"I think from an image standpoint," Saban said, "and the fact that this year's game's on ESPN, it...

"I think from an image standpoint," Saban said, "and the fact that this year's game's on ESPN, it would have a tremendous national exposure image-building probability for all of us if we had a great showing at the spring game again. I know we have set the standard for what spring games are, and people send us information all the time with all this promotional stuff they're doing to try to beat us on spring game attendance. It's amazing. Like it's an arms race."

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This game, more than any other,

gives the fans a chance to influence the make up of the team. No doubt 92k+ 2 years ago helped us land a #1 class in 08. If we can fill the place while on ESPN it will send a nationwide message that Alabama has the unreal fans. This will help in recruiting.

Bottom line- BE THERE

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Apr 5, 2009 8:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i concur

If only the job would allow me to make it up there…curses this retched economy and my inability to tell the boss to kiss it…

Roll Tide!!

by touncy28 on Apr 5, 2009 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes Sir

Mr. Saban sir, i will be there.

by Bret on Apr 5, 2009 9:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What kind of feeling is everybody getting from the fans they know?

Saban’s first year, it seemed like every Bama fan I knew was going. This year, I’m getting a lot of people who don’t seem sure yet. I’m getting a little worried that this year’s attendance may be a little down, at least if Saban doesn’t find a way to fire the fan base up between now and then (something similar to the coach’s show before the MSU game last year would do).

by zeke2029 on Apr 5, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the economy is tough people dont know

if they will have the money to go untill the week of probably. just a trend im seeing with all the sporting events

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

by comer4tide on Apr 6, 2009 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It

is an arms race, and I like our chances.

Is it August yet?

by Bens4vcobra on Apr 6, 2009 8:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

man..

I had plans to go but I ran out of money…a wife being on 3 months maternity leave can leave a savings account bone dry…im pissed!

‘When you build a house and you make it hurricane-proof by putting certain kinds of windows in it, and use cement instead of stick construction and all that kind of stuff, you’re getting prepared for what? A hurricane that may or may never every come." ’We’re going to have 12 hurricanes next year, we know they’re coming.’
- Coach Nick Saban

by bammer on Apr 6, 2009 8:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Do you need me to come to GA

and pick you up? Can we pool our money and rent a RBR van to go around and pick people up, kinda like the church buses do?

"The game demonstrated the superiority of the Southern teams over any aggregation that the damn yankees could send across the Mason and Dixon Line." Sports writer Charles Israel of the Philadelphia Bulletin after the Tide's 61-6 win over Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl.

by morri029 on Apr 6, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs