Roll 'Bama Roll, an Alabama Crimson Tide community

Roll Bama Roll looks back at the 1979 Sugar Bowl with a review of Barry Krauss' "Ain't Nothin' But A Winner" and Steve Townsend's "Tales from 1978-79 Alabama Football - A Time of Champions.

The first time Alabama and Penn State met on the football field, Paul W. Bryant had been in charge of the Crimson Tide program for just two years and Joe Paterno was still an assistant on the...