Football dispute leaves 2 dead (ALA vs LSU)

Press-Register ^ | Monday, November 10, 2008 | CONNIE BAGGETT

[armyofprinciples]

An Escambia County couple died Saturday after an argument over the Alabama/LSU football game ended in shotgun blasts, according to Conecuh County authorities.

District Attorney Tommy Chapman identified the people killed as Dennis and Donna Smith of Appleton Road near Brewton.

The shooting allegedly occurred about 7 p.m. at the home of Michael Williams near the Owassa community in Conecuh County, Chapman said.

[mlocher]

I guess the SEC really does take its football seriously.

[cardinal4]

Well, Alabama should have been number one...

[Red Badger]

Lunacy, sheer lunacy. Over a football game.......

[BenLurkin]

"Investigators said alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the killings..."

Huh.

[Red Badger]

SECond to none!................

[annieokie]

These kind of idiots have the right to VOTE. ugh

[BGHater]

Thank god. No dynamite this time.

[MarkT]

Ouch, another bad ending for LSU - lost the damn game and a couple of fans.

[Bogey78O]

And people say LSU has has the worst fans in the SEC... sheesh

[brownsfan]

“These kind of idiots have the right to VOTE. ugh”

I’d like to say 2 of them won’t vote any longer... but they are likely Dems, and we all know Dems vote long after they’re dead.

[Mikey_1962]

I moved to Alabama from Ohio; the difference between the way they look at football is like comparing shooting a bullet and throwing it.

In Alabama football is life and death... literally

[Glenn]

I guess the SEC really does take its football seriously.

You betcha. The 15 years I spent living in SEC country (Georgia and Tennessee) taught me there is no other sport than SEC football. Well, maybe you could mention that a particular NASCAR driver was a fan of one of those teams...

[Dr. Ursus]

Their names have just been found on two ballots for Franken
for Senate.

[meandog]

Whoa...SEC football and redneck trailer park televised games. Bad mixture! Some things just don’t go together: Tunafish and jelly sandwich, Pamela Anderson and chastity, neck and tattoo, ... it’s like ike trying to blend an Obama voter with a ‘Bama fan.

[pepsionice]

I believe this is one of the few Bama counties that isn’t dry. So if they had just allowed the Baptists to fix things...alcohol would never have touched their lips and created this situation (so my minister would say).

[armyofprinciples]

I Hope messiah 0bama doesn’t get wind of this. He might move to ban shotguns in the hands of sports fans that have been known to indulge in adult libations...

[NCC-1701]

“...These kind of idiots have the right to VOTE. ugh...”

For a couple of these people, that can be said in the past tense.

[massgopguy]

There were shots at the Boston College-Notre Dame game as well. J&B, Dewers, Hennessy, “THE” Glen Livet.

[South Hawthorne]

Smith retrieved a pistol from his vehicle, and threatened Williams, who armed himself with a shotgun and fired two blasts, striking and killing Dennis Smith, officers said.

Donna Smith then threatened Williams, who shot and killed the woman, they said.

That definitely wasn't the best of ideas, Donna.

Owl_Eagle

“When the stock market crashed,
Franklin Roosevelt got on the television
and didn’t just talk about
the princes of greed, he said,
‘Look, here’s what happened.’"
-Slow Joe Biden

[Diggity]

Roll Tide!

[tflabo]

Gives new meaning to the term ‘Crimson Tide’.

[Diggity]

They have two less now.

[Diggity]

LOL, two new democratic voters just signed up.

[MississippiMan]

I spent four decades next door in MS, most of that time an avid Ole Miss fan. I learned long long ago that you can’t even joke with a hardcore Bama football fan in the aftermath of anything that didn’t go their way. True fanaticism. Oh, and this isn’t the first time there have been shootings in the aftermath. I’m almost positive that a father and son shot each other after a Bama loss in the past few years.

MM

[armyofprinciples]

The game went into sudden death too...

