My dad told me that if I wanted to make something of my life that I had to associate myself with winners. "Ain't no boy of mine ever gonna root for that loser school down south!"
Question: How did you become a Tidefan ?
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I didnt go to the University, didnt marry a graduate and basically have no ties except that I was born in Birmingham and have been a life-long, die-hard fan. I went to a University just 75 miles south of Knoxville and now live in Georgia so I've had to put up with some unruly fans of other teams. I dont really know how I came across Tidefans except that I HUNGER for news on the TIDE and cant seem to get enough. This is, BY FAR, the best site that I have found...thanks to everyone who make it happen.
I was born and raised in Florida, but I spent so much time in Alabama that I claim it instead. I’m from the north end of the panhandle and can jog to the Alabama state line. Growing up in a rural town, the nearest town to hang out and “ride around” in was just across the line in Alabama versus driving 40 minutes south to Pensacola. I worked in Alabama for 11 years before getting a job in Pensacola.
As far as when I became a Bama fan; it had to be sometime in the early 80’s. I was born in 1976 and my earliest memory of Bama was watching a game on TV with my dad. It was one of the games against Penn St when The Bear was there. I think I was around 5 or 6 years old. I've been a Bama fan ever since.
The only time I ever really thought about changing over to the dark side was in the 5th grade. This sweet little girl started going to our school and she was a big Auburn fan. I wanted her to be my girlfriend and she made me switch over (women will make you do strange things). We became “boyfriend/girlfriend” and, well, I wore an Auburn shirt to school. Thank goodness my cousin saw me and he literally cussed me out in the 5th grade! I’m glad he was there to smack some sense into me! I stopped that nonsense immediately.
I never got to go to any games growing up. The first that I attended was when I was 21 and it was Dubose’s debut against Houston in 1997. When my son was born in 1996, the Iron Bowl was the very next day and it was Coach Stallings’ last game. I remember sitting in the hospital room holding my son at one day old, watching that game and I told him that we would be doing a lot more of this in the future. I’ve always said that he was Bama from birth and he certainly is. I took him to his first game when he was 5 years old. It was Franchione’s debut against UCLA in 2001. I have made it a tradition to take him to at least one game a season and he is now twelve. He attended Coach Saban’s youth camp a couple of weeks ago and loved it.
I think I’m going to have to move to Alabama in a couple of years so that I won’t have to pay out of state tuition when he graduates and decides to attend!
As far as when I became a Bama fan; it had to be sometime in the early 80’s. I was born in 1976 and my earliest memory of Bama was watching a game on TV with my dad. It was one of the games against Penn St when The Bear was there. I think I was around 5 or 6 years old. I've been a Bama fan ever since.
The only time I ever really thought about changing over to the dark side was in the 5th grade. This sweet little girl started going to our school and she was a big Auburn fan. I wanted her to be my girlfriend and she made me switch over (women will make you do strange things). We became “boyfriend/girlfriend” and, well, I wore an Auburn shirt to school. Thank goodness my cousin saw me and he literally cussed me out in the 5th grade! I’m glad he was there to smack some sense into me! I stopped that nonsense immediately.
I never got to go to any games growing up. The first that I attended was when I was 21 and it was Dubose’s debut against Houston in 1997. When my son was born in 1996, the Iron Bowl was the very next day and it was Coach Stallings’ last game. I remember sitting in the hospital room holding my son at one day old, watching that game and I told him that we would be doing a lot more of this in the future. I’ve always said that he was Bama from birth and he certainly is. I took him to his first game when he was 5 years old. It was Franchione’s debut against UCLA in 2001. I have made it a tradition to take him to at least one game a season and he is now twelve. He attended Coach Saban’s youth camp a couple of weeks ago and loved it.
I think I’m going to have to move to Alabama in a couple of years so that I won’t have to pay out of state tuition when he graduates and decides to attend!
Well Big Tex, I suppose I would be one of the few that you were wondering about.
I was born here in Nova Scotia and have lived here all my life other than a couple of years in central Canada. I have absolutely no connection to the University Of Alabama whatosever and sadly, I have not yet even visited the state of Alabama and have never seen the Tide play other than on TV. I don't believe that I have ever met anyone in person that has ever attended or worked at the University and I could count the number of Bama fans that I have met in person on one hand.
I became a fan in 1983. I was in junior high school at the time and I recall being 'dismissed' from music class for bad behaviour with a couple of classmates and sent to serve our sentence at the library. I scooped up a copy of Sports Illustrated to pass the time and read the story about Coach Bryant's passing. I was an NFL fan at the time (Denver Broncos) and didn't follow NCAA at all. I read this story about Coach Bryant and his passion, dedication and emphasis on discipline and about the Crimson Tide and the passion of its fans.
Those values and the passion really struck a chord with me and I've been a fan ever since. I joined TideFans the week before the UT game in either 1996 or 1997- can't recall which year it was now.
