re: More media bulletin board material

Georgia has dominated the sport in many ways for the better part of a decade. The media doesn’t hate on them. It’s a progressive swing state in election cycles. Columbus, OH is more progressive than Tuscaloosa. Not saying that all the winning that Saban did doesn’t matter in the debate. It does. But there has always been a stigma around Alabama, the state and university, because of the ugly incidents that occurred during the 1960’s.

I got to travel a lot in my job and I absolutely ran into that. Honestly, the worst place I ever encountered such crap was Missouri, you could tell that every time someone looked at me as being from Alabama, they were seeing Gomer Pyle. People in NYC weren’t even close to them as far as snootiness. I guess they forgot they were basically an outlaw border state during the Civil War.

One of the most welcoming places for Southerners is in Washington state, up above Seattle, where we have relatives. People in that area are country folks, only difference is the trees are pointy and they drink as much wine and cider (both outstanding) as they do beer.

Funny, I know a guy from Pittsburgh who lives in Alabama now. He’s always belittling the South and has that Yankee condescending attitude. I guess every place has its bad apples.

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I got to travel a lot in my job and I absolutely ran into that. Honestly, the worst place I ever encountered such crap was Missouri, you could tell that every time someone looked at me as being from Alabama, they were seeing Gomer Pyle. People in NYC weren’t even close to them as far as snootiness. I guess they forgot they were basically an outlaw border state during the Civil War.

One of the most welcoming places for Southerners is in Washington state, up above Seattle, where we have relatives. People in that area are country folks, only difference is the trees are pointy and they drink as much wine and cider (both outstanding) as they do beer.

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I've found that pretty much everywhere I've gone outside of the south people are nice and kind for the most part, even NYC. I have never been to the majority of the upper and far midwest states, upper east coast states, Alaska, and Hawaii, but pretty much everywhere else.

Oddly enough, Nashville people have the weirdest, coldest vibe of pretty much any place I've been(actually lived there for about 4 months.) That is just my experience though.

The one thing that does worry me this game is Indiana will, probably, be more displined than Bama and not make mistakes. Maybe the stage is too big and pressure hits in a tight game to them, maybe it don't,we've been battle tested in a few games. They did have the comeback at Penn State. The final drive was impressive, but they are definitely beatable. If our overall talent and depth is healthy and plays to their star level, we'll win.