I thought I bought it last year online from the Supe Store, but I don't see it now. Of course, at my age I may not be remembering where I ordered it from.
The "House Divided" Thread
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Well, it started for me in 1st Grade. Mom was Bama and Dad was Barner. Mom took me shopping for a Fall jacket. She (not wanting to cause trouble) asked which color I wanted - orange/blue or crimson/white. For some reason I chose the Barn jacket
. The next week at school I was made fun of because of my jacket. I came home and told my parents I would not wear it anymore and was now a Bama fan - got the crimson/white Bama jacket too.
Unfortunately growing up, I never had that Bama football bonding time with my Dad. Again, he (and my sis) are Barners.
It does not end there though. I am a "University of Auburn" graduate. Not sure how I ended up there - chasing a girl or something:redface:. I had three roommates - one was Bama (he was there for Engineering) and the other two were booger eaters. One of the boogs was a Plainsman - those who wore orange jackets on the field during games. He could not understand how a Bama fan could go to Auburn. We really cramped his style. So while Bama was winning a taking names with Stallings and winning a NC, I was stuck in the pasture watching Dye and Co implode. I remember sitting in Legion Field during the 92 Iron Bowl near a fellow student who was shocked and dismayed at the color of my wardrobe and the Roll Tides, etc coming out of my mouth. I was a stealth Bama fan on campus, but let it all hang out at Legion Field.
Since then, my love for Bama has grown. You see, I've been to the dark side and survived. My wife is not into sports - but she is Bama. My son and daughter are Bama as well. No "House Divided" anymore. That curse has been broken.
Roll Tide!!!!
. The next week at school I was made fun of because of my jacket. I came home and told my parents I would not wear it anymore and was now a Bama fan - got the crimson/white Bama jacket too.Unfortunately growing up, I never had that Bama football bonding time with my Dad. Again, he (and my sis) are Barners.
It does not end there though. I am a "University of Auburn" graduate. Not sure how I ended up there - chasing a girl or something:redface:. I had three roommates - one was Bama (he was there for Engineering) and the other two were booger eaters. One of the boogs was a Plainsman - those who wore orange jackets on the field during games. He could not understand how a Bama fan could go to Auburn. We really cramped his style. So while Bama was winning a taking names with Stallings and winning a NC, I was stuck in the pasture watching Dye and Co implode. I remember sitting in Legion Field during the 92 Iron Bowl near a fellow student who was shocked and dismayed at the color of my wardrobe and the Roll Tides, etc coming out of my mouth. I was a stealth Bama fan on campus, but let it all hang out at Legion Field.
Since then, my love for Bama has grown. You see, I've been to the dark side and survived. My wife is not into sports - but she is Bama. My son and daughter are Bama as well. No "House Divided" anymore. That curse has been broken.
Roll Tide!!!!
My house used to be "divided". Then my wife saw the light. I have an aunt and a cousin that are Barners, but dont see them much. When I do, they are pretty quiet about football, because they know how passionate I am about Bama.
This a brilliant story, and must be purely factual. God bless you both, and a Big Roll Tide for you. :biggrin:
Close call, rad.Well, it started for me in 1st Grade. Mom was Bama and Dad was Barner. Mom took me shopping for a Fall jacket. She (not wanting to cause trouble) asked which color I wanted - orange/blue or crimson/white. For some reason I chose the Barn jacket. The next week at school I was made fun of because of my jacket. I came home and told my parents I would not wear it anymore and was now a Bama fan - got the crimson/white Bama jacket too.
No House-Divided here...I once broke up with a girlfriend after discovering that she previously dated an Auburn fan...
Can you say damaged goods?
Can you say damaged goods?
Looks like I'll watch the game with my new Auburn girlfriend at my house. The relationship might literally be decided by how it goes...not the game necessarily, but if I can handle her cheering and trash talk. :biggrin2:
Yep, too close if you ask me. Thank goodness for a few 1st graders that were not afraid to speak the truth.Close call, rad.
I'm a Bama grad. My wife is an Auburn grad. We will be in attendance together this Friday at Bryant-Denny. Hopefully we can make it through it.
Youngest daughter is the black sheep (Barn grad) in our family. On the day we moved her down to the Ugliest Village, I drove by the cemetery where my parents are buried. When she asked why we were going out of our way, I replied "I just want to see if your Grandpa is rolling over in his grave!"
PS: Every tuition check I wrote to East Alabama Jr. College had Daniel Moore's "The Kick" on the front of the check. (They cashed 'em anyway.)
PS: Every tuition check I wrote to East Alabama Jr. College had Daniel Moore's "The Kick" on the front of the check. (They cashed 'em anyway.)
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Hope you do too. My wife and I can't even watch together at home.
My Auburn spouse and I are leaving Texas tomorrow morning for T-Town.
Her entire family is Auburn.
She refuses to go in BDS.
