FULMER CUPDATE: ROOOOOOOOOOOOLL TAAAAAHDE.
The most stunning event in the history of the Fulmer Cup places Alabama at the pinnacle of offseason feloniousness. Update brought to you by Brian, who is hung like Reggie F’n Nelson and as tenacious as a Jimmy Johns pit bull.

Jimmy Johns’ monumental arrest for powdered cocaine distribution nets Alabama a mountain of points as powdery as Breckenridge in February and just as immovable. Before any points are awarded, bear this in mind: while Johns may be eligible for the Ellis T. Jones III for individual achievement, the points may not be discarded as “just one guy” thanks to Alabama already having several offenses on the board. The judgment is that Alabama keeps the points, and there will be no debate, because this is not democracy. (Those who object will not be waterboarded, but rather “aqua-cuddled.” It’s not torture if you have a good word for it!)
The tally, as assembled from Johns’ weighty entry at the Tuscaloosa County Jail:
Five counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance times three points each= Fifteen points
One count possession of powdered cocaine: three points
Two unreported traffic citations= two points
The final tally: TWENTY POINTS, a score deserving of all-caps hyperbole, except that it isn’t hyperbole if you even come close to halving Ellis T. Jones 13 felony charges (somewhere around a forty point score by itself without any bonus points. Quantifying his achievement almost demeans its greatness.)
Alabama now sits proudly with an oxygen bottle on an Everest of points: 28. The prayer flags flapping in the breeze, the Himalaya all around you…it would be beautiful if we were talking about mountain climbing, and not a college linebacker caught selling blow in an undercover sting operation.
One point not to be forgotten is that if you sell to one person five times, the actual number of transactions Johns made with customers was likely larger. No one sells coke experimentally or on a lark, especially when you’re diligent enough to make five sales in a row. Johns seemed to be pretty serious about this, and to imagine some of his teammates did not know he sold yayo from his apartment is insanity.
There’s a fine line between dumping off a few grams for a friend for extra cash and being a responsible, diligent, and responsive coca dealer. And yes, that’s an abominable pun we shouldn’t have even sniffed at. Sniff! Cocaine is funny! Except when it destroys your family and eats your house, car, and septum!
In addition to this, a website suggests Jimmy Johns may have been selling pit bulls using his name, something Will points out is a possible violation of NCAA rules. For all we know the site may be a mockup for a class, since there’s only an email address and no phone contact. Further digging required, but further proof all football fans in the state of Alabama sleep with a bible on one nightstand and a copy of the NCAA rules and regs on the other.
One final note on this: Johns allegedly had tabs of Ecstasy on him, too, but it pops up nowhere on the charges, meaning so many charges are in play here that adding the E onto the tally is considered overkill even by the prosecutors here. We follow their guidance and stick to the arrest record for points, and award no style points because, really, some things speak well enough for themselves on their own.
In what would be big news any other week, Washington State picks up a three point adjustment for this unreported (or totally missed, perhaps) incident from February, which eventually resulted in a series of misdemeanor pleas:
Andy Mattingly, a linebacker coming off an outstanding sophomore season, was in Spokane in late January when a friend called for help. His front teeth had just been punched out in an argument with some soccer players from North Idaho College, he said.
The friend joined up with Mattingly and Trevor Mooney, a WSU tight end. The three went to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where two of the soccer players, a goalie and a midfielder, shared an apartment.
First, they knocked. Then, Mattingly kicked in the door. The midfielder grabbed a steak knife, the goalie a butter knife. Mattingly picked up a frying pan off the stove.
The midfielder jumped out a window. This left the goalie — Cesar Lira, 5 feet 10, armed with a butter knife — to contend with Mattingly, a 6-4 linebacker swinging heavy kitchenware.
Mattingly hit Lira’s head so hard the pan’s handle broke, court records say. Lira got back up, jumped out a window and called police. He had a 2-inch gash and was “bleeding profusely,” a police report says.
When police arrested Mattingly and Mooney, Mooney was so drunk he vomited while being booked.
Frying pans are the new kettlebells!









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jwoolf1 says:
#98 (TigerinATL) — you do mean, bama tradition, right? In the storied tradition of AU’s Robert Baker (convicted of toot trafficking, ‘98)? I wonder if, as is the tradition, Baker grew a gnarly pirate beard before going to jail.
