This past weekend I attended the Iron Bowel with my boyfriend. He, and several others had educated me on the rivalry (which kinda goes without saying) for several weeks beforehand. You see I’m a new AU fan. I’ve had no college attachments thus far in my life. With that being said, I was also told by several people that Alabama fans are some of the worst out there. I kind of laughed it off and thought about Philadelphia fans, I mean, come on they’re the worst! God help you in Eagles territory. So the Iron bowl was a phenomenal game, if any of you saw it, you already know. For those of you who don’t AU came back to tie it up w/in about a minute of the game ending. All our defense had to do was hold them for overtime, and they did just that….BUT WAIT, a review on the last play. Alabama’s coach had the play reviewed and as it turned out his man skittered out of bounds with one second left on the play clock. As the roar of booing Auburn fans started to quiet, Alabama lined up for a field goal. A 57 field goal attempt? Really?? Come on Saban, what are you thinking? A miracle? Ok, yeah I can roll with that. It’s football and let’s face it if you saw the end of the AU/GA game two weeks ago, it could have happened. As the kick went up it was painfully clear (painful for AL) to those of us on the 40 yard line, that ball was going nowhere and fast. What we hadn’t noticed was Chris Davis strategically placed in the end zone. Maybe it was b/c AU was in blue that day, or that we were all fixated on the sky, but there he was. Without missing a beat he snatched that ball and bolted. The Al players must have transitioned into overtime in their minds, b/c they weren’t really anywhere to be found. That boy had the run of his life! 109 yards to score the winning touchdown! It was nothing short of amazing! There truly were NO WORDS! An arrogant call on Saban’s part had lost them the game, in one of the oldest and biggest rivalries in college football, if not THE BIGGEST! See the INCREDIBLE play here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wndHAXJicPI
So, now that the scene is set for this PHENOMENAL game here’s where my disgust comes in. Cade Foster Al’s kicker has been receiving DEATH THREATS! Yes, that’s right, death threats from AL fans. Are you kidding me?? What is wrong with you people. I get that college football is a huge deal, but how about Saban? What bonehead move. Not to mention the fact that Foster is just a kid. I mean come on when you stop and think about it these guys are babies. Some of them are what 18-19. Not that age should be a factor anyway, but come on people. Where has our basic sense of humanity gone? Seriously, we are called to love one another. Even if that’s not you, and you don’t love your neighbor, (b/c let’s face it, that’s hard to do more often than not) death threats? I am beyond disappointed and disgusted in those individuals that are behaving in such a manner. How about the fact that this kid has now gone down in history as the one who screwed up so many times? For the love of God he wasn’t even the one who kicked the turnover! I hate that what is supposed to be such an enjoyable event for all has turned into such madness. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for some taunting and ribbing like this…
This is good, and healthy and normal. Death threats to a poor kid, and his family are completely unacceptable. Yet again, in relation to this game, there are no words. I personally hope that he presses charges. While I’m sure he won’t, I think that someone needs to stand up to this bullying that is such an awful role model for our youth. What would you do if this were you child? I cannot even imagine being his parent. Don’t get me wrong I’m not an everyone gets a trophy kind of mom. The kids on my basketball team run if they’re being crazy and not listening! lol It’s a game people. If you were stupid enough to bet your life saving on it, then perhaps you should be looking in the mirror and staying off the internet.
