Tornado Alley

re: Put together your schools most explosive offense

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/18/26 at 8:22 am to SoFla Tideroller

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C - D. Stephenson G - J. Hannah G - C. Warmack T - C. Samuels T - A. Smith

Now that is an OL.

re: Put together your schools most explosive offense

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/18/26 at 8:20 am to JamalMurry27

Of all the great signal callers who’ve suited up for the Tide, you choose Brodie Croyle as your guy to run this hypothetical offense?

Also, are you aware Bama had just a few standout OL before the Saban era? :lol:

re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/16/26 at 2:44 pm to Tua_2_Smitty

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But growing up as a kid in the 80s and teenager in the 90s, TSIO, meant more in terms of national prestige imo(a few times the Iron bowl was between top ten teams during that but not like TSIO) and I developed more "hatred" for Tenner during that time.

Both games had the same amount of ranked v. ranked matchups in 1980s and 1990s. This is not to mention when Bama and Auburn came into the game ranked v. ranked, it was the final game of the regular season.

TSIO Ranked v. Ranked Matchups in the 1980s and 1990s
1985 - #20 Tennessee 16, #15 Alabama 14
1989 - #10 Alabama 47, #6 Tennessee 30
1991 - #14 Alabama 24, #8 Tennessee 19
1992 - #4 Alabama 17, #13 Tennessee 10
1993 - #10 Tennessee 17, #12 Alabama 17 (a tie!)
1995 - #6 Tennessee 41, #11 Alabama 14
1996 - #6 Tennessee 20, #7 Alabama 13
1999 - #5 Tennessee 21, #10 Alabama 7

Iron Bowl Ranked v. Ranked Matchups in the 1980s and 1990s
1983 - #3 Auburn 23, #19 Alabama 20
1986 - #14 Auburn 21, #7 Alabama 17
1987 - #7 Auburn 10, #18 Alabama 0
1988 - #7 Auburn 15, #17 Alabama 10
1989 - #11 Auburn 30, #2 Alabama 20
1993 - #6 Auburn 22, #11 Alabama 14
1994 - #4 Alabama 21, #6 Auburn 14
1995 - #21 Auburn 31, #17 Alabama 27

re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/16/26 at 2:32 pm to Tua_2_Smitty

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Bama fans my age bracket(40s) and older, are split on who they despise the most. Some, like me consider Tennessee as our biggest rival because the "Third Saturday in October" meant more rankings and standings wise when I was growing up. To me, losing to Auburn is like losing to your little brother...just annoying. Losing to Tennessee when I was growing up and the few losses we have to yall lately, was always devastating in terms of national and conference standings and rankings.

The TSIO has a lot of vitriol, but Bama winning 17 straight games really neutralized it.

re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/16/26 at 2:30 pm to Foots51

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Some of us are old enough to remember when Alabama and Auburn did not play each other in football.

Maybe for just a few, but for anyone born in the 1960s or later, it's Auburn and it's not even close, except for maybe those Bama fans who live near an abundance of VFLs.

I mean, the last time Auburn and Bama didn't play was 1947 - 79 years ago.

re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival

Posted by Tornado Alley on 4/16/26 at 12:43 pm to REBEL5 AC

It's easy to figure this out. Just look for classic "little brother" schools.

- Georgia Tech (Georgia's biggest rival is Florida or Auburn)
- Mississippi State (Ole Miss's biggest rival is LSU)
- LSU (Alabama's biggest rival is Auburn)
- Texas A&M (Texas's biggest rival is Oklahoma)
- Tennessee (Alabama's biggest rival is Auburn)
- Michigan State (Michigan's biggest rival is Ohio State)
- Oregon State (Oregon's biggest rival is Washington)
- UCLA (SC's biggest rival is Notre Dame)
- Miami (Florida State's biggest rival is Florida)
- Oklahoma State (Oklahoma's biggest rival is Texas)
- Vanderbilt (Tennessee's biggest rival is Alabama)
- Washington State (Washington's biggest rival is Oregon)

Check out this awesome link for rivalry data

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re: Who is your mens basketball all time starting 5?

