How does Alabama approach Western Carolina...

     I love sitting in my recliner on game day and knowing the Tide is going to win today. Sorry, Coach Saban I know that's not what you want us all to do. When you reach my age you become very independent. Call me a Crimson Rebel this morning. I feel certain we are going to win the Western Carolina game. Next week is going to be the same. We've even turned down tickets to the game so we can host a few friends over to watch Alabama eviscerate the Auburn Tigers. Now, having friends over to watch the Iron Bowl is supreme confidence. I mean, you can't act like a damn fool if things go bad. There can be no gnashing of teeth, tearing our garments, and spreading ashes in the living room.

     What makes this day even better is that our basketball team just won a Tournament in NYC. The kids went to a Madison Square Garden Party and fly home winners. Ahh... take another sip of coffee and suck in the wonderful air of being a Tide fan. We have no concern in the back of minds about who's the top dog in Alabama. We are also the big dog in the SEC. We got bitten by TAM and kudos to them. That still doesn't mean we are not the el perro grande in the league.  My feeling is that after we beat WC and Aubie we will go over to Atlanta and slaughter Georgia. Once again we will be SEC champs and we will reconfirm that Georgia can't win the big game. Then we might even go on to win the national championship. I think we just might. Last season it took an impossible set of circumstances to reach the championship game. This season, the cirucumstances are just improbable. Alabama can beat improbable even it takes us going deep into the fourth quarter to do so.

      That's part of greatness of being a Tide fan. To recite an old World War II saying - the difficult is done immediately. The impossible takes a little longer. You want to know why I love the University of Alabama?  It is because nothing is impossible for Alabama. We come from a region that thrives on being the underdog. How many times has Alabama been declared a dead dog only to rise up and start growling? How many times has Auburn believed they had caught up with the Tide, only to see the reality of who we are come back to haunt them. Yeah, I'm gonna just sit here for a little while and take it all in before the game.

      So how does Alabama approach the Western Carolina game? They'll do exactly what their coach demands of them. Follow the process. Secure the victory. Celebrate the allowed 24 hours, and then get ready to beat the ever living daylights out of hated Auburn. Then we can consider the bigger stuff. Roll Tide Roll.