Alabama football, Dodgers baseball and two NFL games: Inside one group’s incredible sports trip to the South

Six friends from Los Angeles who share a passion for the Dodgers set out for what they had planned would be a multi-day trip to catch some SEC football, with a few NFL games along the way, What they weren’t expecting when they bought tickets to the game this weekend months ago was to find themselves in the middle of one of the wildest weekends in college football, thanks to a last minute decision that took the to the NLDS on their way to the University of Alabama.

While they might not have a name, this group of friends decided to make a few different memories on their trip to the south, which was only supposed to entail a college football game before heading back to Los Angeles for Monday Night Football.

Once they found out their beloved Dodgers would be playing in the same city they were flying into, plans changed very quickly.

ALABAMA PROVIDES UPDATE FOR SHOWDOWN AGAINST GEORGIA, AS SCHOOL, SEC AND TRUMP PLAN FOR HURRICANE ISAIAS As I stepped out of vehicle near the Alabama 'Walk of Champions' that leads you right into Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, I just so happened to notice a group of guys wearing Dodgers gear getting out of the fan behind me.

My instinct, once they started taking pictures in front of the stadium, was to inquire about what they might be doing around Tuscaloosa wearing LA gear as they looked at the home of Alabama football in amazement.

Boy, was I glad a decision was made to ask about their perceived stop.

Gil, Falo, Joe, Mike, Rudy and Bernie had a story about what brought them to Tuscaloosa, and I was in for a welcomed surprise.

This wasn’t the first time the group had attended a college football game together, having made their way to Notre Dame last year for the USC matchup.

Then, the group followed it up by driving to Detroit for a Lions game, putting a bow on their 2025 trip and the College Football-NFL crossover weekend.

But this year, the squad had something else in mind.

"We decided, let's go to an awesome college game, cause we live where USC, UCLA and Oregon play," another member of the group explained.

"But we wanna go to the SEC, Big Ten or something...This year we decided to do an Alabama game.

We looked at this game three months ago and said 'let's do Alabama/Georgia, maybe they'll be top-ten teams.

"So, when we were getting ready to come in, we're all Dodger fans.