From College GameDay to the former president, Tuscaloosa was already going to be a who’s who of special guests on Saturday evening when the Crimson Tide host the Georgia Bulldogs in the biggest game of the season.
But the “biggest” guest of all will be flying high above Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium, as the iconic Goodyear blimp ‘Wingfoot Three’ is expected to make an appearance as part of its 19-day ‘Southern Skies’ tour. The blimp is going to fly through 14 states over the near three-week journey and timed it out so that it would be over Tuscaloosa on Saturday night.
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Beginning last weekend where the blimp was seen providing aerial coverage in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the Wolverines’ game against USC and moving through Cincinnati for Monday Night Football, the blimp is also moving through Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Tide fans who are attending the game will be sure to keep their eyes to the sky as the highly anticipated guest makes its arrival.
Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.
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