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Article: Coach Mike Price Embraces Crimson Tide
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- December 19, 2002
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Dateline: TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
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Mike Price brushed off the daunting expectations of the Alabama program
and even the NCAA sanctions that will make those standards harder
to meet.
The Crimson Tide pulled out all the stops to court Price to lead its
football program _ down to the famous former quarterback who escorted
him into his introductory news conference.
"This was the opportunity of a lifetime," the energetic Price said.
"This is a dream. I'm pinching myself. I feel like I'm in football
heaven. To walk down the aisle into a press conference with Joe Namath
is an unbelievable experience."
Price, 56, agreed to a seven-year contract ...