| NEWS Author of infamous 'Tua language barrier' message board post apologizes, feels 'like an idiot'

[Mark Heim | mheim@al.com]

Chatttown Tide, known to friends as Bear Johnson, credits his passion for Alabama football to a meeting with Paul Bear Bryant. "I imagined that was Bear's own way of making me tougher and a better man."
Mark Heim | mheim@al.com
Author of infamous 'Tua language barrier' message board post apologizes, feels 'like an idiot'