Here's the deal in University of Alabama. Roll Tide! If football is a church, Bear Bryant would be St. Peter and Nick Saban would be St. Paul. Bear Bryant already has a shrine at UA Tuscaloosa and Saban would soon have one as well. Money is no object when it comes to football. Which means money is an objection when it comes to other UA activities.
Also, you have to add the anti-intellectualism that lurks beneath the educational system. Especially in a Red State like Alabama. Football wags university, not the other way around. Which is funny considering Werner Von Braun worked at Redstone Arsenal. Or maybe because of it, that there is a skepticism towards intellectual pursuits. Smacks too much of elitism and none of the good ole boy mentality.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
Also, you have to add the anti-intellectualism that lurks beneath the educational system. Especially in a Red State like Alabama. Football wags university, not the other way around. Which is funny considering Werner Von Braun worked at Redstone Arsenal. Or maybe because of it, that there is a skepticism towards intellectual pursuits. Smacks too much of elitism and none of the good ole boy mentality.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell