When did the team move to West sidelines?
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You are correct. They did used to sit on the other side of the field and I do seem to remember that Coach Bryant said that was the reason. However, that was changed many years ago, long before Coach Saban. I do not remember who changed it or why. Though, with all of the cameras on TV broadcasts nowadays it probably doesn't matter as much which side they sit on.
Most schools sit on the west side so that in afternoon games they're in the shade while the visiting team is in full sun.
I think they've been on the West sideline since at least DuBose. I can't remember if Coach Stallings moved... I wouldn't think since he was a player for Coach and wanted to keep the tradition or not... yeah, I know DuBose played for CPB too, but he wasn't too keen on keeping any tradition alive... (30yr win streak in Tiger Stadium for one) still ...... me off.
At least since 98. That’s when I first started buying season tix and paying attention to such things.
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I was thinking that was the case. Going by game highlights I've found on YouTube, it appears that the change happened sometime between 1999 and 2003.
Actually, it looks like it was Shula in 2003. We were still on the East sideline in the Iron Bowl in 2002.
Yea, I would have "Sworn" Perk moved us
- but looking at the video's, we are still on the far side with the sun in our faces in 2002, and on the "home" side in 2003.Honestly, being on the far side made all the sense in the world when Bryant first did it "way back when" - whenever he started it. Back in those days, when a game was televised, the network might have brought 3 maybe 4 total cameras, and all of them were located on the home side. So you'd only see the backs of the "Home" coaches and the faces of the "away" coaches - Bryant realized he was "advertising" the wrong coach and wrong team each time Alabama was on TV!!!
So it made all the sense in the world back then. In today's game? With cameras at every possible angle (including above), not so much!
I remember sitting on the east sideline in the Stallings era and the team was in front of us. I used to sit with my aunt and uncle in the student section when it was there on the east side.
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Actually Coach Shula made the change. I actually recommended to Coach Fran his first year to change sidelines because of the shade vs the heat; but he disregarded the suggestion. I guess the switch will be Shula's legacy.
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