Game Thread: Birmingham Bowl (Houston vs Auburn, ESPN, 11am CST)

[CullmanTide]

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True words of wisdom. I will pass them on to my grandchild.

 

[CullmanTide]

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I've even heard it pronounced Burninham.

 

[CrimSonami]

Dub,

So sorry for you and particularly Mrs. Dubs loss. We buried my Mother on Christmas Eve 17 years ago. The pain gets a bit more bearable each passing year but it's always there. Praying for your family's comfort during this really trying time.

 

[GrayTide]

Dub, just saw this about the death of your wife's father. So sorry for y'all's loss. Prayers for him, may he Rest In Peace.

 

[TideEngineer08]

It was sudden. Massive MI. We were all watching Encanto in the living room when his wife called Mrs Dub. I beat the ambulance to the hospital by about a minute and the paramedics, bless them, had gotten a pulse just prior to hitting the ramp, but he coded again right as they paged cardiology and they called it well before Mrs Dub, her sister and his wife rolled up. Did manage to get a warning to my brother in law to be ready before the attending came to speak to us.

Small blessing, he did get to see our girls at Christmas Eve Mass the day prior. Cece sat in her grandpa's lap.

We think daddy had one on Wednesday which he believed was reflux from food poisoning. Then he had another Sunday evening at church.

I was over an hour away. I was able to stop near Atalla and FaceTime with him before they took him back for surgery at Gadsden. All the rest of the family was there and able to see him in person. His heart was just too sick at that point for him to make it through surgery.

Everyon talks about cancer sucking, and it does indeed, but heart disease is just awful. It’s still so hard to detect.

 

[Cruiser]

Heard a bizarre stat this morning; in the last 6 games, the barn scored a total of 22 points in the second half. That will get you beat; every time

 

[Relayer]

Heard a bizarre stat this morning; in the last 6 games, the barn scored a total of 22 points in the second half. That will get you beat; every time

An avg if 3.6 points in the 2nd half. Let's hope they can keep that streak going. I think they can!

 

[CB4]

My wife’s mother died in October so she had a rough holiday. Can’t imagine losing someone on Christmas. Prayers sent for your family.

I lost my oldest brother December 13 of 2001 and my father on Christmas night of 1997. The holidays are particularly tough for me.

Prayers for you and your family @AUDub

 

[Ole Man Dan]

Did anyone catch the remarks after the game. Nobody loves a sore loser, but a sore winner is pretty much classified as a jerk. (Houston)
Houston made Auburn look down right classy. Houston complained because Auburn took too long talking to the press. Houston also complained about the food in Birmingham.
Good chance Houston may not be invited back again.
I know that if it was up to me Texas Tech could go elsewhere.

 

[Padreruf]

We think daddy had one on Wednesday which he believed was reflux from food poisoning. Then he had another Sunday evening at church.

I was over an hour away. I was able to stop near Atalla and FaceTime with him before they took him back for surgery at Gadsden. All the rest of the family was there and able to see him in person. His heart was just too sick at that point for him to make it through surgery.

Everyon talks about cancer sucking, and it does indeed, but heart disease is just awful. It’s still so hard to detect.

Heart attacks do not allow much if any time for the family to prepare for the death. Cancer, although spread out and tougher on the patient, let's the family get ready. Prayers for all of you...these are tough, especially at the holidays.

 

[bamaman2988]

Today.

 

[bamaman2988]

Chizik's last year in 2012

Never had a Losing Season under Gus

Yeah I had a complete brain fart, I forgot all about 2012.

 

[Crimson1967]

Did anyone catch the remarks after the game. Nobody loves a sore loser, but a sore winner is pretty much classified as a jerk. (Houston)
Houston made Auburn look down right classy. Houston complained because Auburn took too long talking to the press. Houston also complained about the food in Birmingham.
Good chance Houston may not be invited back again.
I know that if it was up to me Texas Tech could go elsewhere.

Not getting invited back to the Birmingham Bowl is punishment?

I get the winning coach should be the top interview in a meaningless bowl. But this is in the other team’s backyard, so there are probably more media following the barn at the game than there are Houston.