wednesday, december 30, 2009
Alabama & the Rose Bowl
The foundation of Alabama's football tradition was laid in Pasadena, California. For more than eight decades, The Rose Bowl has been synonymous with the Crimson Tide's legacy of gridiron excellence and National Championships.Alabama was the first team from the South invited to play in the Tournament of Roses invitational football game on New Year's Day 1926. The appearance was the first of six in the bowl game that has come to be known as "The Grand Daddy of Them All."
On Jan. 7, 2010, the Crimson Tide will return to play a post-seasons contest in the storied Rose Bowl Stadium for the first time in 64 years. Alabama will face The University of Texas Longhorns in the BCS National Championship game.
In anticipation of this contest, I am looking back at each of Alabama's Rose Bowl games over at Roll Bama Roll. A list of the entries including direct links is after the jump.
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friday, december 18, 2009
Alabama vs Texas
In the long history of both Alabama and Texas football there have only been eight meetings between the two teams - three regular season matchups and five bowl games.The first game was held in Tuscaloosa 1902 and the most recent was the 1982 Cotton Bowl. Alabama has never won against the Longhorns.
The Crimson Tide hopes to bring that streak to an end on Jan. 7, 2010 when the two teams will go head-to-head in the BCS National Championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
In anticipation of that event I am taking a look back over the historical matchups between the two teams over at Roll Bama Roll. A list of the entries including direct links is after the jump.
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thursday, august 06, 2009
An Interview with Mike Vigilant
Mike Vigilant really had no idea what he was in for when he undertook writing a play about the life of legendary Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He soon found himself immersed in a daunting quest to make sense of a semi-mythic figure whom everyone seemed to have a strong opinion about.Yet, what he discovered months of research was a complex man who embodied many of the ideals we all strive to realize in our lives. His play, Bear Country proved to be a smash hit for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival last January and is being presented for a month-long run in Birmingham.
My interview with Vigilant, A QnA with Bear Country Author Mike Vigilant, is over at Roll Bama' Roll.
wednesday, june 03, 2009
Yea Alabama 2009
College football and my beloved Crimson Tide are still a good three months away but I'm already getting ready. The season preview for Alabama Football, Yea Alabama is now available for pre-order through Maple Street Press. It will ship on July 6.Why would you care? Because not only is it 128 pages of top-notch Alabama football coverage it boasts an article I penned, "A Bama Fan Abroad" describing the trials of a college football fanatic forced to reside beyond the borders of the USA.
Yea Alabama is produced by the same group that produces the website Roll Bama Roll which I contribute to as well. So check them out and, as always, Roll Tide!