Monday, February 27, 2006

Public Service Announcement

Escambia County Sheriffs's Department Asks For Your Help in Locating Another Former UAT Felon. Another former University of Alabama football player is in trouble with the law. Following in the lines of Sherwin Williams, Bobby Humphrey, David Palmer, Ray Hudson, Kenny Stabler, John Parker Wilson, Marcus Carter, Santonio Beard, Taylor Britt, Chris Keys, Brian Burgdorf, and on and on and on, former UAT player Terence Braxton is accused of accepting money for good grades while he was teaching at Ernest Ward Middle School in Escambia County, Florida. Braxton, who claims to have learned of his scheme while playing at UAT, allowed students who didn't want to dress out for PE class to pay him a dollar. Authorities estimate he earned about $230,000. He was reportedly fired in January by the school for laziness and stupidity, traits shared by many UAT alumus. A warrant has been issued for Braxton's arrest. Authorities say he faces six counts of felony bribery charges. "He is a predator who took advantage of fat, out of shape kids, took their lunch money and used it, we suspect, to buy homosexual material which he shared with many of his former teammates." Unconfirmed reports show the list of former teammates possibly includes current Head Coach Mike Shula. If you know where he is, call the Escambia County, Florida sheriff's department.

Monday, February 20, 2006

Auburn Once Again Brings Pride to the State

The Auburn Men's Swimming Team won its 10th straight SEC title. This also marks the 12th time in 13 years that the Tigers have won the title. This year's title came after Auburn won their most convincing meet yet, beating Florida by 161.5 points. Auburn Swim Coach David Marsh is now being compared to Joe Paterno or Bobby Bowden as Auburn's Swim Team makes its name as one of the most dominant programs in the history of all sports. In other Auburn news, Auburn freshman, Mike Bianucci was named the Southeastern Conference's player of the week after batting 4 of 5 on Friday with a double, 2 home runs and 6 RBIs. Auburn swept Hofstra thanks to Bianucci's bat.

Across the state, the UAT women's basketball team lost to Tennessee by a score of 82-65. This marks Tennessee's 30th consecutive victory over UAT. In case you thought you read that wrong, let me repeat, "This marks Tennessee's 30th consecutive victory over UAT". The number of loses is not the only problem noted in Tuscaloosa, it's also the lack of support. The basketball team's loss came in front of a crowd of only 5,380 people, most of which were Tennessee fans.