Ah, that look. The artist managed to capture that wistful I-don’t-have-time-for-this-shit persona perfectly, don’t you think?
I can hear it now: “You don’t think you have a medical problem? Go stand in front of my statue for twelve hours and then come back here and try to tell me that.”
Get The Picture 
That’s an extreme close-up. The actual statue is only 3 feet tall.
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so what you’re saying is…it was made to scale?
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Shoddy likeness. They left off the horns and cloven hooves. Although they say it does smell slightly of brimstone.
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Let the Miami Dolphin fans get a crack at it!
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looks like the yogurt statue from spaceballs
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Spot on HK
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Who dares enter the sacred and awesome presence of the everylasting know-it-all, Yogurt!
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Will The Statue make a tour? Like to a Wal-Mart or a Piggly Wiggly? Or will there have to be pilgrimages to Bryant-Denny to catch a glimpse?
The sculptor still has to complete the punch-list items by adding fangs to the upper row of teeth. Nick’s statue will then be mounted permanently next to Marilyn Monroe’s.
In related old news, two kids add to their law school application materials in a bipartisan horticulture presser
http://www2.oanow.com/news/2011/feb/23/updykes-attorney-i-want-see-if-i-can-keep-his-libe-ar-1499843/
In unrelated news around Tuscaloosa
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110228/NEWS/110229571
In related news, investigative reporters from the Opelika Observer are trying to determine if the guy from Coker, Your Place for One-Stop Shopping for Bestiality, ever had sex with a female of the human persuasion and, if so, the names of his children to stockpile for future propaganda use. If not, some children with Bear Bryant spinoff names will be created for future disinformation use.
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Alabama does not have an anti-bestiality law? Surprisingly they are not alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoosexuality_and_the_law
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Was there anything Freudian in you saying ‘Good Lord’?
The statue reminds me of Lord Farquaad.
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Am I the only one that sees a smiley face in his right eye?
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You are correct ,sir. That may be the clue that it’s goin on the Bammer Wal-Mart tour.
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+ 0.50 to each of you!
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http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/3/1/2022920/freek-has-poetry-in-his-fingertips-man#comments
LSUFreek weighs in.
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Never been a fan of statue worship,but If I’m Bammer I think I would have gotten a Stallings statue before Little Nicky.At least Stallings had some class.
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The Ministry of Statues already thought of that.
“Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Paul “Bear” Bryant and Gene Stallings, say hello to Nick Saban.”
http://blog.al.com/ray-melick/2010/01/nick_saban_new_kid_on_the_bloc.html
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Thanks Dog.Didn’t know they already had one.Never been to Tuscaloosa,got no business there.I have a few Bammer friends and they’ve never mentioned the Stallings statue.Course they can’t stop talking about Bryant long enough to mention anyone else.
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Tuscaloosa is nice. It’s like Athens without anything. That reminds me. I need a Co-Cola and a bag of Golden Flakes. Then before I call Paul this afternoon, I’m going to put my daily call into Alex’s radio show if Sheen will get his ass off the line.
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The Ministry had earlier rejected this prototype on the basis that it made him look like some kind of pharaoh or that he was wearing a dickhat on his head.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottandtisha/4931296485/
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My dog won’t stop barking when the statue’s on the monitor!?
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That thing’s gonna scare the hell out of the pigeons, too.
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That’s okay. Saban’s statue doesn’t have time for their shit anyway.
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Dogs and pigeons? It scared the hell out of me!!!
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Bama fans are giving this just as much seriousness as it deserves.
“bamajag600
San Diego, CA
Re: Nick Saban’s Statue
I was personally hoping for this pose http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/writers/andy_staples/11/27/iron.bowl/nick-saban.jpg
….. but the other one will do.”
http://www.tidefans.com/forums/football/131387-nick-sabans-statue-3.html
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What’s the over/under on how long it takes an Auburn fan to try to deface it in retribution for the Toomer’s oaks?
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So now Birmingham has Vulcan, Auburn has two trees filled with toilet paper, and Tuscaloosa has Saban. With all those graven idols, I don’t want to be near bama when the apocalypse hits.
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Survivalist sleeper cells are already making apocolypse plans in Huntsville http://www.monstrous.com/Apocalypse/Alabama_City_Reopening_Fallout_Shelters.html
and Ozark http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1766276/how_to_survive_a_zombie_apocalypse.html
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How could you tell the difference if the apocalypse hit Alabama anyway?
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Does the statue have wheels so it can be moved when he leaves ?
Would it look even smaller outside Jerry Jones crystal palace in TX ?
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In the event the exalted leader decided to relocate [after repeated assurances to the contract – see Miami Dolphins ] the statue will be dealt with in the following manner :
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed”
Toppled statue may be struck liberally with your shoe -unless your an Auburn grad and want to risk retaliation, again
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