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Oops!

The father of a current Crimson Tide player got his foot caught under a rug and sent the National Championship Crystal Trophy to the floor.  All of Saban's horses, and all of his men, couldn't put the trophy together again.



This is why your mom told you not to play football in the house



The handmade trophy sculpted in Ireland is valued at $30,000. The university previously had two such trophies, one at the Paul W. Bryant Museum and the other at the athletic facility. A university spokesman confirmed that they will immediately begin the process of replacing the trophy.

The crystal football has been a fragile piece in recent years. In 2008, Florida had its broken when then-recruit Orson Charles fumbled the ball away. In 2004, Florida State had a pair of trophies stolen from a glass case outside of coach Bobby Bowden's office during renovation of the building.

So one has to wonder who the starting player is, and will he still be a player next fall?  I hope there isn't a lot of competition at his spot!

Bowl Lineup

Bowl/Teams	Location	Date/Time	TV
Gildan New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	Sat., Dec. 17	ESPN
Temple vs. Wyoming	University Stadium	2:00 p.m. ET
Famous Idaho Potato	Boise, ID	Sat., Dec. 17	ESPN
Ohio vs. Utah State	Bronco Stadium	5:30 p.m. ET
R+L Carriers New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	Sat., Dec. 17	ESPN
La.-Lafayette vs. San Diego St.	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	9:00 p.m. ET	(3D)
Beef O' Brady's St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, FL	Tue., Dec. 20	ESPN
Florida International vs. Marshall	Tropicana Field	8:00 p.m. ET	(3D)
San Diego County CU Poinsettia	San Diego, CA	Wed., Dec. 21	ESPN
Louisiana Tech vs. TCU	Qualcomm Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
MAACO Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	Thu., Dec. 22	ESPN
Arizona State vs. Boise State	Sam Boyd Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
Sheraton Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	Sat., Dec. 24	ESPN
Nevada vs. Southern Miss	Aloha Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
AdvoCare V100 Independence	Shreveport, LA	Mon., Dec. 26	ESPN
Missouri vs. North Carolina	Independence Stadium	5:00 p.m. ET
Little Caesars Pizza	Detroit, MI	Tue., Dec. 27	ESPN
Purdue vs. Western Michigan	Ford Field	4:30 p.m. ET
Belk	Charlotte, NC	Tue., Dec. 27	ESPN
Louisville vs. NC State	Bank of America Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
Military	Washington, DC	Wed., Dec. 28	ESPN
Air Force vs. Toledo	RFK Stadium	4:30 p.m. ET
Bridgepoint Education Holiday	San Diego, CA	Wed., Dec. 28	ESPN
California vs. Texas	Qualcomm Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
Champs Sports	Orlando, FL	Thu., Dec. 29	ESPN
Florida State vs. Notre Dame	Florida Citrus Bowl	5:30 p.m. ET	(3D)
Valero Alamo	San Antonio, TX	Thu., Dec. 29	ESPN
Baylor vs. Washington	Alamodome	9:00 p.m. ET
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Dallas, TX	Fri., Dec. 30	ESPN
BYU vs. Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	12:00 p.m. ET
New Era Pinstripe	Bronx, NY	Fri., Dec. 30	ESPN
Iowa State vs. Rutgers	Yankee Stadium	3:20 p.m. ET
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City	Nashville, TN	Fri., Dec. 30	ESPN
Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest	LP Field	6:40 p.m. ET
Insight	Tempe, AZ	Fri., Dec. 30	ESPN
Iowa vs. Oklahoma	Sun Devil Stadium	10:00 p.m. ET
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	Houston, TX	Sat., Dec. 31	ESPN
Northwestern vs. Texas AM	Reliant Stadium	12:00 p.m. ET
Hyundai Sun	El Paso, TX	Sat., Dec. 31	CBS
Georgia Tech vs. Utah	Sun Bowl	2:00 p.m. ET
Kraft Fight Hunger	San Francisco, CA	Sat., Dec. 31	ESPN
Illinois vs. UCLA	AT&T Park	3:30 p.m. ET
AutoZone Liberty	Memphis, TN	Sat., Dec. 31	ABC
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt	Liberty Bowl	3:30 p.m. ET
Chick-fil-A	Atlanta, GA	Sat., Dec. 31	ESPN
Auburn vs. Virginia	Georgia Dome	7:30 p.m. ET	(3D)
TicketCity	Dallas, TX	Mon., Jan. 2	ESPNU
Houston vs. Penn State	Cotton Bowl	12:00 p.m. ET
Capital One	Orlando, FL	Mon., Jan. 2	ESPN
Nebraska vs. South Carolina	Florida Citrus Bowl	1:00 p.m. ET	(3D)
Outback	Tampa, FL	Mon., Jan. 2	ABC
Georgia vs. Michigan State	Raymond James Stadium	1:00 p.m. ET
Taxslayer.com Gator	Jacksonville, FL	Mon., Jan. 2	ESPN2
Florida vs. Ohio State	EverBank Field	1:00 p.m. ET
Rose Bowl Game	Pasadena, CA	Mon., Jan. 2	ESPN
Oregon vs. Wisconsin	Rose Bowl	5:00 p.m. ET
Tostitos Fiesta	Glendale, AZ	Mon., Jan. 2	ESPN
Oklahoma State vs. Stanford	U. of Phoenix Stadium	8:30 p.m. ET
Allstate Sugar	New Orleans, LA	Tue., Jan. 3	ESPN
THEM vs. Virginia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	8:30 p.m. ET
Discover Orange	Miami Gardens, FL	Wed., Jan. 4	ESPN
Clemson vs. West Virginia	Sun Life Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
AT&T Cotton	Arlington, TX	Fri., Jan. 6	FOX
Arkansas vs. Kansas State	Cowboys Stadium	8:00 p.m. ET
BBVA Compass	Birmingham, AL	Sat., Jan. 7	ESPN
Pittsburgh vs. SMU	Legion Field	1:00 p.m. ET
GoDaddy.com	Mobile, AL	Sun., Jan. 8	ESPN
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois	Ladd-Peebles Stadium	9:00 p.m. ET
Allstate BCS National Championship	New Orleans, LA	Mon., Jan. 9	ESPN
Alabama vs. LSU	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	8:30 p.m. ET	(3D)

In Other News . . .

According to Holly Anderson, Spurrier, Zook and Beamer are taking college football in a new direction with a special weapons player . . . a trumpet player.

Steve Spurrier thinks high school senior Ryan Miller can be the man to "lead the University of South Carolina to the SEC championship and the national championship!" Illinois wants to make sure the sought-after recruit knows Coach Zook is having a birthday soon. Frank Beamer would love the kid to drop by Virginia Tech sometime.

The only problem? Ryan Miller's not a football player. Some paper-pusher at a recruiting service that supplies schools with addresses of top prospects has mixed up this Miller, a runner and marching band member, with the actual football-playing Ryan Miller from nearby Erhardt.

I understand that there is some negative recruiting going on regarding the Blue Band, but then we expect that, don't we?

Matt Hinton writes about bad karma at USC:

The BCS Championship Trophy, the one that USC won at the conclusion of the 2004 season, has been damaged. The crystal football which usualy sits atop the trophy was last seen at the bottom of the trophy case at Heritage Hall. [...]Rumor has it that some horseplay in the vicinity of the trophy case was to blame.

That is clearly a fumble! Cover it guys! And where was OJ when this happened?