KEVIN MISSED ON THIS ONE...
I've know Kevin Scarbinsky for longer than either of us would like to admit. The first time I met him was at a media basketball game. It was at UAB. Incidentally, he is a really good basketball player. He's an even nicer man. His writing is first class. If you knew him you'd expect nothing less. The problem that Kevin has had from day one at the News is this bizarre penchant he has for telling the truth. That's not popular in Alabama. Sometimes fans just don't want to hear the truth. That goes for Bama and Aubie. The truth is often a stranger in the world of fandom. This week will be no except. The pride and arrogance of some fans will prove this to be true. The stupidity of other fans will verify that. And finally the game will be played. Some will celebrate and others will cry. I think Kevin is mistaken in his conclusion. He is being truthful in his opinion. Being truthul and being the truth are not the same thing. At least he had the courage to say what he believes. Kudos for that.
Kevin said he believes a Bama loss will be the most crushing in Saban's coaching career. I don't agree. Crushing? There could be no doubt about that. Every defeat in Tideland is crushing. A loss would keep Alabama from winning a third consecutive BCS national championship. What I disagree with him is in the word most. An Auburn win won't even be their most important win. That win over Oregon was the most importnt win in their school history. It better be because if you are a Tiger and saying this is the most important win ever you'd have to admit that beating Alabama is more important than winnng a national title. I do think a lot of Auburn fans believe that to be true.
Do you know how unlikely it would be for any coach in America to be in a position of coaching to be where Nick Saban is today? We don't know. No coach has ever done this in here in the BCS era. I think that Saban would be disappointed. I really think he'd blame himself for overlooking some tiny detail.. He might spend weeks trying to determine exactly what he did wrong. He wouldn't blame the players. He'd just go home and double his efforts for next year. He isn't going to hide in the basement. His place in college football history is already secure. He is a Hall of Fame coach just waiting for induction. Do you think if Gus Malzhan wins the game he is going into the hall of fame?
Winning a third straight national title would be nice. It would be historic.It would make Saban proud. But don't think that the man's ego will rise or fall on one game regardless of how important it seems to be. There are lots of emotions being invested by the fanbase of both schools. I think Alabama going to win because they have a better team. The better team seems to always win this game. I don't think this year's Bama team is the greatest that Saban has put on the field. But Saban knows how far this year's team has come from first game againt Virgina Tech. Remember that one? It was the game that sent grown men and women screaming in the streets the sky was falliing.Therapists probably doubled their income the next week. Auburn is said to be a team of destiny. A team's destiny can be good or bad. Alabama is a team of destiny as well. Good or Bad? Destiny is a range fate.I'd rather be team of preparation. We'll know late Saturday afternoon. Let me ask this question? Have you ever seen anything crushed? I can't imagine Nick Saban being crushed to the point he can't get up. When something or someone is crushed it is over. Saban? Nah, he's the type of guy that can survive a lighting strike. And he'd have a plan to ensure it wouldn't happen to him in the future. For me, I'm going with Never Again sign that still hangs in the Bama locker room. Alabama is destiny. Good enough to win and bad enough to knock your teeth out. I'd much rather be a team that runs off the field knowing you didn't need blind luck to win. Auburn beat Georgia on a lucky play. Alabama doens't need luck.
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