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The great lost tradition of the Blue-Gray Game
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:33 am
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:33 am
Christmas day, Crampton Bowl, Montgomery, getting to make fun of your relatives from rivals who have players playing in the game because they didnt make a bowl, semi-awkward Civil War language and references
BRING IT BACK
BRING IT BACK
BRING IT BACK
BRING IT BACK
BRING IT BACK
BRING IT BACK
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Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:35 am to SummerOfGeorge
If I recall correctly there was usually a smattering of FCS and lower division players on both teams that no one had ever heard of before. Fun games. 
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:37 am to SummerOfGeorge
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semi-awkward Civil War language and references
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:37 am to GetCocky11
Hahaha to be fair I was thinking more along the lines of the 1990s, not the overtly awkward 1960s or 1970s like that ticket
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
I remember watching a guy from Miss Valley St playing in that game when I was a kid. He had a great day. That was Jerry Rice. That was what made the Blue Grey game the guys from small schools that got to play on Tv and help their draft chances,
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:40 am to golfntiger32
One year they actually had Coach Bryant as part of the broadcast game crew. It was cold as hell that day.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:40 am to SummerOfGeorge
Use to attend it every year growing up. Would be pissed that I had to sit in the cold instead of being home playing with my presents.
The biggest crowd was when Terry Bowden coached it in 1994. That was the peak AttitUde and AUdacity era.
The biggest crowd was when Terry Bowden coached it in 1994. That was the peak AttitUde and AUdacity era.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:40 am to golfntiger32
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That was what made the Blue Grey game the guys from small schools that got to play on Tv and help their draft chances,
That and laughing at your uncles and cousins because Alabama/Auburn players were in the game.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:42 am to FairhopeTider
I just remember it always being on in the background at the giant family Christmas lunch and it was always before the Hawaii Bowl.
And it seemed like every year as a kid (90s) one of Alabama/Auburn had missed a bowl for being bad or probation and had guys in the game.
And it seemed like every year as a kid (90s) one of Alabama/Auburn had missed a bowl for being bad or probation and had guys in the game.
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Posted on 12/6/18 at 7:42 am to SummerOfGeorge
i remember when i was a kid and watching it....a lot things are missed when you are my age,SoG
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:10 am to SummerOfGeorge
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rivals who have players playing in the game because they didnt make a bowl
Well, when there are 72 bowls and any team with enough talent to put a guy in the game won the 5 games it takes to get in one, that doesn't leave much talent to put together this game.
(Yes, I know it officially takes 6 wins, but exceptions are made sometimes just to get the warm bodies.)
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:18 am to Ag Zwin
Don't know what yall are talking about, I read along with the Blue Gray gamethread just last year. It was a classic! Blue Gray gamethread-2017
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:20 am to SlimCharles140
Hahahahahahahahaha that is fantastic
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:21 am to SummerOfGeorge
I remember watching it on Christmas morning. When was the last year?
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:22 am to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
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I remember watching it on Christmas morning. When was the last year?
2003
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:28 am to SummerOfGeorge
There are too many bowl games now for it to be a viable game.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:32 am to Bham Bammer
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There are too many bowl games now for it to be a viable game.
Tennessee, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Louisville, North Carolina, FSU, Kansas St, Texas Tech, Kansas, Maryland, Indiana, Rutgers, Nebraska, Illinois, Oregon State, USC, Arizona, UCLA, Colorado
Those plus the non P5 plus 1AA and D2.......you could find 80 kids that wanted to play.
It just isnt going to make any money, and with the 5 or 6 senior bowl type games out there this one isnt going to make the cut.
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Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:36 am to SummerOfGeorge
I froze my arse off several Christmases at cramton bowl!
Posted on 12/6/18 at 8:37 am to SummerOfGeorge
The switching up of the helmet decals were my favorite.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 9:49 am to SummerOfGeorge
Different times. Even different cultures.
Kids today don't even understand the Blue-Grey reference.
Kids today don't even understand the Blue-Grey reference.
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