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Roll 'Bama Roll | January 16, 2019

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Don’t waste this failure, Tua

Let’s talk about Polynesians and American football. Because they’re cool.

Just ask BYU or Hawaii or the P12, who have long dominated Samoan and Tongan and Fijian and Hawaiian recruits.

Or, hey, ask the MONSTAR himself, Alabama’s Jesse Williams (bet you thought I was going with Tua, right?):

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He was my BFF

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But, besides adding valuable size, skill, warrior ethos, and inscrutable ‘okina and kahako to Alabama’s roster, there is also the the Polynesian Bowl — where six Alabama commits and three ‘Bama NSD targets are expected to play, including Ishmael Sophsher and Henry To’oto’o.

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