Saban left Miami with 4 flat tires...and practically screwed Culpepper's career. It will be the same when he whores out of Alabama for some other job. The dude just doesn't stick around long enough to be a consistent candidate for "one of the greats".

I am not sold on the guy, and he has got to have lost some of his "living room touch" when another coach can come in and ask a kid if he thinks he can believe anything Saban says. He was a "hustler" on the sofa...but now he is just a liar. A low down dirty liar. I always thought he had class, but boy was I wrong. Taking credit for our Sugar Bowl victory...he should have been taking credit for his record at Miami.

I've no doubt.. that Saban is a good enough coach to be one of the 'greats' but it's not all coaching-prowess.

Alot of it's image. Which he lacks. Here in huntsville.. he's more or less a God. Saban the Savior .. :wave:
:tigereye:

Its from Wiki but its fairly accurate.

The Rammer Jammer Cheer

The "Rammer Jammer Cheer" is a traditional and controversial cheer which taunts the Crimson Tide's football opponents. The university briefly forbid the Million Dollar Band from playing it, a move that was met with a significant amount of criticism. Before the university's attempt to remove the cheer it was played before kickoff and at the end of the game. The cheer is now only played in the closing minutes when victory is certain. Fans cheer:
Hey Tigers!
Hey Tigers!
Hey Tigers!
We just beat the hell outta' you!
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Give 'em hell, Alabama!

*In the pre-kickoff cheer, "We just" is replaced with "We're gonna"
The name of the current opponent's mascot is substituted for "Tigers," except when the opponent is Auburn, in which case the name "Auburn" is used rather than their mascot.
The lyrics originate from "The Rammer-Jammer," a student newspaper in the 1920s, and the yellowhammer, Alabama's state bird. The cadence of the cheer was adapted from the Ole Miss cheer "Hotty Toddy" after then Ole Miss marching band director Dr. James Ferguson was appointed director of the Million Dollar Band. The cheer was long referred to as "Ole Miss", and today the drum major's signal is still the motioning of one arm in a full circle (an 'O').
Author Warren St. John entitled his 2004 bestseller about obsessive sports fans Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer after the "Rammer Jammer Cheer."
The cheer has recently come under fire on account of its taunting nature and its use of the word "hell". In a vote at Homecoming 2005, the question was posed to students of whether the cheer should be banned. 98% of students voted in favor of keeping the cheer, while only 95 students voted to have it banned.

2 observations

1. who gives a damn

2. explains whay we haven't heard that crappy ditty for 4 yrs, soon to be 5

Carface asked, so i was nice enough to give him an answer. Do you have any question i might be able to help you with?

to: lsubatgirl:

Go to youtube.com and type in LSU vs. BAMA football and look for a video from LanceLSUFan. It is pretty funny. Shows Saban on the cover of People magazine in a straw hat coming "out"....and other things. I don't know if your in-laws have a sense of humor, but, you will at least enjoy it. My daughter goes to FSU and I sent her an image of Bobby Bowden repeatedly punching Saban's head like he was a bobblehead. There is some pretty funny stuff on the net, for sure.

LSUgoldengirl

GeauxTigres:tigereye:

Ok, now I know why there are references to Candy Edwards. You will really love the youtube.com video I mentioned (lsu vs bama by lancelsufan). It shows Saban at her office door with flowers and then another shot of her with Edwards while Saban is standing behind her with his hand of her a@@.

NOTE: the above information refers to a student's homemade video on youtube.com. Please do not report this as factual.:helmet:

I enjoyed hearing the background of rammer jammer stuff.

Does anyone know if a book has been published on the background/traditions of all the SEC football programs? I think it would be interesting.

:helmet: geaux tigres'

I have a book called "Traditions of the SEC: A Tailgater's Guide to SEC Football" It's a little outdated now (it lists Rocco's on W. Chimes and the Silver Moon Cafe as places to eat), but has some history as well as local hot spots, information about great former players and even cheers for that team. For example, the book explains "Hot Boudin", talks about the Boot, the Earthquake Game, and Chinese Bandits. It's not 100% accurate ("...the crowd begins to buzz in anxious anticipation of the stadium announcer finally saying "It's Saturday Night in Death Valley and here come your LSU Tigers!"), but in general it's a good primer for each SEC school.

yes, you could help me with this one: Why did Bear Bryant cheat so much?