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re: So,what got you hooked
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:09 am to Nortizzle
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:09 am to Nortizzle
My dad and I Used to catch a game every now and then at Legion field. The only game I remember remember at Legion that I saw in person though is the Penn state game. We use to be able to see Bama when they came to LSU. I have even shown up in the 90's with a girl I was dating at the time and had someone give me free tickets. That was the year we won the national.title and I had just graduated high school the year before.
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Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:11 am to Nortizzle
Born and raised in Baton Rouge. Dad had season tickets since I can remember (after he divorced my Mom). I lived with my grandmother and he used to come by after every game and bring me the opposing teams pennants. I've got a great collection of 60's pennant's Ended up going to LSU for undergrad. Love purple and gold.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:22 am to labamafan
I saw Alabama play Southern Miss at Legion field with my uncle and cousin in 1997. Freddie Kitchens baby. My first game to see in Tuscaloosa, I got to witness Alabama lose to Central Florida in 2000. Awesome. First Bama win in Tuscaloosa I saw was over Ole Miss in 2002. Last game in T-town was 2011 Bama-LSU.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:34 am to UMRealist
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re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:14 am to RT58)
I always liked going to Ole Miss games when I was a kid but I didn't really care about the game as much as I did the event. It wasn't until I watched the 2003 Fiesta Bowl (OSU vs MIA), of all games, that I became a huge fan of college football and my depression level became determined by W/L's
re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:14 am to RT58)
I always liked going to Ole Miss games when I was a kid but I didn't really care about the game as much as I did the event. It wasn't until I watched the 2003 Fiesta Bowl (OSU vs MIA), of all games, that I became a huge fan of college football and my depression level became determined by W/L's
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:37 am to RidiculousHype
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re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:19 am to RT58)
1995, I was 14 and LSU had just hired Gerry DiNardo and our SEC home opener was against #5 ranked Auburn. We were like 17 point dogs. We wore white at home for the first time since 1980. We upset them 12-6 on an interception in the end zone by Troy Twillie as time expired.
The crowd was so loud my head was vibrating, and my voice was hoarse the whole next week at school. I've been hooked ever since.
Hook,line and sinker. Works every time
re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:19 am to RT58)
1995, I was 14 and LSU had just hired Gerry DiNardo and our SEC home opener was against #5 ranked Auburn. We were like 17 point dogs. We wore white at home for the first time since 1980. We upset them 12-6 on an interception in the end zone by Troy Twillie as time expired.
The crowd was so loud my head was vibrating, and my voice was hoarse the whole next week at school. I've been hooked ever since.
Hook,line and sinker. Works every time
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:39 am to harmonics
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re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:25 am to RidiculousHype)
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1995
My year as well. Living in Tennessee. The Vols beat Alabama for the first time in 9 years, 41-14. I was in 7th grade and caught so much shite at school. Before that, I just sported Bama gear because my family rooted for them. But after that, it was on...... I started following everything associated with Alabama and have ever since. These last 6 years in Tennessee have been glorious....
I think we all remember that fiasco
re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:25 am to RidiculousHype)
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1995
My year as well. Living in Tennessee. The Vols beat Alabama for the first time in 9 years, 41-14. I was in 7th grade and caught so much shite at school. Before that, I just sported Bama gear because my family rooted for them. But after that, it was on...... I started following everything associated with Alabama and have ever since. These last 6 years in Tennessee have been glorious....
I think we all remember that fiasco
Posted on 7/28/13 at 2:44 am to Nortizzle
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re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:54 am to RT58)
Dad was an insane Bama fan. Spent big money on the signed and numbered Daniel Moore paintings, Bama stuff everywhere, made the family leave on Saturdays so he could watch the game alone. I had a redskins starter jacket and he threw it away when we brought it home from the store. Said the only football that was allowed in the house was Alabama. My best friend was an auburn fan and I started watching the games in 2000 with him and became an auburn fan.
Shouldn't have thrown my starter jacket away.
