I still remember the first time I ever saw Legion Field.
About 15 years ago, my dad took me to the PapaJohns.com Bowl – a matchup between South Florida and East Carolina. Even before that game, my mother, who was an Alabama alumna, told me stories of her friends road-tripping to the “Old Gray Lady” to see Alabama play Tennessee.
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Frankly, it’s hard to ignore the history that covers the stadium located on Graymont Avenue in Birmingham. Between the massive parking lots, the intimidating lion statues at the front of the entrance and the massive spirals leading to the upper decks, the aura of the venue oozes football history.
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In Hans Christian Anderson’s tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” swindlers come to town to make the emperor clothing that only smart and competent people can actually see. They tell his subjects that if they are stupid or ignorant, they will be unable to see the beautiful and expensive clothing the emperor wears.
Regular people in the town flood the streets to see the parade with the emperor in his lovely new clothes, only they can’t see the clothing because it’s not actually there. It’s not until a child, unaware of the admonition, blurts out the truth that the villagers can admit they don’t see anything, either. The emperor is actually naked but their fear of being thought stupid actually made them fools.
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