Roll Tide/War Eagle

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #140 on:** November 11, 2011, 10:01:08 AM »

With regard to the last two years of the this rivalry, as long as I've been around (and that's a long time) and been around this game, this is the first time in my lifetime that people have actually talked seriously about stopping it for a while to let people calm down. In one sense, ESPN is spot on in focusing on the recent history. Anyone who even follows college football with a passing interest knows that the Iron Bowl is one of the biggest rivalries in the history of sports, not just college. But the turn it's taken in the last couple of years and the vitriol of the fans, whether they be the 1% or not, has gotten out of hand. And doing a documentary on that is justified, in my opinion. But, I still stand by my stance that Updyke should have been a segment of the film only, and not one of the central themes of the show.

AUChizad · « **Reply #141 on:** November 11, 2011, 11:57:58 AM »

Kaos · « **Reply #142 on:** November 11, 2011, 06:56:56 PM »

Here's what I hope he's sentenced to:

1) Never attend a university of alabama sporting event in his lifetime whether they're home or away.
2) Not be allowed to watch UA on television or listen to the radio broadcast. (How to enforce?)
3) All Bama memorabilia must be taken from his house and destroyed. He can never have another piece of it.
4) All Bama clothing confiscated and burned. He must wear a Carolina Panthers Cam Newton jersey every day for the rest of his life. When he goes to church he can be provided a Carolina tie with Cam's face on it.
5) He can never again address his son as "Bahr" or "Bryant" again. He may only call him "Aubie" or "Weegle"
6) He can never address his daughter as "Crimpson" again. He may only call her "Orange"
7) He can never set foot in Tuscaloosa ever.
8) He cannot sell or profit from any books about his deed. All profits must be paid directly to Cecil Newton's church.
9) Every Saturday during football season (with the exception of days AU plays UA) he must appear in Auburn and sell programs outside the stadium. He must wear a tall striped "cat in the hat" style hat, a tiger tail and have his beard dyed blue or orange (or tiger striped). Every sale must be greeted with the words War Eagle! If he sells less than 100 programs, he goes to jail until the next game.
10) He can never call any radio station again.
11) He is prohibited from ever saying RT or RDT again. If he says it, he goes to prison for ten years.
12) If he goes to prison, he must shave his entire body, put on a diaper and room with Jerry Sandusky.

AUChizad · « **Reply #143 on:** November 15, 2011, 11:28:13 AM »

http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2011/11/family-of-bamas-famous-sideline-tackler-calls-updyke-comparison-heartbreaking/

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Family of Bama’s famous sideline tackler calls Updyke comparison ‘heartbreaking’
Written by Staff Football, Sports, Toomer's Corner Nov 15, 2011

Tommy Lewis tackled Dickey Moegle. Harvey Updyke would have poisoned him.

The children and grandchildren of Tommy Lewis thinks Harvey Updyke is too full of s**t.

“For Updyke to compare his passion for Alabama to Tommy Lewis’s is heartbreaking to us,” wrote Kathy Lewis McCool, Lewis’ daughter, in a letter to the editor published last week in the Opelika-Auburn News.

Lewis, who played for the Crimson Tide in the 1950s, is best known for his off-the-bench tackle of Rice’s Dickey Moegle in the 1954 Cotton Bowl. Lewis said he couldn’t believe what he had done, but that he couldn’t help it— “I’m just too full of Bama.”

Updyke regularly uses the same language to explain his maybe-I-did poisoning of the Toomer’s oaks, and in ESPN’s new documentary on the Auburn-Alabama rivalry, he specifically cites Lewis as a kindred spirit.

Now the Lewis family is spiritually disowning him.

“Dad had an abundance of beloved Auburn friends,” McCool writes. “He had great respect for coach Shug Jordan and admonished us every season to “pull for Auburn when they are not playing us. Always be proud of your state schools.’”

“He was a stranger to the bitterness the rivalry has taken on in recent years, and would have been puzzled and disappointed by it. Updyke’s hateful act perpetrated upon Auburn’s proud old oaks at Toomer’s Corner would have appalled him, as it has stunned and horrified us all — Auburn and Alabama supporters alike.”

McCool says the family has no ill will toward Updyke and hope for “his continued healing and rehabilitation.”

“But mostly, we hope for the health of the beautiful oaks at Toomer’s Corner. Dad has long since lost his memory and lives in a nursing home, but we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, he would be the first to fight for those storied oaks at our proud state school — Auburn University.”

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #144 on:** November 15, 2011, 12:00:40 PM »

Tommy Lewis may not be equal to Harvey Updyke, but he is what we would call an "Updyke."

He cheated in a game of football to help Alabama. Not any different than most of those crimson, inbreeding assholes.

JR4AU · « **Reply #145 on:** November 15, 2011, 12:02:24 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on November 15, 2011, 12:00:40 PM

Tommy Lewis may not be equal to Harvey Updyke, but he is what we would call an "Updyke."

He cheated in a game of football to help Alabama. Not any different than most of those crimson, inbreeding assholes.

Bush beater arounder.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #146 on:** November 15, 2011, 12:06:03 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on November 15, 2011, 12:00:40 PM

Tommy Lewis may not be equal to Harvey Updyke, but he is what we would call an "Updyke."

