Update: This motion was granted.
Some on this board have doubted my commitment to college football. Even though I didn’t go to a school with a major FCS team, I adopted Michigan long, long ago (Elvis Grbac era), and I know how important the sport is.
So believe me when I say that this motion to continue is one of the most rational arguments you are likely to hear today. The motion comes from defense counsel in Alabama. It’s so wonderful that even the plaintiffs attorneys found it amusing, as this email from Marsh, Rickard & Bryan shows:
Check out this Motion to Continue that was filed by the defendants in one of our cases today. LOL, it’s awesome.
Roll Tide!
Indeed, it is awesome. And, by now, I’m sure you know why defense counsel is asking for the continuance.
But it’s not just the thought. After all, sports-related continuance motions have been filed before.
It’s the execution that makes it great. Check it out, after the jump.
This motion was filed yesterday in Jefferson County, Alabama. Enjoy. And, obviously, Roll Tide!
Comes now Jon B. Terry, as one of the attorneys for the Defendants and would move to
continue the current trial setting of January 4, 2010 and as grounds therefore would aver as
follows:
1. This case was set for trial several months ago before certain monumental events occurred
that were beyond the anticipation of the attorneys and the clients.
2. Since the setting of this case, one of the two great college football teams in this State has
reached levels on a national scale that have not been enjoyed by any team in this State in 17 years next preceding the date hereof.
3. Currently, one of the two great teams in this State are playing for a national championship
and has enjoyed an undefeated season and clinched the SEC Title Game.
4. Most of the attorneys representing all of the named Defendants have tickets and reservations to be in Pasadena on the 6th day of January, 2010, which date would conflict with the trial date as travel times and schedules for the game overlap the trial as currently set.
5. In fact, the Honorable Jim Lloyd has children that live in the area and is scheduled to be
with them in California to celebrate the game and the Tide s success.
6. Attempts to resolve this conflict directly with the Plaintiffs has been unfruitful as the
reply has been that they are for the other great team in this State who did not make the playoffs.
Unfortunately, that response remains short-sighted as they may one day find themselves in the
same position that the Defendant attorneys are in and, unfortunately, the BSC Title Game is no
longer scheduled on January 1st, but has been moved to January 7th.
7. In checking with your Honor s Office, it was determined that there are potential quick
dates available during March, the only known conflict being that Jim Lloyd has recently been
elected President of the Birmingham Bar and must attend a conference on March 10-12. Other
than that, the Defendants can be ready to be first out during any available week for trial during the month of February, March, or April and believe that there would be no harm, considering the
magnitude of this event and its impact on this State, and the fact such an event only comes
infrequently during a person s lifetime and is an achievement of such a magnitude that all
involved in this litigation should want everyone to fully participate in this achievement.
8. It is also understood that many of the witness involved are trying to acquire tickets to the
game and/or scheduled to be at the game in Pasadena on January 7th and certainly any juror
selected to participate will likely be preoccupied and not able to devote their full attention to the
case before them during the week of January 4, 2010, and therefore, the parties would be
prejudiced by the distraction caused by such a major event of such significant importance to so
many people in this State.
9. ROLL TIDE!! ( although my secretary is for the other great team of this State, she feels
that I need to attend this championship game!); and may the Longhorns be defeated.
______/s/ Jon B. Terry________________
JON B. TERRY
OF COUNSEL:
BAINS & TERRY
Earlier: This Is the Kind of Motion That Gets Filed in State Court. In Louisiana.
Motion to Continue Trial Due to Conflict with the LSU Tigers National Championship Game
FIRST RTR
They don’t even show your games on Fox Channel Sports?
I’m assuming that’s what an FCS team is.
Unless you lived in the state, had an immediate relative attend, or actually went to the school, you can NOT adopt a college team. You made you choice of where to attend college and now must live with the choices, the good and the bad. Consider yourself informed.
-a Big 10 alum
Fuck Bama
Plaintiff should cede here – bitching and moaning up to now notwithstanding, a serious response opposing this motion would just make them seem ungentlemanly.
