Word: tiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quality of Alabama football in Saturday night's game was spectacular--as always. The Tide refused to be stemmed. The offense worked with the perfect efficiency of a precision machine. Even the 35-0 score doesn't do justice to the conquering majesty of the Alabama players...
...came back to me Saturday night as I watched the CBS game of the week--the spectacular showdown between the number one Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers. There were the frenzied Southern fans who had filled Birmingham's Legion Field to its 70,000 capacity--as they always do. They were jubilant, chaotic and totally drunk on the spectacle of Southern football--as they always are. I know, because I've been there...
...There were banners spanning whole rows of the bleachers, rolls of toilet paper sailing up into the sky and down, glamourous blond cheerleaders leaping high into the air, and inebriated fans everywhere. A full minute before each of Saturday night's kickoffs, the Alabama rooters began a deafening ROLLLLLLLL TIDE, equalled only by the Auburn fans' competing WAAAAAAAR EAGLE. The thunderous roar of that cheer didn't reproduce well over CBS, but I remembered it well...
...remember watching the Bear with binoculars throughout that 1964 game. He scowled masterfully when the Tide missed on runs or passes, yelled orders in exasperation, and occasionally rejoiced. But the best times were when he'd put his arm around Namath or one of the other giants, and give him a play like a father sending his son out into the world to make good...
...moment, I wanted to chase after him. I didn't want the CBS announcer to cut in with the information I already knew--that Alabama was now the nation's undisputed number one team for 1973; that the Tide was undefeated and untied in 11 games; that Bear had just won his 140th game with Alabama, and was taking them to their 15th consecutive bowl game. I didn't want to hear his glib platitude: "I think we'll have to say that Southern football is something to behold." Who was he telling...