It's Been a Month

Since we've won...since I've posted...since the defense has shown up to play a football game....

Anyone have a copy of that 1996 editorial in the Reflector that was printed before the Alabama game? It was something along the lines of, "just one time, rise up, play like champions, please....."

It was classic and made me laugh on Friday.

On Saturday night, it made me think the guy should be writing editorials like that every week.

I still have the bolt from the South endzone goal posts. I was even on TV briefly that night, sitting behind some yahoo friends that decided it would be fun to get liqoured up and write ESPN across their chests. That's how bad we were, my buddies were essentially cheering for a television network.

But then something crazy happened. We won. Some old-timer handed me a bottle of champagne as I was walking back to my dorm at like 2 a.m., said he'd been bringing that same bottle to every Alabama game since '81 - for 15 years he'd waited to pop the cork. Those old bastards were still throwing down as I left to crash for the night.

I remember some dude who had to be in his fifties, just standing on the 50 yard line crying. The dude was crying. It was great.

Had a buddy make off with a player's helmet in the chaos that ensued as well. Great freakin' times.

While a win tomorrow would not be that fun, it could be that important.

So, in the spirit of the crazy student who had the vision to dream of a Bama upset on ESPN, in primetime, on November 16, 1996, I say, please, please, please, let it happen again.