It is Going to Suck to be Jewish and an Alabama Fan This Season

For many, football is life; the rest is just details. There are likely quite a few college football fans of programs like Texas A&M and Alabama that statement would definitely be true for, and it is that kind of intense devotion that will make the 'Bama/A&M game in a couple weeks one for the ages.

That and the two teams are among the best in the nation.

Yeah, come September 14 when these guys face off in College Station it is going to be one heck of a football game. I can't imagine being a fan of one of these two teams--or heck, of college football for that matter--and missing this game.

Which is why it has to suck to be an Alabama fan and Jewish this season.

As luck would have it the big game happens to fall on the same day as Yom Kippur, a pretty important day for those of the Jewish faith. According to Wikipedia this is how Yom Kipppur,or the Day of Atonement, is supposed to go down:

Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר, IPA: [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], or יום הכיפורים), also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people.[1] Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jewish people traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25-hour period offasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services.

So for those that are not in the know (that would include me) it is taken pretty seriously. One Alabama synagogue decided that it needed to remind its members of that fact with this:

So sorry guys. It looks like you can't watch one of the best football games of the season.

In all seriousness--I mean no disrespect to anyone that is Jewish or any person of faith. Your beliefs should be more important than a football game no matter how big said game is expected to be.

That being said, to say that everyone is going to suffer if scores are talked about or a high five or two exchanged? I can see where doing so would be disrespectful of the purpose behind the day and to those that are taking it seriously, but to say that all will suffer? 

Really?

[H/T Deadspin]