2008 A-DAY GAME
BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM
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2:05 P.M.
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FREE ADMISSION
GAME DAY
S A T U R D A Y , A P R I L 12, 2008 50¢
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THE PERFECT STORM
2007 A-Day Game had ripple effect for UA
W
hen the University of Alabama football team finished stretching and individual drills, the players still didn’t have a full sense for what was going on around them at Bryant-Denny
Stadium. People were slowly, steadily coming in for last year’s A-Day Game. Like they would before any regular-season game, Crimson Tide players retreated into the north end zone locker room to make final preparations.
When they returned to the field roughly 20 minutes later, players couldn’t believe their eyes. The stadium was filling up to its capacity of 92,138, with latecomers about to be turned away, just to watch the Crimson Tide execute an offseason practice. Upper-deck sections that were supposed to be closed and empty SEE A-DAY | 14F
Story by Chris Walsh ILLUSTRATION | ANTHONY BRATINA
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AT A GLANCE KICKOFF: 2:05 p.m. at Bryant-Denny Stadium TV: CSS RADIO: 94.1 FM, 1420 AM ADMISSION: Free
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INSIDE ■ Cecil Hurt column | 2F ■ Tide players discuss the electric atmosphere of last year’s A-Day Game | 2F ■ A-Day roster | 2F ■ Alabama 2008 schedule, 2007 results | 2F ■ Past A-Day award winners | 6F ■ Alabama stats from last season | 10F ■ A-Day Game notes | 12F ■ A look at where to dine before and after the game | 19F