New Member Say Hello Thread...

and I’ve made comments here and there, but only recently started posting more often. Not sure if I’m still a noob or not.

Since Bammer said we ought to tell a little about ourselves…I attended UA from 1996 to 2001 and graduated with a B.A. in Communication (I was a TCF major). I worked for Crimson Tide Football as a graduate assistant with video operations (coaches’ film) during the 2001 season and through the summer of ‘02. I moved to Atlanta and came back in ’05 to get a master’s degree in public administration, which I completed in 2007, and somehow I wound up working for The University. So I’ll be sitting in the new upper deck with the faculty/staff tickets that I barely qualified for this year.

Bamagrad, I know you played a few years ago…I wonder if we were there at the same time (Franchione’s first year)?

Not gonna get too personal (it is the internet). But im 28 years old, married with one kid. I work for one of the big “For Profit” colleges out there and currently reside in Tallahassee, FL. I grew up in Mobile, AL but my father moved us from Alabama to Tennessee (and no i haven’t forgiven him for that), to Florida then to Georgia due to business. I have been a Bama fan since the day I was born and even though I have lived in enemy territory since I was 14, not once have I ever thought of changing sides. Im Crimson through and through baby!!

RBR has been my daily crack now for about 3-4 years…I think…. Im not really sure of the exact date but ‘06ish sounds about right. I know it was well before Saban. If you stick around, you won’t find a better Bama site I can guarantee you that! The guys who run the site are top notch and the regulars know their shit. You can’t bring a weak argument around this group thats for damn sure…

Newcomers orientation:
Lesson #1 – The “Preview” button is the most important button on this site. This gives you a chance to look at what you’re posting before there’s no going back. Once you hit “Post”, it’s there for eternity (according to Congress). It also keeps you from getting the dreaded “X-Box” (no, not a video game console)
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If you can’t get it working, hit “Cancel” and look like a pro.

I started reading RBR just about a year ago, and after a couple months I decided to make an account and start commenting. First internet board I’ve really gotten addicted to, but well worth it.

Anyway, I started college at UA in 2003 and I’m still there, in the MA program. I got married a year and a month ago, and I will be having a child late this upcoming January. In my spare time I like playing tennis, reading, taking long walks on the beach and playing video games/other nerd things.

Also, I’d like to reiterate skycaster’s point. Let’s keep from political talk – we have a lot of people of different backgrounds and opinions here, so why not just unite in knowing we’re fans of the greatest football team out there.

and rarely post, although I’ll go through stretches where I’m more active. I 37 with a wife and a six-year old boy. We live in Tuscaloosa.

I’d say I like RBR mostly because it’s free, but that’s only a small part of it. There’s lots of free Bama sites but I don’t regularly visit those. RBR is so good because the mods (if that’s still the right term) are smart, funny and put a ton of effort into the site. The posters are just as important, because usually have good stuff to add and make this a community. Take away the comments section and I’d still read RBR but it wouldn’t be the same. There’s a good mix between UA sports and irreverance. The conversation here is closest to what I have with friends tailgating or watching Bama on TV.

Not to threadjack, but let me digress to something that might help people understand why an intro thread like this is a good thing. In the past, I’ve thought Todd & Co. came down a little hard on newbies or opposing fans. What gets called trolling is maybe just some guy who’s a little awkward and trying way too hard. I’m thinking specifically of the poster a few weeks back who kept making all the “What are your favorite ______” posts right out of the gate. I feel bad for these people on occassion. After all, if you’re awkward and trying too hard on the internet, God help you in real life. Had he taken the time to introduce himself and just ease in, it might have gone better.

Because, in truth, the mods’ low tolerance is a necessity. The downside of a free site is that anybody can join and let their freak flag fly, at least for awhile. The only thing keeping RBR from turning into al.com is its ability to self-police. I don’t post enough to be a real regular, but I feel like one and I don’t want this place to be the kind of site where “Aww, jealous little barner” is considered a witty response.

I guess deep down in places I don’t like to talk about at parties, I want Todd on that wall, I need Todd on that wall. Sorry to ramble on

The conversation here is closest to what I have with friends tailgating or watching Bama on TV.

THIS!

here is a chart of the page views and visits to RBR over the past three years…

Holy hell…

I enjoy gardening and independent bookstores. My story is all too commmon.

Once, a long time ago, there was a quiet, bookish boy who believed in God and everything his parents said. He didn’t imbibe or smoke cigarettes. He had a small crew of equally awkward followers called “Larry’s Learners” and they sat around the ersatz Bohemian coffee shops adjacent to the local campus sipping Columbian blends and talking about Joyce, the vegan lifestyle, and women’s bras. At some point Larry’s Learners abandoned Larry, leaving him vulnerable to the horrors of life. They slept with women and smoked cigarettes (before and after the sex) and they stopped reading Joyce.

It has taken me years to recover. I don’t go to coffee shops anymore. I don’t even drink coffee. I have an earring in my right ear like the one Barry Bonds used to wear in his left. I drive a windowless white van that says ’LARRY’S LIGHTING’ in magic marker on the side. I wrote it in bold letters so you can see it from the sidewalk.

