It all used to be the bed of the Black Warrior anyway! Ever wonder why it floods all the time? Tuscaloosa wasn't flat until the city decided to make it that way.
Also there's this:
http://www.campusmoviefest.comMovie Making: January 27 - February 2, 2009
If this works out then I have P. Cowboy to thank. I'm trying to find people who can whip up a preacher character and do a bit for a 20 minute mockumentary kind of thing on a fictional town full of preachers. I've got a handful of (good)people but it's kind of an all or nothing seeing as it rides on how funny the actors are. Are you bad enough dudes?