I hope to get to Tuscaloosa sometime in the next few years and finally experience game day and see Bama play in person.
Happy 4th of July friends!
I was born here in Nova Scotia and have lived here all my life other than a couple of years in central Canada. I have absolutely no connection to the University Of Alabama whatosever and sadly, I have not yet even visited the state of Alabama and have never seen the Tide play other than on TV. I don't believe that I have ever met anyone in person that has ever attended or worked at the University and I could count the number of Bama fans that I have met in person on one hand.
I became a fan in 1983. I was in junior high school at the time and I recall being 'dismissed' from music class for bad behaviour with a couple of classmates and sent to serve our sentence at the library. I scooped up a copy of Sports Illustrated to pass the time and read the story about Coach Bryant's passing. I was an NFL fan at the time (Denver Broncos) and didn't follow NCAA at all. I read this story about Coach Bryant and his passion, dedication and emphasis on discipline and about the Crimson Tide and the passion of its fans.
Those values and the passion really struck a chord with me and I've been a fan ever since. I joined TideFans the week before the UT game in either 1996 or 1997- can't recall which year it was now.
I hope to get to Tuscaloosa sometime in the next few years and finally experience game day and see Bama play in person.
Happy 4th of July friends!
Or Maybe It's...
Maybe it's because my parents married in Selma.
Or because I was conceived as at a Ramada in Dothan.
Or because my grandparents lived in Lanett. (My mom's brother - my uncle - played on the same high school teams as Bobby Hunt and Dave Hill, who later wound up at Auburn and the NFL, the sorry chaps).
Or because I spent 17 years at Columbus, MS, where you can hit Pickens County with a towering fly ball.
Maybe it's because my parents married in Selma.
Or because I was conceived as at a Ramada in Dothan.
Or because my grandparents lived in Lanett. (My mom's brother - my uncle - played on the same high school teams as Bobby Hunt and Dave Hill, who later wound up at Auburn and the NFL, the sorry chaps).
Or because I spent 17 years at Columbus, MS, where you can hit Pickens County with a towering fly ball.
Born and raised Bama. My entire family is Crimson and white. I was raised in Cordova, AL. and now, due to a career change, I find myself working in Batesville, MS. and living in Oxford. I have been told that I would be converted to a Rebel before it`s all said and done. My reply was they would have more luck pulling the teeth from a great white shark during a feeding frenzy.
Born in Grove Hill AL, raised twelve miles south in Jackson. Went to college out of state though. I've been a fan since I was a kid, when every Saturday and Sunday after 12pm my grandmama would have the TV on the football games. The majority of my family are Bama fans, and now my kids are too.
Born and bred in Monroeville, AL...I always remember having a few acres of land growing up and my dad and I would go up on the square in the small town to get some stuff to do work around the house early on Saturday morning. I would always sneak into the house around the time of College Gameday or a little afterwards and the family was always inside during the Tide game. When I went to college, I turned down 4 golf partial scholarships to go to the university. I tried to walk on to the team and missed the cut by 1 shot both times, but it was worth it in the long run. Even in the worst 4 years of footbal W-L record in the modern era, 2001-2005 will always be some of the best years of my life. I could never think of another school to be a part of, and am so extremely proud to be a graduate of the Capstone.
Fundy is a big Tide fan from where the biggest tide shift on earth occurs. Bless you Fundy and may you get to visit CF's land of milk and honey soon!
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My original post is on page five, but I just have to tell y'all this...
I spent yesterday at my daughter's house with her and her children. plus my son and daughter-in-law and THEIR children.
A few months ago my son and daughter-in-law bought a puppy. He's a cocker/poodle and five months old now. They named him "Jammer". When they went to pick out a puppy, they told me that there were two "brother dogs" there tumbling and playing with each other. I told them that they should have bought those two puppies and named them "Rammer" and "Jammer". I can't call Jammer anything but Rammer Jammer anyway and neither can my son.
Amyway, Jammer is cute as a button. He's pure white and I told them he needs a red collar to wear in the fall during football season. They're already teaching him to "Roll Tide", but so far he doesn't quite have the concept down pat, but he's trying. What he does now rather than rolling over is turning around and around in a circle. It's still cute though. :BigA:
I spent yesterday at my daughter's house with her and her children. plus my son and daughter-in-law and THEIR children.
A few months ago my son and daughter-in-law bought a puppy. He's a cocker/poodle and five months old now. They named him "Jammer". When they went to pick out a puppy, they told me that there were two "brother dogs" there tumbling and playing with each other. I told them that they should have bought those two puppies and named them "Rammer" and "Jammer". I can't call Jammer anything but Rammer Jammer anyway and neither can my son.
Amyway, Jammer is cute as a button. He's pure white and I told them he needs a red collar to wear in the fall during football season. They're already teaching him to "Roll Tide", but so far he doesn't quite have the concept down pat, but he's trying. What he does now rather than rolling over is turning around and around in a circle. It's still cute though. :BigA:
Fundytide...you're "something else". I never heard of a Tide Fan like you. Thank goodness for fans like you. 