Undercover cop: “Hey Jimmy, what’s in your trunk?”
Pirate Jimmy Johns: “NARRRRRRRRcotics!”
We’ve all got skeletons in our locker rooms, even in the lurrvliest village. (Unfortunately, ‘Bama may have to dress one at linebacker this year.)
June 25th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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jwoolf1 says:
(should read: “you do mean, [state of Ala]bama tradition, right?” Stupid punctuation web typifying)
June 25th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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droll tide says:
Damn you, Saban. Why didn’t you kick everyone off the team last year and replace them with boy scouts and little American flags? Fucking America-hating asshole. Like you knew this wasn’t coming. The least you could’ve done is use some of your 4 billion dollar salary to have cameras installed in every player’s apartment and hire private investigators to spy on them 24/7. Is that asking so much, you greedy fuck? Yeah, apparently so. And now that I think about it, why DIDN’T you retroactively recruit Shula’s guys for him when you had the chance? No answer for that one, huh smart guy? No, this just doesn’t add up AT ALL! Fucking dick. If one thing is clear, the [insert clever pun here] Tide is out of control, Saban is actively supporting domestic terrorism, and I thank God that so far today none of the players on my favorite team have yet to steal the spotlight from Jimmy Johns and Alabama with their own boneheaded behavior … or have they?????
*hits refresh on ESPN’s college football home page repeatedly and then chuckles to self while twirling imaginary villain’s mustache*
June 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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crimson daddy says:
#76
I’m guessing your best day was just the other day when you learned that Comcast was indeed running cable to your trailer park.
As far as Saban not cleaning house when he arrived, you all know good and well that if he had kicked some players off right when he arrived, you’d be on here talking about what a heartless bastard the guy is….. Oh wait, you’d do that in any circumstance.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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sullivan013 says:
Wow. How could a coach of a major university be expected to catch an illegal drug dealing dog-breeder on his team when he had virtually no time (18 months) to evaluate his program, it’s players, his staff and institute a program to turn the team around?
I mean, you’d have to pay him millions of $$s before you could expect him to do that, right?
Or is that ‘aight?
June 25th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
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Brian O'Blivion says:
Any single occurrence of 20 FC points or more at least needs the Fulmer Cup song posted.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
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Brian O'Blivion says:
Found it. Here you go.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
#100 and #104
Scenario: HC winning coach returns to SEC at second SEC school following coach that recruited questionable characters .
Spurrier cleaned house and took his licks. His program is much cleaner and USC isn’t leading the FC.
Saban came in, same situation, and didn’t clean house. He still posted a crappy record and now he’s got a 1.3 arrest/win ratio. You could always look at it this way – he only paid $400,000 per arrest.
Saban chose to keep the bad apples. Spurrier didn’t. By not kicking off the crap, Saban effectively re-recruited bad apples to the program. That’s not even counting the armed robber Saint Nick brought to campus.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
Damn my math, it’s 1.42 arrests/win. I bet Saban is leading the nation in that category.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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TAFKastOSUB says:
I’m asking for Bonus points…it is coming out now that Johns made one of the sales in the parking lot of the University of Alabama Athletic Complex.
Got to be worth 1 extra point.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
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Sad State of Affairs says:
108 –
You’re so full of shit. How could Saban have done anymore? JJ was in Saban’s doghouse for different things that Saban was aware of (missing class, workouts, etc.), and Saban gave the kid punishments and kept him from playing.
However, Saban had no idea that JJ was involved in this kind of thing and the TPD even said that no one on the team knew about it. If he’s seemingly taking care of a kid and his problems (JJ went from being a “bad apple” to winning an award in the spring for his turnaround), and then gets railroaded by this, what else could he have done? He immediately dismissed him from the team (whether or not he had a choice on the matter, he still did it right away and didn’t delay by saying “Let’s wait to see what happened 1st”), but what else could he have done?
June 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
#111
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
Jimmy Johns went to great lengths to hide his coke dealing from his teammates.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
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Out of Conference says:
New AZTiger – thanks very much for the Spurrier at South Carolina thumbs up. I cringe to think about what Holtz’s arrest to win ratio would have been during his stint here.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
114
DevilGrad says:
Nobody circles the wagons quite like ‘Bama fans, but it’s a damn shame that we can’t convince more of ‘em to point the guns in.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
Yea, Alabama! Book ‘em Tide!
