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Be real: Ever cried during/after a Bama game?

Rush said:
Tears of joy...

When I had - for me, anyway - the life altering experience of attending my first ever NCAA / Bowl / Bama game at the Capital One 3 yeas ago this coming Jan.

Living in Canada, and having had been a Tide Fan since the late '70's, you can imagine the build-up.

So when CNS, Mark Ingram, Julio, et al came running outta the tunnel, and me - who had been steadfastly glued to their each n every move on television over the preceding years, combined with the years of having had followed the Tide on TV [inasmuch as you're able to do so up here] well, I welled up long before they even got outta the tunnel.

Then once they came out, Niagara Falls began...

I shall never, ever forget that day.

And when you combine that with the never-before-experience of meeting real live Bama fans?

Well, let's just say that life doesn't get any better than it was that day...
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I grew up in Alabama and I'm always amazed when I hear about or meet die hard Bama fans who've never lived here. RTR Canada.
 
No, but if I hear "Hard Candy Christmas" this year on the radio it could catapult me back to a recent Bama game that I would just as soon forget!
 
I find it comical that so many of you think that it is perfectly fine to throw temper tantrums while watching football, but even the thought of shedding a tear is troubling to you. You understand that both are extreme emotional responses, right? But one is childish, and the other is not - and the one that is not is troubling.
 
Florida at Bama, Zow was the QB. Tries to throw a timing route to Calvin Hall down the right sideline as he's headed to the North end of the field. Should have spiked it to kill the clock. UF picked it and went to the house to seal the deal. I got mad and went outside and punched the ground. It hadn't rained in 6 weeks. I got a boxer's fracture as I broke my hand.

6 weeks dealing with a cast and wiping my butt left-handed made me rethink it...a lot. It's just a game. It's not worth it. I get upset over losses, I get really frustrated when I can't personally change things. When the team loses I can't let it change my life because I've gotten too emontional.

So to answer the OP's question...no, I've never cried after a loss.
 
While I would not be ashamed if I did, the only times I can remember being brought to tears had to do with personal context instead of a specific win or loss. I have become a pretty emotional guy as I have aged. I do get aggravated during games especially when I see what had to be a mistake, but tears over good or bad play just don't come. My family might disagree, but I just don't think what happens on a football field play wise is important enough to me to move me that way.

When I see a player that has struggled to come back from a serious injury then plays well, has had a loss and played an inspired game, went through a struggle in the game and fought through the adversity and is emotional himself. Yup, things like that make me peel onions.
 
TexasBama said:
When we went up 28-0 on Notre Dame, I was bawling like a paid mourner.
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Now that is funny.
I admit I cried after the 1972 Iron Bowl because my older cousin simply would not shut up about the game, he was mean like some 14 year-olds can be...I was 10 years old and it absolutely affected my view towards AU, that has changed very little to this day. I almost teared up after we lost to Texas in the subsequent Cotton Bowl that year, but my dad talked me off the ledge. I begged him why Johnny Musso couldn't have come back and played just one more game. Ah, youth...
 
B1GTide said:
I find it comical that so many of you think that it is perfectly fine to throw temper tantrums while watching football, but even the thought of shedding a tear is troubling to you. You understand that both are extreme emotional responses, right? But one is childish, and the other is not - and the one that is not is troubling.
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I can only speak for myself, but I'm in no way being derogatory towards those who cry, I guess I'm just not that emotionally involved in these particular games. I am more emotionally involved if a family member is involved, but I literally don't know a single person on staff or playing, so it's hard for me to care that much. Just as I don't cry when we lose, I don't walk around on could nine when we win.

I really enjoy watching these teams represent the school I attended and love, but I suppose I'm not as emotionally involved as others.
 
2003 vs Tennessee. Living in Tennessee, age 10, I watched an Alabama squad riddled by sanctions and the Franchione/Mike Price scenario take it in to 6OT against a ranked UT. Then a sack set up a 4th and 19 and my family and I held hands in the living room, before seeing Tennessee convert and go on to win the game. I also cried in 2005, when I was at the Alabama-LSU game. Alabama was undefeated out of nowhere to that point in the season, and I truly believed they would go on to win the National Title. It was the first time I had ever seen College Gameday in Tuscaloosa. Alabama missed several opportunities to win the game and then lost in overtime. I sat in the stadium sobbing with my sister, who was in the Million Dollar Band at the time.
 
wishbonedays said:
Now that is funny.
I admit I cried after the 1972 Iron Bowl because my older cousin simply would not shut up about the game, he was mean like some 14 year-olds can be...I was 10 years old and it absolutely affected my view towards AU, that has changed very little to this day. I almost teared up after we lost to Texas in the subsequent Cotton Bowl that year, but my dad talked me off the ledge. I begged him why Johnny Musso couldn't have come back and played just one more game. Ah, youth...
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I was 15 years old on December 31, 1973.
 
Yes. When Tyrone Prothro got hurt and when Siran Stacy was on the field after his family died before the Auburn game. 2 very different types of emotions but still tears.
 
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