Hey Big 10 Alum,
Sorrry. The Big 10 is JOKE. I repeat, the Big 10 is a JOKE
- SEC Alum
A big FCS team like Appalachian State?
SEC Alum
When you learn to put a ball in a hoop (the sport is called basketball) or spell for that matter, outside of Vandy, are any SEC schools actually accredited, let me know? Thanks!
Big 10 Rules
“Some on this board have doubted my commitment to college football. Even though I didn’t go to a school with a major FCS team.”
I had no reason to doubt in the past, but now I do.
Hook ‘em.
WAR EAGLE
BITCH
Did you mean “FBS” instead of “FCS”? FCS = Football Championship Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-AA; FBS = Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A (the big boys). Saying that you “didn’t go to a school with a major FCS team” doesn’t make much sense.
I would never hire a lawyer that wrote “LOL” in an email.
Big 10,
Learn to write a coherent sentence. You have shit for brains.
i thought the SEC was a JuCo league
Michigan, like every other “big” football school is an FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) team, not an FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) team. Though based on comments like #2, seems like everyone else here is just as big a college football faker as Elie is.
“6. Attempts to resolve this conflict directly with the Plaintiffs has been unfruitful as the
reply has been that they are for the other great team in this State who did not make the playoffs.”
Playoffs?
At this point in the thread I am expecting someone to do a down the line, head to head SEC vs Big Ten comparison of law school rankings.
1. Bama owns the Alabama legal system. This motion was granted before it was filed.
2. I like the patronizing jab at Auburn. Obviously, everyone knows Auburn fans will never be in a similar position. But if it ever does snow in Hell, refer to point #1.
Don’t mess with Texas! Hook ‘em Horns.
How many schools are in the Big Ten?
21
2004
WAR EAGLE BITCH
24
USC BITCH
9-
didn’t Floriday win back-to-back titles? Aren’t they an SEC school? Now shut up.
-ACC alum
19, ftw.
Auburn would have been in the same situation if there WERE SOME FREAKING PLAYOFFS! Their 2003 team getting jobbed by Oklahoma and USC for the championship game was horrible. No worse than TCU, Cinci and Boise getting hosed this year. I wish there were playoffs in FBS.
21 ftw
At this point in the thread I am expecting someone to do a down the line, head to head SEC vs Big Ten comparison of law school rankings.
–There is no comparison. Michigan Law v. who? If it were a football game, it would be over with 4 minutes gone in the game.
SEC = ignorant, redneck, cocksucking lesbians.
This motion should be granted. Not necessarily in honor of the National Championship game, but because Bama made that little baby bitch Tim Tebow cry. Cry little baby bitch cry.
“17 years next preceding the date hereof.”
Really? Is that how lawyers in the south write?
9 – It’s precious that you think basketball matters in this conversation.
23 -
Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?
This motion exhibits the unethical conduct of counsel, notwithstanding the excitement for a sports team. It should be denied and counsel should show cause why sanctions should not be imposed.
Fattest. Blogger. Ever.
Here is another daily reminder that FORDHAM IS TIED WITH ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW in the US News Rankings. Hahahahahahahaha
The BSC title game is on January 7th? Won’t that conflict with the BCS title game?
And is it really worth mentioning that Auburn didn’t make the non-existent playoffs?
35-You’re ignorant. 23-nice job. There are 11 teams in the Big 10.
Regarding Elie’s “FCS” remark, I just assumed he meant that Harvard, while an FCS team (formerly knon as Div 1-AA), isn’t a major one (like, say, App State), and that this was just another instance of his middling style of writing. However, that rationale, especially as I write it out, now seems ridiculous, and I have to agree that it’s just a case of Elie being a total poseur.
40 -
Maybe even expanding to twelve teams in the Big 10??
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4745381
Additionally, if you look at the big ten logo, there’s an 11 hidden in there. http://gridirongoddess.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/big-ten-logo.jpg
36= douche
39 = not so subtle trolling
This asshiole can’t be that big of a college football fan. See Motion to Continue, Paragraph 6 (Defendants’ counsel refers to a team (presumably Auburn) “who [sic] did not make the playoffs.” As any even passive college football fan is aware, college football famously (or infamously) does not have a playoff system.)
