The College Playoff Foundation declared the University of Alabama National the Football Champs!

Clemson got Trumped

"In accordance with its constitution, the College Football Playoff Foundation declared Alabama the National Champions late last night, after the team led Clemson at the end of three of the four quarters, thus winning the electoral votes of those quarters".

Not

War Damn Eagle

#TTownforMikeBrown #BlackLivesMatter: Roll Tide!

#BlackLivesMatter scenes from peaceful demonstration at #UA #TTownForMikeBrown pic.twitter.com/iKkaTBxuYf
— Leigh Garner (@reporterleighg) December 4, 2014

As a win or lose Auburn Tigers fan I never thought the words Roll Tide would roll off my lips, but I have to give credit, honor, and praise, when credit, honor, and praise, are due.  While UAB students are protesting the demise of their football program, University of Alabama students staged a silent protest of Michael Browns grand jury decision.

 TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- University of Alabama students organized a silent protest Wednesday of the grand jury decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson. 

Student newspaper The Crimson White reported nearly 300 students took part in the protest and sit-in at the Ferguson Center, a hub of campus activity. 

Participants wore all black clothing, with many carrying signs and utilizing social media hashtags like #TTownforMikeBrown and #BlackLivesMatter to share photos of the protest. 

Some chose to lie down to represent the four hours Brown's body lay in the street on Aug. 9.

Wouldn't it be great if students from Auburn University and the University of Alabama  joined  forces with students from Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University in a massive march with the DREAM one day their children will live in a country where the content of their character is not judged by the color of their skin?  I'm looking sideways at Y-O-U Joe Scarborough, Charles Barkley, Rudy Giuliani, and Casey Wardynski.

Best hour of my life!! Be the change you want to see...#letsdowork #TTownForMikeBrown
— NearaP.is.She (@ItzMe_NearaP) December 3, 2014

Eye "believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way"

"The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" Bama style

In the interest of full disclosure I am a win or lose, die heart Auburn Tiger fan, that said, I am not a die heart Auburn Tiger fanatic.  My Daddy used to say some body's got to win, some body's got to lose, and if you can't stand to lose, don't play the game.  Evidently some (not to be confused with all) Alabama fanatics (not to be confused with fans) didn't get the memo because the after math of this years Iron Bowl is even more shocking and awful.

Unless you've been living in a hole in the ground over the past few days you are aware of the War Damn Miracle at Jordan Hare, where the Tigers of Auburn topped the Crimson Tide of Alabama in literally the last second of the game.  I won't bore you with another replay of what happened because I want to talk about what happened after the game. All I'm going to say is some (not to be confused with all) Bama fans (not to be confused with fanatics) take being sore losers all the way to the top floor and them some.

First, Alabama fans take to twitter, to unleash death threats towards Kicker after loss to Auburn, but here's the kicker (pun intended), they lashed out at the wrong Kicker. YeeHaw!

All it takes is a quick Twitter search to reveal homophobic, vile hate speech (which won't be linked to, since this is a family website), death threats and any number of other disgusting insults being tossed Foster's way.

If that wasn't bad enough, a young woman was shot and killed by another young woman allegedly because because the victim didn't seem properly upset because Alabama lost the game.  Here's the kicker (pun intended), The red, republican, controlled Alabama state legislature passed a new open carry gun laws this year, but it's illegal to bring a weapon into sporting events or other public places (I wonder why?), but you can  leave it in your car/truck/RV in the parking lot.

God, guns, alcohol and football rule in Alabama, not necessarily in that order.

  Introspection is necessary because this national gravitational pull toward football in Alabama took place fifty-eight years to the day (give or take a day) that Rosa Parks entered history and would not be moved from her bus seat in nearby Montgomery. Fifty-eight years ago in the storied Southeastern Conference, the only way an African-American player could get on the field would be to tend to the grounds. Yet on Saturday millions of Alabama viewers and an overwhelmingly white crowd of damn near 100,000 people crowded the stands shouting themselves hoarse for two teams that are overwhelmingly African-American.

War Damn Eagle

Father in Auburn University N-word case: Charges dropped against son

"They look  heavenwards and say War Eagle!"

Let's recap;

22 year old Auburn student Kenyan Carter was arrested for disorderly conduct because he took offense with Auburn football players Reese Dismuke and Patrick Miller calling his sister the B-word, and both of them the N-word,  at a local McDonald's restaurant.  They also told Kenyan they would crush him like they just crushed a CD that was placed on the table. 

 Kenyan's father Henry Carter turned to Facebook to get his story out.  The story was picked up by CBS in Atlanta via the ReddingNewsReview.com .  

Henry Carter reports charges that never should have been filed in the first place, will be dropped.  Cased closed.  Move along.  Nothing to see here.

Not.

Calling a black person the N-word is a fighting word.

What if Kenyan Carter felt that his life was in danger after being approached by two 300 lbs football players who said they would crush him like the CD they just crushed on the table?

What if Kenyan Carter had a permit to carry a gun and was "packing" as the young people say?

What if Kenyan Carter stood his ground?

For the record, I am not advocating punishment of any kind for Reese Dismuke and Patrick Miller for their behavior,  it's  a reflection of them personally, not Auburn University or the football team.  They have the first amendment right to call African American women B's and African Americans  N's.  They will have to face their African American coaches, team mates, teachers,friends. Their families must be so proud of them. 

Why was Kenyan Carter arrested for disorderly conduct in the first place?

If Kenyon's father hadn't got his story out, would his son have been tried and convicted for disorderly conduct?  

Do white athletes receive special treatment because of their status, and individuals involved in conflict with them receive more severe treatment?

When police are called to an altercation between black and white students are the black students automatically assumed to be the guilty party?

These are questions that need to be answered by Auburn University and the Auburn Police Department.

Mega Fist Dap to Henry M. Carter of Atlanta, GA  for being the kind of father who isn't afraid to stand up for the rights of his children.

War Damn Eagle!