remember the san jacinto

during the first half of the 19th century the residents of the state of Tennessee had the repuation of volunteering their services during various wars. Most notably the war of 1812 (vs. Canada ) and the Texas Revolution (vs. Mexico). Of course earning tennessee the title of being………..

drumroll…………

the volunteer state.

On April of 1836, General Sam Houston, with the aid of tennessee volunteers and the battle of cry of “Remember the Alamo”, led Texan forces to a decisive victory over Mexican forces in the Battle of Jacinto. In october of 2013, the volunteer football team of tennnessee would hand San Antonio native (site of the alamo) Terrence Graves and the Crimson Tide, their only loss of the season.

Leading the Crimson Tide charge this year in Knoxville would be Mexican American Seth Sanchez. Now Seth has never read a history book, nor does he intend to, (in fact to him the Alamo is just some car rental service), but he does remember the sad look on Terrence Graves’s face, when they loss to the volunteers; and he did want look bad in front of these tennessee scholars

personal favs of his included

(counting up from 0:00)

0:18 – Southern Belle in white on the left
0:20 – Southern thrash in the middle
0:49 – Southern DMB and A&F fan

ya go vols, rocky top uhhhhh whoops, wtf! drifted off a bit, I mean vols suck, preds suck, norm chow is okay, but ya roll tide. Anyways the Tide came out strong and stayed that way all four quarters. OLB Alex Branch was a beast finishing with 10 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT & 4 deflections (I think only about 4 tackles were User controlled). Sanchez was his usual self with 159 yards and 1 TD. Well aware of the War of 1812, Canadians FS Clarence Morgan and HB Aaron Perrilloux played well with 8 tackles for Morgan and 1 TD for Perrilloux. All this leading to a 31-13 redemption victory.

seth we love you

key stats
- Minor 10-19 92 yards 2 TDs 3 INTs (but he played good)
- Sanchez 159 yards 1 TD, 3 blondes 1 brunette 1 misc girl (hispanic mojo)
- Wayne 3-34-1

…up next for #10 Alabama (7-1) is Mississippi State, they stink but a lot of recruits are coming to visit.

this one was for Terrence

catholic forgiveness

okay I’ll admit it. I may have overreacted a wee bit regarding Marcus Minor. He is only a Sophmore and after three weak performances in conference games which included an upset loss against South Carolina (I looked back on my previous years and turns out they’ve beat me twice before, cursed!) I was ready to usher in backup Chris Odom as the new starter. Minor signed with Bama as the #1 QB and he was slowly turning into the next Chris Sims or worse Ron Powlus. In fact I was looking for ways to make him transfer in the off-season (put him 4th on the depth chart, convert him to TE, or even cut him), but thank God (the one that visits the Vatican, not the one that visits London, ya I’m talking to all you protestants) that I gave him one last chance against Notre Dame

The #2 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame came into Tuscaloosa not only with the Vatican on their side but a wealth of talent. Nearly everyone on their D was 90+, they had four WRs who were 90+ and their RB Moore would finish with 3 TDs. But third world catholism had a saviour in Mexican RB Seth Sanchez (9-1-5 Mang!); with an injury to Minor that would put him out until the 4th quarter, I felt that it was a blessing in the disguise. Odom performed well, but Bama’s focus was clearly on the ground. By the time the 4th quarter hit, Notre Dame’s LBs figured out how to stop the run. So coach Namath took a chance and put Minor in for the 4th quarter with the Tide down 31-24. He would lead a 95 yard drive that would set up a rushing TD. Score 31-31 with about 2 minutes left. Afterwards the Tide’s D would hold ND leaving about 30 seconds for the Tide to set up the win. With the run not working at all, Sanchez was put into the Slot in the Ace Slot Formation; “FL Middle” was called and Minor, despite huge pressure from the D, came up big and hit Sanchez at ND’s 20 yard line. GWFG was hit by Robert Capps for a 34-31 upset.

(top row: Sanchez takes down ND’s 99 OVR LB; bottom left to right: ND RB Moore was unstoppable, Minor under pressure but completes the throw, Sanchez with the catch to set up the Game Winning FG)

Key Stats
- Minor 9-14 118 yards 0 TDs 1 INT; Odom 5-7 70 yards
- Sanchez 158 yards 1 TD, 3 rec 58 yards
- FB Mark Jones 2 TDs
- Chris Richard 4-46
- Anthony Thomas 99 yard KR TD to start 2nd Half
- SS Chris Christian and FS Clarence Morgan (Calgary) = Sick
- Vancouver Giants pound Prince Albert 4-1 (I was there)

next up 5-1 Tennessee