Tuesday's Top 10
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Ah yes, everyone remembers those crimson Mark’s Madness T-shirts, the ones TV cameras always picked up when scanning across the student section during games? They’ve now been relegated to yard work attire.
The good news is that over the weekend, Alabama hired a young up-and-comer with championship credentials to be the new head coach. His name is Anthony Grant. And Alabama basketball fans may have never been more excited about Tide hoops than they are right now.
The questions is: What will those re-energized, rowdy Alabama basketball fans, specifically the students, call themselves now? Here’s our Top Ten suggestions:
10. AG’s Agents – Not sure about the Agents part, but couldn’t think of another good A-word. I mean it sort of makes sense if you don’t think about it too hard.
9. Coleman/Crimson Crazies – Sorry Dukies, but we’ve got crazies in Tuscaloosa, too, and we’ve got a couple of ways we can make use of that term. Anyway, you took Wallace Wade from Alabama decades ago, so now it’s Alabama’s turn to do some taking.
8. Grant’s Gang – Nothing overly creative about this one, but it rolls off the tongue pretty easily and it makes perfect sense.
7. Grant’s Groupies – Sort of like Grant’s Gang. Only with a 1960s twist to it.
6. Grantleys/Grantsters –These are kind of similar. It’s just messing around with the end of Grant’s name to create Grant-like followers. Actually, it sounds like the more affluent Alabama fans ought to be called Grantleys and the less affluent Grantsters.
5. Grant’s Garrison – Nice ring to it. Has that Roman power feel to it, too. Maybe the fans could even wear some type of Roman soldier head-gear during the games.
4. Grantey Shots – Hopefully not too much of a stretch here. I mean what would basketball be today without the infamous granny shot? Maybe to really stir up the crowd, Grant could come out before every game and shoot a free throw granny shot-style. And hopefully make it.
3. Fanthoneys – This is pure logic at its best. You’ve got fans. You’ve Anthony Grant. You’ve got fans of Anthony Grant. Just save some syllables and ram two words together.
2. Grant’s Army – Hey, why not give some props to all the history buffs out there? I’m pretty sure Grant was the winning general, too, back in the day.
1. G-Force – Sounds ominous and lethal. It’s got Grant’s ‘G’ in there. It’s also short and sweet. Hey, start revving up those T-shirt machines.