Alabama hosts BCS title celebration

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WALA) - It's been nearly two weeks, but Nick Saban's still smiling since the crimson tide were crowned national champs.

And Bama fans cheered the team for their 14th title.

"We appreciate you all coming out here to honor our team, and what this team accomplished," Saban said. "I've never seen a more dominant performance than what they had against LSU."

But the win is bittersweet, as it mark the end of days in crimson and white for seniors like Courtney Upshaw.

But for Davin McCrory it's just the beginning. The little fellow made his first trip to Bryant-Denny Stadium with his father Tim.

Robin Kinsey brought Allentown elementary students Tyler Breazeale and Adam Smith along for the ride, and the time of their lives.

"We're just having a fun time, you know, just seeing all the players and Nick Saban and all the team," Smith said.

While many watched the big game from home, Rowdy Giles was there, just one perk of being in the Million Dollar Band.

"It's interesting because everybody's like man I got to go through all this paperwork to get a ticket," Giles said. "I'm like, they put a 50-pound horn on me and told me to go."

But nine months ago, Giles went through the same emotional roller coaster as many with loved ones in Tuscaloosa. April's tornado narrowly missed his brother's apartment.

"We were at home chewing on our fingernails a little bit, hoping and praying that it would miss and it did," Giles said. "We were very thankful."

"It was scary. I couldn't get in touch with anyone, didn't know where anyone was," said Bama fan Jessica Wallace.

"It definitely hit home, and to see home the players and everybody really came together, it was moving," said Tide fan Adam Kan.

In about three months, it'll be one year since the twister; an event which brought a seemingly invincible city to its knees.

They call her "Titletown," and you'd be hard pressed to find a championship that has meant more than this one.