Posted on 01/03/2014 6:16:18 PM PST by Third Person
Yellowhammer has learned that the female Alabama fan who flew through the air to attack an Oklahoma Sooner fan during Thursday’s Sugar Bowl is Michelle Pritchett, a local photographer from Sweet Water, Ala.
Yellowhammer spoke with Mrs. Pritchett on the phone this afternoon in an exclusive interview, becoming the first outlet to get her side of the story.
“Everyone’s making me look like such a bad guy,” Pritchett said. “What I did was probably not the thing to do. But they were taunting us. They began by going after me. But then they crossed the line and started taunting my 16-year-old son.”
At that point, Pritchett says she walked over to the Oklahoma fans to ask them to “leave her son out of it.”
“It started off being friendly, just us going back and forth about the game,” Pritchett recalled. “But what ended up happening had nothing to do with the game. It escalated. When they said something to my son, I told them to shut their mouths. They were telling my son to come down there and ‘do something about it.’ I said, ‘no, that’s not going to happen. This crap needs to stop.’” As Pritchett’s husband pulled her back the first time she approached the Sooner fans, Pritchett says one of the Sooners called her a “stupid b****” and that’s when she ran across the aisle and dove on top of them.
“The security people had already gotten on to those guys for throwing bottles at people,” Pritchett said. “When they escorted me out, the security guard told them there was no reason to be pressing charges on me because those guys were out of control the whole game. I defended my son. If they had kicked those boys out to begin with, it wouldn’t have happened the way it did.”
Pritchett said she regrets that things escalated the way they did and said she wanted to apologize to “Bama nation.” Her biggest concern seemed to be what Coach Saban’s reaction would be when reporters question him about it.
“I’m embarrassed. I love The Tide and I apologize to all the players and to Coach Saban and to the entire fan base. I’m sorry. Coach Saban’s going to say ‘those crazy fans don’t know how to act.’ And I wasn’t intoxicated either. I want people to know that. I’d had a couple of drinks, but I was not intoxicated.”
But Pritchett says she’d do it all again if she had to.
“I hate to say it, but I’d do it again if I had to. I’m not going to let anyone go after my son.”
“...they were taunting us”
LOL!
At that age guys are going to keep doing anything that gets such a pretty woman’s attention.
At least nobody got shot.
Indeed they were not just taunting a lone remake as your comment implies.
Her husband just had more sense than she
Either more sense.... or just less alcohol.
Lone female. Autotext
My comment implies nothing other than what it says. Guys can be real jerks when women have strong opinions about sporting events. Good grief, plenty of FR threads are devoted to trashing women who do not behave as ‘expected’, including this thread.
Your comment ignored the fact that she was with a man and the taunter of a female may very well have got his butt kicked.
Reread your own post
Don’t behave as expected... you mean mosh pit diving in the stands? .... agree... that is not behavior that is expected. I’ve been to hundreds of football games over my life time and I’ve never seen anybody, male or female, pull that stunt.
Thanks. I grew up in Oklahoma. I went to OSU.
Her behavior was pretty embarrassing, but the little punk taunting her should be more embarrassed by his dorky, red jeans, imo. ;-)
LOL... who knows if he was taunting her or just reacting to her drunkeness. You never know. I’m guessing she was an obnoxious drunk and then they started taunting her. :) Pretty funny either way...
Everyone involved got their money's worth, on their ticket ;-)
Normally I would be delighted to have a baby like that jump on top of me.... If she only would not have that kicking kink. Honest ocifer, I only had two beers.
Lol, never seen that stunt??
Baby = babe (darn spellcheck)
Nope... how about you? :)
Well if you are asking if I have seen a big, fat, beer belly guy get that air-born, no. But I have seen a guy lunge toward another guy and start a fight. Ever been to a Raider game? Ever been to a hockey game?
What was her bail for assault? Oh wait, she’s a woman.
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