![]() ![]() The fact that the owner still remembered my name was comforting because I figured she might not. I went to Chloe’s Cup, a coffee shop I practically lived at while trying to substitute coffee for sleep throughout graduate school. I lived in Tuscaloosa for two years and it felt good to return. My excitement stemmed more from the thrill of a new experience, rather than specifically being on the sideline of Bryant-Denny Stadium. But this time around, I took nothing for granted and tried to soak up every minute. If there is a next time, I probably won’t be as impressed. Last season, I was in the student section for most of the home games and had a blast from that vantage point but this was an infinitely better place to witness the action. I looked up into the crowd and saw over 100,000 fans absolutely crazy about the Crimson Tide and knew many of them would pay a sizable price tag to be where I was. I guess there were many things that struck me about the whole experience, but the reason I was so excited is I was extremely conscious of how fortunate I was to be there. After all, the players for the University of Alabama are younger than me and have to tie one shoe at a time just like the rest of us. It’s not as if I was star-struck or anything. My photos will be of a much higher quality and I won’t be excited enough to text my brother Matt and tell him I was ten feet behind Amari Cooper when he caught a touchdown. I suspect, very soon, I will be more like them. Still, I’m not ashamed of the photos I got. They have high-priced telephoto lenses and all that experience, so needless to say, their photos were much better than mine. I know people in the media aren’t supposed to be impressed by such things and most of them weren’t.įor some of them, they’ve seen the view from the sideline many times before and have covered such things for more than two decades. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to cover my main alma mater, the University of Alabama, from the sideline. ![]()
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