Well looking thru my new Crimson Tinted Glasses, what I see is a team who, like many have said before, was divided on how to play for a coach like Saban after playing for a coach like Shula. Only 1 senior, Darren Mustin, plus 2 juniors were voted by the team to be "Permanent Captains" for this season, so it should tell you a little about the 20 plus Seniors who are leaving, and only 1 gets voted and 2 Juniors are voted over the remaining Seniors. Anytime a Junior beats a Senior in a leadership position is bad, but when 2 Juniors get it, thats terrible.
Now looking toward the future, I think when we get Julio Jones, we should be right there with Georgia in recruiting....Give Evil Richt credit, he has stocked Georgia for a MNC run for the next few years....If we can string 2 or 3 classes like this one, and at least reach the SEC Championship game in the next few years and compete, we should see a vast improvement on the field over last years team. I would at least hope the Seniors on this team will have enough pride to put forth 100% effort to win this bowl game, but I just dont see it. Only Wallace Gilberry and Darren Mustin will probaly give their all, maybe DJ Hall will finally have a game like he did vs Tenn...he needs it to move his stock up and maybe go to the Senior Bowl if he wants to go to the NFL....Next years buzzwords will be "Consistency and Finish" We were somewhat consistent til the LSU game, then we didnt finish anything....but know this...the teams that beat us, that shouldnt have beat us....ULM, MISS ST, Troy, UAB Intramural Flag Football,Little River Comm College, Hoover High School, you guys just made the list...the retribution will be painful and ugly, more along the lines of 48-0 in the first half.....we will hang "half a hundred" on all of these teams, and they will like it!!!
Moving forward to bowl season....Look, you have to win your Conference Championship to get into the BCS Championship...Period....Georgia fans can whine all they want, but put the shoe on the other foot....Had Georgia won the SEC Championship game, and LSU was in the same spot as Georgia is now, then had LSU jumped into the BCS game over Georgia, the city of Atlanta would have exploded.....Yeah, we know there isnt a rule about that, but there is common sense.....does Oklahoma ring a bell from 2003? That was BS, but it gave LSU and Saban a waltz to the Crystal Trophy.....
Another thing, if you are gonna have to win your Conference, why not keep it uniform throughout the NCAA D-1? The Big 10 is a joke, add 2 more teams and force them to have a Championship game so they can have a chance for tOSU to get their season screwed up like LSU screwed up Tenns. season a few years back...all Tenn had to do is get past LSU and boom, they were in the BCS...LSU put that dream to bed real quick....
There is a link that a few of my fellow "delusional"Alabama fans have posted on YouTube...I will link that here the next time I post....if you are for or against Alabama...you will find this link funny....sad, but I actually know fans that will be depicted in that video....
