We’ve played Memphis 8 times in our 10 years of D1 Football.
We’re 6-2 in that series with all 6 wins coming in the last 6 years.
We hope to make it 7 in a row this weekend (we seem to have Memphis’s number, much like Southern Miss has ours, and Memphis has Southern Miss’s).
Well, a few creative Blazer fans had an idea to start a tradition (as we often have to do with a Football team as young as ours is), and they sent a few emails to some people in the UAB athletic department.
A few more calls were made to some local artisans over at Sloss Furnaces, and they put together a little 100lb cast iron slab of ribs that the winner of the Football game gets to take home with them…
Then a few more calls were made and a few big names in BBQ from both Memphis and Birmingham decided to show up and hold a little competition for who can kick out the best in smoked pork…
Confirmed to be there are
Full Moon
Dreamland
Two Brothers
Buffalo Rock
The competition kicks off @ 12 noon, and the game kicks off at 6PM Saturday @ Legion Field.
See http://www.battleforthebones.com/ for more info.
October 10th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
Not the exact truth– but a nice story…
October 10th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Feel free to set me straight!
October 12th, 2006 at 9:34 am
I love the idea of tradition, but the sculpture looks a little too real. Its kinda gross really, it looks like if you left it locked up over the weekend you would come back to an awful smell.
Love kicking the crap out of memphis, though I would gladly trade every other year for a win over USM.
Where is the post about Emily’s baby? Pics? Hello? Your life as an uncle is off to a shaky start.