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ROLL TIDE: After Cruel Prank On 7-Year-Old Fan, Alabama Answers With Special Gift

Hank Berrien
ROLL TIDE: After Cruel Prank On 7-Year-Old Fan, Alabama Answers With Special Gift
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Last weekend during the Iron Bowl Alabama-Auburn football game, which Alabama won decisively, 42-13, one devout Alabama fan posted a video of his 7-year-old son crying happily when Alabama scored their first touchdown on a 66-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mac Jones to wide receiver DeVonta Smith.

But as Cody Kirk’s wife Brooke related, someone called their family’s house, pretending to be an employee with the university and inviting their 7-year-old son Brody to come meet the team and Coach Nick Saban. When the family found out it wasn’t true, the Kirks felt terrible for their son.

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