Watching it now, Jim, 28 to zip about halftime. It is because of Alabama football I discovered I was a world class runner, faster than Forest Gump.
Many years ago, I accepted a job in Birmingham. My first week on the job, some of my co-workers invited me to a bar to welcome me to the company. The subject turned to football and being a native Texan, I was polite and agreed Bear Bryant was a great coach in his time but suggested Darrell Royal from the University of Texas was a bit more creative on the offense. The problem was I suggested it a little too loud and about a dozen or so patrons in the bar thought it would be great fun to kick some sense into me, literally. I was out the door and 100 yards down the road in under 10 seconds flat.
For the three years I remained in Alabama, I worshiped at the alter of the Crimson Tide and kept my mouth shut.