Roll Tide

GTROY said:
I grew up in Northeast Alabama, and most of my family attended UA. My mother and father (God rest his soul) went there during Bear Bryant's tenure. I grew up a Bama fan in the 90s when it wasn't very popular to be a Bama fan (after 92 at least). My friends during high school (now all die-hard fans somehow) would ask why we were "wasting our weekend" to go to Tuscaloosa. How times have changed.

Some of my best memories are actually traveling to road games with my Dad to see Bama play, even if we got beat. Case in point, we once drove 11 hours to Fayetteville, Arkansas to see Bama lose 42-7. We also stayed in the same hotel as the football team for a bowl game ('95 Outback bowl, I believe), and I got the autograph of a young Dabo Swinney, then a first-year WR coach for the Tide.

Another good tale - In Fall of 2008 I was entering my fourth year at Tech. Alabama played Georgia that year in Athens (the famous blackout game). Dad took the whole family and picked me up in Atlanta on the way. As Bama was stomping them, I taught the entire section the "To Hell with Georgia" chant. They freaking loved it.

I basically converted 5 minutes into my first Tech football game, but it is still easy to cheer for Bama.... especially when they are playing the hated mutts. Roll Damn Tide.
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I grew up in Huntsville and went to Alabama for my MBA. In addition, my wife's family are almost all Bama grads. So, despite being raised by a Tech alum who hated Bama over the Graining incident, they have been my second favorite team throughout my adult life. And I feel like I have some skin in this game as it would be difficult for us dawg haters here in Gainesville, GA were the Bulldogs to win Saturday. It would be unbearable if they somehow went on to win a NC. That's why I always relax after they've lost that second game. Unfortunately it's been hard to relax some years.
 
I am in my sons room with my son and daughter. My wife just woke up and blasted the I’ve been working on the railroad uga fight song through the baby monitor. Papa Saban needs to make this shit right. Immediately. Come on nick please don’t put me through last year again.
 
Dirty Jacket said:
I am in my sons room with my son and daughter. My wife just woke up and blasted the I’ve been working on the railroad uga fight song through the baby monitor. Papa Saban needs to make this öööö right. Immediately. Come on nick please don’t put me through last year again.
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child abuse. lock her up!
 
Dirty Jacket said:
I am in my sons room with my son and daughter. My wife just woke up and blasted the I’ve been working on the railroad uga fight song through the baby monitor. Papa Saban needs to make this öööö right. Immediately. Come on nick please don’t put me through last year again.
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You have some more work to do for that marriage to work long term.
 
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