Paper Assignment
View "Roses of Crimson," [58:49] video then answer the following questions.
Brief, concise answers are acceptable, so long as they address all parts of the question.
• In the South, and especially in Alabama, Football was more than just a game. What "was" football to Alabama and the South? Why had football assumed that roll in southern and Alabama life?
• Can the popularity of the sport at Alabama and across the South be seen as part of the wider anti-modern movement from the 1920s? If so, how? If not, why? Explain your answer.
• Writing of the 1926 Rose Bowl, Birmingham sportswriter John T. Graves remarked:
"For all the last stands, all the lost causes and sacrifices in vain, the South had a heart and a tradition. But the South had a new tradition for something else. It was for survival and victory. It had come from the football field. It had come from those mighty afternoons in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena when Alabama's Crimson Tide had rolled to glory. The South had come by way of football to think in terms of causes won, not lost."
• What "causes" could have possibly been "won" by the victory of a school's football team? Had an entire region's troubles and anxieties been transferred onto the shoulders of an athletic team? Was that reasonable? How? Why?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.