Vitale and Bilas.....

[TIDE-HSV]

After re-reading, I agree. You're right and I apologize to him if he checks back in. Behind the scenes, all of the others give him a hard time about being a Bama "homer." I can't see his doing it, unless we win the NC and in the context of Sports Center.

 

[Selma-Bama-Fan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TIDE-HSV:
After re-reading, I agree. You're right and I apologize to him if he checks back in. Behind the scenes, all of the others give him a hard time about being a Bama "homer." I can't see his doing it, unless we win the NC and in the context of Sports Center.</font>

Well, as far as I can tell, Rece is the ONLY person on both the football and basketball staffs that isnt a homer. It seems from listening to him on Finebaum and such that he is VERY careful to be objective about his reporting. He even picks against Bama if he really feels we are outmatched on paper, which is what most reporters would do if they are unbiased. I respect him for that and wish evertone else in the reporting field would do more of the same.

Having said that, If we beat UCONN I hope Rece tells everyone to kiss is you-know-what on National TV!! Ok. that is a bit extreme, maybe just a "hahaha you're all idiots" will work better.

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David Red

Teague's got the ball!!!!
'Nuff sed, Roll Damn Tide

 

[TIDE-HSV]

He has an excellent poker face, because there have been times, particularly during last FB season, when he was dying inside and having to appear animated and cheerful on screen. He's unable to explain Bilas' attitude on this. He said that Bilas is a lawyer - got his degree while playing and that he was a successful assistant coach who still gets calls from coaches for consultation. It's like he just can't admit, at this point, that he has egg on his face. Vitale is another case. He's an idiot who needs to wear a slobber-bib the instant he starts talking about Duke, baby. As I've said before, he gets an erection at the mere mention of the word "Duke." And we all know that a man with an erection can't think...

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[Selma-Bama-Fan]

I dont mind people picking UConn, Syracuse, or Stanford over us. If I was an outsider looking in I'd probably make those picks as well. I am willing to admit that Alabama is a low percentage pick, but we do have a chance.

Actually, the fact that they say we dont have a chance doesnt upset me either. I am just a bit miffed because if it was any other 8 seed in the elite 8 then the media would be eating it up.


I dont want, or expect, ESPN to kiss our arses, I'd just like some love for what we have accomplished thus far. We get to hear about Xavier ever 20 mins, and rightly so. They are a good basketball team. However, if you look at the situations... Bama is the better story, and is CLEARLY the better Cinderella story. I mean you got a team that "barely made it into the tourney" making it to the regional finals. Instead of using this to push how great the tournament is, we get negative stuff about the Bama Basketball program.. and how we are a "football school".

The media usually eats this type of story up, but this time around we get....

But I guess since we are bass ackwards BamaAla neckreds we dont matter.

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David Red

Teague's got the ball!!!!
'Nuff sed, Roll Damn Tide