Nice try, you stupid poser!
36 = not so subtle troll
41 – If that was his intention, it would make more sense if he adopted Georgia Southern or Youngstown State.
You gotta love the SEC. All you other pansies who like to call us “ignorant, redneck, c*cksucking lesbians” can eat a d*ck. Don’t even know where the lesbian thing came from, but one of these things is not like the other.
– SEC alum, NY Biglaw, gainfully employed, no frozen salary SECURE.
36 = douche
-not 43
Granted because his secretary feels he should attend the game.
Alabama likes to claim 12 national championships. They lie. Championships because a geologist decreed it to be so? Championships when they finish ranked #20 in the AP? I hope their law school teaches better reasoning skills than the rest of West Alabama Junior High provides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbBwfDr6_s
And just because you guys suck, here is the greatest football play in the history of your sorry school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbvx5DYS6tE
36 – way to miss the point. I bet you’re a blast at parties.
7-
At least Big Ten schools actually require their athletes to be able to do more than spell their name to be admitted to school. Must be proud to have athletic teams full of retards.
20-
It’s not even close, lets see Michigan, Northwestern and Minnesota, all top 20, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State and Iowa top 35. While for the SEC you have Vandy at 17, and next is mighty Florida, the first school in Tier 2.
oops-
I missed Bama at 30, still no comparison
-54
This has been done before. In fact, ATL has reported on it before.
http://abovethelaw.com/2007/12/motion_to_continue_trial_due_t.php
Helpful.
Look–If I was from Alabama, I would ask for a continuance too. For a horrible, red flyover state, this is a big fucking deal. For us normal people, it’s cool or whatever to have your team in the BCS Championship game, but we’ve got other things going on in our lives.
17-3
Go Navy!!
Fantastic Pulp Fiction reference Elie!
Only dick sucking pussies live in California. The motion should be denied on the grounds that only dick suckers live in California, and that would include the presiding judge.
“clinched the SEC Title Game”
“the other great team in this State who did not make the playoffs”
I think this attorney is as committed to college football as Elie (Michigan = FCS team) Mystal
36 – This motion is a response to unethical conduct of counsel.
Doesn’t Bama claim like 20 national championships, based on any poll that ranked them number 1 at the time?
And don’t most teams use the AP poll (pre-BCS) to decide how many national championships they have?
Just asking.
Yeah, but the Tide ain’t as good as the Chevy Volt Dance. Google it, and turn the volume up. Well worth the Horror. Oh. The. Horror.
60 was obviously rejected from USC and possibly UCLA.
3,
The Big 10 is a joke in every major sport.
-Big XII and ACC alum
54/55 you also missed Georgia.
64,
Yes, and Yes.
In 73′ Bama lost in the Sugar Bowl. Yet, they claim to have won the national championship that year.
I wish I were making this up…
Elie,
Although I didn’t go to Harvard or Yale, on my resume I always say that I was a Harvard fan from the years 2000-2004 and a Yale Law fan from the years 2004-2007.
Then, when I’m out picking up chicks, I just tell them the truth – that I went to Michigan.
Sincerely,
It’s OK to lie to yourself
57’s team has never been in the BCS National Championship game.
69 = 64 = Auburn fan. Look up the AP list. Bama’s still got more than your school.
52s video lays out the championship myth
Well, if the judge is planning on being at the game, the motion will probably be granted…
69 – just because the AP got it wrong that year doesn’t mean that Alabama wasnt the best team
54:
You forgot about the Penn State Philadelphia Campus. (Since Penn State Carlisle Campus bought them, that’s why the Big 10 actually has 11 teams).
Elie you would be a Michigan football fan you insufferable douche
Hook’Em!
Bama by 39.
