurate portrayals of it.
Which was the purpose of my post. It showed the poverty and inequality of life in a Southern town. How even in the 21st Century, your entire future depends on which side of the track you live on. How football success allowed a community to turn a blind eye to morals. Both documentary's had an underlining theme of hypocrisy and ignorance that is used to depict the "southern man". RT/WE is a continuation of that theme.
This post was edited on 8/22/15 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:41 pm to Irons Puppet
Showed the worst side of the trailer park?
Posted on 8/22/15 at 12:42 pm to SavageOrangeJug
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Showed the worst side of the trailer park?
I have visited TN.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 1:04 pm to Irons Puppet
Rush Probst is a role model, how could he paint our state in a bad light??
Posted on 8/22/15 at 4:18 pm to Irons Puppet
When it comes to college football, ESPN hardly covers anyone other then Alabama and Auburn, so it's funny you'd think they're out to get you.
The ESPN documentaries are a neat idea, but they're really not done that well, imo. Much of the information in them is just plain wrong.
The ESPN documentaries are a neat idea, but they're really not done that well, imo. Much of the information in them is just plain wrong.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 4:23 pm to HempHead
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In today's world of rampant obsession with not offending anyone for fear of hurting feelings, it's awfully funny that making fun of Southerners and the South in general is accepted, if not encouraged.
Yep, it's funny that the group that has been here the longest, built this country from nothing, fought in every war, worked their asses off, is the only group that it's ok to wrongly stereotype and paint false pictures with broad brush strokes.
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