I am 41, live in B’ham…from Talladega originally..have spent the last 5 years with an infinitely patient woman who understands my passion for the University and it’s football team..Went to the University for 2 semesters, then went to work for 2 years. Came back to JSU, almost finished my Music Theory degree…Blah… Since then, I have become a Millwright, working in and out of state, for 8-10 months out of the year. Certified Welder for 20 years, also. I discovered this site last year, skimming to case the joint for a while before posting. As an admin for a couple of gaming websites, I know the extent people will go to, just to be proven ignorant. The guys here show a modicum of knowledge, and tolerance, to even the most retarded. I think this site is the premier Bama fountainhead of info for athletics….enough rambling..more coffee!

I’m a recent grad from Bama and just started teaching in Wetumpka. I’ve been reading RBR for a long time (I think since about the time Shula got canned), but I didn’t even create a username until early this summer when I thought the job search may take me far away and I needed to become more a part of this community in order to stay connected. I read it every day even if I haven’t posted too much. Hopefully I’ll comment more often and become more a part of RBR.

I love this site for all the reasons everybody has posted above and I figured I had better make an introduction before I say something dumb and get treated like a troll. (I almost crossed that line with my first fanpost about running the wishbone).

Here’s hoping for a great season! Roll Tide!

Hey baby.

“Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual. But now I know why I have always lost women to guys like you. I mean, it’s not just the uniform. It’s the stories that you tell. So much fun and imagination.
Lee Harvey, you are a madman. When you stole that cow, and your friend tried to make it with the cow. (Lee Harvey must have been an Auburn grad), I want to party with you, cowboy. The two of us together, forget about it. I’m gonna go out on a limb here, I’m gonna volunteer my leadership to this platoon. An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Sergeant Hulka (Todd) isn’t always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe… Sergeant Hulka (Todd)”.

I am 25 and from Cullman, Al. I went to school at Wallace St.(community) College in Hanceville, Al. I am married and have a one year old. I have religiously read RBR (literally everyday) since January 2008.

graduated from Collier High June 1976, Stetson University honors graduate class of 1980, holds 2 NCAA Division One records, one for most points in a season, one for distance, former nickname “The Mule,” the first and only pro-athlete ever to come out of Collier County and one hell of a model American…

Born and raised in SC and graduated from The CItadel. Shortly afterwards my wife and I moved to Birmingham for about 10 years. Always “liked” Bama but went to a game right after we moved there and have been hooked every since. Been back in SC for about 4 years. Lurked here for years (multiple times a day) but only recently posted a couple of comments. My 2 kids (born in Birmingham) scream RTR and anybody they see wearing Bama gear. Favorite Alabama game I’ve attended was the Bama vs. Clemson game. Got to hear a lot of smack talk from my Clemson buddies before that game but but my phone was pretty quiet on the way home the next morning!

philosopher king. It’s mechanic-lien filing, dark aesthete libertine, with social/sexual sensibilities laying somewhere between Caligula and Oscar Wilde. The one who believes that too many (of anything) is never enough; that booze is what “the Force” really refers to; that if, in the words of Neil Gaiman, “if you can’t smoke it, drink it, eat it or snort it, then f’ it”.

I am a halfbreed raised on an Appalachian rez, bounced all over the ACC and SEC footprints before settling in Alabama. UA for UG, UAB/Vandy for Grad School part 1; UA for grad school part 2, UA for Law School part 1; Iowa/SD for law school part 2. From there, stops in Minnie, Iowa, the Black Hills, and Omaha.

Currently reside on the Big Island of Hawaii where the vog sucks, but all else is paradise: The drinks are stiff, the cougars/milfs top shelf, the scenery varied and sublime, and the outdoor activities superb.

And, I am really looking forward to beginning my tailgating at 2:30 in the morning for Sat day games.*

*at least one of these sentences is false

I attended the university from 99-01, but transferred to Samford and graduated in 04. I am married (3.5 yrs) and have a new baby girl. I have been reading RBR since May 08, but only joined in June of this year after learning what I felt I needed to assimilate and accomodate myself to the culture here.
If you are new I would suggest that you read and hang out awhile before you post. You will quickly perceive that this site is better than great and if you shut up you will learn a lot. For example, since I began reading here I have not lost an argument to a rival fan and am considered infallible in most circles in which I run (h/t you Pete and OTS). Also, if you mention that you read RBR most aubes will not even talk to you and will walk away ranting about how unrealistic and closed minded you are.
The authors have worked very diligently to make this site more than special and they protect it like a child. So, be understanding of that fact and rather than jump in the deep end allow yourself time to acclimate. In closing, just know…This Site Makes Monsters! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

I’m a writer. I’m a part-time secretary at a pediatric therapy clinic. My daughter was born deaf but hears with cochlear implants, and I tell anyone who will listen about it. She plays softball, dances, swims, loves to read and loves music, and my heart nearly bursts with pride when I think of how far she has come.

I’m a former newspaper writer/copy editor who worked at The Huntsville Times for 9 years before taking a buyout in January.

I went to Hazlewood High School, where my little brother was part of 3 state football championships in a row. I graduated with Antonio Langham and Tarrant Lynch.

