... the Rose Bowl as hallowed ground.

But the Alabama Crimson Tide do. Fans, players, and coaches alike see this as something special.

The Rose Bowl Stadium spawned the legends that made the Crimson Tide one of the premier programs in all of football. They were the redneck upstarts that were brought in to show the world that southern teams did not deserve to play with the "elite" teams of the time.

Then, after consistently beating them, they were banned forever.  But forever didn't prove to be all that long thanks to the rotating bowls used for the BCS.

Now Alabama has a chance to make some new memories that can finally be recorded in color film and to reclaim the Rose Bowl once again as its "Home stadium West."

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