MAKE IT OR BREAK IT GAME...
When your only goal is to win a national championship it makes each game important. That's what we like to tell ourselves. This Saturday, in Athens, that will be shockingly true. At the end of the game the University will either continue their quest for a national championship, or they'll be looking for motivation for the rest of a season which has become meaningless. If you are playing for the University of Alabama or just a fan that's just a fact. You either win a national championship or the year is a failure. Of course, that's not really fair, or even true. It just seems true. If Alabama falls short in their quest for national championship #15 the world will not end, life as we know it will not vanish, and suicides will not be mandatory. It will be optional for those of us who have completely lost perspective of life its own self. That is probably true for most Alabama fans, me included.
The Tide will go between the hedges in Athens with a lot on the line. Alabama is a two and half point underdog. That status is rare for the Tide. Someone told me that 70 odd games has been played with Bama being favored. Maybe a little humility will good for the team. Perhaps it will give the players a little something to give them focus and rile them up, even though this team has showed very little to prove they should be favored.
Talk of the end of the Tide dynasty, and Nick Saban being over the hill is heard by national writers. Fan boards are full dribble about who will be the Tide's next coach. Are they serious? Name a single coach who you would rather have than Coach Saban. Some people are graduates of the Chicken Little school of common sense.
How many times has a Nick Saban team bounced back from a loss. Ask Kirk Cousin and Michigan State how that works out. Ole Miss has poked eye the bear in the eye. That is probably not a good idea for next big game. I think Bama has as much change to win than lose. Alabama has a lot of good things going for them. Start with the defensive front. Go on to the linebackers. And I don't think the defensive backs are run of the mill either. Jones and Washington have proven their worth in the past. Talent can trump inexerience at crucial times. If Bama wins this game we will look back and see a couple of players made great plays to turn the game. Unlucky 13? I'd bet Coach Saban is not much of proponent of luck.
I know that Lane Kiffin is not going to line up in the I formation and the jumbo package an entire game. I wish we would. Throw in the occasional play action pass and see what happens. The offensive line has appeared to be pretty meek to date. Give them the mano y mano challenge. Let Derrick Henry run the ball 25 times. Let the defense try to rule the day. I like Bama in a close one. I'm not sure East is up to snuff.
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The Tide will go between the hedges in Athens with a lot on the line. Alabama is a two and half point underdog. That status is rare for the Tide. Someone told me that 70 odd games has been played with Bama being favored. Maybe a little humility will good for the team. Perhaps it will give the players a little something to give them focus and rile them up, even though this team has showed very little to prove they should be favored.
Talk of the end of the Tide dynasty, and Nick Saban being over the hill is heard by national writers. Fan boards are full dribble about who will be the Tide's next coach. Are they serious? Name a single coach who you would rather have than Coach Saban. Some people are graduates of the Chicken Little school of common sense.
How many times has a Nick Saban team bounced back from a loss. Ask Kirk Cousin and Michigan State how that works out. Ole Miss has poked eye the bear in the eye. That is probably not a good idea for next big game. I think Bama has as much change to win than lose. Alabama has a lot of good things going for them. Start with the defensive front. Go on to the linebackers. And I don't think the defensive backs are run of the mill either. Jones and Washington have proven their worth in the past. Talent can trump inexerience at crucial times. If Bama wins this game we will look back and see a couple of players made great plays to turn the game. Unlucky 13? I'd bet Coach Saban is not much of proponent of luck.
I know that Lane Kiffin is not going to line up in the I formation and the jumbo package an entire game. I wish we would. Throw in the occasional play action pass and see what happens. The offensive line has appeared to be pretty meek to date. Give them the mano y mano challenge. Let Derrick Henry run the ball 25 times. Let the defense try to rule the day. I like Bama in a close one. I'm not sure East is up to snuff.
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