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Tomorrow begins the college football season! (I know a few games have already been played)
There are some here who might disagree with my claim that college football is the greatest team sport. But Topper, CA, Mott and some others will agree with me.
Tuscaloosa is at a fever pitch and everywhere you look you see Crimson & White. My standard preseason ritual of watch the pre-game videos are going strong.
Its the same everywhere college football is king. The traditions that make chills run down our spines. Seeing Bear on the Jumbotron at Bryant-Denny. The LSU fans get the same from the smells of gumbo and "Geaux Tigers" plastered everywhere. The Trojans have the videos during their pre-game festivities. The Buckeyes do as well. And I am sure seeing them "Dot the 'I'" does for Mott what seeing Al on the sidelines does for me.
The pregame video has old shots of leather-helmeted heroes from the past, Joe Namath trying to run on bad knees, Derrick Thomas blowing passed the blockers to nail an RB in the backfield, Cornelius Bennett hitting the Notre Dame QB so hard he left the game, Shaun Alexander scoring in overtime against FL, Van Tiffin hitting a 52 yard field goal with 8 seconds on the clock to beat auburn, and George Teague running down the Miami receiver and taking the ball away from him in the '92 Championship game. But hearing Bear speak about committment and excellence while we see the '79 Sugarbowl and that amazing goal line stand to win the Championship takes my breath away everytime.
To see that video in the stadium with 60,000 of my brothers & sisters is the greatest.
Roll Tide! Let the season begin!!
Tailgating, screaming ourselves hourse, and pleading with the football gods to let us win or comeback.
There are some here who might disagree with my claim that college football is the greatest team sport. But Topper, CA, Mott and some others will agree with me.
Tuscaloosa is at a fever pitch and everywhere you look you see Crimson & White. My standard preseason ritual of watch the pre-game videos are going strong.
Its the same everywhere college football is king. The traditions that make chills run down our spines. Seeing Bear on the Jumbotron at Bryant-Denny. The LSU fans get the same from the smells of gumbo and "Geaux Tigers" plastered everywhere. The Trojans have the videos during their pre-game festivities. The Buckeyes do as well. And I am sure seeing them "Dot the 'I'" does for Mott what seeing Al on the sidelines does for me.
The pregame video has old shots of leather-helmeted heroes from the past, Joe Namath trying to run on bad knees, Derrick Thomas blowing passed the blockers to nail an RB in the backfield, Cornelius Bennett hitting the Notre Dame QB so hard he left the game, Shaun Alexander scoring in overtime against FL, Van Tiffin hitting a 52 yard field goal with 8 seconds on the clock to beat auburn, and George Teague running down the Miami receiver and taking the ball away from him in the '92 Championship game. But hearing Bear speak about committment and excellence while we see the '79 Sugarbowl and that amazing goal line stand to win the Championship takes my breath away everytime.
To see that video in the stadium with 60,000 of my brothers & sisters is the greatest.
Roll Tide! Let the season begin!!
Tailgating, screaming ourselves hourse, and pleading with the football gods to let us win or comeback.