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Topic: Alabama fan-lawyer gets wish:
Jan. 7 trial delayed for his BCS
National Championship game trip |
Alabama fan-lawyer gets wish:
Jan. 7 trial delayed for his BCS
National Championship game trip
AL.com [Birmingham, AL], by Kent Faulk
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Original Article
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 12/29/2012 4:20:01 PM
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| BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Birmingham lawyer Marcus Jones III got the miracle he was looking for this afternoon _ the delay of a trial so he could go to the BCS National Championship game in Miami on Jan. 7. His attendance at the game had looked doubtful earlier today. A judge had denied his first attempt earlier this month to have the trial delayed. Jones has been a self-described "fanatic" of University of Alabama football since his father took him to football games in the early 1960s as a young boy.
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Comments:
Roll Tide!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
killerbee, 12/29/2012 4:31:14 PM (No. 9089030)
I´ll be honest. My first thought was "what a selfish person, getting his client´s trial delayed so he can see a game". Then I saw it was Alabama. Good man, good man.
Roll Tide.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Words have Meaning, 12/29/2012 5:00:36 PM (No. 9089060)
My first thought was: if he gets his stay to see a football game with 80,000 other fans, that a marshall of the court go to the game with him to make sure he does not lose his way back to his court appearance.
But I am with #1, Go Tide, even though ND has God on their side.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
starbaby, 12/29/2012 5:09:33 PM (No. 9089068)
I will add my Roll Tide Roll! And I will volunteer to go with him and make sure he gets home in time for court.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Theeo, 12/29/2012 5:16:17 PM (No. 9089074)
Gee! I thought ND was God´s Mommie. Goofy Religous!!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bamapreacher, 12/29/2012 5:43:47 PM (No. 9089099)
It shows the law sometimes has a heart. While ND is the pre-eminent Catholic University, you wonder what God thinks of the Obama invite. Also, Nick Saban is a devout Catholic, so much so that he has a mass said before each game, so whose side is God on? Anyway, Roll Tide!!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Nimby, 12/29/2012 6:31:11 PM (No. 9089143)
So why has this become a ND bashing? Get a life people
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
digger, 12/29/2012 6:46:08 PM (No. 9089161)
Go Bama! Beat ND! (Courtesy Pudue Alum)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
digger, 12/29/2012 6:48:17 PM (No. 9089163)
Sorry - that´s Purdue. Got so excited about beating ND that I hurried.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mitzi, 12/29/2012 7:38:54 PM (No. 9089215)
I hope he´s prepared to be disappointed. ND is going to win!
Go Irish!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 12/29/2012 8:05:39 PM (No. 9089230)
The judge should be removed from the case for being partial to the defendant.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
dulac, 12/29/2012 8:23:43 PM (No. 9089250)
Ok, I´m a little confused by #7/8, the Purdue alum, having chosen the name of one of ND´s most storied basketball coaches as his user name here... Things that make you go "hmmmm." In the meantime, quite an unusual photo is making the Domer rounds today with ND president emeritus Fr. Hesburgh blessing ND linebacker Manti Te´o, who is Mormon. Irish fans are loving it, but I´m waiting for the Mormon backlash. And once again, thinking to myself "hmmmm."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
ilovedogs, 12/29/2012 8:49:19 PM (No. 9089281)
Roll Tide. And #12 well do I remember that one. Sick I was for a very long time.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 12/29/2012 8:53:03 PM (No. 9089287)
One has to have priorities.
After all, criminals are a dime a dozen.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bunsen, 12/29/2012 9:13:28 PM (No. 9089305)
Sorry, 14......not a criminal trial about something as trivial as liberty. This is a Civil Trial about something really important - money. Bet you a nickel this lawyer´s fee is paid by an insurance company.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
smcchk, 12/29/2012 11:01:25 PM (No. 9089358)
Go Irish! Beat Bama! A lot of us remember ´73!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 12/30/2012 12:30:29 AM (No. 9089412)
The judge said he didn´t want to see the lawyer cry. So the lawyer can get all his crying out of the way in Miami watching the Tide get rolled, and be all dry-eyed when he returns to court. A win-win.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 12/30/2012 10:28:09 AM (No. 9089933)
Let´s see: ND is 12-0; ´Bama is 11-1.
If ´Bama beats ND, both teams will be 12-1, making 12-0 Ohio State the only remaining unbeaten team in the country.
Roll Tide...
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
boiler57, 12/30/2012 3:53:03 PM (No. 9090335)
#8, another Purdue alum here. I was raised by the nuns and loved ND, until I met some ND fans. They were the most unpleasant and arrogant people. It might have been lack of female companionship. Don´t much care about SEC teams. By the way I wonder if St. Marys of the woods is still open?
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