He used to sit in my office when I taught him Freshman English at UT in 1968-69. Some quarters, I was assigned almost whole sections of athletes as a TA and always let them know, just to mess with them, that I was a Bama fan. They evidently took it well, since they supported me for the departmental teaching award that I won. But they also responded by beating us four out of the five years I was there. Phil did his work and received decent grades, though he was inclined to smirk when I'd bring up my athletic allegiance.