NICK SABAN'S MOTORCADE IS STRONG
by Orson on Jul 15, 2008 1:39 PM EDT
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PrintThis...this really isn't Nick Saban heading to work on a normal day, is it?
The video--which for the video-impaired shows a 12 car, six motorcycle strong motorcade bullrushing through the middle of UA's campus--was uploaded on July 28th, 2007, and the description reads:
Nick Saban's daily routine, heading to work, on University Blvd here on campus at Alabama. We go jogging early and decided to bring a camera one day to catch a glimpse of our beloved coach.
We've seen the motorcades they use to ferry around members of the People's Congress and the Chinese politburo around Beijing, and you'll be sadly unsurprised to know that this is comparable to those. It kicks the stuffing out of the Laotian VIP motorcade, though; one motorcycle with a gumball light and three 1994 Mercedes do not prestigious, awe-inspiring display of privilege make.
Now someone please tell us this is a rare occasion, and that Saban doesn't roll through like this weekly anymore, and we'll go back to being oblivious about the obscene amount of power granted the head coach of Alabama. (For all we know, he's signing death warrants and running his own jails.)
Update: Old video, of course. We still think he runs his own secret prisons.
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nevermind, didn’t see 2007.
kids, don’t try to correct someone without first being correct yourself.
by PW on Jul 15, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
This is video from the day Saban was hired. The motorcade is escorting him from the airport to the UA Football complex.
by Richard on Jul 15, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
I think we already know Saban is not running the Tuscaloosa County penal system.
by lugnut on Jul 15, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
This was his motorcade, after he left the Northport airport, when he took the job.
However, as the head coach at the University of Alabama, he and he alone has the power to weigh aggravating vs. mitigating factors in the capital cases throughout the state..
by CapstoneAlum on Jul 15, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
Someone’s having a funsie at Saban’s expense; I believe that’s the motorcade that took him from the airport to the UA campus back when he was first hired.
Not that it wasn’t excessive even so, but I guess they had to protect him from drunk kiss-crazy bottle blondes somehow.
by Doug on Jul 15, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
I believe that’s actually Ken Stabler’s motorcade now. It’s kind of a public safety issue.
by Chips O'Toole on Jul 15, 2008 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
@ Doug,
Why would anyone ever want to be protected FROM those? I’ve spent the better part of 34 years hunting them down.
by GamecockTony on Jul 15, 2008 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
It is indeed on his way in from the airport after being molested by that drunk girl… you’ll note the winter level of foliage on the trees. I have pictures of the Quad from last week, and they are very very green.
by PeterPumpkinhead on Jul 15, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
Does he have diplomatic immunity too? Ken Stabler needed this type of service provided for him to keep the Robertsdale/Foley gendarmes from ruining his announcing gig.
by Crabapple Buck on Jul 15, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
The trees give away the time of year. Probably grad or law students from Auburn having fun. Now this can turn into an Iron Bowl thread…you’re welcome.
by Mark on Jul 15, 2008 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
When I was high school and we made it the state semifinals and finals, we got a motorcade. it was sweet
by pasta troy on Jul 15, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, my old office is by Bryant-Denny Stadium. There used to be many sightings of the Saban, and he’d usually be dropped off by Trailblazers and Yukons and the like. But I don’t recall seeing a motorcade of this size except on game days.
by Another UA Alum on Jul 15, 2008 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
- 7 Biaatches!!!!
JK. nothing but love, losers…..WDE
by FW Barner on Jul 15, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
The better story would be if that was a typical recruiting visit. That would help to explain why he does so well.
Even if the motorcade was for his trip to UA when he was hired – don’t even Crimson Tide fans think this is extreme? I worked Presidential charters – as in the President of the United States – which had less security/fanfare.
by hobeg8r on Jul 15, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
Secret prisons are merely unreported secondary recruiting violations in Alabama.
by Allahver Fist on Jul 15, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
Nick Saban doesn’t have time for traffic.
