Alabama definitely has some crazy message board fans. They alternate between praising new coaches as the second coming of Bear Bryant, then crucifying the same guy a few years later if he doesn't meet alumni expectations.

Bama message board are also the hatching places of plots- one time I saw a man lay out a rather intricate plan to destroy a part of a rival's campus that has historic meaning. He gained a few followers before he was given the message board equivalent of a good ol' boy beatdown by some of the old guard, who, while crazy about Alabama, manage to maintain a sense of honor and respect.

Finally, small groups of Bama fans have even colonized the message boards of other schools without a strong athletic tradition, just so more reasonable people have a place to congregate. These are my favorite, because every two months or so there's a post from a confused fan of the non-football school, to the effect of "Who are all you people and why are you talking about Alabama on my Small Liberal Arts College's football team's message board?"

I'm a big Alabama fan myself, but I can't even begin to jump into the chaos of the message boards. I wouldn't have time for anything else!

Roll Tide

I don't touch the mesasage boards either. What the uninformed may find interesting is how message boards brought down an Alabama football coach - probably an unsung historic moment for all message boards.

Coach Mike Price had a roudy night out in Pensacola. He apparently visited a strip joint and took at least one girl back to his room. The next day the girl began ringing up room service from his room. Coach Price was informed of this while at a charity golf event.

Message boards got wind of all of this and before you can say "its rolling baby," he was rolling out of Tuscaloosa. One of my proudest days as an Alabama alum was when our administration said "we won't put up with that."

Roll Tide,

Bama

Class of '90.