Every ‘Bama man’s behind you;
Hit your stride!
Go teach the Cokeheads to crave,
Send the Yellow Jackets to an overdose grave!
And if a man starts to weaken,
That’s a shame!
For ‘Bama’s coke and X
Have writ her name in crimson flame!
Snort on, Snort on, Snort on, men!
Remember the Longest Yard we’ll win then!
Go, roll to victory,
Hit your stride,
You’re Dixie’s dealing pride, Crimson Tide!
June 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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the croominator says:
#101 jwoolf1…I just had to stiffle laughter from my office mate…I’m a sucker for bad pirate jokes…
As a former library student at UA, I can vouch for having never, EVER seen the powdered stuff, unless you count the dust in the stacks at Gorgas Library. Though for that matter I never saw any student athletes in there either.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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TIGERinATL says:
jwoolf1 @ 101
The bama tradition I was referring to was the “everybody else does it too” defense. You guys should go ahead and copywrite that one.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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TIGERinATL says:
*copyright*
damn.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
119
Steve says:
You should have read your own link, there, Tiger. Then you would have seen where Saban dismissed the kid TWO HOURS after he was arrested.
And you know, the reason he kept him around was because Johns was such an integral part of the team last year. I mean, he gained at least one thous… wait, he had 20 tack… no, I mean he threw for over one… well shit, what did he do last year?
JACK SHIT. The kid was sitting the sidelines almost every game. He was already in the dog house, you don’t think Saban would have kicked the kid off of the team so fast you would have been complaining about jumping the gun.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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blon57 says:
#115
NewAZTiger ,
Yours, as well?
June 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
121
TIGERinATL says:
Nick Saban is a strong disciplinarian. I mean he suspended DJ Hall for a whole HALF of the ULM game last year. Way harsh, Ty.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
#120 – yeah. I flow like Shaq on the mic.
Paul Finebaum is reporting that Nick Saban couldn’t see over all the compact cars in the parking lot to see the deals going down.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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blon57 says:
#122
I am astounded by your creativity.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
Saban dismissed the kid AFTER he was kicked outta school.
Speaking of the Dog House – Jimmy Johns was involved in that. JimmyJohnsPitBulls.com has been pulled.
He was however, so deep in the doghouse that he got this after Spring Practice.
2008 WOODROW LOWE LINEBACKER AWARD: Jimmy Johns (LB)
June 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
125
NewAZTiger says:
#123: Yeah. Kobe knows not to piss me off.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
126
Downtown Plainsman says:
#122
BWAHHAHAHA!!! God I hate those two men (finescum>saban), but that was a priceless image…
Thanks for sharing!
June 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
127
droll tide says:
NewAZTiger is the guy who blogs incessantly about how much he hates his ex-girlfriend and is SO over her. Seriously, with your rapier wit and come-hither posts, everyone knows you got dames on standby. So, screw her … and Bama … stupid cheating on me with my roommate Bama. FUCK YOU SABAN!!!
June 25th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
128
J & D Lindsey says:
Yep, the OBC sure did clean house and get rid of the bad apples from the get-go.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
129
B'ham Gator says:
Style points – The sales at his apartment were in proximity to an elementary school!
June 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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WarCardinals says:
100 -
“You know, because Saban is apparently omnipotent.”
If you poll 100 Alabama fans I’d bet you’d find at least 20 who actually think he is.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
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dawgaddict says:
if you poll 100 Bama fans half would fail….zing
June 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
132
NewAZTiger says:
#127: It’s like you’re reading my mail.
From 1997.
Can I come out of my mom’s basement now?
June 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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alanon says:
well over 100 comments on this one. perhaps cocaine should be the topic of every post which could boost your ad space revenue ten fold
June 25th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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DevilGrad says:
100 -
“You know, because Saban is apparently omnipotent.”
If you poll 100 Alabama fans I’d bet you’d find at least 20 who actually think he is.
And another solid dozen who’d be pissed off that people were suggesting their coach might need Viagra.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
135
lol says:
could have been worse, could have been cutting lines using a dead girl’s credit card.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
136
Jen says:
I’m trying to figure out what my Nittany Lions did to jump from 14 to 17 points this week. What gives?