So I and her brother in law (BAMA grad and TIDE PRIDE member) will sit together in the zone while her and her sister seek refuge on the strip watching on TV.
Been married 34 years. Roll Tide !!
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Yep, house divided by the sexes here. My son and I are BAMA all the way, while the lovely wife and 2 daughters (one daughter did go to Auburn and I cried everytime tuition was due) are ALLBARN. I try not to get over worked, but I just can't stand to watch the game with them. They go to the den and I go to the living room. I think I'll just go fishing this year and come back after it's over.
Love your avatar -- "Hey, Rocky......."Yep, house divided by the sexes here. My son and I are BAMA all the way, while the lovely wife and 2 daughters (one daughter did go to Auburn and I cried everytime tuition was due) are ALLBARN. I try not to get over worked, but I just can't stand to watch the game with them. They go to the den and I go to the living room. I think I'll just go fishing this year and come back after it's over.
As many of you know, my name is Staci and I married a barner.
It's been 11 years. That six year streak of losing to the barn was miserable. My husband is a "bad winner." I, being a true Bama fan, am a good winner, meaning I know how to keep my mouth shut when we win. My husband has none of these abilities I possess.
Our last IB in Tuscaloosa two years ago, we had one of the worst fights of our marriage during and after the game. It started because he had too much to drink and was a butthole in the stands. I didn't stand up for him, and in fact told him he was being a jerk. He was about to get into it with the Bama fans around us (thank GOD we were not in my usual seats, I would have literally DIED from embarrassment), but managed to find his last bit of common sense and decided to go stand below, along the passageway where he saw some fellow barners. Our fight continued after the game and at one point he walked off, leaving me and our girls on our own (no problem for me, but I was wondering just how far he'd make it through Tuscaloosa without getting arrested...he was looking for a fight and I figured he'd find one). Long story short, he made it back to the hotel on his own, without being arrested, but I'm scarred from that whole episode and I've told him he WILL NOT drink or embarrass me in any way this Friday. He will not be given one inch on this. He is remorseful for how he conducted himself two years ago, and here's hoping he knows I mean business.
This week, as per usual this week every year, has been somewhat tense. We have agreed not to discuss the $Cam situation. It bothers him greatly that I believe AU is corrupt as the day is long. We came very close to arguing over it the other day, so we stopped ourselves and agreed not to discuss it at all.
This Friday, we will spend little time together prior to the game. We'll drive up together, walk over to the quad and go our separate ways for a couple of hours. I've got some tailgates to visit and a couple of old college friends to meet for a drink at Egan's. He's got some barn tailgate he'll go to for a while. Then, I'll go to the Walk of Champions while he goes to the Non-Tiger Walk. We'll meet up afterwards, hang out for a bit, then head on into the stadium.
How things go from there is yet to be seen. I've said this many times: I love him in spite of his poor taste in college football programs. He will never be a Bama man and I will never be an Auburn girl. But he is my man, and I am his girl, so we find a way to get passed this bitter hatred of each other's teams.
It's been 11 years. That six year streak of losing to the barn was miserable. My husband is a "bad winner." I, being a true Bama fan, am a good winner, meaning I know how to keep my mouth shut when we win. My husband has none of these abilities I possess.
Our last IB in Tuscaloosa two years ago, we had one of the worst fights of our marriage during and after the game. It started because he had too much to drink and was a butthole in the stands. I didn't stand up for him, and in fact told him he was being a jerk. He was about to get into it with the Bama fans around us (thank GOD we were not in my usual seats, I would have literally DIED from embarrassment), but managed to find his last bit of common sense and decided to go stand below, along the passageway where he saw some fellow barners. Our fight continued after the game and at one point he walked off, leaving me and our girls on our own (no problem for me, but I was wondering just how far he'd make it through Tuscaloosa without getting arrested...he was looking for a fight and I figured he'd find one). Long story short, he made it back to the hotel on his own, without being arrested, but I'm scarred from that whole episode and I've told him he WILL NOT drink or embarrass me in any way this Friday. He will not be given one inch on this. He is remorseful for how he conducted himself two years ago, and here's hoping he knows I mean business.
This week, as per usual this week every year, has been somewhat tense. We have agreed not to discuss the $Cam situation. It bothers him greatly that I believe AU is corrupt as the day is long. We came very close to arguing over it the other day, so we stopped ourselves and agreed not to discuss it at all.
This Friday, we will spend little time together prior to the game. We'll drive up together, walk over to the quad and go our separate ways for a couple of hours. I've got some tailgates to visit and a couple of old college friends to meet for a drink at Egan's. He's got some barn tailgate he'll go to for a while. Then, I'll go to the Walk of Champions while he goes to the Non-Tiger Walk. We'll meet up afterwards, hang out for a bit, then head on into the stadium.
How things go from there is yet to be seen. I've said this many times: I love him in spite of his poor taste in college football programs. He will never be a Bama man and I will never be an Auburn girl. But he is my man, and I am his girl, so we find a way to get passed this bitter hatred of each other's teams.
