OT: Annual Running of the Gumps
Living in Alabama I have to tolerate bama fans, however, they do provide countless enterainment. Every year when they have fan day they open the gates at the stadium and the sprint begins. This event to non-alabama fans has become known as the running of the gumps, (i.e. Forest Gump). It is hilarious to witness. Can't get embed to work, but the link also has pictures which are priceless.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2015/08/watch_the_sprint_fo…
August 10th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^
The lady in the scooter.. smh.
95% of these people should be working instead of seeking worthless signatures.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
You prefer she run?
August 10th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
I'd prefer she do something to improve her health condition.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
Like find the cure for the hereditary condition known as muscular dystrophy?
August 10th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
Well played. +1
August 10th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
"Now some people say that miracles never happen, but THEY DO!"
August 10th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
Feeling a little testy after dropping off my wheelchair bound son for the first day of second grade. Perhaps he should also run!
August 10th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
morbid obesity?
August 10th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^
MAD HATTER! You humans must refer to her/him/it as "one who consumes a caloric surplus" or curvy or plus sized. These people are the majority now so we have to embrace them as beautiful and give them our full support otherwise you get called labeled a fat shamer or something similar. This isn't the 1950's when you could beat the fat out of lard face at school and scare him into a healthy diet with plenty of exercise.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
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August 10th, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
are totally amenable to that. Much like I enjoyed hearing about the dangers of cigarettes before I quit.
EDIT: I did not watch the video. I just assumed morbid obesity due to Alabama + scooter chair.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
You would be correct 90% of the time when making that assumption. Also most humans are fat because of sugar. Can't out exercise 20 Big Macs and liters upon liters of cola. Gotta eat more leafy greens guys. That's all I eat and look at me!
August 10th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
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August 10th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Just get a large, Farva
August 10th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
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August 10th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
No, you have to embrace everyone now. People are proud of their fat bodies now. They don't want to be eduated. That's offensive. We can't tell them to change because that would mean admitting they made poor choices and they need to learn new habits and realize food companies are pumping them full of sugar and corn syrup. That's hard. It's easier to take selfies and post about how your proud and strong and don't need to fit an ideal body image.
August 10th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
People are bitching now when their doctors tell them to lose weight.
August 10th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
It's one thing if you don't want to let Cosmopolitan inform your body image, but if your doctor is telling you to review your eating habits and lose weight, it's not because he or she is a shallow asshole.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
Uh ohhhh. Did we find someone who isn't sensitive to people who have physical disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities? I mean I get it can be hard to differentiate between someone who has an intellectual disability and an Alabama fan since those are usually one in the same (ba- dum-dum-ching), but this lady seems to actually have a disability.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
You mean other than being a Bama fan ?
August 10th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
That lady isn't an obese, Walmart - scootering lady. She has a legitimate disability, that's pretty clear to see. So I'm not sure what you are getting at.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
What are you getting at ?
August 10th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
What's YOUR deal? :)
August 10th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
a scooter is all she has left....
August 10th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
Says the guy who has over 16,000 points on a sports blog.
August 10th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
BA: Exercise Science
MS: Sport Management
I'm not fat.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
HIlarious.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
DALE EARNHARDT 4 LYFE
August 10th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
August 10th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
I don't know my letters so good
August 10th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
You don't need to know letters when you're an angel; just look at this fine gentleman
August 10th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
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August 10th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
August 10th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
I'm disappointed....I thought this was going to be some kind of 5K to kick off football season where everybody dressed up as Forrest Gump. THAT would be funny.
Instead I see a bunch of fat rubes running to get autographs. Also, how are the fat guys in front? WTF?
August 10th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
Yeah, that's what I thought it was going to be. That would have been cool. This, not so much.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
of Alabama, the word "peckerwood" comes to mind.
August 10th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
reminds me of this picture
August 10th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
See below for a dispute regarding disabilities! Always a crowd pleaser.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
Peckerwood.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
August 10th, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
August 10th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
I assume this is the still for the poster for "Escape From Bryant-Denny", starring Nick Saban as himself and a tube of some viscous, slimy substance (such as certain thermal sealants) as Lane Kiffin. In this installment of the "Alabama Tales" series, fans are forced via mind-control to do terrible and, in some cases, unflattering things for Nick's autograph.
August 10th, 2015 at 4:57 PM ^
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August 10th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
It seems like the layout of this event was specifically designed to get the die-hards to sprint the length of the field...were they just baiting them to get some funny pics and pageviews for al.com? CONSPIRACY
August 10th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
So many old guys sprinting. I'm sure all the Bengay sold out in Alabama.
August 10th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
Oops, misread the title.