TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It's early Saturday morning, a quarter till 7, and a pair of twin brothers in a black sedan with Georgia plates weave through traffic heading west along the perimeter of Birmingham toward Tuscaloosa. A crimson Alabama flag whistles in the wind outside both the driver- and passenger-side windows.
Approaching the University of Alabama campus, congestion on the interstate builds. This won't be a sleepy college town rustling itself awake from a long night of partying today. The tents and tailgates are already set up. It's April and there's a football game to be played. Sort of.