For much of the last decade, the sentence landed with a melancholy thud.
During the dark days, when Alabama fans heard the rallying cry echo through the public address system at Bryant-Denny Stadium, it was difficult not to hear the phrase in the context of how far the Crimson Tide had fallen.
In an undertone of…(more)
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Suddenly, Howard Cross felt a tug.
Looking down at his pants leg, the 6-foot-5 once and forever Giant could see the excitement surging in the eyes of his friends’ seven-year-old son.
“Big Howard! Big Howard!” the little boy pleaded, still yanking. “It’s time! It’s time!”
Grinning big, Cross politely excused himself from the holiday small-talk and followed his young friend to the…(more)
Perfection is easy to recognize. Nine different Alabama teams have achieved the singular distinction of a perfect season, claiming an easily digestible statistical measure of greatness.
But in football as in life, sometimes you don’t know…(more)
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