Click here for link"We love our Tide!" one man yelled.
Moments after the Monday night game ended, Mary Strong soaked in the scene of a raucous celebration as she stood in the middle of University Boulevard with her 12-year-old son. She said people desperately needed football as a diversion after the devastation of April 27, when more than 250 people were killed in the northern two-thirds of the state.
"This is icing on the cake," Strong said. "It's been such a great distraction."
As the first team plane rolled to a stop, a pilot held a red `Bama flag out of a cockpit window. Coach Nick Saban walked down the stairs in the rain and walked to a fence to greet fans.
"I think the spirit of this team is something that inspires a lot of people," Saban said. On campus, transit buses carried the scrolling electronic message: "National Champions - We are proud of you."
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