Letter to the Editor

Sweet Home Alabama
by: Aaron S. Lee
Managing Editor American Football Monthly
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Football has always enjoyed a special relationship with the South, especially the University of Alabama. No team in the country – other than Notre Dame – has ever duplicated the Crimson Tide’s gridiron success. In fact, even the heralded Fighting Irish barely edges Alabama in the national title race with 13 trophies compared to Bama’s 12.

Former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi summed it up best when asked how it felt to be the greatest team in the world after winning the championship in 1966. Lombardi said, “I don’t know, we haven’t played Alabama yet.”

And throughout the past five decades – including Alabama’s seven Associated Press natio....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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