Importance of University of Alabama

Located in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama is famed for its football team, coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant. Although he scores only 70 on two IQ tests, Forrest Gump ends up there in lieu of being drafted. He is put up in shabby "Ape Dorm," rooming with Curtis, another refrigerator-sized mental eggplant. Dorm residents vandalize the place, throwing the toilet out the window, and bringing the campus police to investigate shootings. Forrest is quickly homesick and, after angering Curtis, moves to the basement. The athletic department arranges for "dummos" to take classes in which the teachers give football players a break. Prof. Hooks is amazed at how well Forrest does on an Intermediate Light test. Stern, talkative Mr. Boone requires an autobiography, which takes Forrest all night. The team goes undefeated and plays Nebraska for the National Championship at the Orange Bowl, but loses. Forrest flunks two classes and is immediately drafted.