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Anyone have access to the infamous Saban speech

Posted on 10/23/07 at 8:38 am
Posted by JVTiger
Member since Nov 2004
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Posted on 10/23/07 at 8:38 am
from 2002 about Alabama. The one Bama fans refused to believe was fake. And Francione snubbed Saban for it after the game. And Bama fans cheered with glee. And no matter what Saban and LSU fans said, Bama fans were convinced that Saban said it.

Well if they were so convinced, let's put it up on this board and the Bama boards as a reminder of what Saban thinks of Alabama. They were the ones who said it was true.

Anyone still have it?
Posted by T1gerBa1t
Milam, TX
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 10/23/07 at 10:25 am to
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:00 am to
bump
Posted by cajunofficer
Denham Angeles
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Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:33 am to
bump
Posted by triplesauce
new york
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:34 am to


Somebody out there must have it. I think at one point, Saban tells Jordy to get out of the lockerroom. Classic Saban.
Posted by geauxturbo
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
4384 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:37 am to
The one where he bad mouths the Tide about 200,000 dollar gifts and cars. The anonymous email transcript is sent to Franchione... I'd love to at least see the transcript again
Posted by Malcolm
Tampa, FL
Member since May 2005
43 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:40 am to
Here you go:

Transcript of Coach Saban speech to team after game

The Kid says:
{PLAYERS CHEERING, BREATHING, MIXED EMOTIONS, LOCKERS
SLAMMING}

Alright... everybody get in here, take a knee. No I mean it get in close, I
want everybody in close together, because I can barely talk. Jordy get the
hell out of here.

{PLAYERS GATHER IN}

Everybody quiet...QUIET. Some of you juniors and seniors, it's going on
three years and by now you guys know me well enough to know that
there's no way in hell I can really be happy about this game. And I'm sorry.
I know it's a big thing for everybody else -- and it's a great feeling, and it's
better to be on this end of it than the other end. But for those of you who
know me, you know that I can't be happy about this. Maybe inside of your
own heads you can, but I can't. There came a point in this game where in
the third quarter, both offensively and defensively when we should have put
this game away. I give all the credit in the world to the players in that other
locker room, but we should have dominated that team over there realtive to
the strengths on this football team and the strengths on that one.

And I'll tell you I'm angry about it. Unfortunately for us, they're going to be
replaying this game all week -- you're going to hear about this game all the
time. But instead of saturating your minds with this, I challenge each and
every one of you to do something different. Instead of the 24-hour rule
that we have, let's take this game, this game because what happened out
there was so unusual relative to reality, relative to what normally happens,
let's take this game and say "You know what, we're going to change our 24
hour rule into a 24-minute rule." Meaning that it'll be over as soon as we're
done here.

The reason I say that is because I can't think of any other way to re-direct
my anger about what went on in the second half of that football game
today. And when I think of the Alabama game, I see a tremendous
oppotunity for us to rectify what went on here today. Of course, Alabama
can't win the SEC Championship -- and we're the defending SEC
Champions. So this is their SEC Championship. They're over there saying
"Oh the NCAA stopped us from going to going to the championship, so we
we're going to show them that we're the best team in the conference by
beating LSU in Baton Rouge. Can you imagine the f**k*ng nerve. Can you
imagine the F**king nerve. Another words, we got caught cheating, so
we're going to go out and show the rest of the conference that we're really
the best team, even though we're cheaters. I'll tell you right now, I'mnot
letting that bulls**t happen to our SEC Championsip. Well, that's our SEC
Championship. That's our SECChampionship that we earned on the field.
That's our SEC Championship that the kids over there with thousands of
dollars in their pockets are trying to redeem their season with.
I guarantee to you that will be the best team we've faced all year. Probably
the only one that's so obviously broken the rules. I mean do we get to do
pas intereference all game? Dominick, you look like you've been through hell
today, brusises all over -- at the end of the game do I say, here's
$200,000? Have I ever given you $200,000? Believe me, I'd like to -- but
that's the rules. That's the rules.

