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Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:15 am to Projectpat
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:15 am to Projectpat
Lots of respect for the best program in college football history. Definitely lots of issues with the state, as the same could be said for the entire South, but nonetheless think the majority of Alabamans are good people who mean very well and I'm looking forward to hopefully spending some time down there in the future.
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:23 am to Roc Nation
My thoughts on Alabama? Hangout Fest is awesome and we are going back with early bird tickets again next year!
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:25 am to BigD Ag
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The University of Alabama is honoring members of head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's Texas A&M teams this weekend. 23 members of Bryant's 1954-57 Texas A&M teams will be recognized in a pregame ceremony on Saturday afternoon. In addition they will be honored at a reception at the Bryant Museum following the game.
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Six of Coach Bryant’s players at A&M eventually found their way to Alabama to pursue coaching careers including the late Bobby Marks, who was a Tide assistant coach from 1972 to 1982.
Darwin Holt was a fullback & linebacker who played at A&M in 1957, he then transferred to Alabama in 1959 and was a member of Alabama’s 1961 national championship team.
Bobby Drake Keith was a halfback at A&M and then joined Coach Bryant as a member of his football staff in 1958 and 59.
Dee Powell was a guard at A&M, and then followed Bryant to Alabama where he served on his staff for 20 seasons.
In 1957 John David Crow won A&M's only Heisman-trophy and later served as an assistant for the Tide from 1969 to 1971.
Gene Stallings played for Coach Bryant at A&M and then following his playing career at A&M, followed "The Bear" to Alabama, where he was an assistant coach for seven seasons. In 1965, he became head coach at Texas A&M for seven seasons, then was a long-time assistant for the Dallas Cowboys. After a stint as head coach of the St. Louis & Phoenix Cardinals, he served as Alabama’s head coach from 1990 to 1996, leading the Tide to the 1992 national championship following a Sugar Bowl win over Miami.
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:29 am to Old Sarge
Fat ..check
possibly drunk... check
Hella stupid..check plus
Typical Bama fan, nothing to see here
possibly drunk... check
Hella stupid..check plus
Typical Bama fan, nothing to see here
This post was edited on 11/8/12 at 9:30 am
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:35 am to Palmetto08
Most of the folks on the Non Pay site for Texags are college students or recent grads who haven't done a lot of traveling. Still, I don't think those comments are especially harsh. Alabama isn't particularly beautiful outside of a few areas. Generally nice people that are fanatical about football but there aren't a ton of places in Alabama where people dream of going on vacation or visiting outside of Gulf Shores (I prefer Perdido myself) and the football venues.
One HUGE difference between Alabama (and most of the South) with Texas when you drive through is the Interstates are primarily lined with forests with tall trees where you just don't see anything but trees lined right up against the highway that are very dense. I have never really understood that. In Texas you have most of the land along the Interstates developed at a minimum with farms and ranches but also with a ton of other stuff. It's primarily open though so you can see for miles and miles most of the time. Isn't that land in Alabama and the rest of the South just as valuable with so much access right there? Why just leave it as forest land?
Mobile is kind of a neat town. Huntsville is ok. Birmingham is ok. Montgomery is terrible. After that Alabama is just lots of small to medium sized towns that are typically rural. Nothing wrong with that, just kind of boring. I've driven from South Carolina to Texas A LOT and there are huge stretches where it all feels about the same.
Texas is just a lot more diverse and it truly is like its own country.
One HUGE difference between Alabama (and most of the South) with Texas when you drive through is the Interstates are primarily lined with forests with tall trees where you just don't see anything but trees lined right up against the highway that are very dense. I have never really understood that. In Texas you have most of the land along the Interstates developed at a minimum with farms and ranches but also with a ton of other stuff. It's primarily open though so you can see for miles and miles most of the time. Isn't that land in Alabama and the rest of the South just as valuable with so much access right there? Why just leave it as forest land?
Mobile is kind of a neat town. Huntsville is ok. Birmingham is ok. Montgomery is terrible. After that Alabama is just lots of small to medium sized towns that are typically rural. Nothing wrong with that, just kind of boring. I've driven from South Carolina to Texas A LOT and there are huge stretches where it all feels about the same.
Texas is just a lot more diverse and it truly is like its own country.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:56 am to aggressor
Gulf Shores is the best place to go in Alabama from my experience (twice). I have been told lots of good things by numerous people that have gone to Tuscaloosa for gameday that it is something I need to do, which I plan to in 2 years. Other than that, driving through it is a lot like driving through east TX, highways lined with thick forests so you can't really see much but trees.scattered small towns here and there. Way better than driving through Kansas!
