BEATDOWN In The BAYOU

Okay, here's the first BAMA GAMEDAY COMIC that I've been able to do this year. The TIDE and the tigers are both ranked in the TOP 3 (BAMA #1, lsu #3), and this looks to be another classic slobber-knocker.

BAMA-LSU Gameday Comic by BRENT AMACKER

 I DO believe that BAMA will be too much, and that the bayou bengals will be unable to slow our Samoan Slinger, TUA TAGAVAILOA, down at all. The tigers will be missing their top player-- albeit unfairly-- due to a phantom targeting penalty that SHOULD have been overturned. (Maybe COACH SABAN will hold one of OUR starters out, as a show of sportsmanship.... NAH... )
Look for Louisiana State to keep it close for a while, but by the time Devon White comes in the second half, it will be too late. The TIDE will jump out early, and pound and demoralize the corndogs as the night wears on.

BAMA GAMEDAY PICK:

ALABAMA   42
LSU                       24

I HATE Corndogs....

BAMA Blanks Bayou Bengals, 10-0. RTR!

SEC Network Debuts

Well, they've talked about it for years.

 Today's the 'big day', the day that ESPN has hyped since its conception. The money machine that is The Southeastern Conference now has its own cable network, like the Big10 and the PAC10 before it.

 Modus Operandi: Get SEC fans used to watching, then move it to another cable channel package and charge more. Ho-hum. Channel 727 on Comcast Digital in Mobile.
ROLL TIDE ANYWAY!

GAMEDAY Comic: LSU

ROLL TIDE!!

ONCE Upon a Time.... SAD CORNDOGS!

WHAT IF "BIG AL" and his travels throughout the SEC were put into picture-books? Here's a page from a possible collection of children's stories......

The TIDE Tackles Tigahs

Sorry. Have been physically unable and too medicated to make game-day comics and predictions. This week, I make an exception.
ALABAMA 28, LSU 10
The TIDE is strong, determined, and motivated. BAMA wants NO questions, no perceived doubts, and no asterisks for the NEXT trophy. ROLL TIDE.

COUNTDOWN!

ROLL TIDE, brothers and sisters!
After seven months of enjoying the seat on the throne of College Football, we begin the trek to NUMBER 15! As you all know, THE UNIVERSITY of ALABAMA completely dominated LSU in a re-match of SEC juggernauts while the rest of the world hated, fumed, and spewed jealous bile.
Bottom line: To BE the best, you have to BEAT the best. Coach Nick Saban is not one to rest on his laurels (in this case, Championship laurels from the Beatdown in the Bayou), and he has brought in some MAJOR talent to replace the departed leaders. This group should be good enough to beat Michigan early, and should gel by November 3rd, the date of the LSU game in Baton Rouge.
Gonna be a doozy of a season, folks! Hang on!
 While we wait, I have begun a series of "SEC BAMA Villains". Here are the first two :

LSU's Les Miles as the 'Mad Hatter', drinking the 'Crimson Kool-Aid'

auburn's Gene Chizik as 'the Joker'

There will be more to follow when I get some time.....

   

BAMA Had Game Won Before Kickoff

The beatdown of LSU by THE University of ALABAMA Crimson Tide was inevitable. The BCS National Championship Game was literally won before the first snap.
The Bayou Bengals, despite their dirty play, domination of OTHER opponents, and undefeated record KNEW they were lucky to be in their position. If not for BAMA's special-teams missed-kick miscues, LSU would have lost in Tuscaloosa in November. The TIDE was ready, motivated and hungry.
I had a feeling that BAMA would probably win big, and my suspicions were verified about 6 hours before kickoff. That's right. Coach Nick Saban got so far up in the head of Les Miles that any doubts I had were gone. Erased. Kaput.
 Early gameday afternoon, Coach Miles is out at midfield of The Superdome, posing for photos with family, boosters, whoever. Coach Saban walks out of the locker room, across the field, circles their perimeter in close proximity, yet never looks their direction or acknowledges Miles in any way.
 The expressions were priceless. But don't take my word for it. Look HERE:
http://youtu.be/nznM-BMJvSU

ROLL TIDE, brothers and sisters.

New TIDE Cartoon

Sorry for the delay.

As I was up in D.C. for the birth of my first grandson, Preston Daniel Hundley, I was too busy to crank out some National Championship drawings commemorating The TIDE's 21-0 shutout of LSU in the BCS Title Game.

@#%&!!!

Stupid Mad Hatter Les Miles and his trick plays! Ouch!

