TomTide

Been an enthusiastic Bama fan for more than 50 years, and the many great battles between LSU & the Crimson Tide have always been amongst my favorites.

And tomorrow should be no exception. LSU has another physically impressive team this season & it's no secret that your main RB can take it to the house anytime he gets a decent opening. On the other side, Bama's DL is one of the best we've had since CNS came on board & they'll certainly have a BIG say on what the final score turns out to be.

Can't wait until they tee it up again tomorrow evening. Should be another FINE SEC Slobber-Knocker in T-Town. :cheers:

And RTR to all of my fellow Bammer fans . . .

Hahaha!

Believe it not, there were LOTS of us nasty ol' bammer fans cheering for Vandy tonight.

VERY well done, indeed. That Virginny team was really good & it took a determined effort to FINALLY secure a BIG NC for the Vanderbilt baseball team

ENJOY this one. Twas quite an impressive performance & it's nice to see that yet ANOTHER SEC NC has been added to the history books.

Roll Vandy & GO SEC !!!
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Greetings & Happy New Year to ALL.

First, I wanna thank all the many folks who are associated with developing & managing the excellent TigerDroppings website for creating one of the very BEST fan/info boards that is currently available. The design of your site is really well done & is a model for how a creative & easily accessible website can & should be developed. I've visited this place for many years & it has continued to be one of my favs whenever I wanna see some good stuff from lotsa college sports fans throughout the country. BRAVO!

Simple question for ya : How do I post links & pics directly within the body of my message? For example, on most other websites, all I have to do to embed a vid clip from YouTube is to utilize the YouTube Share/Embed tool & the vid clip shows up directly within the body of my message (i.e., NOT just a link TO that particular vid clip). And it works much the same for pics that I have stored within my Photobucket account.

However, for the few times I've tried doing this on the TD website, all I have managed to do is post a link TO a particular vid clip and/or pic, rather than to actually embed it within my TD post.

I'm sure that this is VERY easy to do, but I simply haven't found any instructions on how this should be done on the TD website. So, if some kind soul wouldn't mind giving me a few basic instructions on how best to accomplish this simple task, I'd very much appreciate it.

And THANKS again for making this great website FREELY available to so many of us who really enjoy coming here on a regular basis.

All the Best . . .

Greetings to all. The rest of you wil have to pardon us for a bit while we nasty ol' "bammers" have a word or two with LSU fans about a certain exceedingly UGLY team down in Southwest Jawja.

Tigahs, this season is my 52nd "official" campaign as an enthusiastic Bama fan. And during this time, I have grown to really enjoy not only the Crimson Tide, but college football in general and SEC football in particular. And, believe it or not, I've also grown to like you CRAZY folks down in Tigah Land. Saturday night down in Red Stick, Tigah Mike, and them lovely Golden Gals have certainly helped to make college football a LOT of fun over the past several decades.

Yes, yes, I know, because of *certain* recent events that transpired last January, most LSU fans will respond by telling me to just go "FORNICATE myself", so I won't bother trying to explain my comments with regards to what the best traditions of the SEC have meant to me over these many, many years.

Now, LOOK, LSU : This year's Booger team is one of the WEAKEST you've faced in a good while, and they're also having considerable in-house spats amongst their coaching staff. Therefore, it is time for you guys to hunker down and simply WIPE those guys rat off of their own home pasture. You've got 'em clearly out-manned on both the OL & DL, and you've also got LOTS more playmakers who should be able to "strut their stuff" in fine fashion during the upcoming game in Boogertown.

And while my obvious bias against the Boogs is clearly evident in my comments, keep in mind that it's *also* in your best interests to have a really good showing in your first SEC game of this season.

Why? Well, after the Boogs, you'll be facing mighty Towson before you enter a physically formidable 3-game stretch, starting with a rebounding Flarduh squad. Flarduh could never quite get their offensive act together last year, but they're finally showing some significant signs that they're ready to play some ball this year. And your battle with them will down in THEIR home-grown swamp this time. So, you'll need to practice opening up the floodgates against the Boogs, since you'll likely need to do the very same thing against a much more formidable bunch of very hungry Gatahs in a couple of weeks.

The final tally doesn't really have to be all that expansive (unless, of course, you've placed a big wager for LSU to cover the point spread), but what WILL help you is to come out REALLY strong & show your physical prowess and NOT allow the Boogs to have ANY hope whatsoever of making a game of it. If you do that from the opening kickoff, the Boogs will likely self-destruct & give you little competition except for the always-significant kicking game.

Once you've secured a really nice win for yourselves, we'll ALL be very interested to see how things go when you head down to Gainesville. I happen to like Flarduh as well, so I hope that both of you guys will give the rest of us our first genuine SEC slobber-knocker of the 2012 season.

Time to GET 'ER DONE, Tigahs. And it does NOT have to be close if you choose to open up a big can against the Boogs.

And, who knows? Maybe in due time, the rest of the nation will be gnashing their teeth once again when Bama & LSU have *another* big rematch for all the BCS marbles down in Miami in a few short months. Hehehe. Now THAT would be fun to see.

GEAUX TIGAHS! Make it a REALLY good 'un, pals. :cheers:

RTR,

TomTide
Madison, Alabama

OOPS! My bad; should I delete this post???

That is an incredibly interesting & touching article that really does a lot to help explain how CLM has his own unique style & formula for success within the VERY high-pressure world of top-flight SEC football.

No doubt, far too many head football coaches have literally "lost their families" & seriously damaged themselves by becoming pathologically obsessed with their own programs. The terrific documentary about Vince Lombardi definitely brings out this very tragic aspect of the big-time sports world.

