Whatever happened to class?

I love Alabama football. I love this time of year. I love the crimson uniform and seeing Nick Saban on the sidelines with those uniforms as head coach. I love going to Tuscaloosa to see a game live and in person...MOST of the time.

I went to see Alabama play Tulane Saturday night. It was the first home game and we had just knocked off a top 10 team the week before and played solid smash-mouth football EVERY down. I was so excited to go to this game and as usual, the fan's expectations were overboard, but being realistic has never been a Bama fan's strongest point. We were even compliant with the stadium announcer who asked us to treat the Tulane team with respect when they came on the field because of the hurricane that week evacuating them from their city. We cheered for them when they came on the field. I was so proud of our fans...until we started playing mediocre and the fans booed. How classless!

I'm proud of all of our national chamionships - it's something to be proud of, but excuse me if I don't think that booing the team you support is acting like a champion. I believe that if you are a fan of a team then you support them through thick and thin. You're loyal to a fault and you take the good with the bad.

It certainly wasn't the prettiest win and we didn't play to the standards that we've become accustomed on every play, but these are kids out there lest we forget...someone's child. Their parents were probably sitting in the stadium somewhere - call it my mommy heart - I don't care. There should be no room to boo your own team or team's coaching staff. Form your opinion and tell your buddy...call talk radio and complain...blog on it for heaven's sake, but don't boo your team...period. Do you think you have to boo to let a veteran head coach that gets paid several million dollars a year know that his team doesn't look great? Give me a break! Act like a champion even if you're losing...which we weren't either time the fans booed. We won the game...we had some sacks...some injuries...allowed a few big plays...and missed some kicks, but we WON. Show some class, Bama fans...winning or losing...show that we're champions.