Worker fired for hanging Bama flag on Kyle Field said he sabotaged stadium

Bobby Livingston was fired for hanging a University of Alabama flag at Texas A&M University's Kyle Field. Bobby Livingston was fired for hanging a University of Alabama flag at Texas A&M University's Kyle Field. Photo: Courtesy, Facebook Photo: Courtesy, Facebook Image 1 of / 77 Caption Close Worker fired for hanging Bama flag on Kyle Field said he sabotaged stadium 1 / 77 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO -- A construction worker who was fired this week for hanging a University of Alabama flag on Texas A&M University's Kyle Field suggested in several Facebook posts that he sabotaged the stadium.

"This stadium will never be ready for this season, I'm putting iron in backwards and wrong holing everything!!" Bobby Livingston posted on Facebook on Feb. 28, along with a photo of himself in a University of Alabama shirt.

Livingston, an ironworker who posted several pictures of himself working on site, is part of a crew making major renovations to Kyle Field in College Station.

In an April post, Livingston, 44, said: "If you ever attend a Texas A&M football game, don't sit at the Northeast End Zone, it was raining today and I made 2 very "questionable" welds!!"

Paul Hawryluk, director of facility services for Raba Kistner Engineering, the inspector for the Kyle Field renovation, told KBTX that the construction is safe and up to standards.

"All steel fabrication has been observed and critical welds tested/verified at the plants by the third party firm, Raba Kistner Engineering. Once delivered to the site, field welds, moment connections, and bolt torquing are tested/verified in accordance to building code and engineering specification by the third party inspectors. Structural engineers of record review the inspection reports as well as conduct site observation/review of the in place steel," Hawryluk said in a statement to KBTX.

Steve Moore, vice chancellor for marketing and communication for the Texas A&M University System, declined to comment and deferred questions to Raba Kistner Engineering.

Alabama and A&M are division rivals in the Southeastern Conference. Last year, the Aggies lost to the Crimson Tide 49-42 in College Station.

"Its only taken 43 years, but I think I've finally grown up!!" Livingston posted March 20.

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