21 – I’m no Auburn fan but didn’t Auburn go undefeated a few years ago and just not get to play for the title because they were ranked third? And didn’t Auburn go undefeated in 1994 or 1995 but wasn’t even ranked in the UPI poll because it was on probation? I don’t think it’s that out of the realm that they could do so again.
Polls or no polls, any team coached by The Bear was the best team in the country that year.
So Tide has 24 National Championships. Thats just how it is.
Roll Tide.
35 – Fail.
80 – I bet law school was difficult for you. You appear to be able to comprehend facts, but you are still missing the point: Auburn will never be in the same position.
Unless you’re a Notre Dame fan, your team doesn’t have more National Championships than Alabama no matter which list you use.
And if you’re a Notre Dame fan, you should enjoy the next few weeks, because the previous statement will apply to you as well after Jan. 7. . . besides, if you’re a Notre Dame fan, you have bigger things to worry about right now.
3. I have a cousin that is just one year younger than me who went to Michigan. I think that should count for something.
70. Your analogy is wrong. I didn’t switch sides, and hate Coach Sweater vest as much as I know how to hate. I routinely root for Terrelle Pryor to blow out a knee. And I’m sticking with Michigan even through these difficult times … to the point where I’m publicizing it on the blog even when I don’t have to and could just not mention anything.
And I’ll add that I didn’t grow up in a state with a strong college sports presence. I mean, what was I supposed to do, start rooting for the Hofstra Pride when I was 8-years-old? Why would you do that to a child? And don’t give me Syracuse which might as well be in Canada for all I care.
I’m just saying, as these kinds of things go, I’m not as full of crap on this one as it might seem.
–Elie
“Adopted” Michigan?
Huh?
No. You don’t get to claim to be a genuine fan of a school unless you have attended some arm of the school’s educational system or worked for the school. I think we all know this.
That said, Hook Em.
Is it true that if you live in Alabama, you are required to fuck your sister or brother in the ass during the holidays?
Here’s a surprise. An SEC lawyer has shitty grammar:
“one of the two great teams in this State are playing for a national championship”
- you mean IS playing?
Elie just pwn3d 70.
87 – You sound excited about the possibility. I hate to disappoint you, but you’ll have to tell your sister to start unpacking.
Is everyone in Alabama married to their cousins?
Elvis Grbac? Didn’t he die in a car accident years ago?
I think we all know why Elie likes Michigan.
Gratz v. Bollinger.
Affirmative Walrus happens to be a huge Wolverine fan, too.
I hope Michigan football continues to pay a terrible price for recruiting that traitor of a head coach. My he burn in hell.
–Hillbilly
To the schmuck that brought up basketball – perhaps we should include the respective chess teams in this comparison as well? We’re talking about sports that matter, sorry.
Regarding the dumb, ignorant lesbians comment…have you visited both SEC and Big 10 schools? If so, it is intuitively obvious why SEC law schools lag behind the Big 10. SEC schools actually allow attractive women to attend; Big 10 schools merely allow chubby, pale, angry women to attend. I searched the entire state of Ohio for a four day weekend, and I could not find one attractive girl. I can trip and fall and bump into more attractive women at an SEC school. We all know that “lawyer hot” came from somewhere. I think it’s from the Big 10.
84, Notre Dame fan here.
Alabama has 5 legitimately claimed national titles . All pre 1961, and 64, 65 and 73 claims are nonsense.
Notre Dame has 11 (8 AP, 3 before the AP system). ND has nothing to fear from Alabama. If ND used Alabama logic, they could claim 13. But they don’t. Because they respect logic.
Now that ND has Brian Kelly, I don’t see what they are supposed to worry about. That their players actually graduate in real majors and are literate?
GO IRISH
Elie,
I like you more now that I know you’re for Michigan. Don’t let the haters get to ya.
#1 in all-time wins
#1 in all-time winning percentage
23-5-1 against the SEC
@91- I believe you are mistaking Alabama for Mississippi.
How do you circumcise a Bama grad?
Kick his sister in the chin
This does not surprise me. What does surprise me is that there are actually lawyers in Alabama, especially any that are alums of one or more members of the Substandard Education Conference.
