It was beautiful, crisp fall afternoon in Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium. I had traveled the necessary eight hours south to stand in the third row and watch the eventual national champion Alabama Crimson Tide beat up on Jevan Snead and the Rebs. As the game became more and more out of hand for the home team, more and more Tide fans migrated to where I was behind Ole Miss’s end zone.

After another interception by Nick Saban’s defense, one particularly obnoxious dude harassed the crowd with a refrain something to the affect of “Oh yeah Snead’s way better than Tim Tebow,” referencing Steve Spurrier’s preseason All-Conference vote.

Not surprisingly, it became too much for the guy in front of me. He turned around, adjusted his tie and, not unlike that scene in The Sandlot, told him “You’re acting like a real Tiger fan right now.”
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