Brent Taylor

Editor for Roll Bama Roll... Water Engineer... University of Alabama

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting.

Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye.

I asked a woman at the store what it means.

She said, "Roll Tide."

I asked what it means.

She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar."

So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.

I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan.

I heard it said at a funeral.

It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day.

I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.

I said it to a cashier. She said it back.

I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight.

He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight.

Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket.

I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.

I am also not claiming they are unrelated.

A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan.

He said, "Roll Tide."

He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all.

I have been in Alabama eleven days.

I have one word.

It has been enough for everything.

I have started saying it in other states.

It does not work in other states.

I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around.

He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to.

I say it anyway.

[Waffle House @WaffleHouse]

Said it once…and we’ll say it again 🇺🇸

[Zachary “Negatiger” Junda @ZacharyJunda]

Some ✨news✨as people like to say

Much like my role models Coach O and Will Wade, I’m back writing about LSU this time over at @lsutigerswire

[Roll ‘Bama Roll @rollbamaroll]

Those of you who know Erik Evans and have enjoyed his work through the years, please consider helping as he battles cancer. https://t.co/vxBi3y4lin

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

Croc

[Josh Strife Hayes @JoshStrifeHayes]

What's the hardest video game you've ever played?

I need a list of games to complete to prove I'm a real GAMER.

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

Once again, to be clear: a WITNESS to murder investigation. NOT being investigated for murder.

[Everett Corder 🌵 @Evcorder]

I’m on record against Sorsby getting to play, but the moral posturing by everyone today is insane. Joe Mixon punched his GF on camera. Georgia players are in the news every week for some felony. Bama had a guy playing for them while he was part of a murder investigation.

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

"The other team scoring points inhibits our future earning potential"

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Is there anything actually stopping home teams from getting a friendly local judge to issue a temporary injunction against visiting teams scoring points?

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

There's a whole lot of #online arguing going on.

My hot take on college football:

It's broken, yes. But NIL is NOT why. It's the combination of lawless roster management, insular conference play, and the changing of structure, both in- and off-season, every year.

[brandon* @brndxix]

the nfc west is made up of the avengers and a team that’s dealing with a jacoby brissett hold out

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

@LBknowsBall .......

[TorresOnBama @TorresonBama]

"Will continues to wreck practice. I may have to hold him out soon, because we *actually* have to be able to practice."

- DeMeco Ryans with HUGE praise for former Bama star Will Anderson, who is officially one of the elite defensive players in the NFL😤

[Will Parkinson @Willpa11]

“Knee, jail”

[josh @y0cuando]

Pronouncing oatmeal like Montreal

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I do not want Outlook to collapse and group emails into conversations. It is unhelpful for me, and I end up wasting time digging through my email looking for specific messages that Outlook has buried. I just want a simple chronological list of emails.

[𝐿𝒶𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝐵𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓁𝑒𝓎 @LBknowsBall]

September 19th is going to be the most unhinged college football game of the decade.
I can’t wait.

[Brent Taylor @btbama22]

@BrooksAustinBA @RustyMansell_ I lived in Rome for three months for a summer internship. Jefferson's was legit.... but I still think about the pimento cheese burger from Harvest Moon Cafe.

[Chris Marler @Vern_Funquist]

2-3 months ago an article from this site eviscerated Alabama for POTENTIALLY getting rid of this game.

Keep in mind two teams were a part of that contract.

Can only assume there will be a retraction? Or the same outrage over UGA/FSU?

WEIRD.

[SEC Numbers Guy @secnumbersguy]

Since 2020, Georgia is 34-1 at home.

The best home record IN THE COUNTRY over that timeframe.

Nowhere tougher to play than Sanford Stadium.