And here will be UAB fans excuses should they lose.
1. Mark Ingram did something
2. The referees
3. My baby couldn't get in free, so the crying caused the team to lose concentration.
4. Watson Brown
5. Coach Clark would have coached better if he was paid more
6. Stadium certificates controversy distracted the team
7. One of the referees looked like Mark Ingram
8. Ray Watts gave a pregame pep talk and the team thought football was gone again
9. The referees
10. The greatest running back ever according to his cousin, who you know actually played the game for the sainted Danny Ford and is not just a fan because fans don't know anything about the game, was suspended.
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2017 08:00 PM by Memphis Blazer.)
(10-02-2017 04:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: Duck dynasty dude was the starter on that team. And I think Bradshaw has better things to do these days then reminiscing about sitting on the bench against the tide.
My recall is that Robinson (of Duck Dynasty fame) was their QB in 1965 and Bradshaw was the starting QB in 1966. He was supported by a RB who also played in the NFL for a few years. Together they ran and passed the Bama defense ragged for a lot of midfield yardage but only scored once.
No doubt it's easy for the details to get a little fuzzy after 50+ years, but let me clarify some of the facts for you.
The only time Alabama played La. Tech in the 1960's was 1966, and they won 34-0. Bradshaw was a freshman in 1966, and therefore was not eligible, and did't play.
He didn't start in 1967 either, for that matter; Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame did. Bradshaw was a starter his junior and senior years, in 1968 and 1969, and was the first player selected in the NFL draft in the spring of 1970.
All that said, it probably wouldn't be appropriate to invite him back to celebrate a game he probably listened to on the radio back in Ruston.
(10-02-2017 04:23 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: Duck dynasty dude was the starter on that team. And I think Bradshaw has better things to do these days then reminiscing about sitting on the bench against the tide.
My recall is that Robinson (of Duck Dynasty fame) was their QB in 1965 and Bradshaw was the starting QB in 1966. He was supported by a RB who also played in the NFL for a few years. Together they ran and passed the Bama defense ragged for a lot of midfield yardage but only scored once.
No doubt it's easy for the details to get a little fuzzy after 50+ years, but let me clarify some of the facts for you.
The only time Alabama played La. Tech in the 1960's was 1966, and they won 34-0. Bradshaw was a freshman in 1966, and therefore was not eligible, and did't play.
He didn't start in 1967 either, for that matter; Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame did. Bradshaw was a starter his junior and senior years, in 1968 and 1969, and was the first player selected in the NFL draft in the spring of 1970.
All that said, it probably wouldn't be appropriate to invite him back to celebrate a game he probably listened to on the radio back in Ruston.
(10-03-2017 07:53 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: And here will be UAB fans excuses should they lose.
1. Mark Ingram did something
2. The referees
3. My baby couldn't get in free, so the crying caused the team to lose concentration.
4. Watson Brown
5. Coach Clark would have coached better if he was paid more
6. Stadium certificates controversy distracted the team
7. One of the referees looked like Mark Ingram
8. Ray Watts gave a pregame pep talk and the team thought football was gone again
9. The referees
10. The greatest running back ever according to his cousin, who you know actually played the game for the sainted Danny Ford and is not just a fan because fans don't know anything about the game, was suspended.
Lol. What's great about that list is that some of those excuses can carry over to the basketball season.
(10-03-2017 07:53 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: And here will be UAB fans excuses should they lose.
1. Mark Ingram did something
2. The referees
3. My baby couldn't get in free, so the crying caused the team to lose concentration.
4. Watson Brown
5. Coach Clark would have coached better if he was paid more
6. Stadium certificates controversy distracted the team
7. One of the referees looked like Mark Ingram
8. Ray Watts gave a pregame pep talk and the team thought football was gone again
9. The referees
10. The greatest running back ever according to his cousin, who you know actually played the game for the sainted Danny Ford and is not just a fan because fans don't know anything about the game, was suspended.
(10-03-2017 11:28 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: I'm sure working on excuses in case they lose as well. They are good at that.
1 will be the CUAB Officiating.
2 Will be the stadium falling in on itself.
3. Stadium in bad neighborhood. Their fans afraid to come.
4. Lack of flights between Shreveport and Monroe to Birmingham.
5. No train service
6. No bus service.
7. Someone told their fans he wrong game time and they missed it.
8. Legion Field hot dogs poisoned their team.
9. It's Phil Robertson's fault.
10. Trump's fault.
They can't use #10 (their state voted for him), #6 (Blazer Express was on top of it, I passed 3 of them on the interstate on my way to LF before the game), #3 (from what I've heard about Ruston, they can't talk about Birmingham), #7 (if they're that gullible, that's their fault), & definitely not #1! (they did everything possible to give that game to LT, and if they'd called something against UAB after that blocked FG...???)...