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Looks like someone put Tom Al-Betar’s sideline pass to good use.
(A Star is Born)
Sadly though, I’ve been told Alabama football legend Harvey Updyke didn’t see the field last night.
Though if I had Mal Moore fetching me chicken fingers and spiked cheerwine all night, I’d wouldn’t bother to leave President Witt’s suite either.
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Early Friday morning longtime Alabama media personality Paul Finebaum appeared on FOX 6 in Birmingham to set the scene in New Orleans on the weekend before LSU and Alabama meet on Monday at the SuperDome.
(Trent Richardson at New Orleans Casino Saturday night)
During his visit with FOX 6 news anchor Janice Rogers, Finebaum reported that Alabama and LSU football players were spending their off-field time visiting Bourbon Street and patronizing Harrah’s Casino.
We saw reams of Alabama and LSU players, they had a midnight curfew, and, surprise suprise they split their time between Bourbon Street, and I know fans of LSU and Alabama are going to be thrilled to hear this, Bourbon Street and Harrah’s Casino.
About a quarter ’til twelve we went in there (Harrah’s Casino), I saw mainly LSU players, one very prominent one I might add but I’ll keep his name out of it. I hope he’s an adult although I think he is based on his alleged criminal activity of a few months ago.
I was a little surprised to see football players gambling, in a legal casino I might add, but it still surprised me. I guess I’m getting old.
Rogers then asked Finebaum, “I did hear that the curfews were midnight. Maybe one (team) had a one o’clock curfew, will that not start tightening up now today?”
Yes, it’s interesting I saw Trent Richardson out on, I think it was Bourbon Street, and he ran into one of his coaches and they were talking and, Trent really is a very nice kid, and he said, ‘coach I hate to do this but I’ve got curfew in ten minutes, I’ve got to run.’
Speaking of Richardson, the Alabama star running back was seen the evening after Finebaum’s comments at Harrah’s Casino around 11pm local time.
(Trent Richardson at New Orleans Casino Saturday night)
Richardson was also photographed visiting the New Orleans gambling parlor Saturday night around 11:30pm local time.
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Thanks to Michael Casagrande of the DECATUR (AL) DAILY and DailyBamaBlog - via Clay Travis at OutKickTheCoverage.com - for this tip from The Hat to an Alabama fan Saturday before the Heisman Trophy ceremony:
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For the first time in the 76-year history of the Iron Bowl rivalry, Auburn (AL) Police has stationed a “manned mobile surveillance tower” adjacent to the school’s Toomer’s Oaks to, as Auburn Police Captain Tommy Carswell told the WAR EAGLE READER, “keep the peace” this weekend.
Why is Carswell and the Auburn P.D. “beefing up our security” around the trees?
Saturday Alabama will tee it up at Auburn for the first time since Crimson Tide fan Harvey Updyke admitted to poisoning trees that have long marked the site of postgame victory celebrations by Tiger football fans.
“I don’t know if there’s a concrete or tangible reason for putting it there, but we’ll be doing some recording there. This thing about poisoning the tree—I don’t think anybody else is is trying to do that but if so we very well may have it recorded.”
Carswell was careful to point out to Henderson that none of the increased security around the trees was to prevent the traditional “rolling” of the Toomer’s Oaks with toilet paper - as is custom after an Auburn football win. But if Alabama is victorious, let’s just say that “keeping the peace” will take on a whole knew meaning for Carswell and the other 106 Auburn Police Officers who will be on duty Saturday:
“Our goal is not to say no Alabama fan can throw toilet paper. It’s not illegal for an Alabama fan to throw toilet paper any more than it is for an Auburn fan to throw toilet paper. We’re going to do our jobs without violating anybody’s rights.”
Translation: If Auburn wins, the streets around the Toomer’s Oaks will be closed so Tiger fans can roll them. If Alabama wins, not-so-much. Carswell:
“We don’t have any plans of closing off the corner if Alabama wins. We do if Auburn wins. That’s our call. If someone else wins, we’re not making the decision to close it off and let them have it for an hour. All the roads will remain open. Now, if it comes to a point where the roads are open but someone is doing or causing something that’s keeping traffic from coming through, that’s an arrestable offense.”
Maybe it’s just me, but if there is a breach of the Toomer’s trees by Alabama fans, I’m thinking the last thing Auburn fans want is to have the scene recorded.
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During Saturday’s ESPNU telecast of the Alabama-Vanderbilt football game, ESPN’s Clay Matvick reported that Trent Richardson told the ESPN announcer before the game that Mark Ingram, “taught him humility.” ESPN game analyst Brian Griese later added that Richardson told him that he still speaks with Ingram “two or three times a week.”
(Was ‘classless’ Ingram’ taunting ‘Supercam‘?)
If the above play taken from the Saints-Panthers game aired on FOX the next day is any indication, it appears Ingram has been teaching Richardson about NCAA rules compliance too.
But you already knew that.
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With its trip to Florida Saturday, the 2011 Alabama vacation season is officially underway.
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As documented here the past 48 hours, Alabama court records and a Facebook-dated photo link Trent Richardson and his mother Katrina to five separate vehicles in the last two years.
Traffic court documents show the Alabama football star as owner of a GMC Yukon and Nissan Altima in just the past 10 months - in addition to Richardson being seen gassing up another large SUV in a photo dated August 12, 2010, and posted on the now-deleted Facebook account of formally disassociated Alabama booster Tom Al-Betar.
Alabama public court records also show Katrina Richardson was driving separate rental cars during her most recent traffic stops inside the state.
Trent Richardson though is not the only member of the Crimson Tide shown to own multiple vehicles in recent Alabama court documents. Read more…
As an Alabama football star, Trent Richardson is likely aware there’s a fine line between a quiet off-field life and one rife with controversy.
In the audio above, the Crimson Tide Heisman Trophy candidate provided insight into his off-field priorities while appearing on The Chris Vernon Show on 730 Fox Sports Memphis last July.
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Yesterday SbB reported Chilton County, Alabama, public court records showed Trent Richardson was driving a “GMC YUKON” with a “Vehicle year” of 2011 - and was listed as the owner of the SUV - when he was ticketed for speeding by an Alabama Highway Patrol Officer on August 28, 2011.
(2011 Yukon: Stripped sticker = $40,000)
At the time of the infraction, the attending officer also noted as part of the “Details” section of the speeding ticket that Richardson “STATED HIS LARGE RIMS THROW SPEEDOMETER OFF.”
(Not again!)
According to Conecuh County, Alabama, public court records, Richardson was also involved in a traffic stop on Oct. 31, 2010, in which the accompanying ticket reported the star Alabama running back as the owner of a vehicle different from the 2011 GMC Yukon listed on the Chilton County ticket 10 months later. Read more…
A year after disassociated Alabama booster Tom Al-Betar added the below Facebook photo of Trent Richardson gassing up a large SUV, Richardson was pulled over for speeding in the city of Clanton, Alabama.
Chilton County (AL) public court records show the attending Alabama Highway Patrol Officer reported on August 28, 2011, that Richardson was driving a “GMC YUKON” with a “Vehicle year” of 2011. The law enforcement officer also noted as part of the “Details” section of the speeding ticket that Richardson “STATED HIS LARGE RIMS THROW SPEEDOMETER OFF.”
Richardson was also reported as the owner of the GMC Yukon in the same speeding ticket.
Considering the NCAA has access to Richardson’s bank records - like all student-athletes under the auspices of the intercollegiate governing body - it wouldn’t take long for the NCAA to find out exactly how the Alabama star running back acquired a vehicle with a current base sticker price of $38,945.
That’s without the “LARGE RIMS“.
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