BamaHubMan
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1967 Sugar Bowl.
| FTBL Where and when was the first Bama Football game you saw in person?
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ElephantStomp
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11-15-2008 vs Miss St was my first.
I felt like I was in the Coliseum during the Roman days, seeing Coach Saban during Walk of Champions, I swore I was seeing Zeus or God. T Cody was/is huge, but I was shocked by at just how big Julio was in person
I felt like I was in the Coliseum during the Roman days, seeing Coach Saban during Walk of Champions, I swore I was seeing Zeus or God. T Cody was/is huge, but I was shocked by at just how big Julio was in person
As I've said, mine was Bama squeaking past VPI 33-0 on 10/11/1952 at Denny Stadium. My best bud's father was a faculty member and took us both on his tickets. To this day I remember that one of the VPI players that day was listed in the program as Chester "Zeno" Gates. The nickname struck me then as a strange one, and it somehow sat around in my mental storage unit until, much older and better eddicated, I heard the Greek philosopher Zeno's fable about a race between Achilles and a tortoise which, in mathematical theory, Achilles had no chance of winning. I assume the implication of the nickname is that Gates was seriously slow of foot. And no, Zeno didn't tell me the fable personally.
Oh the heartache!!!! One of many reasons I have gotten great pleasure in the beatdowns with ND especially 2012. I was 9 years old but already a huge Bama fan and was well aware of the concept of competition. Hated to lose even then. That was probably where I learned to coach them hard through the TV. I have perfected that skill over the years
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My first live game was at legion field in 1983. I had sideline pass from John Bobo. (Grew up with him) Boston College won in a close comeback 38-31 Doug Flutie was QB. Rode the PTs restaurant chartered bus to the game from Mountain Brooke. Fantastic day except the score.
My first live game was at legion field in 1983. I had sideline pass from John Bobo. (Grew up with him) Boston College won in a close comeback 38-31 Doug Flutie was QB. Rode the PTs restaurant chartered bus to the game from Mountain Brooke. Fantastic day except the score.
Secondand26
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Kerry Goode blew out his knee, correct?
Secondand26
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11/15/80 Alabama vs Notre Dame (lost 7-0).
Got in the game for free by selling programs for the Shriners before the game.
2nd game - vs. Auburn 1980
3rd game vs Auburn 1981 (315 game)
Got in all 3 by selling programs for the Shriners (a teammate’s dad on Corner High School FB team was a Shriner)
Great memories!
Got in the game for free by selling programs for the Shriners before the game.
2nd game - vs. Auburn 1980
3rd game vs Auburn 1981 (315 game)
Got in all 3 by selling programs for the Shriners (a teammate’s dad on Corner High School FB team was a Shriner)
Great memories!
1992 Legion Field. My dad and my best friend came up to watch Bama and LA Tech. Typical Stallings ball. Bama won 13-6. The only TD of the game was a punt return by David Palmer. Truly spectacular to get to watch him play in person.
bamascw
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I was at that game with my youngest son who is now 27, he was so excited but late in the fourth quarter when Florida got the touchdown that pretty much put the game out of reach he just sat there and cried and wanted to leave. And I gave him the speech about how real fans don’t leave blah blah blah, he still talks about that to this day
Don't remember. Flutie looked small to me for a QB.
50+yeartidefan
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Lots of memories of great times on this topic....
Maybe next one would be greatest BOWL game attended
Maybe next one would be greatest BOWL game attended
That would be interesting also. I do have to draw the line on the toughest loss to watch in person
. We will just skip that thread.
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1985 Iron Bowl. My friend and I were just 15, so we had to get our parents to take us downtown so we could catch a bus from the Radisson to Legion Field. We sat in the nosebleeds, and because the crowd was as close to 50/50 as a crowd could be, I got to watch how barners acted at a game. Some asshat burned a Bama shaker. While it was on fire he waved it around his head like Tom Hanks did in Cast Away. He was escorted out.
The barn goes ahead with a minute left. Bama fans start to leave, and I start digging through my wallet to find my bus ticket. I couldn't find it. I missed half of Shula's great/desperate work looking for that damn thing. Finally, about the time Shula connected with Richardson, my friend took my wallet and started looking. By this time, we Bama fans were full of hope. Then Van Tiffin trotted out on the field. I grabbed my friend's arm and told him to look. From our angle, we couldn't see if Tiffin made it, so I watched the fans in the end zone. Good Lord! We went nuts! That was hook, line, and sinker for me!
The barn goes ahead with a minute left. Bama fans start to leave, and I start digging through my wallet to find my bus ticket. I couldn't find it. I missed half of Shula's great/desperate work looking for that damn thing. Finally, about the time Shula connected with Richardson, my friend took my wallet and started looking. By this time, we Bama fans were full of hope. Then Van Tiffin trotted out on the field. I grabbed my friend's arm and told him to look. From our angle, we couldn't see if Tiffin made it, so I watched the fans in the end zone. Good Lord! We went nuts! That was hook, line, and sinker for me!
#80
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I was at this game it was my first as well.
50+yeartidefan
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That would be interesting...That would be interesting also. I do have to draw the line on the toughest loss to watch in person
1978 in Legion Field, Bama played Mississippi St. I was a junior in high school.
Almost 1969. 12/28/1968. Eighteen days after he buried Pat Trammell. I'm surprised he gave a damn about the officials or anything else. My take on that game is he fulfilled his obligation to the Gator Bowl. He had his team there. IMO, he had a tough time mentally at that time of the year for many years. Didn't win another Bowl game until 1975.
"Because of Pat Trammell’s death, and the influence it had on Bryant and the Alabama family, nearly 800 children have now gotten stipends of up to $4,000 a year to walk in front of the Denny Chimes on their way to class and see Pat Trammell’s handprints and cleat marks cast in concrete at its base, simply because their dad also once paid the price.
A short time after Coach Bryant retired (due to advanced heart disease), legendary Birmingham News writer Clyde Bolton caught Bryant in a melancholy moment and asked him quietly, “Who was your favorite player, Coach?”
Oh course, Bryant would never pick one kid over the other, and he loved the guys who consistently tried to outwork their limited abilities every bit as much as his glittering All-Americans, but Bolton finally caught the legendary Alabama molder-of-men just right.
Coach Bryant talked about 10 or 15 “really special” players and then, pausing a moment, famously told the writer, “Now you’ll have to forgive me here for getting a little sentimental but … Pat Trammell was not just my favorite player … he was the favorite person … I’ve ever had in my life.”
That's who Pat Trammell was."
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