'I had to wear it to the Classic': Alabama woman starts Magic City Classic tradition using T-shirt

SEVEN IN WASHINGTON. THAT AND MORE COMING UP AT SIX CHARI. THANKS SO MUCH. EVEN THOUGH THE MAGIC CITY CLASSIC HAS COME AND GONE FOR THIS YEAR, SOME OF THE TRADITIONS SURROUNDING IT ARE STILL GOING STRONG TODAY. AND THAT INCLUDES SOME NEW ONES TOO. WVTM 13 S BRYCE OSELEN SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO INADVERTENTLY STARTED A BRAND NEW TRADITION WITH A T SHIRT. FOND MEMORIES ARE OFTEN CREATED AT THE MAGIC CITY CLASSIC JAKOB CHARI IS USING A PIECE OF CLOTHING TO REMEMBER GOOD TIMES. THE STORY BEGINS WITH HARDY LOOKING FOR AN OUTFIT TO WEAR TO THE MAGIC CITY CLASSIC. I MEAN, IT REALLY JUST STARTED ON A HUMBUG. I FOUND THIS SHIRT AT FIVE BELOW. HARDY FOUND A SHIRT WITH THE WORD CLASSIC ON IT AND FIGURED, WHY NOT WEAR THIS TO THE BIG GAME? I FOUND IT, WHAT THE DAY BEFORE THAT THURSDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, WHATEVER IT WAS. BUT I FOUND IT. IT SAID CLASSIC. IT WAS PERFECT. SO I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I’M GONNA WEAR THIS SHIRT TO THE CLASSIC. I HAD NO IDEA I WASN’T EVEN THINKING ABOUT WRITING ON IT OR GETTING ANYBODY TO SIGN IT. WHILE ATTENDING THE EVENT, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DECIDED TO SHOW LOVE BY OFFERING THEIR SIGNATURE. I WAS LIKE, HEY, I CAN GET PEOPLE TO SIGN MY SHIRT, AND I GOT PEOPLE ALL OVER. THEY SIGNED ON THE FRONT, BACK, ALL OVER. I GOT IT JUST STARTED A SNOWBALL EFFECT. PEOPLE WERE STOPPING ME AND ASKING ME IF THEY COULD SIGN IT. AFTER A WHILE, HEY, COME JOIN MY SHIRT. AND YOU KNOW THAT TYPE THAT STICK, THAT STICK TO IT. THEY KNOW WE TALK THAT NIC TALK. BABBIE NECTAR. I GOT PASTOR BEAVERS TO SIGN ON THIS SHOLDER I GOT A COUPLE OF KAPPAS, THE ALPHAS, THE Q’S, ALL KIND OF PEOPLE SIGNED. IT WAS FUN. HARDY SAYS THE SHIRT COLLECTED TOO MANY SIGNATURES TO COUNT, BUT SHE PLANS TO MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW SHIRT NEXT YEAR. I THINK I’M GOING TO FRAME THIS ONE AND JUST KEEP IT GOING NEXT YEAR. I’M GONNA HAVE TO GET A DIFFERENT COLOR, THOUGH, MAYBE A WHITE ONE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS DIRTY NOW. BUT IT STARTED BAD. BUT IT WAS COOL.