Are there really people who would
miss their own daughter's wedding to go to a
football game? If you know anything about Alabama
football fanaticism, you know the answer is, "Of
course!" followed immediately by "Roll
Tide!"
Warren St. John, an Alabama native
who writes for the New York Times, spent
five months up close and personal with the RV crowd
that follows 'Bama football in a giant, migrating
horde. Before the season was out, St. John was the
proud owner of "The Hawg," a dilapidated,
gas-guzzling RV whose best feature was a Crimson
Tide tire cover. He had driven all over the South,
and he'd mingled with the entire spectrum of aging
frat brothers, former Southern belles, and good
ol' boys who really mean it when they say they live
for Alabama football. He'd also made friends with
a ticket broker, gotten kicked out of a press box,
and learned far more than he ever wanted to know
about maintaining a moribund RV with a leaky sewage
tank, dubious wiring, and a bent front axle...[Read
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