Charles From Reeltown on Alabama Winning the 2010 National Championship from AUbarnie on Vimeo.
Barniedamus (left) sets, pondering on his ninth prophecy to the people of Lee County.1. January 2007, Bama hires Nick Saban. After a rough first season, finishing 7-6…ironically potentially the same record Auburn will likely finish with this season yet they call 2009 a “success”…Saban racks up back-to-back undefeated (regular) seasons, equaling Chiznip’s win total in only one of those two seasons.
2. December 4, 2008, Bama loses a heartbreaker to Florida in the 2008 SEC Championship Game, then lays an egg against Utah in an embarrassing Sugar Bowl loss. Surely the making of a program’s fall, right? Nope. Bama responds with an encore that includes 12 more regular season wins and takes the West again.
3. November 27, 2009, Auburn plays its best possible game, employing new formations, trick plays and strategy unseen prior to its clash with the undefeated, highly ranked and Western Division Champs Crimson Tide. They jump out to a quick 14-0 lead. But methodically, Bama comes back. Finally, holding to a one point edge, Abarn sees Greg McElroy methodically eat the fourth quarter clock, driving Bama into field goal range for the go ahead kick…subsequently leaving the door open for Tigger victory, something Bama has been accustomed to doing for years. But this Bama team is engineered by a coach who knows how to deliver a knock-out blow in enemy territory, calling timeout and trumping a run to ensure a touchdown. Then you watch the coach who you’ve convinced yourself is the answer waste 1:13, wandering around in his own confusion while doing his best Les Miles impression. Hard to sleep that night, I’m sure.
4. December 5, 2009. If Auburn couldn’t take Bama down, surely they could sit back and enjoy the Gators finishing the job. Nope. Alabama systematically dismantles the Tim Tebow machine. Bama strikes a 13-0 season on its way to the National Championship game in the Rose Bowl, a storied stadium rich in the tradition of Alabama football. Another tough night to sleep if you’re wearing Aubie pajamas.
5. December 10, 2009. “If the Notre Dame job ever comes open, Saban is gone.” Those words danced in the hearts of every barner out there. Along with phrases like “Saban is a nomad…he’ll never stay anywhere long.” Notre Dame is the ultimate job…and he’s Catholic…oh yea, he’ll go if Weis ever gets canned. Well, Weis gets canned, Kelley gets hired, and Saban stays put, with plans to dominate college football from home base, right here in Tuscaloosa. This must wake you up at night if you’re “fearless and true.”
6. December 12, 2009. But, if Auburn couldn’t beat Bama, at least they could dash their Heisman Trophy hopes. Holding Ingram in check in the Iron Bowl would surely steal Bama’s thunder in the race for sports’ most prestigious individual award. Nope. Mark Ingram becomes the first Alabama player to win the Heisman, and Aubies everywhere have to watch Pat Sullivan shake hands with his new fraternity brother. That picture will burn in a memory for a lifetime.
7. December 13, 2009 The hardest realization. As a barner, you’re inferior, but you’re not stupid. You’ve watched good football all your life, primarily because the University of Alabama shares the state with you, but you’ve even had a few flash-in-the-pan good seasons of your own at the expense of Alabama's downfall. Though attempts for self-brainwashing are somewhat successful, something eats at your conscience that you’re doing yourself a disservice. And no matter how hard you want to convince yourself that Mr. 12-24, Gene Chiznip can compete with three-time SEC Champion and soon to be two-time National Champion, Nick Saban, who now can now boast recruiting/producing a Heisman Trophy winner, you know Chiznip can’t. You know that “AUlmost” is as close as you can hope for. You know 7-5, 8-4 or MAYBE 9-3 (if the NCAA lets you schedule Furman twice) and a Florida bowl are about as good as you’ll do with Chiznip, while your big brother continues to play big boy football and shelve the hardware. But really, that’s not all that different than what you’ve experienced all your life. It’s an Auburn tradition. And doggone it, be proud of it.
8. January 7, 2010...And finally, Aubarn fans proclaimed even Saban couldn't revive this dead program. The game had passed us by and we will never field a championship team, ever again. Our time was over and there was NO WAY we'd ever be 1/4 of what we were during our most glorious years... On this night, Alabama, led by Nick Saban, once again silenced the Barnies wishful cries of "it won't happen" as he and his team defeated the Texas Longhorns, winning the BCS National Championship...
