From 'Roll Tide' to 'Gator Bait', college football reckons with its problematic traditions
by Ryan Smith from US news | The Guardian on (#5C090)
Some of college football's most storied programs have discovered that even seemingly innocuous fight songs and fan-friendly chants aren't safe from their problematic histories
In Alabama, Roll Tide!" is a phrase for all seasons.
Love for the University of Alabama's football powerhouse runs so deep in the southeastern state that the iconic college chant routinely doubles as shorthand for hello", goodbye" and everything in between.
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