I played juco softball (slow-pitch) at Brewer State in Fayette then went on to UNA and graduated with a journalism degree. Met a baseball player from Kansas at UNA, got married and six years later had our daughter.

I’ve always been a Bama fan, and since my husband is a golf pro who works on Saturdays, I’ve had to watch many games alone for the last few years. I was happy to find RBR last year, just to have someone out there who doesn’t mind if I yell at the TV. ;-)

This is great so that my first-time post won’t be so awkward. My husand and I just got back from a trip down to Tuscaloosa this past weekend. We, along with my in-laws, just bought a house from one of your regular posters (Chinese dentist). He posted pics of the house back on July 8th, we drove down to look at it on July 11th and just closed on it Friday … we are sooo excited! We’ve been staying in the same hotel every game weekend and now we have our own place (only 1.5 miles from BDS) to enjoy our Bama football 3-day weekends!

My husband will graduate this December with a Masters from UA (getting his degree long distance). He’s always been a Bama fan so when we stared dating back in 2005, I got tuned in and turned on to the best sports experience (besides my bowling). My hubby now tells everyone that I’m more addicted to reading and researching about Alabama football than he is. Of course, my main source of soaking up all I can about Bama football is right here! This is the BEST forum ever!

I have 3 boys (22, 24 and 29) and my husband has one son (24) … One of my sons just graduated with his Masters from Middle Tennessee State University and the youngest son went to Georgia Tech for 2 years then had to transfer to an in-state school (out of state tuition was a killer!) and ended up at the dreaded UT in Knoxville (puke orange country). He hated it there (like mamma told him he would) and is now working and saving money to finish college somewhere else (maybe Alabama since we now have a house down there?).

Anyway, I need to wrap this up … thanks for giving the new members a place to introduce ourselves. Hopefully we will meet some of you at Keegan’s??? I am looking forward to posting from time to time … AND, I have a pretty thick skin and can take a good joke so I promise not to go all “emotional” on you guys! :-)

My dad graduated from Bama, I was born in B’ham (in 1953), and raised a fan. We moved to Fla. when I was in 1st grade but I still went to tons of games back in Alabama. When it was time for college I was playing soccer, Bama had no men’s soccer, so I went instate to UCF and played soccer as a walk on. That was a mistake as I should have just sucked it up and paid out of state and gone to Bama. (Out of state wasn’t that bad in those days.)

In college I became a born again Christian and later actually became a minister (which I still am.) I’m married (31 years), live in South Ga, and have two girls. The oldest went to college in Ga, but the youngest went with her heart to Alabama and now she is a senior. She is really into the whole campus scene: all Bama sports, sorority, intramurals etc., and she loves it all. And yes we are paying out of state tuition, but funny thing, even though I’ve never had a big salary I made a ton of $ in the market several years back and then before the crash I put it all into CD’s for college so it has not been a problem and we haven’t had to take out loans. But I don’t hold it against people who can’t pay out of state. If my kid graduates in May (she should) I figure 4 years out of state will come in right about $95,000. That is not right, and it is only going up!!

I love this site and if my real friends knew how much time I spent here they’d think I was crazy. My wife knows but she knows I have an Alabama addiction and is ok with it.

A little about me… my real name’s Brad and I’m currently dating this perfectly jaw-structured chick (with lips that’ll make a grown man cry) named Angelina, who works in the same profession as I do.

I’m originally from Shawnee, Oklahoma, but I’m secretly a big Alabama fan and can’t wait for the 2010 season to kick off!

Roll Tide!

I’m 31. I’m an RN who works in the ER at a couple of hospitals. Moved from Decatur AL to Phoenix 3 yrs ago. Have a long term GF and a 1 year old son who’s being rasied right to say “Roll Tide.” Graduated from Wallace State with some criminal justice degrees then Calhoun for nursing. Had partial scolly offers for academics at Bama, but was a Mama’s Boy and didn’t want to move off. Always a Tide fan, but since I moved away, my fanhood has increased 1000%. Love RBR and check it 20 times a day.
Anybody know of an RBR Anonymous group?

I’m 20 and attending the University of Alabama. Unlike most of the other people here(at least from what i’ve read) I am Unmarried. I’m majoring in Japanese and minoring in business…. If anybody wants to know anything else just ask.

West Coast born and raised (on the playground is where I spent most of my days). Graduated from THE University of Alabama in 2001. Fell in love with all things UA during my near eight year stay in the state. I currently reside in the nation’s capital and I love street bikes.

I also enjoy smoking pot and having adventurous sex whenever I manage to get it.

and underskilled.

I’ve been reading this blog for a couple of years now and just started posting a few months back.

From Birmingham, but went to BSC. My father went to UA and was a huge fan. He took me to games when I was a kid, during the latter part of Bear’s career. I fell in love with the Tide and followed/rooted for them ever since.

Dark days came with the hiring of Dubose and I became one of those fans who kept watching but expected a bad outcome for most games.

Saban was hired and hope (or reality) springs eternal. Now something has transformed within me and I follow the tide as much as I can. RBR feeds this addiction nicely so many thanks for that.

