Soo American Football... where do i start!! I have been to three games now against North Texas, Arkansas and Vanderbilt and they still dont cease to amaze me. Just the cheer excitement that takes place on campus the day of the game is unbelievable. Literally everyone is in Alabama colours from the pet dog to the tiny baby or the open top car or the motor bike passing on the road. All the students also majorly dress up. on an ordinary day every girl on campus wears an XXL tshirt with shorts and trainers but on game day this all changes and they all get their beautiful dresses out and their high heels. Tailgating is a massive thing here, everyone starts setting up tents on the quad the friday before the game and by the morning of game day everyone is out in force on the quad with their drinks, bbq food and mahoosive tvs to watch the lead up to the game and in the background you can hear the Million Dollar Band warming up, its pretty cool! There is also food stalls and fun fair rides for the kids. Its ridiculous, i cant quite compare it to anything we have in England.
I find the actual game mega boring (but dont tell anyone i said that here because i will probably get shot!) I dont know if you are familiar with America Football but the game is made up of four quarters so technically it should be an hour with a half time but usually about four hours later we are still stood watching. Literally every two minutes they stop the clock for about ten minutes and the whole time is spent stood up!! The bit that i enjoy is the bits at the beginning and the middle when the million dollar band, cheerleaders and Crimsonettes do there thing. One thing that was an amazing site was the whole stadium.. every one hundred and eight thousand seats.. doing the wave around the stadium! One thing i forgot to mention is the seating for the students is all down one end but it is split into the greek section (sororities and fraternities) and the ordinary student section. This has been a subject of contention on campus since I have been here because it is a recently new thing. I dont think i agree with it because instead of segregating people on their race it is pretty much segregating people on their wealth and class. I dont know why they felt the need to split everyone up! There is an in joke within the Greeks that the normal students are called the GDI's standing for God Damn Independence because of all the fuss they are kicking up which is quite funny. We are yet to loose a game so everyone is hoping that Alabama gets to the national championships in New Orleans this year. Roll Tide!
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