June 25th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
137
Jen says:
follow up – according to SAS wiki, Washington St. has 17 and PSU is still at 14.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
138
dixiehack says:
All credit to Coach Saban. Everybody knows we couldn’t pull off any kind of fourth quarter comeback like this with Shula.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
139
Stephen Garcia says:
Spurrier sure did clean up that program…
It sucks about Jimmy Johns, as well as our drug cartel that has finally been caught to stop supplying white frat kids the drugs they need.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
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Three Days of Orange says:
Very, very funny.
I know who’s laughing … Fulmer! Ah the irony!
The only thing funnier than the AU fans’ glee is the white-red (intended) responses of the Bama folks reading them. I especially like the personal attacks.
Stay classy Alabama!
Oh yeah? Well … well … well – your momma’s ugly and you’re stupid!
Classic!
June 25th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
141
James Turner says:
You messed up, the two traffic tickets are from a couple years ago and were not part of these charges. They were just listed as the only other offenses on his record. That will however not help him much. Do you add all the charges of all the other players or is Alabama just special. Thanks for the ranking but hopefully the next time we end up Number 1 will be 13 not a 20 or 28….
June 25th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
Well…..at least Jax State will have another ex-con to add to the roster, or is that South Florida?
Honestly kids, your blind if you think your program is clean….seriously, if the NCAA called every team from the SEC/ Big 10/ Big 12 back in to piss test/blood test RIGHT NOW, TODAY and check for narcotics, pain pills, steroids or any other controlled/banned substance, what do you think would happen?To the starters? Hell the 3rd stringers would be more than guilty…… Weed has always been the drug of choice for most of the D-1 football players I know whether it be Alabama or Auburn….Hell I’ve been at Leon Letts parties years before he got popped, hung out with Ralph Staten/ Sherman Williams in T-town and trust me, they never got tested til they pushed the envelope too far….getting too brave… Jimmy Johns is the only one to blame–his ego and in his mind, his status as an Alabama ball player made him think he was untouchable……hell most players I knew only sobered up or “cleaned” up right before August …..
A famous all time winniest high school coach told me
“if your gonna win State Titles on the 6A level, your gonna have to have your fair share of ’straight out of the hood bone thugs’ to even get close. Most of the states highly recruited talent comes out of the slums of Prichard or cross the tracks in downtown Mobile/Birmingham…….you give em a little and they always are gonna want more…….hell its no secret half the team was stoned off their asses before the ULM game, DJ Hall included….Well now, the whole team will have HELL to pay, especially the guys who are still on the team that either knew about it or participated in it, and heads will roll and slots will come open……according to plan.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:42 am
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blon57 says:
OU has the possibility of being on the Big Board soon?
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8557113&nav=menu151_4
June 26th, 2008 at 7:18 am
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TIGERinATL says:
“hell its no secret half the team was stoned off their asses before the ULM game, DJ Hall included….Well now, the whole team will have HELL to pay, especially the guys who are still on the team that either knew about it or participated in it, and heads will roll and slots will come open……according to plan”
Laugh out loud funny, there Mr. P.P. You skillfully managed to turn your “everyone else does it too” argument into an even better excuse for getting War Hawked. And now the same coach who lifted Hall’s HC game suspension when the chips were down (vs. ULM of all teams) is going to flex his disciplinarian muscles on those punks?
Bravo on such a very Shane-worthy performance, my friend! RTR indeed!
June 26th, 2008 at 7:41 am
145
Chizad says:
Thoughts on the Pitbull ring…
http://www.tigersx.net/
June 26th, 2008 at 7:56 am
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
Everyone knows Jimmy Johns was heavily involved with Avon, Amway, and SMC products, somewhere, he took a wrong turn whilst going car door to car door…..
June 26th, 2008 at 8:57 am
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willet says:
I just mentioned this to a Bammer daywalker in my office, quote “saban don’t put up with that shit he’s gone and all he did was play special tems last year”
Standard response
June 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
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NewAZTiger says:
#138 There’s the spirit!
Do you know why Jimmy Johns was switched to Defense this year?
Because Nick Saban knew he could deliver the Blow.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:28 am
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slammer says:
I give, I just hope we have team to field this fall.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive says:
isn’t it a shame when the boosters and athletic departments don’ t pay their players enough and they have to resort to selling drugs to make ends meet?
sad…
June 26th, 2008 at 4:07 pm