Sean McDevitt

77th and Western 🐎 | Tide 🐘

[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.

[Sidelines - Bama @SSN_Alabama]

Alabama OL Tyler Booker after snapping Georgia’s 29-game winning streak:

“The standard can only be imitated, not replicated. There would be no Georgia without Alabama.”

[Alabama Men’s Basketball @AlabamaMBB]

SEC Player of the Year & Freshman of the Year

Brandon Miller becomes the first SEC player since Anthony Davis to win both SEC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball

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[Nych++ @nychds]

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[AJ Spurr @SpurrFM]

Alabama fans cannot wait for this day.

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[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

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Today, he kicks off #YoungStarsWeek⭐️

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[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

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“That’s my nigga @joerogan, fuck the noise”

[Tom Brady @TomBrady]

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