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RBR Reading Room: Snake
I had already proclaimed Snake to be "an epic literary experience" based solely on its cover (I got the one on the left, by the way), and darned if I wasn't pretty close to the mark. Ok, maybe epic isn't the best way to describe it, but compared to the last "autobiography" of a former...
RBR Reading Room: Crimson Tide Madness
There is a certain category of Alabama football book that seems to find its way onto every Crimson Tide fan's shelf. These are the generalized titles that are fairly interchangeable in terms of content and packaging. They also are usually pretty cheap so they are usually the product of a moment of...
RBR Reading Room: Braggin' Rights
This week, Roll Bama Roll has invited Jerry Hinnen of War Blog Eagle -- by far the best source of information about Auburn football out there on the sports blogosphere -- to review Braggin' Rights, Bill Cromartie's book on the rivalry between The Alabama Crimson Tide and "that cow college on the...
RBR Reading Room: The Missing Ring
Among the more common stereotypes foes of Alabama football employ against the Crimson Tide partisans centers on the 13 National Championships the university claims. Given the capricious manner by which the title has been awarded over the history of the sport, a certain amount of debate would...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1975
What follows is a brief historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1975 season. Dealing with a huge amount of roster turnover over the last three years, including the losses of John Brodie, Dave Wilcox two starting halfbacks, two starting offensive lineman, two starting defensive lineman, the...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1974
What follows is a brief historical summary of the San Francisco 49ers' 1974 season. After the retirement of John Brodie, how would the offense respond? Who would emere, if anybody, as the new quarterback of the future? For a team coming off of a 5-9 season and only appearing to get worse, could...















