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Who does it better: Alabama or Washington?
Scott Hanson | TideSports.com

Erin Nelson | The Tuscaloosa News
By Scott Hanson | Seattle Times

The Washington and Alabama football matchup has been dissected for weeks, analyzed ad nauseam from every possible angle. But what about the schools themselves, their campuses and their cities? Lots of interesting comparisons there, too, pitting a Northwest institution against the heart of the South, with its charm, passion and rich history.

So, without further ado, and purely for fun, it’s Washington vs. Alabama, Huskies vs. Crimson Tide, Seattle vs. Tuscaloosa.

Campus landmarks

Alabama’s Denny Chimes vs. UW’s Denny Hall

Tough choice here. Denny Hall was the first building constructed at UW’s current site, but it doesn’t make music every 15 minutes like the 115-foot tower in Tuscaloosa with its 25-bell carillon. Around the base of the Denny Chimes is the Alabama football captains walk of fame, with hand and foot impressions of each captain from Crimson Tide teams dating to the 1940s. Most famous among them? Joe Namath.

Edge: Alabama

Cheer/greeting

“Go Dawgs” vs. “Roll Tide”

“Go Dawgs!” while often very spirited, could refer to Georgia just as easily as to UW. But “Roll Tide” is iconic to Alabama, and only to Alabama.

Edge: Alabama

Alums on TV

UW’s Dawn Wells (Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island”) vs. Alabama’s Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show”)

This might come as a “surprise, surprise, surprise” to Gomer, but the better debate actually is Mary Ann vs. Ginger.

Edge: Washington

Coaching legends

The Dawgfather vs. The Bear

Everyone loved Don James (and his sweater), but how can you pick against Paul “Bear” Bryant, a guy who wore a houndstooth hat?

In two meetings between the coaches, Alabama won 52-0 in 1975 and 20-17 in 1978.

Edge: Alabama

Fight song

“Bow Down to Washington” vs. “Yea Alabama”

Yea Alabama? Could they not get a little more creative?

And try finding another song that has “It’s harder to push them over the line than pass the Dardanelles.”

Edge: Washington

*Bonus trivia*

“Yea Alabama” was written after the Crimson Tide’s 20-19 victory over Washington in the 1926 Rose Bowl.

Literary alums

Alabama’s Winston Groom vs. UW’s Tom Robbins

The movie adaptation of Groom’s “Forrest Gump” won six Academy Awards. The adaptation of Robbins’ “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” got none.

Edge: Alabama

*Bonus trivia*

Harper Lee (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) attended Alabama, and Beverly Cleary (the “Ramona” children’s books) graduated from UW.

Singalong song

“Sweet Home Alabama” vs. “Tequila”

A crowd of more than 100,000 people singing a tweaked version of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic must be a sight to behold.

Edge: Alabama (but grudgingly as a UW alum)

In the stands

Alabama Greeks’ formal wear vs. “the Wave”

Rob Weller introduced the Wave in 1981 at a UW-Stanford homecoming game, and some people actually like it. But how can it contend with sorority ladies in houndstooth dresses and fraternity guys wearing red polyester trousers, red suspenders and bow ties?

Edge: Alabama

Bands

Alabama’s “Million Dollar Band” vs. UW marching band

Million-dollar band? Maybe the NCAA should investigate. And if you’re a million-dollar band, do you need it in your name? Won’t people just figure it out?

Edge: UW

Weather

Alabama’s heat and humidity vs. UW’s rain

Edge: UW (if you picked Alabama, you’ve probably never spent a summer day in the South)
TideSports.com - Who does it better: Alabama or Washington?

 

[BamaFan334]

Rain over sunshine? Might as well go tuck your tail like Jabrill Peppers' and his weak constitution regarding weather. Dreamland over Starbucks as well, unless you're an urban Liberal/15 year old girl that just feels cool holding the cup.

 

[im4uainva]

Alabama’s heat and humidity vs. UW’s rain

Edge: UW (if you picked Alabama, you’ve probably never spent a summer day in the South)
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May be, but it isn't summer year round. And, down in Mobile, that isn't too bad.

ROLL TIDE!

 

[bamachine]

Rain over sunshine? Might as well go tuck your tail like Jabrill Peppers' and his weak constitution regarding weather. Archibalds over Starbucks as well, unless you're an urban Liberal/15 year old girl that just feels cool holding the cup.

ftfy

Dreamland would have been in the conversation back when "Big Daddy" was still running it but it has fell off some since then.

 

[planomateo]

Jim Neighbors is who they pick...LOL. Should have done a bit more research on that one. I stopped reading after that.

 

[rick4bama]

Jim Neighbors is who they pick...LOL. Should have done a bit more research on that one. I stopped reading after that.

I was thinking about that cheerleader, that a big movie star!

 

[planomateo]

Not to mention, look up Lockheed Martin's CEO, see where she graduated.

 

[BrianG1979]

I was thinking about that cheerleader, that a big movie star!

Sela Ward

 

[UAgrad93]

I was thinking about that cheerleader, that a big movie star!

Sela Ward

 

[BamaFan334]

ftfy

Dreamland would have been in the conversation back when "Big Daddy" was still running it but it has fell off some since then.

The original is still solid atleast. Give me City Cafe and Cypress Inn over any other though. 5 has a killer ribeye. Either way, Guthries is better than Starbucks. Edge: Alabama.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Jim Neighbors is who they pick...LOL. Should have done a bit more research on that one. I stopped reading after that.

I got to give them the edge on Mary Ann over Gomer. Here's a Sylacauga joke for you: what's the difference between Jim Nabors and Jim Nabors Highway (Hwy 280 through Sylacauga)?

Jim Nabors Highway is straight...

...I'll be here all week. Try the veal...

 

[rick4bama]

How did the MDB lose this?

 

[Bamabacker]

I got to give them the edge on Mary Ann over Gomer. Here's a Sylacauga joke for you: what's the difference between Jim Nabors and Jim Nabors Highway (Hwy 280 through Sylacauga)?

Jim Nabors Highway is straight...

I thought a better punchline would be.... There is no difference... They go both ways

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I thought a better punchline would be.... There is no difference... They go both ways

Shazam!

 

[rick4bama]

You know I shouldn't, but I have too, both line are :rolf:!! Now will you two stop this.@It Take Eleven and @Bamabacker We all know he is, I guess that the reason he sang the way he does!!:shock:

 

[Bamabacker]

You know I shouldn't, but I have too, both line are :rolf:!! Now will you two stop this.@It Take Eleven and @Bamabacker We all know he is, I guess that the reason he sang the way he does!!:shock:

a funny side note... my mother graduated from high school with Jim Nabors.