Les Miles’ hat is not impressed.

I don’t care if it was the seventies, it took a bear of a man to wear that hat.

This kind of stuff has to have the bear rolling in his grave.

Roll Bear Roll

How long before the end zones are painted houndstooth?

30 years from now, they’ll display a 15:1 scale replica of Saban’s gray sportcoat. Of course, it will just look like a normal size sportcoat.

Nice to see Alabama is using its share of the ESPN TV money wisely. What’s next? Candy and baseball cards? These god damn kids and their money…

Go ahead Saban, try getting out from under that shadow.

The banal excesses of the bammer nation and its titanium bonds to the past never cease to amaze…

And here I expected a gigantic Fulmer Cup to be raised on the stadium grounds. Live in the now, Alabama.

It should be noted, not that it will do a damn bit of good, that the company that is doing this if from Connecticut (insert stupid, carpetbagging, Yankee joke here). I, for one, am not in favor of this. I don’t give two shits about what you look-down-your-nose, they-won’t-let-the-past-die bastards (especially the booger-eaters amongst you) think. It’s the simple fact that my Coke is now going to cost six-mother-fucking-dollars so that some suit Up-North, whose never been to an SEC game, can pay for a 500 lb Houndstooth Hat, because he thinks us simple Southern football fans will buy more nachos if they are served under it (he may be right). As for me, I just want something to mix with my bourbon that doesn’t cost more than my bourbon.

When you are reading an article about a food concession stand at a stadium, you know you have been without football way too long.

+1 to most of the comments so far. I knew this would end up here.

I agree with picture me rollin, though. Although I’m somewhat excited about Ezells having a place in the stadium. Of course, I’m normally too hammered to eat at the stadium anyway.

Oh, and Orson. You should check out Rappaport’s blog on al.com. There’s some possible material there, relating to a story when Saban was an assistant at tOSU. It has all the makings of something that will get a lot of hits on this site.

The OBC at Duke outsmarting tOSU and Saban. tOSU, a la Bellichick, sending a GA to spy through the scoreboard, only to find the OBC running the wishbone. Trickery…

Good grief. The guy died like 90 years ago. Let it go gumps. heres a hint for you, Bear wouldn’t win nearly as much as, say, Spurrier did since they don’t allow you to sign 200 players a year now. Whats next? You gumps going to exhume Bears skeleton and prop it up on the sidelines??

By the time you wipe the first nacho drizzle off your face, I’ll be in the endzone doing the Soulja Boy.

picture @ #10…“booger eaters”? Actually I find it charming that a segment of the SEC population finds more self-validation and personal understanding in a cigarette smoke/bourbon scented image of a hard man and the past he so strongly immortalizes. Of course the charm does wear thin whenever “bama” or "bear’ come up and the loyal minions of said image either wax on in rhapsody or defend whatever slights their thin skin feels.

What fun.

Does it shoot out Golden Flakes chips and racial slurs when Bama scores?

Ezell’s Fish Camp? Hoooh-leee shit.

let me reiterate for all of you who didn’t read my first post- us “gumps” and “bammers” didn’t do this, somebody in Connecticut did. Everyone know that this is a plot hatched by ESPN, the NCAA, Auburn, and Tennessee to ridicule us.
“Leave us the hell alone, people”

Rollin’ @#10, Bama is the only school that comes to mind where one person is an icon of the program. It is unique yet, strange for the rest of us. I do think it’s a good marketing idea. I make fun of it because, well I’m an Auburn fan, it’s part of what I do. Just like if we had concession stands called the Eagle’s Nest and Tiger Den, you would probably respond with a shot at our nickname/mascot icons.

If we did have these places, I’d hope they serve chops.

As a Tide fan, this is embarassing. We aren’t cool with this.

Nice, way to turn the stadium into a Mall Food Court. Hilarious. “Hey Maw, we didn’t get enough food tailgating before the game, and Im so damned hungry I cant wait til after! Go git me some fried fish from the fish shack!”

I think they should install a waffle house in one of the luxury boxes, sit down, have some scattered covered smothered, and watch some ball. Vanilla cokes too.

NFL’esque.

(That’s not a compliment, by the way)

concession stand my ass?? put a fog machine on it and run out of that fucker.

i kid, i kid. this is cheesy and lame, but so much is these days. blame connecticut.

why is that second “c” in conneCticut??

I have the next one, Crimson Tide Tampon dispensers

At Texas games/tailgates all you see a lot of BBQ. How many schools slow cook their mascot?

I have it on good authority they will be selling candy cigarettes in a Chesterfield box and apple juice from a miniature burbon bottle at this concession stand

along with Golden Flake chips and Coke of course

When I first saw this I hoped against all hope it was a fark done over pictures of them lowering real equipment into the Stadium… alas…

Though I will reiterate what PMR keeps saying, it’s not us, it’s the frickin Connecticut yankees (and we all know all Connecticut is good for is fucking) that do the National’s concessions (Oh God, are you kidding me!?!), that Mal, in an alzheimer’s induced stupor, decided to hire…

Though I am kinda psyched about Five Guys in the stadium.

Oh, and… “just like if we had concession stands called the Eagle’s Nest and Tiger Den”… no, you just have a stadium you call THE JUNGLE

No Offense Dept

No offense….well, here comes the offense….

Why is ’Bama… a “has been” college footbaw team….

… getting prime time exposure on the day College Football becomes alive again?

Boogers. Mmmmmmm!

