Trails of Tradition

It was December of 1973, my senior year in high school. I had recently turned 18, making me a “big…

A life-or-death matter, it was not. But my heart sure sank on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1977, when I received a…

It was, as they say, the call of a lifetime. Just a few days ago, on Tuesday, July 25, around…

With a nod to the classic “What’s My Line” panel game show from the 1950s and 1960s, our subject: Graduated…

As the Alabama basketball team plays its first-round NCAA tournament game today in Birmingham, there’s no better time than now…

From Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, Rich Wingo learns a valuable life lesson “No one’s ever been kicked off the team…

For Mary Lou Laslie Henry, the phone call sounded too good to be true. Way down in Alabama, on the…

What if, after this Saturday’s Iron Bowl, the University of Alabama and Auburn University announced a pause in the rivalry…

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book…

Good morning, Tide Nation, it’s game day! Season openers have been quite kind to the Crimson Tide over the past…

Thus far in my blog reflecting on 40 memories in my 40 years at the University of Alabama, I’ve covered…

Two blogs in, and I’ve only covered 11 “memories” over a five-year span (1982-1986). I guess I’d better get movin’,…

In Part One of my “Forty Years, Forty Memories” blog, which is available on my www.tommyfordrealestate.com website, I took a…

Recently I “celebrated,” if you will, my 40-year anniversary of being hired at the University of Alabama. To me, there’s…

By Tommy Ford What is your favorite Crimson Tide national championship team? The 1961 squad (Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first…

In early 2018, just a few weeks following the Tua-to-DeVonta 2nd & 26 heroics in the Crimson Tide’s stunning national…

Whereas the first two parts of “From P.O.T.T. to TIDE PRIDE” covered the creation of TIDE PRIDE in 1987-88 and…

From “P.O.T.T.” to “TIDE PRIDE” (Part Two) (Click on this link for Part One of “From P.O.T.T. to TIDE PRIDE”:…

There was a day, back in the spring of 1987, when the Crimson Tide could've gone to pot. As you…

Never, more than today, is Alan Pizzitola fighting so hard.