I’ve played many sports, but ended up going with soccer since rugby got the best of me (including one knee) in college. Seems like the only times my heart rate is in the red/critical phase is either when the U.S. National Team plays or my beloved Tide.

Wouldn’t have it any other way.

I’m from Birmingham (Pinson to be exact) and I have been trolling and reading RBR for three years now. I figured it was time for me to join the conversation.
I have been an Alabama "side walker" since I was born. I was raised in a house divided. The smart people in my family went to Alabama and the not so smart went to the Barn. My brother screwed everything up by going to Ole Miss. I did not get to go to Alabama until later in life. See, I was an Army Brat so I was considered out of State. My education in a nutshell. BS from Radford, masters and Dr. from North Carolina, and an Accounting degree from the University of Alabama in 08.
Now, I live in D.C. and work for the Feds. When I came here there was not an Alabama fan to be found and now we won the NC and it seems everybody is an Alabama fan. I just think to myself where were you during the Duboise, Coach Fran, and Shula years?

I’m a life-long Bama fan by birth. I’ve lived in SoCal, Tuscaloosa, Provo, SLC, 5 different small boom towns in Utah, but have been an Alabama football fan forever. Married for 31 years, 2 grown daughters, one grandson and one granddaughter. The first words out of all their mouths were, “Roll Tide!”
Found RBR from a google search about a week before the 2009 Sugar Bowl. I had boasted on several other websites (one that I moderate) that there was no way that Alabama would lose to Utah. I now have several good recipes for crow.

I’m a certified quality engineer currently working on defense contracts for the gubmint. When I’m not on-line here, I’m fishing/drinking whiskey or brewing/drinking beer.

RTR!

I was born in Birmingham at St. Vincents and lived in Gardendale until third grade. Then I moved to the Twin cities of Abernant / Bucksville (being from the twin cities is way I’m so cosmopolitan), for those of you not in the know that’s exit 100 (Tuscaloosa is exit 73 ) on 20/59 home of Tannehill state park and the and the “Iron Skillet” restaurant at the Petro travel center. I went to Brookwood High school about 10 miles from Tuscaloosa where I played football (center and nose tackle) untill 11th grade when I got into music and being one of the kids smoking behind the back parking lot of the school. I skated through school taking as little math as I could so ended up going to Shelton State CC where my penchant for smoking pot playing Final Fantasty 7 and Resident Evil in the dark while listing to the Smashing Pumpkins “Ava adore” record lead me to a good solid three Sophomore years. My parents offered to pay for me to go back but I decided that I had my chance at higher learning and did not want to suck anymore money from my parents, it was time for me to make my own way in this word. So I started working at the 15th street diner where I meet a guy named Paul who was not into video games but was into the other reason I dropped out of school so after work we’d go over to his house to “hang out”. I started hanging out with his roommate Becky (who after dating 8 years is now my wife and the mom of our daughter). Me and Paul started a Indie Funk band called “Chinese Dentist”, the name came from a really funny Mr. Show sketch. I continued to play and work at the Diner. Chinese Dentist played our hearts out all over town and did well but it got time for us to quit doing it full time but we still play about twice a year ( gonna play the night of Auburn this year). I then joined a mathy indie rock band call “Baak Gwai” If you wanna see a video of us shot at egans go here . About the 1:15 mark you can see me really get down. In the summer of 2004 my many nights making poor life choices and hanging out at Egans paid off. I got a job tending bar there. I worked there full time till 2007 when babysitting drunk people and the late hours got the best of me. I still work there every gameday and a few nights a year. I then got a job at the local health food store Manna Grocery. About a year later I was attending a showing of “The Big Lebowski” at the Bama Theater and the bartender was getting her but kicked by a hundred people in line for “Caucasians” I aske dthe manger if they needed help and got behind the bar and knocked it out. The next day he called and ask if I wanted to be the bar manger of the Bama and I said sure. A year after that my buddy Nick asked if I wanted to help him start a podcast about Tuscaloosa so wellthatscool.com was born with the mission statement of making Tuscaloosa cooler. I just bought a new bitchin Mid century modern house in the Druid Hills subdivision of Tuscaloosa which I share with my wife Becky and our 13 month old Daughter Audrey “Pistol” . That my friends is my personal life story in a nutshell, now for how I found myself in love with the tide
                 I’m thirty so I don’t remember the glory days of old like some folks here but my first memory is of the 1985 Iron Bowl. As a just turned 6 year old I remember everyone being all nervous about something so I sat down on the floor to see what was going on. As Tiffin’s kick sailed over the crossbar I remember all the grown ups erupting in happiness and loving how happy everyone was I’ve been a fan every since. I found RBR through my buddy who I work with that post here as “Darby up the middle” before the 2008 season and have been a steady reader every since. I have also had the chance to meet a lot of the posters here by working at Egans and I love it. If anyone is feeling froggy hop on in on for a game day Saturday, I open at 8am.

and i aubrun fan!!!!! and grajewate. the plaintigeagles got theyer swagger back in this year. coach czychzyzk is bests coach in the state of alalalalbama.

Hi, I’m not actually the former-comic-turned-roided-out-freak Carrot Top, though I did laugh my ass off when he played UA in ’95 (I think it was?).

