Further evidence that college football is the true religion in the great state of Alabama (or Heart of Dixie as it reads on the car tags): After the Crimson Tide's loss to Arkansas last week, a 16-year-old asked his dad to buy him a car for his birthday. The dad supposedly shot at him with a pistol.

The son was quoted in the paper as saying, "Well, looking back on it, that might not have been the best time to ask."

This is not a joke. Repeat: This is not a joke.