Stupid home-cooking "No-Calls" by refs!! (Pass interference on Julio; clipping, numerous blocks-in-backs)

WHERE is the leadership on Bama's Defense...?! 'Talent' can take one only so far. Several players out-of-position on occasion, sometimes not even looking like they recognize formations..... Wow!

I HATE listening to Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist! Are they even watching the same game they are supposed to be announcing...?!

And how in the heck can LSU d-linemen plow McElroy UNTOUCHED....?!

Damn it, The TIDE just got BEAT!

ROLL TIDE, ANYWAY!!

REAUXLL TIDE!! ....Today's Picks

ALABAMA. LSU. Baton Rouge.

Tailgating. Partying. Hostile, aggressive home fan base.

Rare daytime matchup of historical rivals.

Tide and Tigers battle it out to stay alive in the SEC West.

Fortunately, it's a day game, so the alcoholic Cajuns and bayou rednecks will not have as much time to get as hatefully and blissfully drunk as a night contest would afford. They will still be pretty lit and very belligerent, though. Visitor's Tip: NEVER take your family- especially women and any children- to an LSU game! Unless, that is, if you enjoy being cursed, spit at, called "Tigah bait!", and have bottles thrown at you. Been there. Done that. REALLY.

Even BEFORE Coach Saban came back from the NFL to coach ALABAMA, the Tiger fans were hard to deal with and were pretty awful. Now that they have to face a Tide team led by the man who abandoned them, I'm sure they will be in rare form. Playing the 'jilted lover' card, every game with BAMA now is an excuse to be even MORE hateful and uncivilized. Truthfully.

NOW that I have established atmosphere, let's get on with the picks:

The TIDE and the Bayou Bengals face each other with identical records, tied for 2nd in the West. Both have a shot at achieving some lofty goals, but BAMA is in better position to move up a notch if they can keep winning. Three tough remaining games starting now:

In what is literally an elimination game, both teams will be firing on all cylinders, wide open and blasting away. Both sides are pretty talented, with LSU still inexplicably lucky despite some of the decisions of their coach. ALABAMA usually plays pretty well in Tiger Stadium, and today will be no different. Look for The TIDE to pull away in the 4th.

ALABAMA 31, LSU 14.

auburn 67, Tenn-Chattanooga 14 the tigers, none of whom I am sure are getting a cut of Cam's $200k, should plow the Moccasins with ease.
Florida 21, Vanderbilt 20 Life is strange for the Gators
Georgia 35, Idaho St. 17
Kentucky 42, Charleston Southern 10
Ole Miss 31, La-Lafayette 14
Tennessee 24, Memphis 13
Arkansas 42, South Carolina 40 This one COULD be a shootout, with a conversion in OT the difference. Probably one of the more interesting of the day.

NATIONALLY....

Another top elimination game, as #4 TCU travels to face # 6 Utah. This will be a very good one that could go either way. At home, I'm thinking Utes 38, TCU 35

Oregon 45, Washington 21
Hawaii 31, Boise St. 30 UPSET PICK!! Boise travels to face a Warrior team at home.
Wisconsin 28, Purdue 20
Nebraska 42, Iowa St. 28

Sorry.
That's all I have time for.

Great Trick-or-Treaters!

The NEW BAMA TWINS, Cole and Wade Ellis, both dressed as "BIG AL" for Halloween this past weekend. In the above picture, they are seated in the wagon, eating fistfuls of Tootsie-Roll Pops.

Though the shape of the ears and their diminutive height cause them to resemble mice (specifically Jerry from Tom&Jerry), the trunk and colors signify that they ARE, in fact, a very little herd of elephants.

They were having their way with some candy like The TIDE will have their way with LSU this weekend.

ROLL TIDE!

If Only They Could BOTH Lose......!

#6-Ranked Louisiana State visits western Georgia to face #5-Rated auburn today on television (CBS 2:30) in a sunny afternoon SEC West contest between two teams called "tigers". Both teams, surprisingly, are undefeated. Really. The plainsmen/war-eagles/tigers or whatever host the 'bayou bengals', and as much as I hate both teams, I have to watch.
auburn's Cam Newton has elevated the team's play in spectacular fashion, and his running and passing abilities and 'clutch plays' have placed him squarely in the Heisman race. @*#%!!
Both LSU and the 'Mad Hatter' Les Miles have been awfully lucky-- again! Quirky play-calling and questionable time-management issues will just not go away. The main issue will be if LSU's defense can stop-- or contain-- the high-powered Newton. If they stuff his scrambling, can they also take away his receiving targets...?
Either way, one team will fall-both on the field and in the rankings, and ALABAMA's Nick Saban and Kirby Smart will be able to scout BOTH teams to devise strategies.
RTR!