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I fall firmly in that category. I hated UT despite the rest of my family and simply started watching Alabama in the mid-70's on my old B&W TV set. I loved their style of play and never stopped. I can't explain it, but there it is...I basically haven't missed a game since then.
My mom and her side of the family are from montgomery and are all barners. My dad is very passionate about bama football at the games but is really pretty moderate outside of it. I however have an undying passion that seeps into my entire life haha. I guess further proving you are born a bama fan
Great thread!! My father’s side of the family is from Tuscaloosa. He was born and raised there. If you are an old-timer you may remember the Burchfield Hotel in downtown (steps to it are still there, but now it is an empty lot that is an RV lot on gameday), that is my Tuscaloosa family heritage, dad lived in the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion growing up (and I will never, ever, EVER forgive the members of the family who sold it!!). Anyway, dad was in the Air Force so I was not born in Bama or ever lived in Bama other than a year in Montgomery when he was at Maxwell but I was very young and don’t remember it, mostly grew up overseas. When in the U.S. mostly lived in S.A., Texas and saw my first two Bama games in person at the Cotton Bowl (vs. Baylor, blowout win, Texas – close loss).
So, although being a life-long Bama fan when it came time for school I was not an in-state resident, we couldn’t pull enough political strings, and to go to the Capstone I’d have to pay out of state tuition which was a non-starter. As such, I opted to stay in state (Texas) and go to A&M, which was a good 2nd choice. At least when I was in school and for the few years afterwards A&M had a great football team, but not a great football PROGRAM like Alabama, there is a difference. Should the 2 teams meet I would be wearing gear for both but would root for Bama more than likely. I never liked Fran at either place and hope his firing from A&M can heal wounds and we can be friends/fans again. Historically there had always been a good connection and camaraderie between the two schools with all the connections – Bear, Sherrill, Stallings, etc. (though it seems to have been lost on the recent students of today).
I get back to Tuscaloosa for a game at least every other year, and also try to make a good road-trip every so often as last year we went to Athens to see the Blowout, I mean Blackout; might try to make Ole Miss this year. My GG grandmother is buried in the cemetery next to BDS. My GG grandfather was a captain of a regiment from Tuscaloosa that fought in the war. My family lineage in Tuscaloosa goes back to the early 1800s, so you could say Bama is in my blood, I did not “become” a Bama fan as much as I was born a Bama fan, and Thank the Good Lord for it.
I’d like to hook up with some TideFans people at their tailgate next time I come to town for a game. Shameless self-invitation but I will bring beer and good cheer, flying in from Dallas that’s all I can provide.
Roll Tide!!!
So, although being a life-long Bama fan when it came time for school I was not an in-state resident, we couldn’t pull enough political strings, and to go to the Capstone I’d have to pay out of state tuition which was a non-starter. As such, I opted to stay in state (Texas) and go to A&M, which was a good 2nd choice. At least when I was in school and for the few years afterwards A&M had a great football team, but not a great football PROGRAM like Alabama, there is a difference. Should the 2 teams meet I would be wearing gear for both but would root for Bama more than likely. I never liked Fran at either place and hope his firing from A&M can heal wounds and we can be friends/fans again. Historically there had always been a good connection and camaraderie between the two schools with all the connections – Bear, Sherrill, Stallings, etc. (though it seems to have been lost on the recent students of today).
I get back to Tuscaloosa for a game at least every other year, and also try to make a good road-trip every so often as last year we went to Athens to see the Blowout, I mean Blackout; might try to make Ole Miss this year. My GG grandmother is buried in the cemetery next to BDS. My GG grandfather was a captain of a regiment from Tuscaloosa that fought in the war. My family lineage in Tuscaloosa goes back to the early 1800s, so you could say Bama is in my blood, I did not “become” a Bama fan as much as I was born a Bama fan, and Thank the Good Lord for it.
I’d like to hook up with some TideFans people at their tailgate next time I come to town for a game. Shameless self-invitation but I will bring beer and good cheer, flying in from Dallas that’s all I can provide.
Roll Tide!!!
My dad's family is from Alabama, and he later went to school there (he grew up in WV). I grew up being a Tide fan and I remember my favorite shirt when I was little was my '93 Sugar Bowl t-shirt.
I think it was also that Christmas my grandmother (who never cared about sports) got me Miami sweatpants since everybody else had them. I unwrapped the present, held up the sweatpants, said, "Miami is a bunch of thugs!" threw the sweatpants to the ground, and stormed out of the room. I was probably around 7 years old.
I think it was also that Christmas my grandmother (who never cared about sports) got me Miami sweatpants since everybody else had them. I unwrapped the present, held up the sweatpants, said, "Miami is a bunch of thugs!" threw the sweatpants to the ground, and stormed out of the room. I was probably around 7 years old.
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