Alabama players arrived at Louis Armstrong International Airport to the sound of the 3rd Line Brass Band, as the Crimson Tide was welcomed to a New Orleans Bowl Championship Series game for the second time in four years.
Players still remember the stinging defeat the Tide suffered at the hands of Utah in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, as Alabama lost 31-17 to the Utes. After the game, many questioned if the Tide was mentally prepared for the game.
Linebacker, Dont’a Hightower was a freshman on the 2009 Sugar Bowl team and said this year it is important that the Tide focus more on the game than the entertaining atmosphere that New Orleans has to offer.
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