this will be the 47th time I have watched or listened to this game, it is by far the most important game of the year for me. I love this game and to win it always makes my year.
I cant remember how many times I have sat down to watch this game thinking that we would absolutely lose or that we would win for sure only to have the opposite happen. Its a game where you throw the records and the polls out the window and decide it on the field. its intense passion and will to win, its a rare type of game. For decades it was one of the most anticipated games in all of college football and during a time when there may be 1 or 2 games on TV every week, this one was always on and there was Kieth Jackson with "WOAH NELLIE". I would be in Alabama deer hunting and surrounded by Alabama fans to see it on TV and they would say, "turn on the radio so we can listen to John Ward call the game". It was always good natured teasing and gloating when you won.
This is a true rivalry that was born out respect not hate. It was Bear Bryants favorite game of the year and Neyland once said " you don't know the quality of a player until he plays Alabama". This is one of the games that makes college football great.
The past few years we haven't held up our end but its time to start turning things around !
GO VOLS !!