If you were to look at my schedule you'd see there's not really an entire week where I sleep in my own bed every night. Usually one to two nights out of the week I'm on the road. This week was an exception. I have slept in my own bed for 9 consecutive nights, a record since I started my job. It was a nice feeling, but that doesn't mean I didn't travel. On Thursday I made the trip from Nashville to Birmingham and back. I put well over 400 miles on my car. I was exhausted and by 8:30 I was asleep. However, in true form, I was back up at 11pm when my wife came home from her Book Club as we sat down, caught up and had a beer. Anyway, Birmingham was uneventful. Typical day, nothing too earth shattering. Well- I almost got rear ended by a cop in downtown Birmingham, only to look in my rear view and see him texting while driving (I should have made a citizens arrest). But seeing as it's almost fall in the South, football is everywhere you go. I spent the entire day listening to 690AM The Fan in Birmingham. You know how I know there is a God? Irrational Alabama Football Fans. God wants us to be happy and amused at all times, and these out of work, drunken hillbillies are pure comedy gold. Now, these irrational fans exist everywhere (Tennessee included), but Alabama fans or 'Bammers' as their affectionately known, take the cake. Where else can you hear the drunken ramblings of Gene in Rainbow City at 2:30 in the afternoon on a Thursday? Alabama Sports radio. And where can you hear about Nick Saban's latest bowel movement and how it may effect their blitzing strategy against Penn State? Alabama Sports radio. Ask any irrational Alabama football fan what they would rather see: An end to World Hunger, AIDS and war in one day or a DVD tribute to the Alabama Million Dollar Marching Band and 100 out of 100 are cuing up the Surround Sound. Listen-- This isn't sour grapes, either. I know Tennessee sucks and we're in a down period. And I respect Nick Saban and the winning tradition at Alabama. However, a gathering of some perspective may need to be in order.
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