Verne Lundquist used the phrase “dinosaur offense” to describe Alabama football last season, which is the kind of phrase that sounds both experiential and ironic when it comes from a 75-year-old. Alabama fans, being Alabama fans, were not happy, so they tweeted angry remarks about a man who does not have Twitter.
This is a ritual of the fall. A Saturday down South. The SEC’s premier game at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS, complete with “Uncle Verne” tweaking fans and naming the wrong players on the wrong plays and mispronouncing anything he darn well feels. I’m going to miss it so damn much.