re: What is everyone's backstory?

Born in Columbus, OH(dad was finishing school at OSU), raised in Tuscaloosa. Approaching 50, graduated from Bama in 95, though I hung around Tuscaloosa for a couple years after graduating pretending I was gonna go to graduate school when really I was just hanging around waiting for my GF at the time to graduate.

Dad took me to a couple of football games in the late 70's, but I really didn't fall in love with Bama athletics until around 81 when dad bought basketball season tickets. From 81 through my graduating from Bama, I didn't miss many home games, and went to several road games through the years. Deep down, basketball is still my first college sport love. I guess living in Tuscaloosa and seeing him around town from time to time had something to do with it, but I never really appreciated the stature of Coach Bryant. It didn't really hit until he died and watching his funeral procession from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham on the local news.