Remarkable statistic:
Prior to Western Michigan, college football teams were 110,352 - 0 when leading after the end of regulation, dating back to 1869.
As i write this i can’t help but be overwhelmed with gratitude. To the Titans organization, you brought in a 21 year old kid from Berry college and gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. I’ve spent the last 6 and a half years in Nashville. This place has become my home. The people have become my family. What started out as a wide eyed kid trying to figure life out, has turned into a man leaving this place with nothing but love. I’ve made some of my best friends here, met my wife here, and started a life i never would have imagined. To the fans, I gave it everything i had. I’m forever grateful for the support and love y’all showed me! One thing is for certain.. I’M FOREVER A TENNESSEE TITAN. Titan up. 12 out ✌🏻
The Russo Brothers has shared artwork to celebrate ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ becoming the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time.
Passing ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’.
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.