Not all that crazy about giving up my internet anonymity, but here’s enough info for anyone that knows me to ID me for sure: Been a Bama fan my whole life. Grew up in Birmingham and went to school in Tuscaloosa from ’93 to ’98. Graduated in engineering and moved to south Florida. Been here ever since. I make it back to Bama a few times a year, and I get to Tuscaloosa for Homecoming each year.

As a Bama “ex-pat” living in enemy territory, I depend on the interwebz to keep me in the loop on what’s happening with my Bama football (and also a big b’ball fan). I started out on al.com boards back when rumors started flying that Fran was leaving. I roamed in the wilderness there on al.com for many years. (As an aside, there actually are a few decent folks there. But yes the trolls are fairly overwhelming. And yes, I have a syndrome — “CTS” — named after me there, because my work computer doesn’t play nice with their board. Which is why I eventually gave up posting there and looked for something else.) Been posting here for about 8 months now. Definitely a much nicer forum than what was over there.

I don’t really follow any sports except college football and SEC b’ball. Otherwise I like playing ultimate frisbee and volleyball and going to lots of concerts (alt rock mostly).

I’m Greg, I attended UA from 1993 to 1998. I live in Cullman Al. I love playing golf and following Alabama football news, recruiting and games.
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I’ve been to at least one game at BDS every year since 1991. I’ve been reading RBR for two years. Recently I opened an account yet I’ve only commented a few times. I tend to leave the opinions to those with viable ones. Keeping mine to myself has always been my motto.
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I tried opening up, and started an account on al.com. To be honest it was a real turn off because of the constant UA vs AU crap and the pointless post from some person called wiz, who by the way seems to hold several user accounts there. RBR seems more mature, well represented and meaningful. I’m looking forward to having discussions with others who share the love for college football mainly our Crimson Tide. Here’s to another season of doing it right and better than anyone else. I will also add that this is beer drinking season, I promise to do my part in making it a memorable one. RTR

I’m 39, and have receipts from oil changes in my glove box. I love pecan pie, and I put my right leg in my pants first.I’m pretty sure I’m addicted to Bud Lime, and have spread the Bud Lime virus to all my friends. Its like Gatorade to me. I’ve been on these here internets since the Shula experiment back in 2005-2006. I found EDSBS and followed Kleph over here awhile back, when SB nation started recruiting good blogs. I have always been a Tide fan, and like previous posters, watching parents and grandparents live and die on Saturdays with the Tide is really a family tradition. I grew up in a small town called Satsuma(a baseball school) played football when Vigor was back to back State Champs(we got killed) and National Champs, joined the Navy(cliche, but Top Gun did it for me) for 6 yrs(before, during and after the Gulf War) working on A-7’s and F/A-18’s as an Avionics Tech 1st class,then on the flight deck as “TroubleShooter”, went to Alabama 2 yrs on the GI bill from 96-98, lived with some players during that tough time until my dad passed and had to move to Fairhope for family matters. And then met my wife, we have 3 kids under 6 yrs old(2 boys, 6 and 2, and a girl,1) and my Bama parties are epic since we usually have both sets of In-Laws and their assorted kids and their in-laws, it becomes one big block party for the other Tide fans in the neighborhood.I am surrounded by Auburn fans, and in my neighborhood, out of 20 houses on the river in our ‘hood, only 5 of us are Bama fans.TRUE FACT: My Bama fan neighbor and his brother are named after 2 Bama players since his dad played on the 61 Team, their names? Trammel and Pell……No shit…The irony of that is he graduated from AUBURN because of his major…. I try to go to at least 3 to 4 games a year when the schedule allows. I have also lived thru the Dark Ages when Auburn held the advantage with the “six in a row” BS, and once we got Saban as the HC, I knew we would turn the world on its ear, but just as suprised as ya’ll were when we did it last year. I was guessing this year when that 2008 class would be Jrs would be when we peaked. I still think I’m right. I live on Fish River near Fairhope, and when Im not getting ready for football season, I’m on the water scaring the hell outta my 6 yr old on a jet ski or pulling him on a kneeboard or tube. Once you have kids, you will understand the importance of “me” time. I now know why my dad built a garage with a full bar in it w/ice maker and refrigerator when I was growing up. Most nights, Im on PS3 killing terrorist on COD4 or whooping foul mouthed snot nose brats on NCAA 2011, but Im usually outgunned. I live and die by the blitz…ON EVERY DOWN! Feast or Famine…thats what I think Bama will do this year.
For Noobs on this blog, I view this as a fav hangout or bar, treat it as such. I dont think you would go into a bar where you didnt know any one else and start spilling beer on the patrons, much less the bouncers.Or starting fights at the pool table. Or changing the channel during a Tide game. You get my drift. Roll Mfn Tide.

