This sums it up for me pretty well (except I was born in 67). I have been a Bama fan since I was a boy. Stayed loyal through the tough years. I wanted to attend the university however UAB made more sense for me at the time because of the professional school I wanted to get into. I don't pull for UAB even though they are my al ma mater.
like many on here i was born into it. my granddad was from coker and worked various jobs around campus and t-town and would always tell us stories about the '25 rose bowl and welcoming the team home and the rest of the rich history of 'bama and tuscaloosa. my dad and his siblings all graduated from u of a and my mom attended but left school when i was born in '69. i went to my first game in '78 and then was a boy scout usher for most of the t-town games for coach byrant's last year and all of perkin's time there. my grandparents also took my brother and i to several legion field games (including the sack). i also got to spend a lot of saturdays dove hunting or loading firewood while listening to radio broadcasts of the games. i graduated in the summer of '92
my first actual "memory" of bama football was from the bama nebraska orange bowl (january 72). my dad was watching the game laying on the floor and i at 2 and 1/2 was running circles around the room and jumping over my dad until i tripped and fell breaking my collar bone requiring a trip to the emergency room. he didn't need to see the rest of that game anyway
also, one of my step-mom's cousins blocked the punts for the barn in '72
Bill Newton?like many on here i was born into it. my granddad was from coker and worked various jobs around campus and t-town and would always tell us stories about the '25 rose bowl and welcoming the team home and the rest of the rich history of 'bama and tuscaloosa. my dad and his siblings all graduated from u of a and my mom attended but left school when i was born in '69. i went to my first game in '78 and then was a boy scout usher for most of the t-town games for coach byrant's last year and all of perkin's time there. my grandparents also took my brother and i to several legion field games (including the sack). i also got to spend a lot of saturdays dove hunting or loading firewood while listening to radio broadcasts of the games. i graduated in the summer of '92
my first actual "memory" of bama football was from the bama nebraska orange bowl (january 72). my dad was watching the game laying on the floor and i at 2 and 1/2 was running circles around the room and jumping over my dad until i tripped and fell breaking my collar bone requiring a trip to the emergency room. he didn't need to see the rest of that game anyway
also, one of my step-mom's cousins blocked the punts for the barn in '72
yep. that was my step-grandma's maiden name. i think he was my step-mom's 2nd or 3rd cousin. my part of the group were all bama fans
I actually did attend auburn for 2 quarters. I thought I wanted to be a pharmacist. I still wore my Alabama Crimson Tide hat all over campus. I wore it enough that one former player actually remembered me (my brother-in-law worked with him on a construction job). I was unhappy down there so I left. I changed my major and when it came time to pick a college again I decided on a different path.Interestingly enough, I almost went to Auburn. My dad was a Bama fan, both older brothers also, the older having attended UA. However, my BIL, much closer to me in age than my brothers was an Auburn grad. When I took aptitude tests, I tested high in social/verbal (car salesman or lawyer), but I tested almost as highly in science/math. It was a decision I didn't make until late in my senior year, disappointing my BIL. I most assuredly didn't start at Bama for the football. Whitworth was the coach. 1956 was a disaster - 2-7-1, and 1957 was its equal - 2-7-1. Of course, Coach Bryant was hired and immediately went 5-4-1. I began to get the idea that Bama football could be fun and it wasn't necessary to get drunk for every game...
