Team delivered safe and sound

TIDEnGA

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The Tide was greeted warmly in Tampa with wonderful weather and a great reception. It was a little weird with pirates greeting college football players, but I get the whole theme. The team was their normal focused self. This is a business trip for them. They've been down this road before.

It was a little hard as the reality of the last game, the last time some of these guys will don the crimson uniform hit a few of us. It even hit one of the players. Can't even tell you how much some of these young men have impacted me, and I'm such a tiny part of the process.

This is a special group of young men, and they will give it their all for the last time on Monday night. We are blessed to be from Alabama! Roll Tide!
 

selmaborntidefan

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My niece has been there most of the day - the joint HS bands played each team's fight song when they arrived.
 

TideMom2Boys

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I am glad they got there safely. The weather looked fantastic. Looks like Tuscaloosa is getting some steady snow tonight.
 

PitMaster

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The Tide was greeted warmly in Tampa with wonderful weather and a great reception. It was a little weird with pirates greeting college football players, but I get the whole theme. The team was their normal focused self. This is a business trip for them. They've been down this road before.

It was a little hard as the reality of the last game, the last time some of these guys will don the crimson uniform hit a few of us. It even hit one of the players. Can't even tell you how much some of these young men have impacted me, and I'm such a tiny part of the process.

This is a special group of young men, and they will give it their all for the last time on Monday night. We are blessed to be from Alabama! Roll Tide!
I think Clemson was hoping to get greeted by butt pirates
 

PitMaster

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Aug 24, 2015
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The Tide was greeted warmly in Tampa with wonderful weather and a great reception. It was a little weird with pirates greeting college football players, but I get the whole theme. The team was their normal focused self. This is a business trip for them. They've been down this road before.

It was a little hard as the reality of the last game, the last time some of these guys will don the crimson uniform hit a few of us. It even hit one of the players. Can't even tell you how much some of these young men have impacted me, and I'm such a tiny part of the process.

This is a special group of young men, and they will give it their all for the last time on Monday night. We are blessed to be from Alabama! Roll Tide!
Hopefully the first of many touchdowns this weekend
 

TIDEnGA

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Sep 25, 2007
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Well I've never flown the Tide home after a loss until today. And I must admit I don't ever want to repeat it. It was a completely somber flight home. Some were more emotional than others. Some were just emotionless. I don't know that it had even hit them by this morning. I tried my hardest to let them know how much I (and the Crimson Tide nation) appreciated the season and all their hard work. I'm not gonna lie this one hurts. I'm sure if they could go back and redo a few plays they would, but it just doesn't work that way. I hope by this time next year we're the ones celebrating yet again. I don't like this side of things.
 
Well I've never flown the Tide home after a loss until today. And I must admit I don't ever want to repeat it. It was a completely somber flight home. Some were more emotional than others. Some were just emotionless. I don't know that it had even hit them by this morning. I tried my hardest to let them know how much I (and the Crimson Tide nation) appreciated the season and all their hard work. I'm not gonna lie this one hurts. I'm sure if they could go back and redo a few plays they would, but it just doesn't work that way. I hope by this time next year we're the ones celebrating yet again. I don't like this side of things.
Thanks for your contributions. I can't imagine how the players were. I know if they were anywhere how I was then dang man.


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