re: Something that makes you laugh about your own fanbase.

One of my favorite humorous and annoying things about our fanbase is more of a local gameday issue but it speaks to the complete inability of many sidewalk fans (especially older ones) to embrace any kind of change whatsoever to "the good ole days" of the Alabama game day experience. These fans bitch constantly about no longer being able to park two blocks from the stadium 30 minutes before kickoff. Heaven forbid they have to actually park on the edge of campus or just off for $10 or $20 and actually walk a couple hundred yards to one of about a dozen shuttle stops and ride a FREE shuttle to the Quad and walk another whopping 300 yards to the stadium. It never dawns on these people that maybe, just maybe the additional 41,000 seats that have been added to BDS since the "good ole days" may have necessitated logistical changes to parking, tailgating, and the overall gameday experience. Their solution is more surface parking lots near the stadium. The fact that this extra parking would only be needed 8 days a year and would be a complete waste of space and valuable real estate is irrelevant to them. They see all the beautiful new classroom buildings and dorms on campus as wasted opportunities for more surface parking closer to the stadium that might add an extra 500 yards these old codgers might have to walk. The lack of this parking to them is just another example of how Gene Hallman (man who oversees the company that designs and implements the gameday logistics and their favorite boogie man) has "ruined" the gameday experience. These are the same fans that despite the fact Tuscaloosa has added a half dozen or so really good restaurants the last decade they still insist on recommending Dreamland BBQ as the end all be all one of a kind dining experience to each and every visiting fan who asks for dining options...lol