Wait, wrong forum. “Yall know me, still the same old g?” That’s not it either. I’m 25, live in Birmingham. Went to Tulane where I lived piously for a year before the worst blowjob ever Hurricane Katrina sent me packing back to UA. Work this fall for me will force me to miss more than one home game for the first time in 15 years, so the few games I’ll be able to make it to, you’ll find me before and after at Egan’s slurping on some of Bo’s WORLD FAMOUS Bloody Maries (Mary’s?). I’ve been commenting here for about a year, and in that time have probably managed to piss off everyone here with my sarcasm that borders on snark, but we’re all unforgiving bastards that hold grudges, so newbies don’t let that stand in your way.

and I’m a RBR-aholic.
It wasn’t always this way. I moved here from St. Louis in November, 1980. I wasn’t even a college football fan. I went to SMSU (though we didn’t have a problem with people calling it SMS. (Southwest Mo. State) which is now Missouri State, but that’s a subject for another post. In fact, my first week here, I was in the lounge of the Holiday Inn in Northport with my boss, (I think it was the Smoketree or something) and my boss says “do you know who that is at that table there?” I said no because being the clueless yankee I was, I didn’t really know that much about Bear Bryant. Well he told me who he was and I said let’s go talk to him. He then explained that people just don’t do that sort of thing.
30 years later I have found that I cannot get enough of Alabama football and I guess you could say RBR is my new drug. It is the clever wit, intelligence and overall demeanor of everyone here as well as everything from the outstanding analysis to Meltdown Time that has made RBR the best read of the day for me.

I’ve been reading RBR for 4 years now and only posted twice. Once about creed reuniting (note: this was not a good thing). I spent 8 years in Tuscaloosa, while my mom was in grad school and spent many nights with a babysitter while she went to hear bands at Egans or tutored Derrick Thomas. I attended Verner Elementary and had Robert Horry for a PE coach. These things, along with catching lighting bugs on the quad and eating 3 times a week at Chang’s solidified my love for Tuscaloosa and Alabama. We moved to Memphis, but Tuscaloosa is where my heart was. Since I got a full ride to a D2 school I didn’t go back to Alabama for undergrad, but have maintained my love. I married a Mississippi boy and ended up at Ole Miss for law school, but remained loyal to Bama. I catch all kinds of hell from friends about being a sidewalk alum, but it’s worth it.

Ah, yes, and I have two really cute kids, one of whom adores Terrence Cody, and includes him in his prayers at night.

I also love Todd’s taste in music. That is all.

My mother and most of her family went to Bama. My Grandfather and Uncle however went to Cincinatta for Engineering degrees, UA for law. I went to school in Philly and am incidentally a Yankee, though I spent my summers and holidays in Bama until I was 14 when my Grandmother followed my Grandfather and passed. The only two people my Grandfather was impressed by was Jeb Stuart and Bear Bryant and it sortof rubbed off on me. We always watched the Iron Bowl with my Godfather every Thanksgiving (another Bama alumnus). I grew up hearing stories about my mother’s dentist who was too cheap to buy anasthesia, but had tickets on the fifty yard line for Bama home games. All the myths and folklore just coalesced into a family tradition and for the last 15 years wit the advent of cable tv, I can watch most of the games.
My favorite memories of Bama are probably watching the 1994 SECCG with a die-hard fan from Ethiopia who drove a taxi in Philly. I was too polite to ask WTF and I still wondering about it; the Penn St game from 89 or 90; FLA in 05, crushing the U in 92 which was criminally left out of that awful U docu on ESPN and all of last season minus the SC game.

Born in Aabama,moved to Texas when I was a child.My relatives used to send me Bama gear all the time.When my Father died we moved back to Aabama where my Mother’s family was.Some of my relatives are UA graduates.
My Cousin is currently enrolled.My Ssters are Barners though,so we don’t talk.Just kidding.
I some how wound up in Memphis in my late 20’s,working at Southland Greyhound Park in nearby West Memphis AR.
I’m an announcer calling the Greyhound races,or ’’Dogcaller’’ as they say.Hence my screen name Crimsoncaller.Cool thing is I get to watch football between races,or keep one eye on the tv and one eye on the dogs.:)
Not to mention read and post on RBR.Really helps me pass the time away during these long weekends.But its a cool gig,as I have my own office way up high looking down,and no boss watching over me.However my voice is heard all over the building,as well as around the world on the internet.
www.Southlandpark.com
Click on the racing link for free live video.I work every day but Tuesday and Sunday.

He was career military and we moved every few years. But we could usually manage to find an AM radio station broadcasting Alabama football.
I’ve only seen three games in person. Ole Miss (Jackson, MS) in ‘80 & ’82 and Southern Miss (Birmingham) in ’81.
I went to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Always followed Bama football. It was one of the things that kept a tight connection with my dad (along with Star Trek reruns and James Bond movies).
I’ve lived in Chicago for over 15 yrs, now. Until late 2005 we’d call each other before, during or after a game to discuss it. He was going to games, but I never seemed to get a chance to fly down to join him. The day after he saw the victory over Florida in ‘05, he was killed in an automobile accident.
The game is still fun to watch. I’m glad that I found RBR, because it brought back some of the connection I lost from the conversations I used to have with my dad. The moderators knowledge of the game and the team far exceed the detail of my banter. I’ve had a few format fails, here, and made a few mistakes of quoting unscrupulous sources, but I’ve still enjoyed being apart of this community. Thank you for your patience.
I’m the only Bama fan in my office, which is dominated by BigTen & Notre Dame fans. Out of 400 people there are probably a dozen of us with ties to the SEC.
I look forward to bringing my oldest son (10 yrs old) down next year for the A-Day game.