[SampleMan]

SECond to none!................

Well, at least their shooting for number one.

[Southern Partisan]

26 of 67 Alabama counties are dry. Conecuh is not one of them.

[Diggity]

lol

[MuttTheHoople]

They’re LSU fans. It’s justifiable homicide.

[HighlyOpinionated]

This is a HATE CRIME. Football is a Religion in Alabama.

[Jemian]

Over a football game

It's more than a football game. It's heritage, it's finances, it's family, it's religion. Down here brides don't get married unless it is a bye week. Funerals are held on days other than Saturday. Sermons are preached about football games. Football is life. Wait 'til the last Saturday in November. This state is divided up and down. The RATS are on the west and the good guys are on the east. It is the way it is.

[boycott]

— The LSU fan called him after the game.

— Came over to the man’s home.

— Pulled a gun on the man.

Sounds like Darwin’s theory is at work.

[chesley]

Maybe, but Bama WON this game. So where’s the beef?

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Does this qualify as a potential Darwin Award nominee?

[Jemian]

“...These kind of idiots have the right to VOTE. ugh...”

For a couple of these people, that can be said in the past tense.

Nope. They'll probably be votin' in the next couple elections.

“...These kind of idiots have the right to VOTE. ugh...”

For a couple of these people, that can be said in the past tense.

[reevee69]

I am ashamed on some of the comments on this thread. Two people died. I thought we were better than the Daily Kos. I guess not.

[Verginius Rufus]

The cartoonist H. Payne did a cartoon recently (Oct. 23) showing a man and his wife walking up to the door of a house with a big M flag outside the door. The man has MSU on his sweatshirt (so obviously Michigan and Michigan State--Payne's cartoons appear in the Detroit newspaper). The woman is saying, "Remember, talk about religion or politics--but NO football!"

(Found on the HenryPayne.com website)

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

reevee69...some posts flirt with being insensitive, but you must understand that people are simply mocking the fact that these idiots took up ARMS over a freaking FOOTBALL GAME! Now these people deserve some criticism if you ask me. While sad that people died over such an imbecilic argument, it is nonetheless inherently moronic of them to have elevated it to the point they had.

[armyofprinciples]

Thank you for your contribution to the thread.

[Crawdad]

My Dad is an Auburn grad. I'm an Alabama grad.

We don't talk about football.

[MississippiMan]

Maybe, but Bama WON this game. So where’s the beef?

The victims were LSU fans. Dunno how the situation devolved, but the shooter was a Bama fan.

MM (in TX)

[armyofprinciples]

It’s healthy to know where your limits are. Especially when it comes to the Iron Bowl.

[Turret Gunner A20]

Their names have just been found on two ballots for Franken for Senate.

How many times???

[meandog]

Go-Bama /= O-Bama!

[Loyal Buckeye]

Alabama is mostly a dry state? Did not know that.

[chesley]

Yeah, that's what I don't understand. What did he have to get angry about?

Guess it's a combination of alcohol and ass-holery. But, as I read it, the LSU fan pulled the first gun.

Jesus, it's just a game. I'm a Bama fan, myself, but to shoot someone for that! It makes me ashamed.

[ohioman]

I am a Bama fan and am not ashamed in the least. Every team’s fanbase has a few whackjobs. However, the media will characterize all Bama fans as like this to slam a team from a hardcore Red State at each and every opportunity.

Unless you pulled the trigger, no Bama fan should be ashamed or guilty of anything. Idiotic Liberal White guilt is what got us Obama.

[ApplegateRanch]

Gee, only took 33 posts to get to the core of the matter.

I would love to know how the DA is getting two murder charges out of this.

I think he has his work cut for him to convince a jury of murder from what sounds like a pair of justifiable homicides.

[chesley]

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t feel personally responsible for the nutjob. And I don’t feel ashamed for myself. I feel ashamed for him. Not my repsonsibility to, I know. But there it is.