AND...SI article on why bama's title deserves an asterisk...
UATer told my 6yr old son his dad was a loser this morning
New Facebook status
OMG after a rough night this story makes my day...
New facebook status
Even they knew this one is tainted
Could Jerry Jones come after Saban?
Classless Saban running up the score after a secure win.
38 quarters without holding..
Now that the cheaters have shot their wad.
Why is Mark Ingrams dad some kind of hero
BCS Trophy To Be Displayed in t-town Walmart.....Saturday...arrive early...
All American Tiffin misses extra point = funny**
bammers cheated again
The hit on McCoy was illegal
Some USC fans dropping Sabans name as replacement coach if PC leaves
All in All I would rather be an 8-5 AUBURN Man than a Bammer
Ingram is a theif just like his daddy
Bama still sucks
Tebow 1: 1-2
WRAS picks the SEC Championship Game
Bammer of the week
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
What is SPUAT's deal with hats?
Got Asterisk?
McElroy digs deep and pulls out SPUAT's 8th* National Championship
Where else would it go?
Bammer of the week
ESPN polls regarding BCSMNC game
I-Man Clause: beat writer for the AUbarnie aka the only undefeated Finebaum caller aka the only Santa Clause with black chest hair.
Always
Under
Bama
In
Envy
Coach Nick $atan congratulates Coach Gene Cheez-it on the Iron Bowl National Championship Moral Victory, Friday!
Alabammer wanted that moral victory so bad...But like my mommer always told me, "ya can't have everything you want!"
Mike Shuler, winner of four Iron Bowl National Championship Moral Victories.
G-Mac tells C-Todd, "Don't be unhappy, moral victories are better than an actual victory to these losers!"
HEY... HEY... HEY... IT'S ME! I-MAN DOGZ COMING AT YOU LIVE FROM THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE CONFEDERACY!!!! THE BAMMERZ ARE GONNA GET BEATEN SO BAD, THEY'LL BE BEGGING THE NCAA TO GO AHEAD AND LEND THEM AN EARLY DEATH PENALTY AND $ATAN WILL BE HEADED FOR NOTRE DAME!!! I'LL HAVE MY POST-IRON BOWL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
THOUGHTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAME!!!
Awbarn will win 970-(-940) and Tommy Tuberville will hit two grandslams and
Jason Campbell will hit for the cycle. I also predict coach Mike Franchione to
strike out at least twice at bat... by the way any of y'all got any spare change
you'd like to contribute to mymethout of gas fund?
Should be another classic Iron Bowl COUGH COUGH national championship match, but I predict COUGH COUGH Awwwbar, Alabamur to pull it off in the COUGH COUGH end.
I'm gone be at the Iron Bowl National Championship and you'd best believe I'm
gone give every Alabammer fan there a country boy ass whippin' from hell like
they've never seen before. That damn yankee John From Huntsville's... I gots a
little sumthin for him too! I'm gone whoop y'all worse than Aubarn, Alabammer's
gonna do your weakling little Alabammer football team so you know it's gonna be
bad. Aubarn, Alabammer will win the Iron Bowl National Championship then because we beat y'all as bad as we do it automatically advances us into the BCS National Championship game to play and beat the cow dust out of Texas. WAR EAGLE!!!
My predictions are gonna be a little more rationale... I predict Mark
Ingram to have negative rushing yardage because this is the best defense he'll
face all year. I also predict Ben Tate, the best back in the state ofMarylandAlabammer to have more rushing yards than
Alabammer's offense does as a whole. I also predict Alabammer's defence to
surrender over 900+ yards to Aubarn (AL)'s high powered offense as Alabammer's
defense just ain't that good. Final prediction: UA 0 - A(AL)U 78 (we put our
third string in midway through the first quarter).
"I know I'm the best back in the state," Tate said. "I bet if you went and broke down film and asked teams in the SEC who is the best back in the state, I mean I feel like it's me."
Upon his arrival in Lee County, coach Gene Cheez-it and Jay Jacobs discuss the ultimate goal of the upcoming season: win the Homecoming National Championship game.