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/11/26 at 2:02 pm to lsufball19

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G Chris Jackson
G Pete Maravich
F Rudy Macklin
F Bob Petite
C Shaquille O'neal

Good grief. :lol:

re: Who is your mens basketball all time starting 5?

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/11/26 at 1:47 pm to Wishbone85

Ole Miss

G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson

re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:53 pm to Akit1

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Endymion riders have a significantly higher completion %

Not even close. Drew Brees was King of Bacchus and is riding with the Krewe again on Sunday.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:34 pm to Girth Donor

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I know 2 that graduated from LSU (1 an engineer and the other a Lawyer).

I bet they look like this.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:27 pm to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss

Be honest - have y'all ever met an Endymion member who had a college degree from an SEC school, much less an elite institution? The answer is no. It's really no different than the truck parades, but they add a bunch of flashing lights on the floats and put it on a different route.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:26 pm to Optimism

Endymion is for guys from Lutcher, LA, who went to community college to play baseball but dropped out because the coach was "out to get them."

They have thin linebeards and sound like they're from Marrero.

It's disgusting.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 12:37 pm to AyyyBaw

Oh, as in some sort of hardening off period?

Home & Garden

re: Bill Self has aged a ton

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 12:14 pm to TexasTiger08

We all look older after 23 years of life, bro.

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/9/26 at 2:11 pm to AtlantaThrashers

I listed to Pruett's podcast from yesterday. Sounds like even he doesn't know who'll drive for Coyne this season. He also thinks Prema could return for a limited schedule beginning at the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/9/26 at 2:09 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan

When is the ideal time to start tabasco seeds to transplant in late March/early April?

Home & Garden

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 11:50 am to 1999

I'm not sure what you mean, but TWG purchased Andretti Global in 2024.

re: Mardi Gras route question

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 11:47 am to AwgustaDawg

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Related question...we are coming to New Orleans during masters week to see a play at the Saenger- not sure which play but that is the reason we are going. My daughter is ATE up with busking. I am also a big fan of any street performer, even kids beating up 5 gallon buckets for about 10 minutes (after 72 hours of it I am not fond of it LOL). We are staying on Bourbon Street, 3 blocks from Canal. The last few times I have been to New Orleans the street musicians were pretty hard to find...I was told last year that they had to have a permit and play in designated areas and it was actually being enforced. I know the Jackson Square area used to have a bunch but last year during the Sugar Bowl they weren't any other than the kids and the buckets. Anyone have any idea where she and I are likely to find street musicians? If they are being forced to play in designated areas it seems like someone ought to publish those locations, no? Thanks in advance. We are going to go so the "yall are gonna be killed" comments are noted in advance....

Royal Street and the Pontalba.

re: Post Malone and Jelly Roll in Tiger Stadium May 23 — Tickets on Sale Friday at 10

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 9:12 am to TigerDat

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but Jelly Roll is an inspiration.

This is a guy that we doomed to live a life of poverty

Jelly Roll preaches personal accountability, but I guess you missed that part of his message. :lol:

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re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/30/26 at 1:09 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

I like Malukas and I think Scotty Mac is cool. I'm pretty neutral about Josef.

I think everyone would like to see Power have a great season, and, yes, I agree about Palou's domination.

Lundgaard really took a step forward in terms of consistency last season. He didn't have a DNF. But he still seems to be struggling to find much consistency on the ovals.

Speaking of ovals, how awesome was Rasmussen's win at Milwaukee last season? He was driving like a man possessed! I hope we see some more fire from him, and Santino too, on those short ovals.

Daly is trying to find a seat. That's all I know. I haven't listened to his podcast in a while.

Yeah, Dixon is the fuel-saving master. Pato is awesome too. He is such a marketable driver and he seems like "one of the guys." Rossi once said the three things Pato loves are "jets, sushi, and boobies." I think we all like those three things. I'm sure we'll have a race in Mexico City one day because of him.