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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Pell City Tiger on April 16, 2012, 06:56:28 PM
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Alabama's $30K BCS trophy shattered
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A piece of history from the University of Alabama's championship run was shattered on Saturday afternoon following the Crimson Tide's annual A-Day scrimmage.
The Coaches' Trophy from this season's BCS national title was accidentally knocked off its podium and shattered by a player's father whose foot got caught on a rug that sits beneath the trophy display. The Waterford Crystal trophy was on display in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility halls, home to coach Nick Saban's office and other athletic personnel.
The handmade trophy sculpted in Ireland is valued at $30,000. The university previously had two such trophies, one at the Paul W. Bryant Museum and the other at the athletic facility. A university spokesman confirmed that they will immediately begin the process of replacing the trophy.
The crystal football has been a fragile piece in recent years. In 2008, Florida had its broken when then-recruit Orson Charles fumbled the ball away. In 2004, Florida State had a pair of trophies stolen from a glass case outside of Bobby Bowden's office during renovation of the building.
Charlie Green, trophy manager for the American Football Coaches Association, said he uses adhesive tape to secure the ball when it's toured around the country and advises universities to take the same precautions when displaying it.
"It's pretty fragile, I guess," Green said. "It only weighs about 8 pounds so I can see where if it gets bumped it would roll off."
ESPN.com senior college football writer Ivan Maisel contributed to this report.
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I heard they were sending half of it to Baton Rouge, LA since it was another shared championship.
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I heard they were sending half of it to Baton Rouge, LA since it was another shared championship.
Nicely played. That's a fastball strike right down the middle of the plate.
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Trophy probably deserved it anyway...Ro Ti!!!
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And some poor guy just went above George Zimmerman in the "Most Likely To Be Murdered" list.
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That trophy just had too much Bama in it. It was bound to burst at some point in time.
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That's considered bad luck, in regards to the football team, in my book.
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That's not so bad. Now if it had been broken by some drunk idiot at a Wal-Mart display? :facepalm:
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That's not so bad. Now if it had been broken by some drunk idiot at a Wal-Mart display? :facepalm:
Thinking they got a doppelganger Krystal Ball for teh walmarks.
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Thinking they got a doppelganger Krystal Ball for teh walmarks.
It wuz that Cubit Zurichonia.
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It wuz that Cubit Zurichonia.
No, I think Cubit Zurichonia was the name of that stripper at the Foxx Trap.
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That's considered bad luck, in regards to the football team, in my book.
You heard it here first folks, Saban to Arkansas.
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That's considered bad luck, in regards to the football team, in my book.
I look at is as motivation to get another one.
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I look at is as motivation to get buy another one.
In every sense of the word.
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They'll just get it replaced and count it as 15.
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(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/Jkm4au/Ammo/CrystalFumble.gif)
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I look at is as motivation to get another one.
The last two teams that have either had the Crystal stolen or broken were FSU back in '04 and UF in '09. FSU had their records nearly wiped clean in '05 & '06 due to ineligible players and the writing was on the wall in those seasons for Coach Bowden. UF Coach Meyer left the program in December of '09....it ain't been the same since.
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Did they throw it to Sammie Coates???
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I love the delicious irony that Alabama will literally have to buy a BCS Championship trophy.
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But Pawwwwl weez know dem barners wuz behind this. Theyz had to-a-been. You thank anybody from tha tahd woulda dun that on purpus? I bet that Milton dun paid someone else again to try and mess us up. Dontchu thank thatz what dey dun?
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This just in. The player's current father will be "processed out" by next fall and replaced with a step-father that can walk better.
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This just in. The player's current father will be "processed out" by next fall and replaced with a step-father that can walk better.
Nice!
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This just in. The player's current father will be "processed out" by next fall and replaced with a step-father that can walk better gooder.
Fixt! Fuck sakes man, get with the program.
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Finebaum is like a parody of himself.
Consensus of Alabama fans about BCS trophy shattering: No worries. We'll get another one in January.
Best line received on BCS crystal accident: You can't even trip in Tuscaloosa without knocking over a national championship trophy.
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(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/nursetpd/Alabama/Crystal_Klutz.gif)
There is so much :gold: in that it is incredible, that might be my favorite one ever. Forget that its from Trading Places. The pictures on the wall of Prothro and Updyke made me about choke on my water.
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chizad's avatar is fucking up the site.
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This just in. The player's current father will be "processed out" by next fall and replaced with a step-father that can walk better.
"Darren Woodruff, please report to Mal Moore's office."
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LMFAO!
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Finebaum is like a parody of himself.
Consensus of Alabama fans about BCS trophy shattering: No worries. We'll get another one in January.
Best line received on BCS crystal accident: You can't even trip in Tuscaloosa without knocking over a national championship trophy.
Still.
https://twitter.com/#!/finebaum/status/193012918370045952
Paul Finebaum @finebaum
You think @BarackObama will end remarks to Bama team at WH today, saying: ``Well, I guess I'll see you guys back here again next year!''
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Let's hope neither of them are there again next year.
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Let's hope neither of them are there again next year.
AMEN
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"In my mind, it was slow motion," Carleton Tinker said, "as it rolled off the top of the trophy case onto the table onto the floor. I'm not sure if I bumped the table when I turned around, or if my foot caught on the large tablecloth they had draped and puddled on the floor. That's exactly what happened."
Tinker's damn.
Apparently Alabama parents don't know the meaning of the word "exactly"
What "exactly" happened? Did you bump the table or trip?
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Tinker's damn.
Apparently Alabama parents don't know the meaning of the word "exactly"
What "exactly" happened? Did you bump the table or trip?
Wait, Carson Tinker's dad's the one that fucked up the trophy?
Prayers sent.
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Tinker's damn.
Apparently Alabama parents don't know the meaning of the word "exactly"
What "exactly" happened? Did you bump the table or trip?
Can't blame them. They still don't know exactly how much they are getting either...guys just keep showing up with stuffed animals and paper bags.
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Can't blame them. They still don't know exactly how much they are getting either...guys just keep showing up with stuffed animals and paper bags.
This post ^^
I laughed at it.
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Maybe it's because I've tuned him out for so long, and perhaps forgotten how bad it actually was, but through his tweets, it appears that Finebaum has become an exaggerated caricature of himself.
https://twitter.com/#!/finebaum/status/193139261682352128
Carson Tinker's father takes fall for breaking BCS trophy. When is Cam Newton's father going to accept responsibility for getting AU one.
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Wait, Carson Tinker's dad's the one that fucked up the trophy?
Prayers sent.
The flame war on al.com is hilarious. Stuff getting deleted as soon as its posted.
Bama people are crying about the "tragedies this family has endured...."
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Fuck it, I'm saying it. Does anyone else think this is way too coincidental?
Does anyone else think that they intentionally pinned it on the only guy on the football team that no redneck bammer can possibly get mad at and send death threats to?
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Fuck it, I'm saying it. Does anyone else think this is way too coincidental?
Does anyone else think that they intentionally pinned it on the only guy on the football team that no redneck bammer can possibly get mad at and send death threats to?
That's exactly what happened.
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That's exactly what happened.
Exactly!
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Fuck it, I'm saying it. Does anyone else think this is way too coincidental?
Does anyone else think that they intentionally pinned it on the only guy on the football team that no redneck bammer can possibly get mad at and send death threats to?
Yup, that's exactly what I said when I'd heard who uat said broke the crystal. Any other player's parents would've gotten threats as soon as it was released who did it...actually they would've kept it out of the public if they didn't have a goat.