I’ve been folowing RBR for years…. Check it everyday, 3 or 4 times during football season! I have an obssession with Alabama Football, can’t get enough of it! Thanks RBR staff for all you do. Thank God there’s is only 5 mores day! Roll Tide Roll!

That would be " thank God there are only 5 more days"

A big Roll Tide and thanks to Todd and Nico and the gang for this Crimson Behemoth known as RBR.

slugging along in United Kingdom. About to retire after 26 years in the US Air Force, last 8 here. Will be changing my screen name to KentuckyTide as I will be moving to Bolling Green in Nov. Don’t post much due to the time difference. Am married with 2 kid’s (18 year old boy and 17 year old girl) both Alabama fans who are willing to stay up to 4 AM to watch games.

I didn’t find RBR until probably February of this year. SI’s college page links to all the articles, and I like that 1) This site has updated about 10x more often with stuff of interest than other sites have during the off season and 2) It seems that there is a significantly higher football IQ among the mods and posters than I find in other places. I don’t need someone to tell me that “Hightower should be good this year,” but I can use some help on understanding some of our more complex defensive concepts and especially O line play.

About me, I should be working right now, I graduated from Bama in ’09(clearly should have taken a 5th year victory lap). I worked as a marketing student while I was there, and I was on the field during the ’08 season, which has enabled me to be a part of a Alabama highlight video, which may be my biggest claim to fame yet. I have a unhealthy obsession with this football program, and have no plans of stopping.

i love everyones dedication and focus in this thread. It is full of all kinds of WIN and if this thread is any indication of the attitude of our football team…another NC is a lock!

I’m Brad as my screen name says. I sometimes wonder how wise that is but of course I don’t know. I ‘m a single father of a 4 year old little boy who if you ask if he’s going to play football at Alabama when he gets big will say," yea, I’m gonna be on tv fallin’ people down!" I went to UA in ‘88-’91. Unfortunately, I was more interested in the party scene than I was class. I stopped drinking when I was 31 and I’m 41 now. God has blessed me since then so I can’t regret. ROLL TIDE ROLL

As a kid I watched my dad get livid for the Tide til my teen years when he subdued. As a early Teen I actually pulled for the gators(I always hated the barn and turdnessee) cause my fav granddad taught medicine down there but I wised up in high school and pledged my alliance to the Tide. My older bro went to UA from 91-94. I was enrolled to start at UA in 96 but parents decided I couldnt afford it so went to CACC as an engineering Major got Carbon monoxide poison lost most my memory from my first semester in CACC failed out, dropped outta school. Parents enrolled me in a private college in Jackson MS, I stopped watching sports to busy doing the college thing then transferred to MTSU to get a degree in the Music Business degree. After being in around all that orange and no real future in the Music Business dropped out college again. Parents pressured me to finish so I enrolled at UA and finished with a Finance degree after 2 more years in ’03.
When I was at UA I ran the big A flag with 40 other people from the Yell Crew before every game and after every victory. Nothing like the goosebumps you get being on the field at BDS with over 80000 people screaming for your Tide.
I joined here after the Sugar bowl looking for free recruiting news. I fell hard for this blog. It is great. Great writing, witty banter, great insight and Todd eats gross things for our enjoyment and team victories.

Keep up the great work and Roll MFing Tide!!!!!!!!!!!!

I joined this site quite a while back, but don’t post a lot. I do read this site almost daily and I get a TON of information from you guys. Plus, I get a good laugh too. "Cuz y’all be some funny m’fers… "

I’m gonna try commenting more often and quit being so damn lazy.

Some background: I’m originally from Montgomery (folks and brothers still there), currently live in Memphis TN, and am looking to relocate back to Bama as soon as possible. My step-daughter is a soph at Bama in the nursing program. We tailgate for most home games (will be missing the SJSU game but will ‘kickoff’ the season for PSU) and we have set up our tent for the past 2 spring games. Yeah… we’re one of those. I don’t have season tix, but try to go to as many games as I can afford. This whole “national championship” thingy has minimized my ability to afford tix, but that’s the sacrifice some of us have to make. I bring my dish and enjoy the games anyway.

Looking forward to a great season and I promise to be more ‘active’ on the boards.

Roll Tide!

Grew up a Bama fan in Big 10 country but close enough to Lexington to get the Jefferson Pilot game of the week broadcast. Attended UA my freshman year (Coach Stallings’ final season) but transferred back home and suffered through MAC “football”. I discovered RBR two seasons ago and the open thread is now part of the gameday superstitions. Here’s to another season of making their asses quit!

because Ive been a member since January but have been reading since WAY before that. Now that I have read a few, I see that I should say hello.

To answer the first question before I begin, my screen name came before the NC and is a reference to the 13th Alabama Infantry. I had four ancestors serve in company K during the War Between the States.

I was born and raised in Huntsville and left there in 1985 to have an adventure. After twelve years of wearing bell bottom pants, I realized the Navy was no longer for me and became a contractor to the government. Ive been a fan of Alabama since I could say the word. I would have loved to get my degree from there, but it was too far from the water. I try to learn everything I can about football but I am convinced I will never gain the amount of knowledge that some of you guys exhibit.

