Tennessee Titans Alabama fans continue to
make a name for themselves in the world of sports. Tennessee Titans Alabama Harvey
Updyke set the bar high several years ago when he poisoned the trees at Auburn’s beloved Toomer’s
Corner. Tennessee Titans Alabama It’s going to take something that I don’t want
to imagine to top that, but it hasn’t stopped people from trying. Recently, a
construction worker hung an Alabama Crimson Tide flag on Kyle Field at Texas A&M
University, for which he
was fired. He also made several jokes via social media about doing faulty
welding at the stadium, which, you know, is what most people in his shoes would
do to a rival school. Tennessee Titans 6th round draft pick, Zach
Mettenberger, was out Saturday night when a man yelled “Roll Tide” at him. The
former LSU Tiger responded with “Good luck with that.” And for that, Roll
Tide’s buddy sucker punched him square in the face. Because you know Mettenberger
clearly took the situation too far. His blatant disregard for this fan’s
presence obviously warranted an unforeseen knuckle sandwich. I think any
reasonable Alabama
fan is probably giving this man the slow clap today for standing up to such
devious blasphemy. All sarcasm aside, Mettenberger handled the situation as
well as one could imagine. Dealing with this type of Alabama fan is like dealing with a caged
grizzly bear while you are in the cage with said grizzly bear. What could be
brushed off as trash talk by most other fanbases becomes the shot that killed
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
in 1914. I see them all the time and they are unstable individuals. I can
confidently say that because I, myself, am a third generation Alabama fan. Don’t worry guys, when they say
“Roll Tide” to me, I say it back. But, if they read Titan Sized and recognize
my face, I might be in trouble. If they ask me what I think about naming a
child ‘Crymson Tyde,’ I’ll definitely be in trouble. That’s stupid. I will
undoubtedly get Mettenberger’ed. Alas, I’ll just cross that bridge when I get
to it. The owner of the bar was quick to defend Mettenberger citing that he was
completely innocent, didn’t start any trouble, and was the victim of a targeted
attack. That’s good in one way it doesn’t seem to indicate any sort of
‘character issues’ with Mettenberger. It appears as though he was just out,
trying to have a good time, and encountered a raging idiot. It’s bad in another
way and I don’t want to get on a moral soapbox but it means that our athletes
aren’t safe in public. This isn’t a knock on Zach Mettenberger’s choices, it’s
a knock on our own society and the culture of drunken tough guys. It’s a shame
that a guy can’t go out and have a drink or two without worrying about whether
or not some loose cannon is going to walk up and punch him for no reason. Besides,
quarterbacks aren’t known as tough guys. So, why on Earth does that make them a
target? I can remotely understand the logic of trying to fight a professional
wrestler or a MMA fighter. Tennessee Titans Alabama They are supposed to be the
baddest men on the planet! And, you have to prove that you are on their level! At
least that’s what your irrational, ridiculous, drunken machismo is telling you.
But a quarterback in the NFL? Tennessee Titans Alabama Just calm your fandom
down. He’s just a dude and a dude whose jersey you will probably be wearing in
2 or 3 years at that. Let’s let our athletes be people, too. Tennessee Titans Alabama
In the end, this wasn’t the first victim Midtown Nashville claimed (speaking
from experience), and it won’t be the last. Likewise, this isn’t the first
crazy Alabama
fan story we’ve heard, and well, it certainly won’t be the last. Tennessee
Titans Alabama Thankfully, training camp is set to start, and Mettenberger
won’t be hindered at all in his development by this, Tennessee Titans Alabama.