{SILENCE}
{SABAN, HIS VOICE BEGINNING TO CRACK}
I'll tell you the answer - No. Hell No. F**K No. I am a competitor. I want win
with what I earned,what we as a team have earned -- not with what I some
f**king booster gave me. Everyone in this room wanted to come here --
and maybe some of you were offered money to go otherplaces. What F**
King nerve -- we don't want the team in Atanta to be the best team in
conference????? Are you kidding me??? If no one else says it I'll say it.
THAT IS BULLSH**T. Let me tell you something, the best will be in Atlanta
this year. Whether it's us or somebody else. After we get through with
Alabama, no one will doubt that the best team will be in Atlanta.

And you know what, I don't care if Tyler Watts and every kid on that team
is driving a Lexus...

IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER

I don't care if we have to physically make the referees look at the ******
Jumbotron on every F***king play

IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER

I don't care of if all of their players get a Chrsitmas bonus and a 401k
plan...

IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER

I don't care if Matt's out for this season...If Toe's got a broken arm...If
Damon leaves the team...If marcus is playing on half a leg...

IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER

If you're an American, if you like to compete, if you like football then those
sh*tholes with numbers on their helmets coming into Tiger Stadium --
talking with all of their bulls**T about the best team in the conference
should make you very, very ANGRY. This is a stake in the coffin game. Get
close everybody. I know there have been a lot of distractions -- I don't give
a sh*t abbout anything else that's going on. From a coaching standpoint,
Coach Fischer and Coach Muschamp and all of us are going to put you in a
position to win that game -- and I don't mean like last year when we kind of
dominated the game, but only won by two touchdowns. I mean a total F**
ing game from everyone on team.

Is there anybody in this room who thinks we've put together a complete
game this year -- anybody? No. Well, from this moment on -- understand
it, feel it, know it that everything we do this week relative to preparation
right up and execution of every moment -- right up until the very last
second of that game will be focussed on total and complete domination.


Posted by givemeabeer
Member since Mar 2006
3306 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:44 am to
It was a hoax

LINK

LINK
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77039 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:47 am to
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Posted by PrattLSU
Tolliver with 2 L's kid
Member since Aug 2004
4844 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:48 am to
quote:

Alright... everybody get in here, take a knee. No I mean it get in close, I
want everybody in close together, because I can barely talk. Jordy get the
hell out of here
.


Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
19794 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:51 am to
quote:

It was a hoax


SHHHHHH!
Posted by geauxturbo
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
4384 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 11:52 am to
ARRRrrrrggggghhhh... Thats some good shiat
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81877 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 12:11 pm to
i wish he said that, if by some remarkable way he did, as a matter of fact, whoever wrote it, that is one awesome speech in my book. It would have gotten me pumped. Too bad they couldn't back it up.
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13867 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 12:13 pm to
"Get the hell out of here, Jordy" is definately the most memorable part of that "Speech".
Posted by panzer
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
4432 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 12:20 pm to
MICHAEL RITTER wrote the article. He is a writer in New York City. I served with him in the National Guard and know that he was the one to apologize to coach Saban afterwards.

Pretty good writer...sure got things stirred up.
Posted by triplesauce
new york
Member since Oct 2006
1471 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 12:23 pm to


To me, it seems like a parody of the Camp Northstar speech from Meatballs. This probably wouldn't have been a big deal if he had referenced something more relatable like Deliverance or Forrest Gump.
Posted by Tiger_n_ATL
Ft. Lauderdale
Member since Jul 2005
33214 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

If you're an American, if you like to compete, if you like football then those
sh*tholes with numbers on their helmets coming into Tiger Stadium --
talking with all of their bulls**T about the best team in the conference
should make you very, very ANGRY.
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Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
39955 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 1:15 pm to
What game was this prank pulled after? I'm assuming the game right before Alabama ...but when? Thanks!
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81877 posts
Posted on 10/23/07 at 1:17 pm to
based on the transcript, it looks to be alluding to the Blue Grass Miracle
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