Yesterday myself and a few other Bulldogs made the early trip over to T-Town to setup in the quad to tailgate with some Alabama friends and enjoy the whole day. While I've attended games in Bryant-Denney this was the first time to tailgate. I will give Bama kudos to the shear number of people that are out there tailgating(my understanding that wasn't even a full crowd). Because of the large numbers(that we aren't accustomed to at home) it made for a great scene, but from a 'buzz' standpoint it was never there in the quad. The truth is ALL Bama fans never expected this to be a close one, so excitement was lacking.
However, that changed quickly in the game. Folks, the crowd was rocking. When we got to our seats(lower level state section) I could have confused this with a playoff Saints game in the Superdome. I 100% attest this to something that Bama does great that I now know we are far behind in and need to improve: VIDEO and MUSIC. I'm not going to recall song titles, remixes, and such but they had a great playlist that got the folks Energized. The days of "all I do is win" and "sandstorm" are done and should be retired. As far as their video board media, far and away better than ours. Great school production films of the team and NO CORNY ADS! Get these mood killers off our jumbotron. Also, my last observation on the in game atmosphere, when Bama put their strength coach on the screen and he was yelling at them to get up and scream...I can't lie, I got some chills. That guy could motivate 60,000 old-heads in DWS to get up and cheer.
And one final thing I would like to vent on personally. To the old 17er who sat beside me and turned my drink over twice on the other old 17er that sat in front of me...17 you for not apologizing and 17 the old 17er in front of me for getting pissed at me and called me an *** hole under his breath. The both of you need to stick to watching games at home.
However, that changed quickly in the game. Folks, the crowd was rocking. When we got to our seats(lower level state section) I could have confused this with a playoff Saints game in the Superdome. I 100% attest this to something that Bama does great that I now know we are far behind in and need to improve: VIDEO and MUSIC. I'm not going to recall song titles, remixes, and such but they had a great playlist that got the folks Energized. The days of "all I do is win" and "sandstorm" are done and should be retired. As far as their video board media, far and away better than ours. Great school production films of the team and NO CORNY ADS! Get these mood killers off our jumbotron. Also, my last observation on the in game atmosphere, when Bama put their strength coach on the screen and he was yelling at them to get up and scream...I can't lie, I got some chills. That guy could motivate 60,000 old-heads in DWS to get up and cheer.
And one final thing I would like to vent on personally. To the old 17er who sat beside me and turned my drink over twice on the other old 17er that sat in front of me...17 you for not apologizing and 17 the old 17er in front of me for getting pissed at me and called me an *** hole under his breath. The both of you need to stick to watching games at home.