83 – 80 here. Thanks for your concern, but I did ok in law school. All I was saying (maybe you would have got this if you were less concerned with being an Internet tough guy) is that Auburn was in a position twice in the last 14 or 15 years to have an argument that they should be playing for the national championship so I don’t think it would be surprising for it to happen again. Maybe even in the near future.
93 – It’s a very rare post that can deftly convey both “I’m a law nerd” and “I’m a racist” at the same time. The Federalist Society must be so proud.
SEC lawyers are dumber than SEC athletes.
Are you required to have sex with your father when you live in Alabama?
19,
This is obviously a playoff, as these two teams certainly didn’t end up playing each other on 1/7/10 due to any conference tie-ins, etc. It’s just a two-team playoff (singular). The sooner people figure that out, the quicker they’ll stop sounding like idiots.
U-C-O-N-N! UConn! UConn! UConn!
Awww, all you people who are saying things like “well my team won X number of times more than Alabama!” or “we’ve historically beat SEC teams” are just adorable. You remind of of the balding fat man who says “Man, when I was a kid, I really kicked ass on the high school football team.” Stop living in the past. Bama rules this year, get over it.
And I second 95’s statement. I went to an SEC college and now live in NYC. Amazing how much more attractive the women were at my undergrad than they are here.
85
You can’t be serious that you root for a kid’s injury playing football can you? If you had ever played you would know that you want to see your opponent get “lit up” so that he has “snot bubble” but you never EVER want to see him get a career ending injury.
Stick to something anything else that you know, but stop talking about sports (or do I need to bring up the wooden bat post you had a few months ago).
96 – The fact that you’re trying to toss Alabama’s Wallace Wade teams from the 30’s completely discredits anything else you have to say. But I do want to thank you for touting your team’s academics. That put a smile on my face. It’s cute when Vandy does it, too.
…but I don’t want to have sex with my sister again….
….
….do it boy, or no supper for you…….!
I graduated in the bottom half of my class from Georgia and now work in NY getting paid an absurd amount of money. I often wonder how the hell I ended up here after the preeminent firm Alston & Bird didn’t even offer me an interview. I especially wonder how the hell I got here after going to Georgia in the first place.
“It is also understood that many of the witness involved are trying to acquire tickets to the
game and/or scheduled to be at the game in Pasadena on January 7th . . .”
Testament to southern education. I count at least four grammatical errors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMY85QENd5E
112: Elie was educated at Harvard and produces more mistakes than that. Most of the people I work with were educated at top tier schools and still make grammatical mistakes. Really, who gives a sh*t? That’s the difference in bankers and lawyers (other than the pay and that they get to boss us around)–we care about little things that make no difference. They just care to get the point across.
inSECure
Wait – you mean Syracuse isn’t Canadian? There’s no fucking way a school named the “Orangemen” is American, or should be allowed to call themselves such.
Big TTTen
Awww, isn’t this cute. Lawyers with outside interests!
You got a perrttty mouth, boy!
112,
is it four or more than four? are you unable to count to 5?
some people are stupid. others are mother fucking stupid, to the extent they have no idea how stupid they actually are.
you are mother fucking stupid.
Point 6
“…the BSC Title Game is no
longer scheduled on January 1st, but has been moved to January 7th.”
I think it’s BCS
It’s actually quite easy to adopt a favorite college, especially when your school doesn’t have any good sports programs (e.g., Emory, Wash U, … Cal)
It never ceases to amuse me what childish, arrogant pricks the bulk of ATL’s readership is.
In the “south,” trash is trash. An ignorant fool is just that. In the northeast, a foul-mouthed, narrow-minded, poorly educated thug is considered “colorful,” part of the grand human tapestry that makes a city great. The “south” and the rest of “fly-over country” is ridiculed as backwards and embarassing, while the northeast literally teems with legions of the appalling morons that make shows like “Jersey Shore” possible. It is crap.
