A very unhappy man of the cloth thinks an Alabama football beat reporter deserves to be beaten with a bat for suggesting LSU might give the Tide a game on Nov. 5.

Michael Casagrande of the Birmingham News, Press-Register and Huntsville Times on Monday tweeted two messages he received in response to his recent column.

In the piece, Casagrande suggests the Tigers are hitting their stride just in time for the Alabama game. He then compares the teams' team and player statistics.

"Do you think that any jury in Alabama would convict an Alabama fan if they took a ball bat and beat the crap out of you ...?" the man begins in his first message. Casagrande says on Twitter that he knows the man's identity but did not publicly reveal it.

This vague threat of violence was emailed to me by a reverend. Not kidding. pic.twitter.com/IIti4PQ2qW — Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 24, 2016

In a second message, which Casagrande titled "The reverend, Round 2," the man suggests he may prefer to do the job himself. "I am looking forward to ... having a vigorous physical conversation with you and your mouth," he says.