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:57 am to aggressor
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Texas when you drive through is the Interstates are primarily lined with forests with tall trees where you just don't see anything but trees lined right up against the highway that are very dense. I have never really understood that.
Are you suggesting that the citizens clearcut the interstate corridor for scenic viewing?
I spent a year living in Abilene. I was taught by my momma, that if you've nothing nice to say, don't say anything. That's all my commentary on your Texas.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:04 am to aggressor
I take it you've never driven I-20 near Longview and Marshall. East Texas has a shitload of pine trees.
ETA: Mississippi has way more pine trees along their interstates relative to Alabama. And it's not even close.
ETA: Mississippi has way more pine trees along their interstates relative to Alabama. And it's not even close.
This post was edited on 11/8/12 at 10:08 am
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:18 am to BrerTiger
I-10 through Beaumont looks like Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It really doesn't look all that different until you head north or go West of Houston.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:29 am to TeLeFaWx
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99% of TexAgs hasn't been to Alabama other than a pit stop at Wal-Mart outside of Mobile on the way to spring break.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:33 am to BrerTiger
Didn't mean to start a pine tree dick measuring contest and I realize that Texas has them as well in parts. Last Summer though I drove again from Austin to Greenville, SC then down to Port Canaveral and back. I've taken the "Northern" route from Dallas through Shreveport to Birmingham and across to Atlanta plenty of times as well. Just seems like a lot of wasted land when you could have a farm there with easy access to the Interstate or a business. It's nice for a while but after a few hundred miles of the same thing its awfully dull. I agree the I 20 section of Mississippi is maybe worse but there just aren't as many Interstate miles in Mississippi. Being more exciting than Mississippi isn't exactly a lot to brag about either.
I will say that the stretch from Mobile to Montgomery had developed A LOT in the last 20 years. That stretch used to feel like you better gas up and check to make sure your car was ok before you drove it but now there are a lot more stops along the way. My parents told me that was one of the last stretches of the original Interstate Highway System to be completed.
I actually still love to make the drive and I love the South. I just wish they could make it a little more interesting. I guarantee you it is a hell of a lot better than driving to Lubbock or on to Kansas or Nebraska. I always joked that Lawrence is located on the only hill in the entire State of Kansas. Anything West of the Hill Country in Texas is brutally boring.
I will say that the stretch from Mobile to Montgomery had developed A LOT in the last 20 years. That stretch used to feel like you better gas up and check to make sure your car was ok before you drove it but now there are a lot more stops along the way. My parents told me that was one of the last stretches of the original Interstate Highway System to be completed.
I actually still love to make the drive and I love the South. I just wish they could make it a little more interesting. I guarantee you it is a hell of a lot better than driving to Lubbock or on to Kansas or Nebraska. I always joked that Lawrence is located on the only hill in the entire State of Kansas. Anything West of the Hill Country in Texas is brutally boring.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:36 am to five_fivesix
T&P if you had to live in Abilene for a year. I was actually born there but we moved away when I was a baby. Of course Abilene is a fun town compared to where my wife is from in Big Spring. Once you get West of the hills in Texas it's just terrible. Ton of oil there though that keeps our endowment coffers filled!
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:40 am to aggressor
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Alabama isn't particularly beautiful outside of a few areas.
Compared to what? Texas?
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Why just leave it as forest land?
We have lots of farmland. I guess if that's what you think is beautiful, then your other statement makes more sense. quote:
Texas is just a lot more diverse and it truly is like its own country.
Geologically or culturally?
Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:46 pm to Teague
aggressor,
why do you have a picture of a 19 year old in his halloween costume as your profile pic?
why do you have a picture of a 19 year old in his halloween costume as your profile pic?
Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:48 pm to Palmetto08
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why do you have a picture of a 19 year old in his halloween costume as your profile pic?
You want to know how I know you're gay?
You're focusing on the wrong side of that pic.
This post was edited on 11/8/12 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:19 pm to aggressor
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Texas is just a lot more diverse and it truly is like its own country.
Thanks for the geography lesson.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:38 pm to Projectpat
I enjoy Alabama. It's citizens are fat fricking retards, but it's a nice place to visit.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:00 pm to Roger Klarvin
Alabama is home to a lot of natural beauty. Plus, Muscle Shoals has got the swampers, so I'm told.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:04 pm to aggressor
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Texas is just a lot more diverse and it truly is like its own country.
That's pretty easily accomplished, given our state is 268,561 square miles in area.
What's most is impressive, however, is that, according to Wiki, a whopping 68.7% of our residents speak English.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:06 pm to Agustus
Que?
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