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groundloop

(11,518 posts)
5. I'm in Alabama and LOVING the game so far......
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:46 PM
Nov 2019

Needless to say there are going to be a few 'tributes' to LSU at my workplace on Monday.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
7. I would still expect many of the students to boo.
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:47 PM
Nov 2019

These are college kids for cryin' out loud, and I'm sure not all of them are from Alabama or Louisiana.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,013 posts)
6. I actually went to Huntsville to give a garden talk at the arboretum
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:47 PM
Nov 2019

Really nice place - a rare blue dot of progress and liberals surrounded by a sea of red. It was a really superb visit (the Restone Rocket dudes are right next door to the arboretum and many of the old fellows work at the garden - a few are incredibly brilliant plant researchers with huge collections of trillum, azalea and wild ginger).

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. I read that Northern Alabama was a hotbed of Union sympathy during the Civil War.
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 08:33 PM
Nov 2019

I also read that the Huntsville region has a buttload of PhD holders and some of the best PreK-12 schools in the country.

Tech

(1,770 posts)
8. I keep hearing the song "Sweet Home Alabama" but for some reason my brain is
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:51 PM
Nov 2019

switching the words to say
Fuck you Alabama

I need to get it out of my brain.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
9. We've been watching the game
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 07:00 PM
Nov 2019

But other than the mention early in the game about tRump & Melania being there, I don’t think there has been another word spoken about him. Yes, there were cheers but it was short and back to the game. If there was anyone else there with them (aside from secret service agents), it was not mentioned or shown.

aggiesal

(8,910 posts)
10. Around half way through the second quarter ...
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 07:24 PM
Nov 2019

the announcers said the 2 loudest cheers were for
the punt return TD and when they announced DumbA$$45
at the game.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
14. Well, I did go in the kitchen toward the end of the second quarter to
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 09:47 PM
Nov 2019

Put some chicken in the oven. So I probably missed that. But from what I could tell, there was not a big deal made over him being there.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
12. The state that nearly elected a pedophile to the US Senate because he wasn't a Democrat.
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 08:21 PM
Nov 2019

No one should be surprised by this.

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