We were late arriving in Tuscaloosa and did not get to the front row of the GameDay set, BUT...
we got our pictures taken witht he entire crew...
My wife got her picture taken with all 3 of them (individually), and I got my picture taken with Lee Corso. After they finished their 9:30-11:00 show, they left the stage and Herbstreit began working the crowd, posing for pictures and signing autographs, which is where my caught him for me to take a photo. Next was Chris Fowler; he was not as cordial to any of the fans. He must still be bitter from the Tennessee fans sending him a turd in the mail a few years ago after he made an on-air comment about "Big Orange Trailer Park Trash," and he feels the need to pass his disgust on to all of the SEC (although some Georgia fans in the crowd had a sign that said "We ALL Hate Tennessee").
Corso worked the crowd VERY well. My wife asked if she could take his picture with me, and he put his arm around me and asked me why Alabama is known as "the elephants" (which I explained to him). He posed for a similar picture with my wife. He is a really classy guy, belive it or not. Supposedly he was running up and down the sidelines during the game following the plays, which is pretty impressive for a 67 year old in 90+ degree heat.
They also had Coach Fran up on stage with them early in the show, and they interviewed Herschel Walker and Shaun Alexander together which drew huge cheers from the crowd.
Much like the Oklahoma game I attended in Norman a month ago, this was a very exciting game. UGA brought a ton of fans and my wife and I happened to be sitting very near their section; they were definitely loud. But late in the game when we had 2 back-to-back TDs (one off of a turnover), we got VERY loud when they got the ball back; unfortunately, noise didn't do the trick; UGA did the trick at the line of scrimmage and got to kick a winning field goal. The game could have gone either way; I still think both teams are very good. I plan to travel to Athens next year. Regarding the line, I would say that the 3-4 points it waivered between last week essentially represents an "even," but gives Alabama the home field advantage; that is pretty accurate in hindsight. Both teams made mistakes and drew flags, but Bama's were crucial and at the wrong times.
Heartland_Girl, some Bama fans are even wanting Oklahoma and Georgia to fight it out for the national championship game in Tempe this year; doubtful, but a nice thought.
I wanted Arkansas to beat Tennessee because a UT loss would help UK be the illegitimate SEC East champion, especially after Florida's loss to Ole Miss earlier in the day. My sinister plan is for Kentucky and Alabama to play spoiler to all of the "eligible" teams in the SEC East and SEC West since neither of us can go to Atlanta for the SEC Champ game or any bowl game. Perhaps we could meet up for a scrimmage game in some little league ball park.
The game also exemplified the inconsistency of Arkansas: a team with one of the best home winning streaks but which was STOMPED by Bama last week, then goes to the infamous, 108,000+ fan capacity Neyland Stadium in Knoxville and takes the VOls to SIX overtimes? Go figure. Maybe we will finally beat UT this year.
This weekend I will be visiting enemy territory for the Arkansas at Auburn game as Bama is BYE this week. We are going with several other "mixed marriage" couples, and all of us husbands have been told by our wives not to wear red, which is fine, but I sure as hell won't wear orange and/or blue either.
I will post my Texas/OU pick in the other thread.
~U2Alabama
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