Both parent wents to Auburn; I graduated from Auburn.
I grew up thinking I could never cheer for Alabama.
Then I married an Alabama girl (a mixed marriage).
Now my son attends U of A on an academic scholarship and plays in the Million Dollar Band.
Last year I pulled for Auburn to beat Alabama, but on Alabama's final drive I realized that if they scored, my son would get to go the BCS National Championship. I acquiesed, they scored, he got to go to Pasadena. We have a photo of him in his MDB uniform in front of the scoreboard at the Rose Bowl saying BCS Championship. That picture replaced the graduation picture on the mantle.
But that was last year. Its time to get your hands up for a big WAR EAGLE.