Roll Tide, Chicago!
Today’s UA fun fact: There are more than 100 active alumni chapters in 25 states.
Let’s get right to it, shall we?
If you’ll be in Chicago…
The Houndstooth will be open starting at 3:30 on Monday. The Dark Horse, across the street from the old Tooth, will serve as our “overflow” bar. The Houndstooth is offering a table reservation service for a fee; with the service, one person has to be there by 6 p.m., but the rest of your table can arrive at any time. The fee is, ahem, $100 for a table of four. Still interested? Contact Jeanna at htsaloon@aol.com or 815-440-0990.
The Another Round in Downers Grove is open starting at 11 a.m.
If you’re going to the game…
The New Orleans Alabama Alumni Chapter is having a block party on January 8, and a pre-game tailgate and viewing party (for those of you without a ticket) on the 9th. All of these activities will take place at The Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance Street. You can find out more by looking up the chapter’s Facebook page.
The National Alumni Association is sponsoring the Bama Bowl Bash on January 8. Details and tickets here: http://collegesportsevents.com/
And, just for me, have a bourbon at Jean Lafitte’s Blacksmith shop, a Bloody Mary at Molly’s-on-the-Market, fried chicken at Fiorello’s, and a victory brunch at Mother’s.
RTR,
Laura
4th and Goal, by Marc
Happy new year everyone. Is it me or does it feel like about 6 months since the Iron Bowl? I’ve been wrong all season on picking games so this is all I’m going to say: Win or lose, all I want to see Monday is Bama playing to their strength – run the ball, work the clock, play smart, and most importantly play for field position. If LSU can beat us by beating our defense, tip your cap to them and congratulate one of the best National Champs ever. So with that said I just can’t see Les Miles winning 3 times in a row Bama 24, LSU 17
We once again are going to try and take a group picture before the game. Please email me at mbrafman14@gmail.com if you are going to the game.
Quick Hits
- Is this not grounds for divorce….I finally, after calling and begging every connection that I know, was able to get 2 tickets to the game at face value, I call Shana, who after asking where my seats were, says “Great, on StubHub they are selling for 2000 bucks.”
- I love the Tide, you love the Tide, but is anything worth paying 2000 plus to go see?
- For the second time in 3 years, both the Tide and the Bengals are in the post season. No stat in sports is more surprising.
- Erin Andrews reported that 75,000 people without tickets will be in NOLA is weekend. I for one can’t wait to see the craziness that Bourbon Street will become.
- I love watching the Little Ten take it on the chin in the bowl games. But I think Michigan is going to be very good next year.
- Do you ever step back and watch Derek Rose and ask yourself, how does he get to the basket like that?
- Finally, in things I didn’t know until I was a dad: Two weeks ago I was forced, by a vote of 1 to nothing, to buy an SUV. So I now have a car big enough to carry the Bama O-line to and from practice, with enough room to provide fruit slices in a cooler for a post practice snack.
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If you can’t make it to the game in New Orleans, plan on watching it with the Chicago Alabama Alumni Chapter at the Houndstooth in Wrigleyville or Another Round in Downers Grove.
Game kick-off is at 7:30 pm CT on Monday Jan. 9, 2012 We expect to make both our bars the best place to be outside of New Orleans so come on down and join in on the fun! Membership to the Chicago Alabama Alumni Assoc. is only $20 (single & includes 1 t-shirt) or $30 (family & includes 2 t-shirts). Downer Grove will have a special appearance of the Big AL (the Inflatable Big AL)– make sure to give him a big ROLL TIDE!! See you at The Houndstooth in Wrigleyville or Another Round in Downers Grove and Roll Tide! |
Roll Tide, Chicago!
Laura
4th and Goal, by Marc
What an end to the year. First the Tide lays the beat down on Auburn, then we have to sweat and panic our way through last Saturday night. I can’t remember a team in a rivalry game lay as big an egg as Oklahoma did vs. State. I mean there is losing and then there is getting embarrassed. Sure we beat Auburn up and down the field, but that was because The Tide is simply better. I don’t think that is the case or at least that big of a case, in that game. It was one team that wanted to play and the other that wanted to be watching the Muppets.,
I’ve said it before, but I will remind all of you again, that Twitter was invented for days like last Saturday and Sunday. When Oklahoma State was crushing Okl. You could follow along in real time all the college football writers talking about the BCS game. Then on Sunday in the morning Andy Staples, Brad Edwards and Stu Mandel all started reporting early in the day that the Tide was going to be in the BCS national title game. If you join Twitter you don’t have to “tweet” but it is a wonderful way to stay on top of things.
So now we play LSU again. If you’re like me, everyone you know that isn’t a Bama fan is telling you how the Tide is lucky or that State should be in the game, etc. Your answer should be very simple. We (meaning every college team) plays by the same rules. The BCS was invented to match the two best teams in the country. It says nothing about A) winning your league B) winning your division C) losing to Iowa State. The Tide did enough in the BCS polls to gain a spot in the national title game. If they don’t like it then they don’t have to watch.
And for anyone dumb enough to say that a rematch is boring tell them to flip on the Big Ten network and find the replay of the Big Ten title game, which was a rematch and also the most entertaining game of the last month.
This week in things I didn’t know until I was a Dad: Tricking, I mean teaching, your kids into doing fun sports related things. My dad taught Maya how to high five and I am teaching her to do TOUCHDOWN. She also likes to somersault.
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