re: The Nutbags Strike Back: Updyke’s Family Gets Death Threats

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A lot of boosters have spent the last year collectiong the funds. I really do think it is happening.

Teh contract was written by teh fired AD who said Tech should just be happy going 7-5 every year.

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more power to yall, join us on mark fox's level. you know, where your team goes from sucking to being on the cusp of ebing awesome but unable to get there to the point your eyes want to bleed.*

*mark fox is still a G though

Has a state ever gone to war


with itself?

i wanted bobby knight for the douche bag factor and the hilarity that would ensue but fox has been great

I am not surprised at all. It sucks that people are doing this to his family, but it is not shocking. You can't fix stupid, and we all have some stupid fans.

This state (both fan bases) carries STUPID to a new level!....

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will be alot for message boards in the coming year, I'm sure.

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I'm sure you're correct with this assumption Mr. Hunter

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Bella
when people say all Auburn wants is revenge, it makes me ill.

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I personally, don't want revenge for what happened. I'd rather let the judicial system handle it. It makes me ill to hear Auburn fans say this as well.

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you reap what you sow....

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Death threats to children over a tree...


Sounds like reasonable folks in Alabama to me.

When I found out about this I knew that it was going to bring out the nut-cases, but death threats? Seriously?

It's a tree, I know it is sentimental and there's a lot of tradition behind it, but when it's all said and done - it's a fricking tree.

As said, we all have stupid and crazy fans (see Arkansas when Nutt was on his way out), but threatening children over a tree? The people that do that need to be locked up, and anyone who is ok with those threats need to be locked up along with them.

I also agree with SugarHog, I think the Auburn - Alabama rivalry needs to be put on the back burner for a few years.

End rant.

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It's a fine line... I can see how if the situation was reversed, and it happened at Alabama, I would at least want Auburn fans to feel the same loss for something that was such an iconic symbol of good times. It represented what was good and fun about college football for you, and a man who didn't even go to college would have no respect for that.

At this point, I don't know what Alabama fans could do to try to make something right for the sake of the tradition between the two schools, but when people say all Auburn wants is revenge, it makes me ill. Everyone knows that if someone takes revenge, we are headed down a road of reciprocating vandalism, probably by people who never went to either school.

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I am one that does not want revenge. I love our rivalry, but things are seriously getting out of hand. Pranks are great, destroying things is not. Let alone threatening people. The justice system will take care of it.

There is a fine line between being proud of a fierce rivalry and being ashamed at how idiotic the fan bases can be.

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We could always use Tennessee's line. Any pub is good pub.

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flyAU
There is a fine line between being proud of a fierce rivalry and being ashamed at how idiotic the fan bases can be

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I couldn't agree with this more

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I am one that does not want revenge. I love our rivalry, but things are seriously getting out of hand. Pranks are great, destroying things is not. Let alone threatening people. The justice system will take care of it.

There is a fine line between being proud of a fierce rivalry and being ashamed at how idiotic the fan bases can be.

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Good post.