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Alabama fans are among the most crazed in the nation and have every right to be as the perennial favorites each year – including this one – to walk away with a championship title. Start The Countdown Here
A Tide fan was once accused of poisoning the trees outside of rival Auburn.
Fan Harvey Updyke still owed $796,731.98 to Auburn for killing the historic oak trees at Toomer's Corner back in 2010.
The Alabama fan base is a fractious mix of two distinct groups who can't really stand each other, according to Clay Travis of Outkick the Coverage in a rather mean-spirited analysis.
At the top of the list is the 10-15% of the fan base that could actually be admitted to Alabama or attended the school. This group hates most of the rest of the Alabama fan base with a passionate fury. The other 85% of Bama fans are incapable of coherent thought and have a deep-seated insecurity about all things in life. Alabama football comprises, and this is not an exaggeration, 99% of their self esteem.
He said it, not us. We here at Gambling911.com feel Bama fans are some of the smartest in the nation. We do agree they are among the most fervent.
Alabama bookies actually fared well last season (assuming they were utilizing a Pay Per Head to keep their overhead down) with the school finishing one game above the .500 mark Against The Spread but the UNDER (favoring the books) managed to go 9-6.
