re: How many people here truly only care about Alabama football?

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Mainly because I'm a UAH graduate, not UAT

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I see a slight issue with your fandom...lol

I care about any sport that dons the Crimson. I follow football and basketball closely and have since I was a kid so about 45 years worth. I follow most of the other sports casually.

No, I’m not an alum although I’ve probably spent more time on campus than many a graduate. I had a Presidential to Bama and turned it down because of my future ex-wife to go to Samford which in hindsight really didn’t make any sense at all since she went to Bama after me but it is what it is. I jokingly say I have half of a finance degree from UA because I did several of her papers/projects for her.

My kid is probably going to take her Presidential and attend the honors college in Tuscaloosa and I was in Tide Pride for years. All that to say I’m not your typical sidewalker and I’m probably more invested emotionally and financially in Bama than many alumni.

And I loathe FOGs. Football has and always will be king at Bama and is sacred. It is well taken care of and lacks for nothing. It is also guarded jealously and for good reason. I have no issues with that and I agree with it. But nothing among that precludes us from taking care of our other programs and ensuring they get what they need to be great. Being a FOG is just silly.

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I was just trying to figure out if there are truly large segments of the fanbase that have absolutely zero interest in any other sports to the point of being hostile about them being discussed like some on this website. I never thought so, but it got me wondering.

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Football and basketball obviously....Bama basketball has been so damn frustrating. I don't follow the other sports because it doesn't interest me but that doesn't mean I don't want them to be succesful. Maybe if we were really good at college baseball like LSU I would be as interested as their fans are. I do like the college world series and always follow it.

I live and breathe Alabama Football, I love basketball a lot, the other Alabama teams I couldn’t tell you one player that’s ever played for them. I’m Football & Basketball only.

I hope Alabama wins at everything they compete at but I don’t follow any other sport besides Football. If basketball, softball, volleyball, gymnastics, or golf is on I’ll watch.

All good answers thanks guys.

I'm not the abritrator of how people watch sports but all of these seem totally appropriate to me. We all have our likes and dislikes which determines what sports we have more specific interests in. However, in the end if a team in Crimson is competing we very much want them to win.

Like I said before, what I don't understand is people who show irritation at any other sport at Alabama existing. I just don't get it.

Football dwarfs all other sports for me. For the life of me I don't understand why people act like trying to be good at the other sports somehow hurts football though.

The only one I know that just goes into threads to say how much he doesn't like other Bama sports is the guy who gets his jollies from making Bama football videos from some irrelevant year.

You're damn straight we don't. Every cent put into another facility is costing us a five star going to Clemson.

Here’s my stance:


I hope Alabama wins everything they compete in but both basketball and baseball make my eyes burn so I don’t watch either even if Alabama is winning or in the national championship. I hate both that bad. I grew up in the shitty years of football for Alabama (late 90s-early/mid 2000s) so no one can tell me I’m a side walker or band wagoner. I bleed crimson and white and I’ll cheer for this team 0-12 just as much as 15-0.


I’m not an alumni but all the people who are that hold a holier than thou stance just look at the student section this past year. I’ve probably put more money into the program than a lot of alumni have. But respectfully, I hope everyone gets along equally and looks past a degree and “who belongs to being a fan” like the Bowl Jacksons of the world.