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RBR Reading Room: Third Saturday in October
Since the expansion of the Southeastern Conference in 1992, The Third Saturday in October is a name without a tether in reality. Rather than designate a specific weekend on the fall football schedule when the Alabama Crimson Tide and Tennessee Volunteers would meet on the gridiron it has simply...
RBR Reading Room: The Basketball Tide
Even when Alabama basketball’s star has shined the brightest, it has been understandably obscured by the glare of Crimson Tide football. Yet, make no mistake, Alabama basketball has shone quite well indeed. In the Southeast Conference the Crimson Tide trail only Kentucky in basketball wins,...
RBR Reading Room: America's Quarterback
The Alabama Legends video that precedes every Crimson Tide contest in Bryant-Denny Stadium contains no game clips of Bart Starr. Despite being recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks at the pro level, his legacy at the University of Alabama is all but overlooked due to the unfortunate...
RBR Reading Room: Bear's Boys
"Don't y'all make me more than I am. I'm just a humble coach who has the opportunity to teach you." - Paul Bryant If you're like me, the first thought that pops into your head when you see a book like this is "do we really need another book about Bear Bryant?" In most cases, the answer is likely...
RBR Reading Room: Turning of the Tide
USC running back Sam Cunningham’s standout performance in the 1970 season opener against Alabama has become the stuff of legend. More than four decades on, the significance of the 42-21 victory by the Trojans has swelled immeasurably and the misconceptions surrounding it have blossomed...
RBR Reading Room: Where Football Is King
There’s a certain willful myopia that comes with being a die-hard fan of a particular program. While you know every event and person involved with your program going back decades, coming up with the name for, say, an assistant coach at a rival school is not likely. And outside of the...
RBR Reading Room: The Long Shadow of Coach Paul "Bear" Byrant
When Paul W. Bryant passed away on Jan. 26, 1983 he left behind a football program with an unmatched championship legacy. It was also suddenly adrift after a quarter century under the unquestioned control of one man. Gaylon McCollough was in a unique position during that time. The former Alabama...
RBR Reading Room: A Lynch Mob Mentality
Prior to the arrival of Nick Saban, no single person defined the decade of the 2000's for Alabama football quite like Albert Means. While other individuals garnered their fair share of attention for various reasons, it was Albert Means and all the hellstorm that followed his signature with Alabama...
The Return of RBR Reading Room
What a desolate place this is... With the conclusion of the A-Day game the long horrid off season stretches out interminably before us once again. It's going to be a hard slog this year given the outcome of 2010 and the promise 2011 holds for our beloved Crimson Tide. Yet never fear! The Roll...
RBR Reading Room: The Crimson Tide
The worst thing about Clyde Bolton’s book on the history of Alabama football, The Crimson Tide, has to be the cover. The 1987 version of the book boasts the grinning visage of Bill Curry – not exactly the standard of excellence the former Birmingham News sportswriter was trying to...
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