UNTIL SOMEONE BEATS 'BAMA THEY REMAIN # 1

As long as Bama wins...
Blue collar work ethic for nation's blue blood football program makes the difference... 
Ha-Ha gets benched indefinitely for violation of team rules...

     So one talking head thinks that Georgia is the best team in the SEC and Tide fans have a meltdown. Who is he kidding?  As long as Alabama keeps notching W's they should remain number one. You have to beat number one to be number one.  Until the LSU game that isn't likely to happen. I don't think it will happen all season.  Someone, like Georgia, or Ohio State, or Oregon might eventually beat Alabama. That isn't a sure thing. I think Georgia has an defense that is frankly offensive to almost everyone. Who knows about a team like Ohio State. Who the heck do they play?  Oregon can rack up a lot of points. So could Ole Miss.  In my book, the team that plays the best defense will win the national championship. Now that Alabama has seemingly shored up the corners they appear to be the best defense in the NCAA.

 

Why does 'Bama schedule Georgia State?   

Georgia State comes to T Town

      Alabama's next game is with Georgia State.  That's a sure win regardless of what Coach Saban says. I have not idea why the Athletic Department would inflict such a game on the Alabama fan base. I'd rather play UAB, South Alabama, or Troy. That isn't going to happen but at least it might be fun to watch. I think we all understand why such games won't be played, or can't be played. Surely the UofA can find someone they know they can beat who we has some type of national recognition. Why don't we try to schedule Army or Navy. Someone with a little name recognition would be nice, and could keep the rest of the NCAA from laughing at our schedule. After the Georgia State game that leaves the Tide with Kentucky on the road, Arkansas and Tennessee at home, and then what could be the game of the year for national title hopes. LSU has looked pretty impressive on the offensive end of field. Zach Mettenberger. I don't know if he can bring the Tigers a national title but he has certainly enhanced his pro draft status. Perhaps it is just wishful thinking but it seems hard to believe that LSU could put up the same number of points in Tuscaloosa as they did against a weak Georgia defense.

 

      It may seem like a small thing to most but having your Homecoming Parade at 7AM just won't work for a lot of people. This writer included. Television calls all the shots these days and that's not always a good thing. Back to that scheduling thing - if Bama was playing someone better known we wouldn't be playing this game so early. Homecoming is one of those remaining tradition that the University owes more to the students than to the fans.

Ha-Ha Clinton Dix suspended...

   Per Saban's habit not reason was given as to why the junior All-American isn't playing this weekend and when he might return. "When guys get suspended, I never ever say what it's for, so I'm not going there, so don't ask me," Saban said Wednesday as his team prepares for Saturday's game against Georgia State. "It's the way I've always handled this -- every guy. They do right, they wouldn't be getting suspended. And I don't know for how long this will be, so don't ask me that either." That's the bad news. The good news is that Landon Collins would be starting for most teams right now. The absence of Clinton-Dix isn't going overly effect Alabama until the LSU game.

 

 

      You might remember that Landon Collins was a top 10 national recruit his senior year in high school. He's talented, he's a hard hitter, and has been a special team star thus far in his Bama career. Look for Collins to give Tide fans a preview of his own skill set.