re: What makes athletics in the state of Alabama so toxic?

I have said this for years, and I still think it holds true today. There is an element of the Bama fan base whose lives suck soo much, that they yearn to attached themselves to a winning program. They have been looked down by most of society their entire life, so they search for element of the population that they can reciprocate that behavior. They use the Football Program as a form of superiority, and AU Fans have grown to resent that.