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April 2008 A-Day Game 

Alabama's Spring Football Game

We made the trip down to Tuscaloosa again to see the Crimson and White go at it. At 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2008, my dad and my two nephews arrive at my house to pick up my son and me. All of us are decked out in our 'Bama garb, and we hit the road a bit after 6.

The boys are in the back seat, loaded up with a billion songs on their iPods, I take over the drivers seat, and the journey begins.

We stopped at Hardee's in Franklin, TN, for a little early morning breakfast and the rest of the trip is smooth sailing. At one of the Huntsville exits, we see a good price on gas and decide to fill up. There were 5 cars just at that service station, full of Crimson Tide fans, headed down to Tuscaloosa. We saw a LOT more of them in the cars that we passed (mostly, that passed us).

Once on the University of Alabama campus, we notice a lot more vendors and booths than last year. The best thing we found, though, was the burgers, dogs, etc., at Rama Jama's, just across from the stadium. While there were plenty of choices, they had GREAT prices and really nice folks working the lines outside. We were glad we waited to eat.

The crowd was again pretty large, but not as crazy big as last year's 92,000+ (the official numbers, but there were way more than 92k there). The game was fun to watch, and there were some crazy folks walking around.

We had a good time, and I took a lot of pictures. There are over 80 of them right now in my A-Day set on Flickr, with more to come. Check them out and let me hear from you if you were there. Who knows, you might be in one of my pictures!