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I married a gal who wasn't a really big football fan, but had some aubie leanings. It didn't take long to get her straightened out.
Then, there's my brudda-in-law barn grad. I haven't been able to do much with him. Funny thing is his dad is the biggest Bama fan I know.
Then, there's my brudda-in-law barn grad. I haven't been able to do much with him. Funny thing is his dad is the biggest Bama fan I know.
I've been fortunate. Mother is from Southern Cal, Pops was born in Florida and raised in LSU country (tho he grew up a casual football fan of no particular school), my older brother born in Texas, yet my sister and I are the only "true bloods" Alabama. It's taken nearly two decades, but I finally got my family to becoming Bama fans. My mom was the hardest because of her ties to USC (her uncle was a grad of the school) but after 30 years in Alabama, she has felt more like an Bama then SoCal so she officially became a Tide fan when she finally uttered, "SNASS."
My sister, fortunately, married into a Crimson Tide family so no concerns there.
But unfortunately, despite the heavy Bama lean in my family, we still leave in the Montgomery/Prattville area. So God help me.
My sister, fortunately, married into a Crimson Tide family so no concerns there.
But unfortunately, despite the heavy Bama lean in my family, we still leave in the Montgomery/Prattville area. So God help me.
My husband and in-laws are Barners. We learned when we were dating we couldn't watch the game together. I've never been asked to watch the game with his family -- and I wouldn't They're usually not too obnoxious.
I'm working on our son; he's four. I have him sing the fight song and point out our team when we're on the cover in the book store and on TV. And my family gives him Bama gear. But since my husband is the most important man in his life, he has his influence, too. Oh, well.
I'm a good football fan but not a good wife. The Auburn games I've attended with my husband, I've cheered for the other team. I was there Tommy Tubberville's last year when Vandy beat them. It was good! He's gone to Bama games and cheered for us, but I just can't do it. It's unnatural!
They're usually not too obnoxious.I'm working on our son; he's four. I have him sing the fight song and point out our team when we're on the cover in the book store and on TV. And my family gives him Bama gear. But since my husband is the most important man in his life, he has his influence, too. Oh, well.
I'm a good football fan but not a good wife. The Auburn games I've attended with my husband, I've cheered for the other team. I was there Tommy Tubberville's last year when Vandy beat them. It was good! He's gone to Bama games and cheered for us, but I just can't do it. It's unnatural!
Staci, that's a great story. I somehow felt the tension just reading it. I kinda know how you feel. Don't mess with my BAMA. My wife from here in Montana didn't get the whole "college football" thing when I met her. I have since converted her to a Bama fan, as well as her Dad, who very often sports Bama gear here, and watches every game with me.
Here, it's "Cats v Griz", and to some extent, it's the same as home.. but luckily for us, we are not only college football fans.. we are part of the most outstanding history, tradition, and quality football program there is, anywhere..period..
It's sad when fans/grads of another school (I'll be nice and leave out the name calling), can't just respect what Bama is, and what our tradition is all about. They live to poke at us, and quietly wish they had what we have.
If we can just see that, why.. I suppose we could have pity on those who were fortunate enough to be "married in" to the family.
Here, it's "Cats v Griz", and to some extent, it's the same as home.. but luckily for us, we are not only college football fans.. we are part of the most outstanding history, tradition, and quality football program there is, anywhere..period..
It's sad when fans/grads of another school (I'll be nice and leave out the name calling), can't just respect what Bama is, and what our tradition is all about. They live to poke at us, and quietly wish they had what we have.
If we can just see that, why.. I suppose we could have pity on those who were fortunate enough to be "married in" to the family.
I was born and raised in the Aubarn area........
1) I've never dated an Alabama fan. NEVER. They've mainly been Aubarn fans, but a few UGA.
2) Most of my family members are Aubarn fans.
3) Most of my best friends are Aubarn fans.
What I'm trying to say is, when football season rolls around, my life sucks!
1) I've never dated an Alabama fan. NEVER. They've mainly been Aubarn fans, but a few UGA.
2) Most of my family members are Aubarn fans.
3) Most of my best friends are Aubarn fans.
What I'm trying to say is, when football season rolls around, my life sucks!
Or men.....I made that mistake ONCE!!! It's a pre-requisite now for my boys. That's the first thing I ask.
I'm THANKFUL to say my barn friends can be counted on 2 hands (really 1, but I guess I have to count those few I barely talk to). As far as family, my sister-in-law turned my brother to the dark side about 30 years ago, my oldest sister is a bandwagon fan of who's winning, and my youngest half/sister is a barn grad (we grew up apart and she's much younger). Now my husbands family.......95% BAMA. We watch the game with them.
If it weren't for cousins, a few aunts and uncles I'd never have to deal with many aubies. I REALLY like it that way.
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