So, lets officially call a spade a spade. America, ALL OF IT, is largely populated by idiots and scumbags. New York is no exception. LA is no exception. Atlanta is no exception. Chicago is no exception. Houston is no exception. All claims of some sort of regional intellectual superiority are asinine.
120,
I said at least because two are debatable.
112
A hearty “go fuck yourself” to all you idjyits posting that “YOU MUST GO TO XXX UNIVERSITY BEFORE YOU CAN ROOT FOR IT!” Sez who? You, dingleberry, the unemployed, anonymous poster on a web site? Nice try, now GTFO. Assholes.
Elie… You were born in Queens and have spent your entire life in the NY/Boston areas. Do you have a legitimate reason to root for Michigan? Or were you just like “lolz theyre really good lolz” and hopped on the bandwagon?
Cheers to 123. We all hate each other – now that is the American Dream.
Big Ten Rules.
125: Agreed.
123 and 99 ftw
Also, can we stop with the “Best. Motion to Continue. Ever.” three-sentence crap? Ever since there was that “Real. Comfortable. Jeans.” ad people try to copy it. Newsflash: it doesn’t work with shit like “Ever”, dumbass.
86:
Applying your logic, Notre Dame would never have its NBC contract. If only those people who attended the school were fans, the TV ratings for their games wouldn’t be where they are.
When you hear someone say they’re a Notre Dame fan or walk down the street and see someone with a Notre Dame hat or shirt on, aske them if they went to Notre Dame or have any other connection. I guarantee that at least 75% of these ND fans have no connection with the school.
So, if I understand you correctly #123, everybody in Alabama has sex with their sisters and cousins?
132 credited.
http://austin.craigslist.org/tix/1512120466.html
I love cocksucking lesbians
This is not the best motion to continue ever. It’s not even one of the best. It’s got way too many typos, grammatical mistakes and just plain nonsensical or cumbersome language. It’s good, but nothing more — especially since this is Alabama and the motion really was granted before it was even filed. It could have said “watermelon cantaloupe” for two pages and it would be granted.
Fuck you, 116. First of all, it’s just the Orange now. Second of all, GO CUSE!
Hook ‘Em
54 – you have no idea what you are talking about. The “Mighty UF” is a tier 1 law school dumbfvck as well as UGA and Bama. BTW, in case you were unaware, UGA and UF are both Public “Ivy” schools, the same as your precious Meeechigan. And to the other ignorant Big 10/11 ranters, UF won back-to-back basketball championships in 2006 and 2007, so yeah we know about b-ball. You also may want to check Kentucky’s trophey case in that sport as well a$$holes.
134, so what did he say when you sent him your pics?
You better hire local counsel in Alabama.
You better hire local counsel in Alabama.
Hook ‘em!
LONGHORNS SECURE
you lost your football credibility when you used the term FCS…loser.
This lawyer + this judge = 100% chance of the motion being granted. If you’ve ever practiced in Birmingham, you know I’m right.
Assuming you mean FBS team. FCS teams are the Tier II of college football. To couch it in law school terms, Columbia (stunning example of a pristine program) would be the equivalent of an FBS team; NYU on the other hand (essentially a safety school for those few not accepted to Thomas Jefferson) would be an FCS team.
Roll tide and you’re welcome,
B
Elie… you have lived in NY and Boston your whole life. How on earth are you a Michigan fan? Did the bandwagon just look really big?
Two great college football teams in the State? I mean, Troy is good, but I wouldn’t consider them great, exactly. They have potential.
139 – UF isn’t going to be Tier 1 much longer.
145–Having practiced in the Ham, the judge is the only key point. If he’s a Bama fan, he’ll grant it; if he’s an Auburn fan, it’s practically impossible for him to have a law license anyway, but he’ll probably at least drool on the signature line, which I think counts according to Smith v. Jones.
Alabama is a dump.
Northeast elite secure
Hook ‘Em!
