Sadly, this ^^^ is exactly right. I loved it too. I can't remember the last time I heard 'Dixie' played. Reminded me of the old days when the radio station would sign off (at sundown) by playing 'Dixie'. The d@#n yankees and liberals have stolen part of our children's heritage with the PC stuff...

           They do, and I think there's a lot of Mal Moore's fingerprints on that...

He (Updyke) will also be required to register with Home Depot Garden Dept. as a convicted tree poisoner and will be prohibited from living anywhere within 2000 feet of a  forest. 

Proving once again, "It's not the 'x's and the 'o'x, it's the Jimmys and the Joes"
And it helps when the Jimmys and the Joes are bigger, faster, stronger and meaner than everybody else's Jimmys and Joes.   RTR!

"kinda like taking a filet mignon into a Porta Potty"

I don't care who you are, that there is funny.

This 2009 CBS news story about rogue juvenile elephants might give us hope for the future development of Mr. Foster:
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  It's an interesting story, but kinda long. The gist of it is: when juvenile males (elephants or human) have no hierarchy of discipline to be accountable to, they 'go rogue'. When authority figures are put in place, the juveniles are 'kept in line'. Certainly if Mr. Foster actually comes on board in Tuscaloosa he will find himself surrounded by 'big tuskers'.  The biggest one is about 5' 8".  Roll Tide!

       

                                 "Dude, it's Stoops!"

     He's probably on a tall bridge somewhere standing in line behind Auburn Fans...

Good read.  Talk about overcoming difficult circumstances.


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 Yeah, I was afraid of that.
  You can always plead the old 'Labor Day weekend traffic is a bear, let's just take off next Monday and have back to back 3 day weekends and take a nice leisurely drive up to visit my FAVORITE IN-LAWS !?       (it's worth a try?)

  How attached are you to this particular wife?

Great read. A little hint of the sacrifices great men have to make to be great men.
The cost is high.

I remember Coach Bryant used to say, when he recruited a kid, that he wished he could 'see inside them and see how big their heart is'.  Vinnie has a VERY big heart. That boy is a football player. A player like Vinnie is valuable for what he can do on the field, but probably even more valuable for what he can inspire his teammates to do on the field. One guy like Vinnie can fire up the whole team and when that fire starts, somebody is going to get burned.  RTR