🏈 Fan day crazies were out in force over a day in advance

dcanddinky said:
Only reason to be that early is too get first change at autographs and get pretty much everybody's. Go home, sell them. Make money
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Sgt. Lincoln Osiris said:
1st 150 fans got a wrist band for early entry before the 45 min mad-dash session begins.
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still...all that gets you is just a bit closer. you still can't get onto the field since they have to get all the practice-related stuff out of the way and get the tables out in place. i mean hell, if you want to be first then get there early enough to be first. and if you want to run, then learn to run faster than everybody else. but unless you have a small army with you to get autographs, then you're still not getting a ton of autographs. all the most popular players always have long lines.

but you are correct, @dcanddinky , there's too many grown-as people there who only want to get autographs just so they can sell them and make a buck.

i've been several times, but every autograph i got was for either myself, or a family member who asked me to get a specific person for them. i've never sold any of them and never will. but now, i don't even do that. i haven't been to any of the pay sessions in years. and last year all i did was watch the practice; and this year i didn't even go. it's just gotten to be too much of a hassle trying to fight everybody.
 
I went to the '09 version of The Running of the Gumps and that was my first and last time!! My son, who was 8 at the time wanted to go, so I said sure. We watched a bit of the practice before exiting the stadium to get in line. We hit the field with 30 minutes left and the 2 autographs he wanted most, had lines that stretched the length of the field! It was Julio's and Saban's lines. We ditched that and quickly went around and hit other players, Rolando, Nico, Rashad, etc. To this day, that ball sits in an acrylic case on a shelf in my Man Cave. As the players were leaving, I did slip the ball to my son to take to Julio and got him to sign it!
Best part of the day was when I handed a letter to then equipment manager Tank Connerly. We had a gentleman at my church that was a HUGE BAMA fan and all he ever talked about was BAMA and Saban. He had some mental disabilities and only had the capabilities of a 8-9 year old. I was going to take him with us but his caregiver refused. So I wrote a little letter for Coach Saban telling about this gentlemen. I gave the letter to Tank and told him about the man and what it would mean to him. Tank took it to Coach and 2 weeks later, I received an 8x10 signed picture for this man and a signed poster for myself. When I gave the picture to the gentleman at church, he cried and cried and hugged me. Every Sunday from that time until he died about 6 months later, he would always come to me and talk about his picture from Coach Saban!!
 
uagrad93 said:
I went to the '09 version of The Running of the Gumps and that was my first and last time!! My son, who was 8 at the time wanted to go, so I said sure. We watched a bit of the practice before exiting the stadium to get in line. We hit the field with 30 minutes left and the 2 autographs he wanted most, had lines that stretched the length of the field! It was Julio's and Saban's lines. We ditched that and quickly went around and hit other players, Rolando, Nico, Rashad, etc. To this day, that ball sits in an acrylic case on a shelf in my Man Cave. As the players were leaving, I did slip the ball to my son to take to Julio and got him to sign it!
Best part of the day was when I handed a letter to then equipment manager Tank Connerly. We had a gentleman at my church that was a HUGE BAMA fan and all he ever talked about was BAMA and Saban. He had some mental disabilities and only had the capabilities of a 8-9 year old. I was going to take him with us but his caregiver refused. So I wrote a little letter for Coach Saban telling about this gentlemen. I gave the letter to Tank and told him about the man and what it would mean to him. Tank took it to Coach and 2 weeks later, I received an 8x10 signed picture for this man and a signed poster for myself. When I gave the picture to the gentleman at church, he cried and cried and hugged me. Every Sunday from that time until he died about 6 months later, he would always come to me and talk about his picture from Coach Saban!!
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Awesome story man. And that's what it's all about. That right there.
 
@BamaFan334, @Crimson&WhiteGecko , @rick4bama I appreciate the kind words and for you guys that liked the post. I have always tried to look out for the other guy. I've been burned because of that trait/fault before, but more times than not, the reward has been well worth it.

I'll tell this one about Fan Day '90. I'm sitting at a table with all of the QBs, scholarship guys and non like myself. People are throwing things up there for us ALL to sign. I get a T-shirt and a poster put in front of me and the T-shirt is from my HS. I look up and it is from one of MY old teammates that was a couple of years younger than me!!! :shock:
I stammered around, signed it and looked all dumbfounded as he walked off. I turn to the guys and the entire table was rolling!!:rolf:
 

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