🏈 Charles Barkley rips Alabama

[PhillyGirl]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/charles-barkley-mocks-alabama-assualt-arrests-video-162428347--ncaaf.html

Nearly 30 years after leaving Auburn, Charles Barkley still embraces the rivalry with Alabama.

So much so that he went on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Thursday evening wearing a bloodied bandage around his head. When host Ernie Johnson asked Barkley what happened, Barkley gave the perfect deadpan answer.

“Ernie, you’re not gonna believe this,” Barkley said to Johnson. “Being the Auburn guy that I am, I wanted to be first class. I went down to the University of Alabama to congratulate the Crimson Tide on winning a BCS Championship and I got mugged. I got mugged in Tuscaloosa, Ernie, and my credit cards are missing.”

Earlier this week, four Alabama players were arrested and charged with second-degree assault after assaulting two different people and taking one’s computer and the other’s student ID that was later used to by snacks. Two of the Alabama players were charged with fraudulent credit card use.

Kenny Smith called Barkley and “Alabama hater” and asked him to “leave them kids alone.”

Barkley replied: “Oh, it’s my fault they buggin’ people?”

Barkley is known for his antics and this stunt was no surprise. There aren’t many opportunities for Auburn fans to pick on Alabama these days, so Barkley has to capitalize on his chances.

 

[tidentrue]

I like Barkley

 

[psychojoe]

Charles has some assault charges on his own record.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Really?? What a hypocrite .. A jealous hypocrite.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Charles Barkley is awesome.

 

[Bo]

I love Charles. He's funny as hell IMHO.

 

[UAgrad93]

Leave it to Barkley to do something like that. We all know how good that Barner education is when it was a student ACT card used and not credit cards.

 

[JoshB]

Hes Auburn so it doesnt surprise me, he does this kinda stuff all the time. He also admits when Auburn is terrible too tho. I still hate him tho...

 

[ElephantStomp]

I don't mind Barkley. I think he's funny as all get out

 

[EuroTide]

i never knew he was a barner

 

[planomateo]

i never knew he was a barner

Can tell your age by that comment...guess it could be that you didn't follow basketball years ago. He's been pretty open about being a Barner on TV as well.

He's from Leeds, Alabama and went to Auburn.

Funniest thing I've heard him say in a while, he was talking about one of his daughters, she was saying how heavy he looked on TV, he said, you know camera's make you look bigger than you are, his daughter replied, did you have a bunch of camera's on you...

He kills me.

 

[PhillyGirl]

He definitely has a big personality! I can't hate him; hell, he starred in one of my favorite childhood movies, "Space Jam" :bluebiggrin:

 

['65 Cobra]

I like Sir Charles, too. He's definitely not afraid to stir the pot.

 

[bamaraider]

I think its better for rivalry when you see big stars that are former alumni talk smack about your rival...Really why I enjoy the Ohio State vs Michigan rivalry.

Would love for him in to come to an Alabama vs Auburn game while Reece Davis is the play-by-play analysis. Watch them two go at it :lol:

 

[EuroTide]

Can tell your age by that comment...guess it could be that you didn't follow basketball years ago. He's been pretty open about being a Barner on TV as well.

He's from Leeds, Alabama and went to Auburn.

its more about the lack of nba coverage on any media over here back then