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The Crimson Ripple vs Havana = domination
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:10 pm
Looks like other SEC teams also played the University of Havana in the past, with Lsu traveling to Cuba.
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in the 1940s the junior varsity team scored a victory against international competition. On November 9, 1946, Alabama's "B" team, which consisted of a mix of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, played against the University of Havana in Dothan. Known by several nicknames including the "Bees," the "Baby Tide," and the "Crimson Ripple," they made easy work of the Caribes, crushing them by a score of 53-18.
The University of Havana weren't newcomers to the sport. By the mid-1940s they had been playing the game for more than three decades. The first contest between the Caribes and a North American school came in 1907 when LSU traveled to the island. Over the next forty years, the University of Havana football team regularly played other squads in Cuba, such as the Cuban Athletic Club, as well as North American teams, especially teams from Florida.
In the 1940s, the Caribes took a few trips in the Southeast. In 1944, they traveled as far north as South Carolina to play a game against Presbyterian College. On this trip, the University of Havana team played a few games in Georgia before meeting the Alabama "B" team in Dothan.
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At halftime of the game, the four high school bands performed a patriotic song program that included the "Washington Post March," the "Footlifter’s March," and the "Victory March." At the close of the performance, the bands spelled out "U-S-A" and a "V" for Victory. While there are clear nationalistic overtones to their program, it probably had less to do with the fact there was a foreign team in the game and more likely a continued celebration of the end of Second World War and the upcoming Armistice Day on November 11.
The nearly four thousand at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium witnessed a high-scoring but mostly one-sided game. The Alabama "B" team won 53-18. The Crimson Ripple built a large lead in the first half with big plays, but the Caribes scored a few big plays of their own in the second half, including a third quarter score on a triple-reverse.
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This post was edited on 7/12/12 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:14 pm to Alahunter
Even a Bama fan has to give you a TL, DR on this one.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:16 pm to elposter
no worries. not everyone is gonna find interesting the same things I do.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:18 pm to Alahunter
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Seriously, I doubt a single non gump on this board gives a rats arse about what a JV team did in the 1940s.
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Seriously, I doubt a single non gump on this board gives a rats arse about what a JV team did in the 1940s.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:20 pm to Alahunter
I am a Bama fan.
I was born and raised in Dothan.
Sitll TLDR & IDGAF
I was born and raised in Dothan.
Sitll TLDR & IDGAF
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:21 pm to 12
Is there an SECy for "worst thread?"
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:32 pm to Tennessee Jed
They were interested in playing southern schools because they could pick up the game radio broadcasts of most of the southern states. Told to me by an elder co-worker from Cuba who happened to be a big LSU fan.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:36 pm to TurDuken
I can't believe that there are still restrictions on Cuba now. Can't tell me some legit channels couldn't open up between the U.S. and them now.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:37 pm to Alahunter
I read and actually found it interesting. Then again, I'm a Gump.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:38 pm to WhoDatBammer
I did too. Lsu being the first team to travel there and play them was interesting too. Along with playing South Carolina.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 1:38 pm to WhoDatBammer
I find this interesting, also. But then again I like most any kind of history.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 2:04 pm to Alahunter
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I can't believe that there are still restrictions on Cuba now. Can't tell me some legit channels couldn't open up between the U.S. and them now.
You spend a decade trying to allow the Soviets to put Nuclear Missile sites 90 miles from US soil, the feds aren't going to ease up on you any time soon. To say nothing of the oppression of their people and human rights violations regarding political dissidents.
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Posted on 7/12/12 at 2:06 pm to Tennessee Jed
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Is there an SECy for "worst thread?"
If there is you have that shite on lock down.
Posted on 7/12/12 at 2:10 pm to Alahunter
ANOTHER SHITTY THREAD BY ALAHUNTER
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