Hard to see it, but snow is piled up on the sidelines in the 1964 Sugar Bowl game in which Alabama beat Ole Miss 12-7. It came a heavy snow the day before the game.
I remember this game. The morning after I was on the hands down best duck hunt ever. The guides were saying they had never seen anything like it in 40 years of hunting. Unbelievably cold 9 below zero after this front came through. Have not been on a hunt since that comes anything close to it.
I remember being in Lane Stadium (I got a picture of myself coming out of the player's tunnel wearing my Bama hat and University of Alabama t-shirt)
on the way home from our 2009 season opener with them at the ga dome, i joked with a couple of v tech dudes on marta that this was payback for the music city bowl. they laughed and said they had been at that game and it was miserable despite their beatdown of us.
Can only imagine. Finally get us in Tuscaloosa and it's in those conditions at the tail end of the DuBose come apart.
i went with my brother. it was the first game either of us had gone to since the 92 season. we made the best of the day and were able to catch up with some family we hadn't seen in a long time and had a fun time despite freezing our arses off and watching one of the most lackluster performances i had ever personally witnessed. i was working for patagonia at the time, so was dressed in a way that was actually comfortable during the game.
Amazing to think of snow in Mobile. And to be fair, I don't blame VT fans for hanging their hats on that game. They completely outclassed us in every way. Good for them after some of the beat downs we handed them in the 70s, like the 77-6 game in 1973 in which we rushed for nearly 800 yards.
We do get snow down here, used to be once every ten years but seems more frequently lately.
I thought about the 1959 Liberty Bowl, but I don't think there was any snow that day. It was bitter cold. Same in the 1982 Liberty Bowl, Coach Bryant's last game.
There should be some similar pics from the 1962 Sugar Bowl.Pre game before the 1964 Alabama vs. Ole Miss Sugar Bowl game.
Yea, I was at that game standing in 6inches of slush since the sleet was clogging the drains. Misery all around.
I was so glad to be sitting in row 2. My seats are in U4 LL row 2. Row 1 was flooded by the end of the game. I sat through that painful 9-0 shutout and lost money because halfway through the game, the guy I sold my other ticket to decided on not staying the night bin TTown that night. Three went 90 bucks down the drain, no pun intended.
I think Kentucky did a few weeks ago... :cool2:
