No, not the World Cup — we’re talkin’ good ol’ American college football. After all, as the homepage of the The Huntsville (Alabama) Times will tell you, kickoff is only a short 68 days away!
If you live in a town like Huntsville, Alabama, it’s beyond the scope of most folks’ imaginations that one simply wouldn’t care about something as earth-shatteringly important as football. As our submitter, a reporter at The Huntsville Times, explains, “We’re one hell of a football nation here — you either root for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide or Auburn University.”
So, our submitter concludes, “I’m guessing this letter comes from an Auburn fan.”
UPDATE: Another postcard-to-the-editor from the Huntsville Times’ number #1 reader!
related: A day in the life of a crank
extra credit: “The Death of Print Journalism”
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109 responses so far ↓
#1
AB
Roll Tide! …probably is an Auburn fan
Jun 27, 2010 at 5:43 pm rating: 6
#2
steph
AMEN, BROTHER! I could have written that myself. I get so sick of the Birmingham News printing that football schlop all the time, and everybody always talking about college football and the Auburn/Alabama rivalry – year round! There is more to life!
Jun 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm rating: 26
#3
Canthz_B
This is what happens to a local paper when all their news reporters quit to run their own blogs.
Jun 27, 2010 at 5:53 pm rating: 23
#4
roll tide
my dad just reminded about the countdown to kickoff a few days ago. bama football is all that matters, has been for as long as i can remember. definitely an auburn fan. QQ
Jun 27, 2010 at 5:57 pm rating: 5
#5
Jonathan
Oil spill? What oil spill?
(ETA: If you’re married and monogamous, your life does kinda revolve around the crimson tide… but that’s another kind of newspaper entirely.)
Jun 27, 2010 at 5:59 pm rating: 31
#6
shwonline
Dear Reader,
Thanks for your comments, but all those long front page stories and photos are about Obama.
The Editor
Jun 27, 2010 at 6:11 pm rating: 39
#7
Thessaly
See, this is the difference between Alabama, and Ohio, where the TRUE football fans reside. No-one here would ever tire of hearing about OUR football team. GO BUCKS!
Jun 27, 2010 at 6:12 pm rating: 1
#8
Ashmeadow
Huge…long…big. We all know what the notewriter really wants.
‘Bama sex scandals. Well you’re in luck, notewriter . On page 15 in the newest addition, there’s some good investigative reporting on what really happens in those locker rooms. It’s a nice change from all those sports stories.
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:08 pm rating: 6
#9
SallySweet
As an Idaho fan in Boise State territory, I can relate to this PAN. It seems like when some sort of BSU story comes out it somehow takes up all of the sports section and creeps around to the front page. Very annoying.
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:30 pm rating: 1
#10
Nack
Long shot, but I’m going to guess the person could care less about sports in general….It’s the reason blogs are thriving, because newspapers don’t print “news”.
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:34 pm rating: 11
#11
infanttyrone
Oh, the head coach he draws X’s and O’s
and screams we gotta block.
I’d ask him what the hurry was,but
he’d prob’ly choke on his chalk.
The cheerleaders treat me kindly,
and they furnish me with ‘shine,
but way deep down I know I’ll only
play 3rd string defensive line.
Oh ! Bama ! Can this really be the end ?
To be stuck inside of the Crimson Tide
With the football blues again…
There was this garage band that played a gig in Birmingham last year…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6nkRW9ANo
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:35 pm rating: 8
#12
Danielle
WAR EAGLE!!!!
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:39 pm rating: 3
#13
jinx
Anyone else disappointed this sign isn’t about Obama? Or his wife? Sorry, but her pictures are “Bama pictures” I DON’T wanna see.
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:54 pm rating: 3
#14
Lallafa
Why would you name your FOOTBALL team after a euphemism for MENSTRUATION? DO THEY NOT KNOW?
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:56 pm rating: 18
#15
LJ
Auburn fan.
My 8 month old is already ready for the new season. She has her ‘Bama onesies, ‘Bama workout outfit, ‘Bama sweatshirt…And we aren’t anywhere near Alabama.
Jun 27, 2010 at 7:57 pm rating: 3
#16
kiwimusume
Am I the only one who thinks “Crimson Tide” is a very unfortunate name, especially with “the” in front?
Jun 27, 2010 at 8:25 pm rating: 6
#17
dave
Bama fans are so obnocnious. Albama students only go to school there because of football. I went to the Univirsity of Auburn to get a education.
war eagel!!!
Jun 27, 2010 at 9:48 pm rating: 5
#18
Kitty
Ha. “The Crimson Tide” is what I call my monthly gift when I don’t feel like being a grown-up.