He cheated in a game of football to help Alabama. Not any different than most of those crimson, inbreeding assholes.

But he was a good man...he loved Aubren too.

AU_Tiger_2000 · « **Reply #147 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:03:39 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on November 15, 2011, 12:00:40 PM

Tommy Lewis may not be equal to Harvey Updyke, but he is what we would call an "Updyke."

He cheated in a game of football to help Alabama. Not any different than most of those crimson, inbreeding a-holes.

I can understand what Tommy did at least. I was in a basketball game in high school and was back on D when here comes the two on one fast break. They ran it just like you should (meaning I had no real chance at stopping it) and I just shoved the guy in the back as hard as I could when he went for the layup. He smacked the wall behind the basket pretty good and stayed down for a little while. I have no idea why I did it. I got the flagrant foul and the coach pulled me and asked why the hell I did that. I had to honestly say I had no idea. Sometimes in a game you just end up turning off the brain and looking like an ass.

Saniflush · « **Reply #148 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:21:49 PM »

We had a guy on our basketball team that was a hatchet man. I have never seen anyone except him foul out in under 90 seconds of game play. Pretty funny at the time. now not as much....Fuck who am I kidding? It's still pretty funny.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #149 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:27:13 PM »

Quote from: Saniflush on November 15, 2011, 03:21:49 PM

We had a guy on our basketball team that was a hatchet man. I have never seen anyone except him foul out in under 90 seconds of game play. Pretty funny at the time. now not as much....Fuck who am I kidding? It's still pretty funny.

Rob Chubb?

My dad talked about his playing days in Camp Hill, AL...population 412...Saaaaaalute. He said they had one big goon, Shibby Hodges, on the team, probably half tard, but coach would put him in as the "enforcer". The first time he did, there was a guy on the opposing team that had been playing dirty as hell so coach called timeout at a jump ball and told Shibby to get in there and rough him up. Shibby goes in and stands next to the guy. Ref throws the ball up and POW, Shibby just decks the guy.

Um, Shibby, come here son. Now, when I said rough him up....

Saniflush · « **Reply #150 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:45:31 PM »

Sidenote question....

You play ball at JD with a guy by the name of Rob Newman? He may have been a couple years younger.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #151 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:55:20 PM »

Quote from: Saniflush on November 15, 2011, 03:45:31 PM

Sidenote question....

You play ball at JD with a guy by the name of Rob Newman? He may have been a couple years younger.

Name sounds familiar but don't quite remember the face. Maybe because I grew up down the street from a guy named Rob Neuhoff.

JR4AU · « **Reply #152 on:** November 15, 2011, 04:31:54 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on November 15, 2011, 03:55:20 PM

Name sounds familiar but don't quite remember the face. Maybe because I grew up down the street from a guy named Rob Neuhoff.

Did Rob have a brother named Jack?

DnATL · « **Reply #153 on:** November 15, 2011, 04:33:04 PM »

Quote from: JR4AU on November 15, 2011, 04:31:54 PM

Did Rob have a brother named Jack?

And did he go to Penn State?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #154 on:** November 15, 2011, 04:40:51 PM »

New-Hoff..not Me-Off.

Putzes

DnATL · « **Reply #155 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:00:10 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on November 15, 2011, 04:40:51 PM

New-Hoff..not Me-Off.

Putzes

So, did you meet the Neuhoff, same as the Oldehoff?

Saniflush · « **Reply #156 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:16:49 AM »

Quote from: JR4AU on November 15, 2011, 04:31:54 PM

Did Rob have a brother named Jack?

Nah. He had a younger sister that was killed in a car accident a few years later.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #157 on:** April 21, 2012, 05:40:03 PM »

So...based upon this thread I judiciously avoided this program.

I did not want to see it and I would not seek it out.

I was having lunch today at the local sports bar and one of the 123175 tvs was tuned to an ESPN arm that was airing the program. With the sound off.

I watched, occasionally, and my take was that there were about 5-1 Alabama clips to Auburn and, for some fucking reason, Harvey Updyke got airtime. Lots of airtime. Everytime I looked up, Harvey was getting a fade-in/out camera shot that portrayed him as a sympathetic figure.

Fuck this turd.

bottomfeeder · « **Reply #158 on:** April 21, 2012, 06:56:38 PM »

Updyke lost his virginity, it just hasn't happened yet.

Saniflush · « **Reply #159 on:** April 23, 2012, 07:59:23 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on April 21, 2012, 05:40:03 PM

So...based upon this thread I judiciously avoided this program.

I did not want to see it and I would not seek it out.

I was having lunch today at the local sports bar and one of the 123175 tvs was tuned to an ESPN arm that was airing the program. With the sound off.

I watched, occasionally, and my take was that there were about 5-1 Alabama clips to Auburn and, for some fucking reason, Harvey Updyke got airtime. Lots of airtime. Everytime I looked up, Harvey was getting a fade-in/out camera shot that portrayed him as a sympathetic figure.

Fuck this turd.

Updyke was in three of the four segments. It could have been done worse but not by a lot.