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As a high school senior from Woodbury, Long Island, some 30 miles east of New York City, Daniel Machoverās top choice for a college might strike some as curious: the University of Alabama.
A big college football fan, Machover paid a visit to Tuscaloosa, where he had already applied and been accepted, and found the ārah rahā atmosphere of Crimson Tide country everything he expected. But while it was football that had initially piqued his interest, he found much more to ultimately sway him: Beautiful campus, warm weather and friendly people.
āThere was no culture shock at all, everyone was just real nice,ā he says. Alas, Machover wonāt get to live the southern dream. At least not this year. As decision time neared, his dad Geoff decided that for his college visits and his sonās treks back home, road trips beat flights. He nixed Tuscaloosa in favor of the University of Delaware. āIād pick Alabama,ā says Daniel. āBut heās paying the bill.ā
Whatās notable about Machoverās first college choice is that, as a non-southeasterner these days, heās far from alone. Head football coach Nick Saban has done the near-impossible at the University of Alabama: orchestrated a seismic shift in the meaning of āRoll Tide.ā
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A big college football fan, Machover paid a visit to Tuscaloosa, where he had already applied and been accepted, and found the ārah rahā atmosphere of Crimson Tide country everything he expected. But while it was football that had initially piqued his interest, he found much more to ultimately sway him: Beautiful campus, warm weather and friendly people.
āThere was no culture shock at all, everyone was just real nice,ā he says. Alas, Machover wonāt get to live the southern dream. At least not this year. As decision time neared, his dad Geoff decided that for his college visits and his sonās treks back home, road trips beat flights. He nixed Tuscaloosa in favor of the University of Delaware. āIād pick Alabama,ā says Daniel. āBut heās paying the bill.ā
Whatās notable about Machoverās first college choice is that, as a non-southeasterner these days, heās far from alone. Head football coach Nick Saban has done the near-impossible at the University of Alabama: orchestrated a seismic shift in the meaning of āRoll Tide.ā
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