Do you remember where you were during the showdown between Alabama and LSU in 2012?
“S--- that Tiger d---, b----!” one fan hacked in a primal scream, as others soon followed. We looked to the young men and women seated in the row below us and confirmed our suspicions: “This is the student section.” Still dubbed “The Saban Bowl” in 2012, the game reopened the raw wounds of the coach bolting for the Miami Dolphins only to end up at an SEC West rival in a few years. Tiger fans let him know, loudly.
We expected intensity from the game and the venue before we ever drove down. And the teams matched it before they even took the field. Damion Square, the decorated Tide defensive lineman who won three national championships his way to a respectable NFL career gavethat only recently circulated Twitter and became a go-to hype video for fans ahead of big games. “...They done pissed me off, and the man on the field gotta see me. I’m’ll choke his ass out from snap to whistle.
That drive overwhelmed everybody in the building, even the quarterback who was in tears once he reached his sideline. In typical fashion Eli Gold called it beautifully, energetically insisting “He’s gonna go!” while commentator couldn’t help himself with a “Yes!” My wife shrieked, “Oh my...” and immediately covered her mouth as the LSU students appeared ill and, even more improbably, silent. Purple and gold stillness.
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