Saban, Tide keep eyes on ways to innovate
By Alex Scarborough
Published May 06, 2013, 07:00:42 AM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- On the face of it, the University of Alabama is happily living in its past. Flagging oak trees wave to blushing red brick buildings on its campus, a place where even new structures are made to appear old.
Tradition isn't just important to the university, it's essential to its existence. A small cemetery rests adjacent to Bryant-Denny Stadium, a morbid reminder that everything is built on top of something else. Across the street from the Mal Moore Athletic Facility and the football offices is the somber Bryant Museum, a shadowy shrine to the legend of the Crimson Tide and its houndstooth-capped coach.
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