Thibodeaux picks Oregon over Tide 

 

   First and foremost I hope our fans accept and congratulate this young man in his college future. After talking to my coaching friends in Oregon I'm told it was a complicated decision for Thibodeaux. He had a lot to weigh in his mind. 

    Mama won out. That is all it was. His mother wanted him to attend Oregon. Her family is moving to Eugene. You can make of that whatever you will, but don't assume the family has been paid with a job in the local area. Tua's family moved to Alabama just to be near their son. Now they have a second son to consider. 

  Losing Thibodeaux is more a blow to the pride of all of us. The coaches will find another player who could easily end up to be as good as Thibodeaux. If we have all learned anything, is that star-ratings are nothing more than window dressing more often than we remember. 

How about DeMeco Ryans? He was a three. So was Tyrone Prothro, whose injury kept him from setting all kinds of records. Don't forget D.J. Hall. John Parker Wilson and Javier Arenas were threes. The along came Chance Womack. Johnny Manziel was a three one year and so was Marcus Mariota who won the Heisman. So did Sam Bradford. Don't tell me that Baker Mayfield and Eddie Jackson weren't great players. And if memory serves, so was a placekicker named J.K. Scott. I am sure I've left out some others. 

     Alabama will survive. Alabama will win more national championships. Three things are always certain for us - death, taxes, and the Alabama Crimson Tide. 

p.s. (we have a few more fives coming soon at a website near you)