\m/
The attorney who drafted this motion isn’t even a Bama grad — undergrad or law school. Went to Samford University for undergrad and Cumberland School of Law (at Samford) for law school.
http://www.martindale.com/Jon-B-Terry/21212-lawyer.htm
130 – Please say you’re trolling… Seriously? You think people are giving a clever nod to a fucking Wrangler Jeans commercial?
This motion is juvenile and unprofessional. The lawyer should be hit with sanctions for wasting the court’s time.
Are you people six fucking years old?
Booooing sports motion.
This has already been done much better than this.
139,
Don’t be dumb. UF is ranked 51st and that is considered to be tier 2. Also, neither UF nor UGA were part of the 8 original public ivies. They were added much later when the list was expanded to include a total of 30 schools (not nearly as impressive as being one of the original 8). Sorry dude, nice try. GO BLUE/BIG 10!!
lame
double lame
wow. amazed that people think this is a reference to a jeans. commercial.
it’s the simpsons comic book guy.
139 — “Public Ivy”? WTF does that even mean. If Yale’s football team suddenly started dominating everyone, would that make them a “Private Big 10″?
I hope the judge is an auburn fan…War Eagle!
“Public Ivy” is a term used by people who did not go to top 25-30 schools. And insofar as it’s a meaningful term, UGA and UF are most certainly not “Public Ivies.”
Also, are people really defending the academic prowess of the Big10/11? Michigan’s a good school. And then there’s the rest of the conference.
The motion should be denied for use of the imaginary term “BSC,” which was surprisingly echoed in the comments. It’s BCS, and any true college football fan would not get mixed up on this.
Obviously unsurprising that Elie would mix up FCS and FBS, since Elie likely has never attended an FBS game and has no legitimate connection to any FBS school, presumably except that Michigan was very good the one year Elie decided to become a front-runner. And, FWIW, if you’re an adult and claim to be a fan of a college program without ever setting foot on the school’s campus, then you’re a douchebag.
163,
Good points. However, Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, Michigan, and UVA are both “public ivies” and “top 25-30″ schools.
Bama is nearly guaranteed to win the national title since they have an ex-Cleveland Brown coaching genius.
Go Gators!
p.s. Alabama took the SEC fairly. Texas better watch out.
Roll Tide Roll!!!
Clearly some of you haven’t practiced down in Alabama. I had the pleasure of working with a bunch of attorneys down there, one of whom took me on a tour of “God’s Country” (Tuscaloosa) while I was down there. Things are done a tad bit differently and that is a good thing. I would not be surprised if this motion is granted.
@36 —really?! you should get out more and venture to places where people don’t take themselves so seriously.
Clearly some of you haven’t practiced down in Alabama. I had the pleasure of working with a bunch of attorneys down there, one of whom took me on a tour of “God’s Country” (Tuscaloosa) while I was down there. Things are done a tad bit differently and that is a good thing. I would not be surprised if this motion is granted.
@36/155 —really?! you should get out more and venture to places where people don’t take themselves so seriously.
As a trial judge (I am), I would deny the motion on the basis of grammar–particularly on the basis of poor subject/verb agreement.
Last
Good Lord, most of you people must be a blast to hang out with. In a single post we had…
-the not-so-subtle “I’m a rich BigLaw NYC person”
-the grammar police folks
-the “all southerners are hicks” people
-the “this is so unprofessional” (I have a huge stick up my ass people)
-the “you can’t be a fan without going to the school” people
-the “my school is better than you” people
-the “no it’s not” people
All that’s missing is Godwin’s law.
Get over yourselves, the motion was funny, the blog post made plenty of sense and believe it or not, none of the shit any of you do is nearly as important as you think it is. Enjoy your life, the lawyers who wrote the motion definitely sound like they do!
See also, http://abovethelaw.com/2007/12/motion_to_continue_trial_due_t.php
There is precedent in the SEC for this. NB the footnotes.
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1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, and 2000
Boomer Sooner!
This is just like the one that was circulated a few years ago re LSU. Yawn. Boring.
This is just like the one that was circulated a few years ago re LSU. Yawn. Boring.
BOOMER SOONER !!
What ever happened with this? Did the motion get approved?