There is such a thing as an insane fan?
re: So,what got you hooked (Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:54 am to RT58)
Dad was an insane Bama fan. Spent big money on the signed and numbered Daniel Moore paintings, Bama stuff everywhere, made the family leave on Saturdays so he could watch the game alone. I had a redskins starter jacket and he threw it away when we brought it home from the store. Said the only football that was allowed in the house was Alabama. My best friend was an auburn fan and I started watching the games in 2000 with him and became an auburn fan.
Shouldn't have thrown my starter jacket away.
There is such a thing as an insane fan? Posted on 7/28/13 at 4:33 am to RT58
Two other nights the earth shook...
1970
LSU - 61
Ole Miss - 17
1971
LSU - 28
Notre Dame - 8
1970
LSU - 61
Ole Miss - 17
1971
LSU - 28
Notre Dame - 8
Posted on 7/28/13 at 5:37 am to RT58
I don't ever remember NOT being an obnoxious Georgia fan. My formative years were during the Walker era. My first game that I can remember in Sanford Stadium was the Baylor game in 1985. I was 7. It was raining like hell. Even at 7 years old, I sat through the rain without a pancho because the only ones that were sold were yellow and I was damned if I was going to be mistaken for a Baylor fan.
I never stood a chance of not being a Georgia fan. My dad had season tickets long before i was born. I grew up in a family that didn't mind where we sat in church most of the year but during the fall, we had to sit in the back row so we get out as fast as possible so we could get home for the Vince Dooley show.
I never stood a chance of not being a Georgia fan. My dad had season tickets long before i was born. I grew up in a family that didn't mind where we sat in church most of the year but during the fall, we had to sit in the back row so we get out as fast as possible so we could get home for the Vince Dooley show.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 5:38 am to RT58
My dad was a UA grad from the early 60's and a huge football fan. Not every game was televised back in the 70's when I was a kid, so every Saturday, even if we were at the game, we had John Forney on the transistor radio.
I've loved football for as long as I can remember, so I can't pinpoint exactly when I became hooked, but I know the moment when I realized I was hooked. January 1st 1982, and I had just turned ten. Bama took a 10 point lead into the 4th quarter against Texas in the Cotton Bowl but gave up two TD's. Walter Lewis still had a chance to win it but threw an interception on the one yard line with about a minute left. I was crushed. Heartbroken. You know you're hooked when a loss hurts like that.
I've loved football for as long as I can remember, so I can't pinpoint exactly when I became hooked, but I know the moment when I realized I was hooked. January 1st 1982, and I had just turned ten. Bama took a 10 point lead into the 4th quarter against Texas in the Cotton Bowl but gave up two TD's. Walter Lewis still had a chance to win it but threw an interception on the one yard line with about a minute left. I was crushed. Heartbroken. You know you're hooked when a loss hurts like that.
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Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:09 am to RT58
First memory is 1971, the year Sullivan won the Heisman.
Bitterly disappointed when Bama beat us 31-7.
The second memory is "punt bama punt" in 1972.
Listening to Gary Sanders and Gusty Yearout on the radio as a kid.
My first game was 1973 UT Chatt 31-0 Auburn. Afterwards my uncle(1952 Alum- not a multimillion dollar donor) took my brother and I into the locker room and the players signed out program.
I remember going to September games at Jordan Hare for 1 dollar in 1979 and 1980.
So I was hooked because of Sullivan to Beasley. Stuck with AU during the 70's and then went to AU as a student in 1982. Bo was there for my 4 years on campus.
Bitterly disappointed when Bama beat us 31-7.
The second memory is "punt bama punt" in 1972.
Listening to Gary Sanders and Gusty Yearout on the radio as a kid.
My first game was 1973 UT Chatt 31-0 Auburn. Afterwards my uncle(1952 Alum- not a multimillion dollar donor) took my brother and I into the locker room and the players signed out program.
I remember going to September games at Jordan Hare for 1 dollar in 1979 and 1980.
