'War Eagle' creates no cheer at UA
Former Auburn cheerleader Christopher Bailey said "War Eagle" one time too many.
Bailey, who became a University of Alabama cheerleader after transfering this year, gave the Auburn cheer on national television Saturday night while wearing the uniform of the Crimson Tide -- and promptly got booted off the UA cheerleading squad.Bailey, 23, was cut after Tide athletic officials received e-mail complaints concerning the interview Bailey did on ESPN during the televised Iron Bowl. A cheerleader for Auburn for three years, Bailey said he still has strong feelings for Auburn and during the interview with ESPN's Adrian Karsten he complied with a request to say "War Eagle" and "Roll Tide."
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Alabama fan Pat Taylor of Birmingham said that Bailey should not be allowed to cheer for the Tide after saying what he did.
"There are too many other young men and women who would be proud to cheer for Alabama. They should be the ones cheering, not him," Taylor said.
The kid should've known better, to be sure, but it ain't like he did it during the game or seomthing. Doing a silly stunt for an interview doesn't seem like a capital offense to me, but then I am neutral in the UA-AU wars.
And I put this in "Alabama Politics" and not "Sports" on purpose ;)
Poor kid - but he should have known better. SEC football is a close second to religion in the south. Far more important than mere politics ;-)
Maybe ESPN could give him a scholarship for costing him his job.
Posted by: Admiral Quixote at November 26, 2026 04:58 PMAh, but he DID do it during the game, and AT THE IRON BOWL to boot!
Posted by: mark at November 26, 2026 05:27 PMEven if he wasn't at a game, he was in his uniform. That would be considered representing our school, saying that he's an official cheerleader. Did he really think if we wouldn't let a coach hang around for getting his groove on with some strippers that we'd let a cheerleader hang around after rooting for the other team during the Iron Bowl???
Posted by: BigTideFan at December 1, 2026 10:56 AMi just cant believe that you consider a coach gettin with a stripper equivalent to a player saying "war eagle" &! "roll tide" ... he was just being a good sport - not like we are dealing with missiles..
Posted by: matt at December 4, 2026 03:19 PM