It’s Div I football, brother !!!!
by BamaCPA on Jul 15, 2008 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
Any word on if they will be slowing that roll in the weeks to come?
by CincySooner on Jul 15, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
Urban Meyer scoffs at the fact Saban arrives to work in the daytime.
by Gatorshems on Jul 15, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions
Mark Richt scoffs at the fact that Saban and Meyer leave campus.
by Miss HornDawg on Jul 15, 2008 3:25 PM EDT reply actions
“Product PLacement Award of the year” goes to the driver of the US Foodservice truck.
by cox036 on Jul 15, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
by Saban'sHairDye on Jul 15, 2008 3:43 PM EDT reply actions
I was going to say that was from when Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice visited campus, buuuuut…yeah, Saban sounds better.
Hey! There’s Gorgas Library at the end, where I went to all my classes! makes loser sign on forehead, skulks out of thread
by the croominator on Jul 15, 2008 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
This may be the dumbest thing I have seen on this site and that is saying something.
This is video from when he was hired. Coach drives himself to work and when he arrives it is usually before daylight.
by Jake Mulholland on Jul 15, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
before he broke his leg, Paterno walked to work. I seen it.
by lurch on Jul 15, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
After the molestation that took place at the airport are we surprised that Nick would need such a high level of security to enter his new home.
He might want to bring the motorcade with him to Death Valley…
by TAFKastOSUB on Jul 15, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions
#13
Some barner correct me if i’m wrong, but I don’t think Auburn has a law school. Anyone? Anyone?
by haybeav on Jul 15, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
haybeav:
Judging by the Fulmer Cup, you guys need that law school for in house problems.
by WarGrunt on Jul 15, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
#29
No. Auburn kids just go to other law schools, actually LEARN the law, and then use it to work in a firm that wasn’t founded by our granddaddies.
by keithtiau on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM EDT reply actions
Don’t be fooled. That was Jimmy Johns’ escort to sell to his coke to an undercover. The TPD wanted to make sure he didn’t get sidetracked.
by Last Dragon on Jul 15, 2008 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
Actually, there are unfortunately several Barners who go to our lawyerin’ camp because there is no better one in the state (Don’t get me started on Samford. Ugh.) They wear orange during Iron Bowl week and give us an in-person taste of lingering inferiority complex/annoying passive aggression/general abrasiveness that we usually only take in on message boards, bumper stickers and porch banners most of the year.
A fair number of the 1Ls usually moan that they hate being in Tuscaloosa and don’t like it here and wish Auburn had a law school so they could go to that as if anybody cares. A friend told one of them to just go home during his orientation. Hero for life.
by Another UA Alum on Jul 15, 2008 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
Uh yeah and you don’t think Bammer Fans who end up at Auburn wear their Turd Gear everyday of the week? Of course that isn’t an inferiority complex though, especially considering how young those kids are and how used to getting their ass kicked by Auburn they may be…
by to Another UA Alum on Jul 15, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply actions
no way that vid was from this summer… just look at the trees.
being an avid tree cutter, i know when it be winter out judging by the foliage.
by clear_cutter on Jul 15, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
I think Saban needs this motorcade, to protect him from idiots like the ones in #24’s video
by Dumpster Baby on Jul 16, 2008 12:12 PM EDT reply actions
That’s Kenny Stabler’s motorcade simply to carry all the booze…
by Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive on Jul 16, 2008 12:12 PM EDT reply actions
It’s all part of the process… This is his secret plan to keep his players out of jail. With Tuscaloosa PD escorting him everywhere, there are that many fewer cops around to arrest the players
RTR
by maomatt on Jul 16, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
That was a video of Urban Meyer getting escorted out of Tuscaloosa after the game in 2005. I don’t know why they needed to protect him, because on that day the Gators were harmless and no BAMA fan wanted to hurt him. All we wanted to do was point and laugh.
35-7= embarrassment
by Charlie Murphey on Jul 17, 2008 7:26 AM EDT reply actions
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