I've often wondered if Coach Saban's highly intense, relentless style will eventually "burn him out" in a manner similar to what happened to Urban Meyer. I certainly hope not & perhaps the recent tornado tragedy that hit our state will help him to enjoy his life & those around him in the years ahead.

Thanks for the link to that wonderful article; it's definitely a keeper.

RTR . . .

Hehehe! That was definitely a goodie.

The pilot who flew that big tanker posts on the TiderInsider subscriber web board. He said that they got in a tad of trouble that day because that flyover was so incredibly low. As a result, I doubt that we'll see another one that comes as close as that one (dang it!).

You probably can't see it in that particular clip unless you enlarge it & pause it at the right time, but there's a couple of big signs attached underneath both wings say that "Roll Tide".

The signs are actually quite large but the plane is so dang big, they're kinda hard to see.

Wish we could convince the military brass to let those terrific guys scrape the upper decks once again. :cheers:

RTR . . .

Hehehe. As the inimitable Lee Corso would say, "Not so fast, my friend!"

Seems that your "analysis" was just a tad incomplete :

1992 BAMA : Jay Barker ~ SOPHOMORE

The Tide absolutely CRUSHED the highly favored Miami Thugs and young Mr. Barker passed for only 18 yards & had TWO interceptions in that Sugar Bowl NC Game. Whew!

However, on the strength of a bone-crushing defense & a masterful defensive plan, Bama didn't need a good passing game in order to secure yet *another* huge National Championship victory.

Yes, indeed, I'd definitely prefer that the Bama starting QB has at least a full year of experience before attempting to lead his team to a BCS Championship. But it certainly isn't required per se and a GREAT defense makes the accomplishment of that task considerably more likely. Also, if Bama makes it back to the Sugar Bowl for the title game, it would be GREAT to see a *Sophomore* lead Bama to another NC for the SECOND time.

Obviously, only time will tell how this very interesting saga plays itself out. But I would *not* be at all surprised if the Tide continues to "Roll to Victory" right to the very end.

RTR . . .

Greetings.

When listening to Danny Sheridan on the Feenbum radio show this week, I was very surprised to hear him pick the Bullies over LSU. And it wasn't just a "point spread" pick either; he said that he thinks that MState will actually win the game.

Considering the amazing amount of football talent that is on LSU's team this season, I can't quite understand Sheridan's pick. Yes, the Bullies really should have beaten the Cajuns in 2009, and MState is now playing *much* better since Mullen took over the head coaching job.

But one of the factors that I always examine when trying to pick a winner is each team's previous game. And in State's case, they played a really big, hard-fought emotional game against the Boogers last Saturday & they really should have had tied the game right at the end (I still can't understand why the Bullies' BIG & athletic QB didn't take a flying leap into the endzone; it sure looked like he could have easily made it).

The obvious point being that it's really hard for a team to turn right around & play another tough, emotional SEC game after having just played one, and it's even harder when they've had only a couple of days to really prep for a really strong opponent.

In contrast, LSU played an easy "cupcake" game against NW State, and they should be very well rested & eager to play in their first SEC game of the year.

Anything can happen in these types of games, of course, which is why college football in the SEC is so much fun to watch. But even though this will be a home game for MState & they'll certainly try their best to win, I would think that LSU's superior athletic strength & extra rest will make it awfully tough for the Bullies to pull this one out. Plus, The Hat knows that getting this first SEC win under his belt is absolutely essential if LSU is gonna make it back to Hotlanta for the SEC Championship Game, and I think he'll have his young troops primed & ready to hand the Bullies a solid loss.

Anywho, just wondering what the rest of you thought. Danny Sheridan is actually pretty good most of the time & he's certainly familiar with big SEC rivalries. But from my perspective, I think this LSU team is more than capable of running the table as long as they stay healthy & are well-motivated for their upcoming SEC battles.

Also, I wonder if the weather might be a factor tonight. It's been unusually cool & windy today and a really strong breeze might make for some "funny bounces" in this one.

Oh well, won't be long until they tee it up down in Starkpatch. Hope it's a goodie.

Greetings to all.

I normally don't pay a lot of attention to all of the Sports Betting folks, but I do occasionally listen to this "Adam Wins" guy who comes on the Feenbum radio show on Fridays during the College Football season.

Anywho, I downloaded his interview from yesterday afternoon, and he indicated that Bama may very well LOSE today's game against the Fightin' JoePas.

And since he's usually pretty high on both Bama & Coach Saban, his prediction has me just a tad concerned about the likelihood of an *upset* today, even though Bama's defense ought to be able to turn back PSU's offense rather handily.

I don't subscribe to this "Adam Wins" betting service, so I really don't know the explicit factors that went into his prediction. But he *does* have a pretty good record, and I'm wondering if he might have picked up a few important tidbits from the folks up in PA.

One would think that Bama's clear inexperience at the QB position would be a major factor in his pick. In fact, if I was on the PSU defensive staff, I would REALLY load up to stop Bama's running game & try to bring the heat on AJ as much as possible, thus forcing our young QB to win the game "on his arm". Also, a messy/rainy field would be another important factor, although the latest weather report seems to indicate that some rain probably won't hit until after the game.

So, just wondering what some of you regular/experienced gamblers thought about this guy's Bama/PSU prediction. He turned out to be correct in his prediction about Florida Int. beating Louisville, so I certainly hope he's very WRONG about the upcoming Bama game.

Thanks for any legit input.

RTR . . .