THIS…THIS CAN’T BE REAL. PLEASE.
While you’re thanking your lucky stars you didn’t take that job to coach the Pakistani cricket team…please tell us this isn’t real. Because we know it has to be, and that Alabama fans would do this, and that newspapers try to tell only small lies and not egregious, fifty-ton whoppers like this would be.
The Witts of Hartselle (AL) named their first child, who is 23 months old, Tyde Timothy Witt. He’s already attended several Alabama football games.
The family will introduce Saban Witt to tailgating and to the Tide nation when Alabama plays Florida State on Sept. 29 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla.

Tyde and Saban. Reality beats us to satire again.
You can name pets after coaches–but children? When the whole Martha Stewart “pet chicken fad” took off, we named a chicken after [NAME REDACTED.] Just like its namesake, it ran around all the time, pecking at nothing in particular and wasting precious energy in between constant crowing for no reason. It accomplished nothing, and yet acted like it owned the yard. One day we broke its neck, fried it, and ate it.
We really, really hope that’s not going to be case with this kid if Saban flops at Bama. The hat tip here goes, unsuprisingly, to AUAlum. He has no ulterior motive for finding stories making Bama fans look insane. Nope. Absolutely none.









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Willet says:
33-noble idea but that will be a short petition
Next kid Toilet Paper
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:24 am
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Mark says:
Dont be silly PSUGirl, even well-grounded parents like these know that names like Bear and Bryant are sooo cliche.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:44 am
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Sam says:
Short petition because they have to be able to sign their name. Or can they just make their mark– X?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:47 am
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Bottagetta says:
How much does anyone want to bet the mother is named after former Bammer OL and NFL HOFer, John Hannah.
Who is the hubby named after? Tim Tebow?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
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oc phil says:
When I did my stint at tOSU somebody there had named his daughter Scarlett Ann Gray after the school’s colors.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 am
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PSUgirl says:
I’ll bet that friends or cousins have already used the names bear & bryant – and that’s the only reason why they didn’t – Superfandom has a hierarchy – you must pay homage to the Gods before you flatter the earthly elders.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm
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Newspaper Hack says:
#33 — Only if Auburn packs up and moves to Georgia. I’ve seen that wandering Eagle eye looking at Columbus.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
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bama_buck says:
My son’s middle name is Bear, but mainly because my wife is a hippy, wanted an animal name and suggested the only option I’d possibly go along with.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
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PSUgirl says:
Heck, people name their kids after people on television, every day – why not name them after something worthwhile (like football players on tv) -
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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HFS says:
A lot of the other examples people are giving here, while obviously a bit fanatical, are reasonable because they are actual names. Cameron, Peyton, and the half million Brodies you will soon see in little leagues all over the state of Alabama are reasonable. Even Scarlett Ann Gray is OK, although it’s pushing the envelope a bit. We came real close to using Auburn as a middle name for our first daughter — it’s even a family name (with no connection to the university). “War Eagle”, OTOH, crosses the line. So where is the line? Somewhwere close to those people last name of Center that named their daughter Haley (true story).
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:48 pm
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Nick Saban says:
Wow. I don’t know what to say. I’m honored. A little weirded out, but honored.
This going to get out of hand after I deliver a couple of National Championships isn’t it?
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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Major Onions says:
Bottagetta,
If one parent is “Nim”, the other must be “DIM”, the question is which gender is which?
So Matt #30, I guess you and the Bama faithful just claimed ANOTHER Nat’l Champ, due to the birth of Saban? Doesn’t that bring Bama’s total to something close to 1,257 NCs?
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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IJ says:
My six week old son’s middle name is Bryant. But my wife picked it out. I was actually against it. She hails from Texas and that’s a family name.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
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OldCloverdale says:
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060926/bride.shtml
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
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Pants McPants says:
These people sound like total idiots….
Signed,
Frank Zappa
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
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BamaTaxMan says:
Once again, in-duh-viduals who couldn’t find the library on campus are somewhat embarrassing my alma mater.
I’d really like to go back about 35 years, and explain to Coach Bryant why a pro football team in Birmingham (it was possible then) would be a good idea.
Why can’t they just watch NASCAR and WWE and leave my university out of it.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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KT says:
#57……
I didn’t know EDSBS was so popular.
I just recieved a threat of legal action from the Attorney General of Mississippi if I continue my on-line petition…..
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm
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T. Kyle King says:
Naming kids after active coaches?
Didn’t we cover this already?
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
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Paterno Jones says:
Can’t wait for daughter “Crimson”.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm
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rocket screen says:
Wow. Damn good thing Rich Rodriguez turned ‘Bama down. The 4th grade playground beat-down possibilities would be endless for a kit named “Rodriguez Witt”.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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BamaCPA says:
There’s a kid in my son’s class named after Tuberville – Smug Bastard sits right behind my kid.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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J.J. says:
You know what bothers me the most about this? It’s T-y-d-e with a ‘y’.
Other things:
Taking a French name like André and insisting on spelling it (in English) with an accent.
JaJuan. So I’m supposed to pronounce the first ‘J’ the English way and the second one like it’s Spanish.
McKenzie = not a first name.
Brady = slow.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
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MCab says:
#55 – I thought It was scarlet and primer? (does like Diceman) *OWWWWW*
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm
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Less is More says:
#10 …. You might be a redneck if you spend your day calling other people rednecks and you spend your whole life obsessed with Bama instead of your own team.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:52 pm
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socalirish says:
But I bet your chicken thought it was correctable, that he saw improvement, and that he was getting better and better…
March 24th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
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swear true says:
I know two girls from Birmingham with the following middle names- “War Eagle” and “Bluer”, which was legally changed to “Tiger” after the Bo Jackson years. “War Eagle” went ot Georgia and it made national news, she was also featured on ESPN’s Gameday. Never knew what happened to “Tiger”- swear on my life this is true!
March 24th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
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Boclive says:
My little (325lb) brother had a LARGE black Labrador named “Jay Barker” back in the middle 90’s.
Sweet animal. Only came in from the wild once or twice a week.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:11 am
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Gurn says:
Paterno Jones: What you may not know is that many Alabama sidewalk alumni spell phonetically.
The future waste of oxygen’s name, therefore, would be “Crimpsun.”
March 25th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
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OldCloverdale says:
Please click the link and feel free to comment:
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060926/bride.shtml
March 26th, 2007 at 10:22 am
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Mike says:
Hear the radio interview with the Dad on Finebaum:
http://www.finebaum.com/media/interviews/20070323Tim_Witt.wax
March 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
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Loren says:
Nick Saban has a history of leaving teams. They’ll be pissed off when he leaves Bama in 2 years.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
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John in Hsv says:
Will Collier whacks off livestock.
Roll Tide.
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
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binoba says:
the reason nascar and wwe can’t be exclusive to inbred swine is that row tahd university is sammiched between nascar and wwe for their favorite 3 things to mouth breathe for.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:21 pm