🏈 Walk Of Champions

[tedford]

How far before the game do the players walk from the bus to the stadium? I'm going to the kent state game and I've been to about 15 games but never seen it when the players get off the bus and walk through the crowd to get to the stadium.

 

[doemasters]

seems like its 2 hours but not positive, i know they will post it the week of the game most of the time

 

[RollTideinGA]

Walk of Champions:

• The Walk of Champions begins approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes prior to kickoff. The team is dropped off in the team buses on the north side of the stadium at University Boulevard and proceeds through the Walk of Champions into the stadium. Be there to cheer the team on as they get ready for the game.

from uagameday.com

 

[Duder]

How far before the game do the players walk from the bus to the stadium? I'm going to the kent state game and I've been to about 15 games but never seen it when the players get off the bus and walk through the crowd to get to the stadium.

Get there EARLY or don't go at all

Also, don't expect much response from the players.

Those are my experiences, anyway

 

[BamaDelta]

Not a big fan of Walk of Champions. I don't need to get there hours early and squeezed into hundreds of folks just to be ignored.

Hope you enjoy it though.

 

[doemasters]

no room to pace at the walk of champions either :lol:

 

[rammerjammer]

no room to pace at the walk of champions either :lol:

:shock:

 

[BamaDelta]

no room to pace at the walk of champions either :lol:

How could I leave that out?! :lol:

I'm going to be better this year, I promise.

 

[doemasters]

How could I leave that out?! :lol:

I'm going to be better this year, I promise.

and i will not take pictures of crimsonettes and cheerleaders :halo:

 

[BamaDelta]

and i will not take pictures of crimsonettes and cheerleaders :halo:

Just great, no hope for me then!

 

[doemasters]

Pacing is part of your gameday tradition, if i didn't see you down there i would think something had happened to you

 

[LBS]

Not a big fan of Walk of Champions. I don't need to get there hours early and squeezed into hundreds of folks just to be ignored.

Hope you enjoy it though.

I guess I understand the "put on your professional, going-to-work face", but that does run counter to what the University seems to have had in mind when conceiving the Walk of Champions. Its feels less like "welcome our champion Gladiator" and more "Lets go down to the paddock and watch the horse walk to the gates". I feel like I should have a Mint Julip and my Wife a huge ugly hat.

Couldn't we do something meaningful like a Big Roll Tide that doesn't stop until all the buses are off loaded, or sing the alma mater? I swear, I fear someday I will see Joan Rivers there doing commentary on things like Julio's bow-tie or asking Cody who he's wearing ("Omar, the tent maker" is the reply by the way.)

I don't understand why the players couldn't shake a few hands, give a high-five to the kids, heck, sing the alma mater with us (I have to learn it too, along with the rest of you). Its 2 and 15 minute hours before kick off. One could drive to Montgomery on a normal day in that time. THERE'S TIME TO FOCUS AFTERWARDS, or they could arrive 2 and a hlf hours early.

I honestly do fear that this "tradition" will die off from lack of enough interest if something does not change. A sad thought considering the investment in the actual Walk of Champions and the event's potential.