@ 21-

That’s one of the reasons I hate this. Naturally, the “entertainment company” doing this also owns concession stands in numerous professional arenas. Boo this concession stand.

SKLM:

Because it gets hits. It gets hits because people like you, who apparently don’t care about Alabama, can’t resist taking digs at the program, because you know that people like me will respond. It’s beautiful.

" no, you just have a stadium you call THE JUNGLE"
To reiterate, anything that accommodates our icons is a target.

And you have a stadium that seems to give us home field advantage.

sevenDs,

I will admit that this hat is incredibly ridiculous if you admit that referring to your stadium as “the jungle” and piping in crowd noise is also ridiculous.

sevenDs, I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of Auburn fans making fun of how someone else names things… it was not a dig at the stadium itself, which is actually pretty nice, and sickeningly loud (at least if you’re standing on the sideline in front of the student section)

Alabama needs to just go ahead, pull the trigger and change their name from the Alabama Crimson Tide to the Alabama Bear Bryants. Get rid of Al the Elephant and have a mean drunk dressed up in a mean drunk costume (or a blow up thing like Nebraska’s Lil Red) walking around the stadium taking picture with the kids (read: 40+ year olds).

“And you have a stadium that seems to give us home field advantage.”

Roffle Mayo

Not really off topic.

If you could roll with both of the Houndstooth Twins at the same time, would you make them wear the hat?

You know…just because….:-)

Roffle Mayo = funniest thing I’ve ever seen typed.

SKLM

Are you saying Alabama=ND south?

Penn State has responded by a concession stand with a big pair of glasses and cleats. Naturally, they sell BRAAAAINNNSS!!!!

@33

We only pipe in crowd noise for the chop blocks, and yes, calling it the Jungle has always been stupid.

[Insert the Alabama Fans and Maggots likeness joke here]

Crabapple Buck @ 39 – I’m confused – are you making nice with SC people to lull us into not noticing that we’re only a couple of weeks away from OMG the bestest biggest game EVAR (since the last one) (copyright ESPN), or taking the chance to get a shot in at Notre Dame? Either way, nice work.

1) I don’t know any actual AU folks who call JHS “the jungle”. Tuberville floated that when he first arrived and it quighly and rightly sank. Luckily it isn’t preserved for eternity in a half ton of fiberglass.

2) What is this about piping in crowd noise? I don’t recall that ever at JHS.

But anyway, I’ll bet this guy thinks the BDS additions are quite classy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaiwkFNJYA0&eurl=http://thewareaglereader.wordpress.com/

And has anyone else been having difficulty getting comments to actually post?

Stupid Yankee companies and their Breaking and Entering prowess.

/Now living in mortal fear that NU boosters will get a 600 lb. fiberglass version of the corncob-hat installed at 13th & O.

“a snack stand hawking fried balls of tasty death with the name “Crimson Fried” is an incredible representation of any and all things Alabama.)”

Sadly, you are correct. This is why it is not upsetting to most Auburn fans when bammers attempt to needle us with “Most folks think Auburn is in Georgia.”

I’m sure Tom Arnold will buy all his authentic Tide refreshments under the hat.

While it may seem like a convenient out to try to blame the Connecticut Yankees for this, the finger can only be pointed at the bama fan base as a whole for creating the climate where something like this would be contemplated in the first place, nevermind executed and profitable.

Re: Bryant signing 200 players was his only advantage…

Last time I checked, the NCAA has no scholarship restrictions at any time on those schools. Every school could sign as many players as they want. I don’t see how that changes anything.

33 and 34,
I think there’s hypocrisy among all fans when it comes to traditions of other schools. The hat (well Bear Bryant) is part of Alabama football and what the rest of us think doesn’t matter.

Piping in crowd noise was ridiculous, but I’m not saying is that this hat is. The Jungle thing wasn’t a big deal to me, I let the PR people do what they want.

There are things I find ridiculous than a houndstooh hat on a concession stand: (in no particular order)
Brutus Buckeye
Notre Dame mystique
The ACC
The So. Cal “war chant” – or what ever it is, you know the peace sign thing
The “Hokie Gobbler” mascot cheer
The nickname “Zips”
National Title aspirations of USC, even with Spurrier
The Tomahawk Chop (although I do like a good chop)

I could go on, but I think I’ve started a bigger fight than I can handle right now.

College Footbaw Fan Dept:

1. 31 – Tater Salad – If ’Bama were any good I would love to watch them, especially against the Gators and other good SEC teams…

1. 39 – Crabapple – Alabama, the Notre Dame of the South? Had not really thought of it that way before, but, you may have a good point there…

..But, if I had to put my pennies on a team, I think Saban has a better chance to getting the program off mediocrappy, while Weis is obviously not big-time, or little-time head coaching material.

#23: I think they already did that in the Iron Bowl – 2002, IIRC.

Then some 4th string white running back ran wild up in that joint, and we ain’t seen the Fedora since. (OK, we have, he’s at Southern Miss)

I think Jordan-Hare already has a “Pat Dye’s Pants” themed concession stand.

Disturbing.

Nuremburg?

1. and Hugh Jackman.

That hat’s not really houndstooth, it’s plaid. Tres rustique’

I’m freaking out, I thought this was posted over a month ago…I’m getting deja vu so bad I can physically feel my brain trying to make sense of it.

They are actually going to have Coke, as in Coca-Cola, at Bryant-Denny? When did that change?