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  • Alabama's $30K BCS trophy shattered


    Updated: April 16, 2012, 7:05 PM ET
    By Alex Scarborough | TideNation



    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A piece of history from the University of Alabama's championship run was shattered on Saturday afternoon following the Crimson Tide's annual A-Day scrimmage.
    [+] EnlargeAndy Lyons/Getty ImagesAlabama's $30,000 crystal BCS trophy shattered into little pieces on Saturday when a player's father tripped on a rug and knocked over the display table.


    The Coaches' Trophy from this season's BCS national title was accidentally knocked off its podium and shattered by a player's father whose foot got caught on a rug that sits beneath the trophy display. The Waterford Crystal trophy was on display in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility halls, home to coach Nick Saban's office and other athletic personnel.
    The handmade trophy sculpted in Ireland is valued at $30,000. The university previously had two such trophies, one at the Paul W. Bryant Museum and the other at the athletic facility. A university spokesman confirmed that they will immediately begin the process of replacing the trophy.
    The crystal football has been a fragile piece in recent years. In 2008, Florida had its broken when then-recruit Orson Charles fumbled the ball away. In 2004, Florida State had a pair of trophies stolen from a glass case outside of Bobby Bowden's office during renovation of the building.
    Charlie Green, trophy manager for the American Football Coaches Association, said he uses adhesive tape to secure the ball when it's toured around the country and advises universities to take the same precautions when displaying it.
    "It's pretty fragile, I guess," Green said. "It only weighs about 8 pounds so I can see where if it gets bumped it would roll off."
    Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."

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    • aw .. too bad.

      Guess their recruits will be limited to Escalades rather than Lexus(s)
      "in order to lead America you must love America"

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      • How'd you like to be that Florida recruit who shattered one! Guess that's why he ended up at Georgia.

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        • Why the hell is a recruit even touching the thing. If you didn't help win it, keep your hands OFF.

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          • urban likes recruits to touch his balls.

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            • eeeeuuww!

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              • I predict lots of "Sprinkle" puns by announcers doing OSU game.

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                • Just wait until they hear that we have a guy named Jake Butt ...
                  "in order to lead America you must love America"

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                  • Originally posted by SeanB View Post
                    How'd you like to be that Florida recruit who shattered one! Guess that's why he ended up at Georgia.
                    Wonder how long it'll be before players start selling pieces on e-bay!

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                    • Originally posted by entropy View Post


                      LOL....they use a black guy to model TJ Moe's uniform? Classic.

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                      • Jessica Dorrell placed on paid leave

                        FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas says Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year-old football department employee whose affair with former football coach Bobby Petrino led to his firing, has been placed on paid leave by the university.

                        University spokesman Steve Voorhies confirmed Dorrell's leave Friday morning, saying the school would issue no more details because the situation is a personnel matter.

                        Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player, was a Razorback Foundation fundraiser before her hiring as the football team's student-athlete development coordinator by Petrino on March 28. Her salary is $55,735.

                        Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long said Petrino gave Dorrell a gift of $20,000 before her hiring, and phone records show the two exchanged more than 4,300 text messages and nearly 300 phone calls over the past seven months.

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                        I also heard they offered her a free first class airline ticket to anywhere in the US. She declined, stating she'd rather ride coach.
                        Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.

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                        • Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.

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                          • I also heard they offered her a free first class airline ticket to anywhere in the US. She declined, stating she'd rather ride coach.

                            applause

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                            • Old news Ent.
                              Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."

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                              • the pony express takes longer to get to Nebraska..
                                Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.

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