So I was hooked because of Sullivan to Beasley. Stuck with AU during the 70's and then went to AU as a student in 1982. Bo was there for my 4 years on campus.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:11 am to RT58
Growing up in the Carencro/Lafayette area I became a fan of LSU when Kevin Faulk commited to LSU and have been a fan ever since. Been living in Georgia a long time, I can remember when I use to have to just catch the LSU score on espn and hope for some highlights. Now I can watch pretty much every game I want to.
I would say I really became a college football junkie around the 2002 season. UGA had a great run that year, LSU had the bluegrass miracle that year.
Gentlemen we are a month away from hot boudin cold beer and some damn strong football
I would say I really became a college football junkie around the 2002 season. UGA had a great run that year, LSU had the bluegrass miracle that year.
Gentlemen we are a month away from hot boudin cold beer and some damn strong football
Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:23 am to RT58
Almost 6 years on this site and you don't know how to quote?
Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:23 am to RT58
One morning I woke up and Alabama football saved my life
Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:25 am to Bama Bird
As a serious answer,
I had only casually followed Alabama for my childhood. It wasn't until my sister came to school here (I was in 10th grade) that I got into it. That was subsequently Nick Saban's first year. I went to every home game that year, and have only missed one home game since. If I have to point to an exact moment, it's beating Arkansas two weeks later
I had only casually followed Alabama for my childhood. It wasn't until my sister came to school here (I was in 10th grade) that I got into it. That was subsequently Nick Saban's first year. I went to every home game that year, and have only missed one home game since. If I have to point to an exact moment, it's beating Arkansas two weeks later
Posted on 7/28/13 at 12:38 pm to RT58
Lord help me I grew up a huge Ole Miss fan and will never forget this game. I drove all the way from UF to see it...
1983 - The Immaculate Deflection, or the Wind Bowl: In what has become known to Mississippi and MSU fans as "The Immaculate Deflection," the 1983 Egg Bowl played in Jackson is notable because the wind helped preserve Ole Miss' 24-23 victory. Down by a point with 24 seconds left in the game, MSU kicked what would have been a 27-yard game winning field goal. MSU freshman kicker Artie Cosby kicked it straight and long and what appeared to be over the crossbar, but as the ball reached the goal posts, a 40 mph gusting wind suspended the ball inches from the uprights, after which it fell short of the goal post, securing the victory for the Rebels.
1983 - The Immaculate Deflection, or the Wind Bowl: In what has become known to Mississippi and MSU fans as "The Immaculate Deflection," the 1983 Egg Bowl played in Jackson is notable because the wind helped preserve Ole Miss' 24-23 victory. Down by a point with 24 seconds left in the game, MSU kicked what would have been a 27-yard game winning field goal. MSU freshman kicker Artie Cosby kicked it straight and long and what appeared to be over the crossbar, but as the ball reached the goal posts, a 40 mph gusting wind suspended the ball inches from the uprights, after which it fell short of the goal post, securing the victory for the Rebels.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 12:39 pm to RT58
12 years of siblings going to school at A&M before me. Loved everything about it.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 12:48 pm to PanhandleDawg
In high school, the 2000 season. First year I had season tickets (I grew up in Columbia).
Snapped the 0-21 steak first game of the season, beat UGA the second, the Eric Kimrey fade against MSU in the fourth, and taking out Ohio State in the Outback Bowl.
I helped tear down the goalposts in the first two games. Still have the first down marker and a sawed off piece of goal post from the UGA game.
Snapped the 0-21 steak first game of the season, beat UGA the second, the Eric Kimrey fade against MSU in the fourth, and taking out Ohio State in the Outback Bowl.
I helped tear down the goalposts in the first two games. Still have the first down marker and a sawed off piece of goal post from the UGA game.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 11:35 pm to Nortizzle
I was 5 when we won the natty in 97' my uncle was attending UF at the time we drove up to celebrate the win in gainesville, all I remember was thousands of people going crazy over football so i knew it must be awesome.
Posted on 7/28/13 at 11:40 pm to RT58
LSU vs Auburn 1995 my first game as a kid, been hooked ever since. Watching Dinardo and the gang whoop up on Terry Bowden was awesome. I think Auburn came into that game ranked like #5 or something.
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