My Rant on Bandwagon Fans By: Jack Byrnes You know what really tears my ACL? Bandwagons fans. If you don’t know what a bandwagon fan is‚ they’re anyone who claims they are a "fan" of a particular sports team‚ even though they had no prior support for/interest in the team until that team started winning. These types of fans only show playoff interest‚ have probably never watched a regular season game‚ don’t own any type of team merchandise‚ nor would they buy any. For example‚ a lot of people were
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Today is Monday January 9th at 8:00pm the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama crimson tide fight each other for the 2nd straight year. Alabama was projected to beat the tigers by 13.5 points and I thought it was to much because I believed that we were better than that. I had been nervous all day on that Monday because I really wanted
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Football Team Dona Rudd COM/170 February 14‚ 2012 John Dague The Rivalries of Arkansas and Alabama’s College Football Team Alabama Crimson Tide college football team is a better team than the Arkansas Razorbacks for three main reasons: First‚ the number one team in the South Eastern Conference (SEC) is Alabama Crimson Tide‚ second Alabama beat the number one team LSU‚ and the most important is Alabama won the South Eastern Conference championship game for the 2011 season. The
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Both The Hungry Tide and The Interesting Narrative Of Olaudah Equiano are tales of sociological hardships combined with a life bound to the sea. The ocean plays a significant role in the text offering disempowerment to some whilst empowering others. In The Interesting Narrative the slave trade was in full swing and a capitalist attitude heavily dominates the text‚ whilst in The Hungry Tide capitalism plays a smaller role and the humanitarian backdrop of the story is a more central theme. In this
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To Pay or Not to Pay College Athletes? In the article‚ “The Shame of College Sports‚” noted author and historian Taylor Branch discusses the injustice of the National Collegiate Athletic Association not paying their college athletes. Branch references and goes into detail about several legal cases‚ in which the NCAA blatantly takes advantage of players and their families. He lectures his audience on the extensive history of the NCAA‚ pointing out many ignoble and hypocritical actions committed
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isolated in their own districts. Throughout history‚ people have dyed their textiles using common‚ locally available materials‚ but scarce dyestuffs that produced brilliant and permanent colors such as the natural invertebrate dyes Tyrian purple and crimson kermes became highly prized luxury items in the ancient and medieval world. Plant-based dyes such as woad‚ indigo‚ saffron‚ and madder were raised commercially and were important trade goods in the economies of Asia and Europe. Across Asia and Africa
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Try this‚ turn the laughing stock of all of college football and make them into a force to be reckoned with and in the national talk not once‚ but twice‚ this is exactly what coach Bill Snyder did with the Kansas State Wildcats. Bill Snyder is a 77 year old man who is a college football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats and is coming close to the end of his outstanding career as a head coach. Not only has he turned around a football program‚ but a community. Snyder has an exceptional record and
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at the campus of The University of Alabama. “Based on all the information we’ve received and going through and trying to determine the future of the four guys that got in trouble‚ those guys are no longer associated with the football program‚" Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said on Wednesday. "Their actions do not reflect the spirit and character that we want our organization to reflect. It’s obviously very disappointing and unacceptable what happened.” Calloway admitted to using the stolen credit
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unquestionably used was Jeremiah 4:30 and other Bible verses. The poem echoes this verse in its diction and its theme of self-destruction rooted in sin. Jeremiah 4:30 says‚” And when thou art spoiled‚ what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson‚ though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold‚ though thou rentest thy face with painting‚ in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee‚ they will seek thy life.” This verse is God’s cry to Judah who is covered in sin. A
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Felinae or werecat‚ Red Fur the Thief rode on his grey dragon named Chompy the Dragon to the colossal castle where the stone was being held. After he arrived‚ he dropped down onto the cold‚ grey castle wall‚ crept past the guards‚ and found the crimson red stone displayed in the center of a magnificent room‚ all while Chompy the Dragon circled silently overhead. Next‚ Red Fur the Thief quickly removed the stone and placed it in his worn bag. He then carefully and quietly made his way out of the
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