Roll Tide!!!

or I can just regale you with my existence.
I grew up in Calhoun County. Raised by loving parents and given a love and passion for Alabama Football by an Uncle that was admittedly more a Coach Bryant fan than Alabama fan as he says.
Graduated High School and attended Gadsden State Community College for a semester. Mostly playing the card games Tonk and F@#& Your Neighbor in the cafeteria while listening to Elvis and Duran Duran on the jukebox. I left in December for the Marine Corps. I watched the 87 Tennessee game in 29 Palms, CA. Eventually returned to Calhoun County to attend Jacksonville State University but due I did not transition well from the Marine Corps to Student life very well. Joined the Army and spent another 8 years globe trotting. Religiously following Alabama Football from Zakhou Iraq, Incirlik, Turkey, Leghorn, Italy, Guam, Germany, Switzerland and Fort Bragg, NC to name a few.
I am now a Government Contractor. Presently I am in Afghanistan until the South Carolina game. Notice how my concept of time is based on Games and not a Calendar point.
I met a fellow Alabama fan last year in Afghanistan. We watched about 4 games together and discussed football daily before we ever even bothered with finding out each others name.

I grew up a Bama fan watching the games with my dad for as long as I can remember. As a child, I loved it when Bama won because dad was happy, and it sucked when they lost because I knew dad would be pissy for the rest of the weekend. I started watching every game and really paying attention in 1990. I watched the ut game alone and remember going crazy when we blocked the fg and then kicked the game winner. Ever since then, it is pure agony if I have to happen to miss a game (live) for whatever reason….I’ve always made good use of the vcr, and more recently, the dvr. I currently live in Nashville, TN (since 05) and word as an accountant at a public accounting firm. I am not an Alabama alum, but attend Lipscomb University, currently finishing up my masters degree in accounting. I am married to an auburn fan, which makes for an interesting November. Anyways, I love this site! It is full of great and entertaining information! I CAN NOT wait to read the post-game thoughts after every game, they are always very insightful. I probably have what i would describe as a basic understanding of the Xs and Os of football, nowhere near expert status by any means. This is one reason I enjoy this site so much, because I can find good information about this aspect of the game. One thing I am an expert on is loving Alabama Football! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!

Been on here for a while, although I don’t get the time to post as regularly as I would like. Here’s a brief background:

Started at the University as a freshman on scholarship in 92 majoring in aerospace, changed to history in 95, realised I didn’t know what I wanted (except to chase girls and drink beer – not good for scholarship) and dropped out of school. Joined the USAF on 97, got out in 01. Went back to Tuscaloosa and finished my degree in electrical engineering. Met my wife while in the USAF. I now work in the defense industry up in Huntsville. No kids yet, but two dogs.

I started at the UA when Bear was still coaching. As a freshman I sat on his couch in His office and talked to HIM. I still can’t believe he just invited me into his office! Anyway, I graduated with an engineering degree and spent several years in exile in Chicago. Then I married a surfer dude from Hawaii and relocated to his home on Kauai where I run a shave ice business. I took a California boy who didnt even own a TV and turned him into a rabid Alabama fan. I am a voracious partaker of all things related to Alabama football. Here in Hawaii I was in a desert. I live in one of the last areas in the state to get DSL. But I did go to Honolulu when Alabama played Hawaii. My friend here bought the tickets and I was in the heart of enemy territory. Anyway, this blog is one of my lifelines!! Also, I would be interested in getting together with other Alabama guys and girls in the islands! Roll Tide!!

Born in Marshall County, only lived in Bama for a year and a half but it will always be home. When I was old enough to make the decision, my Dad said “Alabama or auburn, you gotta pick one and you gotta stick with it.” My extended family was split down the middle, so it was very important that I choose a side. Obviously, I chose correctly, and I’ve always appreciated the fact that he gave me that choice (had I chosen auburn, he probably would’ve disowned me). Anyhow, we moved around quite a bit—TN, IL, SC, back to IL, then to Arkansas. Throughout it all, the Tide were always my team.
An anecdote—my Dad and I taped the 2nd half of the 1992 NCG. About three months later, I decided to record some mtv videos and—blasphemously—recorded over the game. He never did cease giving me grief for that, until a few years ago when I got him the whole game on dvd for Christmas. As he unwrapped it, I let him know that I considered us even, and he agreed.
About ten years ago I moved to tulsa oklahoma, and it has grown on me. Not quite a Southern place, but tolerable nonetheless. I moved here just before bob stoops won his title with the sooners in 2000, and it was a tough few years. Listening to my sooner fan buddies talk of bcs bowls while we slugged it out in the independence was saddening. But, as we all know, things have turned around, to say the least.
Sitting here right now, it feels pretty easy to be a Bama fan. We just romped some kids from San Jose, and the game before that we were winning it all. But there was also the time of Langham’s dealings, of Shula’s refusal to put a cleat on opposing teams’ necks in the second half, and, of course, “The Tide is rolling, baby”. But, throughout it all, it’s been nothing but Bama all the way for me. Give ’em hell, Alabama!