Jun 27, 2010 at 10:15 pm rating: 2
#19
Bethany
Of course, there’s no possible way that this person just *doesn’t like football.* Yes, there are some of us out there who detest watching it, reading about it, or hearing people talking about it. I just wish people would learn that I’m not interested. I don’t talk about my Doctor Who obsession with you all the time, why do you think I want to hear about a bunch of muscle-bound, brain injured lunkheads running into each other?
Jun 27, 2010 at 10:43 pm rating: 36
#20
UnclGhost
Wow, for a second there I thought it was some illiterate rant about Obama and “red” communism.
Jun 28, 2010 at 12:59 am rating: 5
#21
bowloftoast
My whole world revolves around the crimson tide…then again, I’m a rhythm method kind of guy.
Jun 28, 2010 at 2:34 am rating: 9
#22
Alan
QUOTE: “We’re one hell of a football nation here …”
Since when did Huntsville (or even Alabama) become a nation?
Jun 28, 2010 at 5:58 am rating: 5
#23
Angela
College football sucks.
Jun 28, 2010 at 8:51 am rating: 6
#24
Aardvaark
Same damn thing happens with the Penn State local fishwrap. Can’t wait for the Tide to beat the Nits
Jun 28, 2010 at 8:59 am rating: 1
#25
Joe
Has a life out side of football. Cares about real news… Yep, probably an Auburn fan.
Jun 28, 2010 at 9:27 am rating: 4
#26
KS04
Wow, my Alma mater’s football team has players who punch other players in the face, beat their girlfriends, steal stuff from frat houses, get caught with marijuana and essentially are booted from the team and I have yet to see that make front page news.
I guess I’m in the wrong state.
Jun 28, 2010 at 9:38 am rating: 1
#27
wfa
I’m guessing it came from someone who’s fed up with hearing about sports every time they try and get updated on real issues of the world, like oil spills and the economy.
Jun 28, 2010 at 11:28 am rating: 3
#28
Scott
Why would a school team want to be referred to in the same manner as a woman’s menstrual cycle?
Crimson tide? Really??
Jun 28, 2010 at 11:49 am rating: 4
#29
Uaelit
All I see is a bunch of whining and complaining. Ohio sucks, just the Tennessee of the north. Alabama football is a collective nation, if you understood anything about the grasp the university has on it’s alumni world wide you might understand. Who said what about U of A academics? Do a little research on Alabama academics and tell me what you find?
Jun 28, 2010 at 12:25 pm rating: 2
#30
Z
I’m about to delete every sports fan from my facebook. I’m so sick of hearing about the game, whats happening during the game. What did you guys think of that game today? Do I give a play by play of the models in the runway shows I watch? Do I ask about the Prada chandelier shoes 3 times a day? Everyone would be real sick of my fashion updates…
Jun 28, 2010 at 1:58 pm rating: 9
#31
TippingCows
It’s been speculated that those seemingly obsessed with football are actually quite homophobic.
You be the judge!
Jun 28, 2010 at 10:50 pm rating: 0
#32
Sarah
I’m from the area, and I hate football, Huntsville just had a hell of a winter. There was something like 2 school shootings in a week. Both on a Friday. Anyway, a lot else has been going on. Rollingstone Magazine did a huge article last summer about the Mexican drug ring, and there’s something crazy going on at least once a day.
Yet, all we frickin get is football. And I don’t think anything about the World Cup. As a soccer player myself, that’s just disappointing. I care about that a lot more than football season that’s still months away.
Jun 29, 2010 at 2:03 pm rating: 0
#33
Brooke
Ok, coming from a die hard alabama family, I must say that I couldn’ agree more with this note. Mother counts down the days left till kickoff after the last game of the season. I had bear bryant crap in my room my whole child hood. Dont get my wrong, I love to curl up with a beer and some nachos and watch the game too, but damn! I will yell RoOLL TIDE to anyone I see sporting an auburn shirt…but when its off season, give it a rest!
Jun 29, 2010 at 4:32 pm rating: 0
#34
LS
Wow, I’m soooo glad someone sent that to the Times. The Alabama/Auburn thing was old by the time I was in 4th grade. I didn’t care then and I don’t care now. Our neighbors actually won’t talk to us because we aren’t Alabama fans. The fact that we aren’t Auburn fans either means nothing to them. That we both went to Auburn just makes things that much more annoying.
Jun 30, 2010 at 12:20 am rating: 0
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Oct 10, 2010 at 12:34 am rating: 0
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