re: How bad were the fans at the game??

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Actually, it was a great experience. Every Bama fan I met was first class. A lot of “great games” and “go beat Ohio State”. Honestly, I was shocked but the hospitality was off the charts. Good people out there.

Now if you sit in the student section you deserve whatever happens.

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I had the same exact experience. Was honestly expecting quite the opposite. I got a " get the frick out of our state" after the game. But that was expected.

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Compared to the last few times I've been to Tuscaloosa, the campus was very quiet before the game and the trash talking was almost non-existent. After the game, lots of congrats, hope you enjoy your time in Tuscaloosa, we still hate y'all but you kicked our arse, etc. We didn't run into many issues.

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that's the way it was after the game the last time I went to the swamp, it was so civil and cordial I had to call up a UF alum friend and bitch about it because I was expecting the worst

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Buddy of mine went to the game and sat in the Alabama student section. Said he knew he’d get sh*t for being a LSU fan in there student section. But him and few other LSU people he was with were had drinks, nachos, and other stuff thrown at them the whole game. They were also spit on.

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Meh, to be expected sitting in the student section. I sat in the Auburn student section in 2006 when the waived off PI call happened at the end of the game. Had full water bottles and chilli dogs hummed at me all game. Not much you can do when you turn around to see who threw that shite and everyone behind you takes credit for it. So I don't advise anyone to sit in the opposing student section wearing visiting colors, especially our student section.

We had a great time and didn’t meet a single person who was legitimately being an a-hole. Some friendly ribbing.

Bama fans are entitled, for a good reason, but they were also very hospitable. I’d go back in a heart beat.

We sat in MM next to the LSU section amongst gumps. Our seats were backed up to the club level section. We had ice thrown on us from the suite levels , luckily a-hole missed and it hit an Alabama fan. Aside from that it was all good and we had a great time.

The people all around us were very nice and had multiple people congratulate us for the win. Was very pleasantly surprised.

LSU fans in section NN, upper rows were bonkers. Where’s the guy in the Jeremy Hill jersey?? That guy made zero Bama friends on the day.

That sign is pathetic. First, somebody thought it was clever enough to actually write it down. Then, they couldn’t remember how to make hurricane symbols, so they just let their pre-schooler draw, uh, seashells I guess.

My daughter and I were in section L, surrounded by a sea of red fans. It was pretty civil. I let some of them use my binocs to look at The Donald and Melania so we sort of made friends. They took pictures for us. We talked and bantered during the game but it was friendly. Most of them were a little uptight, I think they knew deep down inside what was going to happen. We had mobile tickets, at the end of the game a guy gave us his ticket stubs so we would have souvenir stubs and another guy gave us his souvenir drink cups and wished us well, it was a positive experience.

I find the big difference is, if you are dealing with fans who have ever actually been inside a classroom at U of A, they are pretty reasonable. And they dislike the redneck idiot Alabama fans just as much as we do. It's pretty much the same at most places I suspect.