Word: bama
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson Tide loss is so rare that it comes like death to Alabama fans. "I have seen grown men weep in the stands," says Band Director James Ferguson. After the 10-7 defeat by Ole Miss this year, the unbelieving victors chanted, first wonderingly, then exultantly, "We beat 'Bama!" as Tide fans walked silently out of the stadium. In the parking lot, there was time for a consoling drink before the long drive home. Coed Vicki Schneider sobbed uncontrollably for an hour after the game. Says she: "It was the next morning before I could accept the loss...
Faith is one thing that Alabama has, and feeding it is a highly organized operation renowned not only for its success, but also its profitability. 'Bama football has paid for half of a $4.9 million coliseum, an indoor pool, a $1.1 million track complex and a prairie of varsity tennis courts. But these bonuses come after costs like $175,000 a year in airfare to out-of-town games. Alabama football is a way of life-first class...
...machine rolled on from beginning to end without a halt. And just as they always did in my day, the crowd began its chanting countdown a full 60 seconds before the game ended. (At Harvard, we usually wait until the last five). When the gun went off, the 'Bama behemoths lifted Bear onto their mountainous shoulders and paraded him across the field as fans massed around him and finally blocked him from my vision...
...Politics. Touring with Nixon but thoroughly overshadowed was an unusually subdued George Wallace. As signs in the large crowds proclaimed that 'BAMA LOVES NIXON and NIXON SELLS GOOD USED CARS, Wallace uncharacteristically told reporters: "Let's don't talk politics. The people of Alabama have a high regard for the presidency." Said pleased Presidential Aide Harry Dent: "Oh boy, that Southern strategy really worked this week. A lot of people misjudge the reservoir of strength for Richard Nixon in the South...