joe-namath Stories - Roll 'Bama Roll
Texas vs Alabama: An Historical Perspective
For Longhorn fans the history is short but sweet: Texas holds an all time record of 7-0-1 against Alabama. It's been 28 years since the Horns and the Crimson Tide played, and of course they will renew their infrequent rivalry in the BCS Championship game next Thursday. These two preeminent college...
1965 Orange Bowl, Texas vs. Alabama: College Football Goes Primetime
The combination of the unscheduled off-week, along with Taylor TRoom's outstanding look at the incomparble Bobby Layne brought out a note of nostalgia for me as well. Tommy Nobis will have his jersey retired along with Layne's at the Arkansas game. Among all his other accolades, Nobis was a star...
Jake Gyllenhaal: A Regular Broadway Joe
Memorandum To: Hollywood From: Scip E.O. Tex, Internet Provocateur CC: God Loving Free World Date: This very instant Re: You are destroying America, motherfuckers Dear Hollywood, You've gone and done it now. This is war. WAR! At what point during your Hotel Bel-Air mid-wine flight...
RBR Reading Room: Boys of Autumn/We Believe...
With the death of Paul W. Bryant now almost three decades behind us, the ability to understand the actual stature of the man to those around him is ebbing as well. By all accounts, he possessed a powerful physical presence that game film and online video snippets capture in only the barest...
Alabama's Football Uniforms Through the Years
Tomorrow the new uniforms for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team will be revealed for the world to see in New York City. We'll learn what the folks at Nike have cooked up for our players to don for at least one game as well as the contest which they will do so. As you are probably well aware,...
RBR Reading Room: Crimson Tide Madness
There is a certain category of Alabama football book that seems to find its way onto every Crimson Tide fan's shelf. These are the generalized titles that are fairly interchangeable in terms of content and packaging. They also are usually pretty cheap so they are usually the product of a moment of...
The RBR Reading Room: A Double Shot of Namath Edition
Ok gang, I'm up on this one, and I'll give you fair warning: I'm not all that great with book reviews. It's usually either "yeah, it was good, you'd like it" or "eh, I mean, if you want to read it..." with me, so you'll have to bear with me on this one since I was the only one among us who had...
Alabama vs Texas: 1965 Orange Bowl
In the long history of the Alabama and Texas football programs, the two teams have met just eight times on the gridiron. This week Roll Bama Roll is looking back on each of these contests. Today we revisit the 1965 Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Just five years after their last meeting, Texas and...
Monday Morning Required Reading
Nobody hates the morning commute like MMRR hates the morning commute. Happy Monday, everybody. You can tell it's really getting close to football season when folks are getting testy due to that unholy brew of excitement, anxiety and long-standing grievances. For example, Southern Football Insider...
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