I need to take a few minutes here and extend congratulations out to Coach Nick Saban, his staff and players of the Crimson Tide football team for a job well done in winning the National Championship this year. They were able to complete a perfect 14-0 season. Over the past two seasons they now stand at an impressive 26-2 record with an SEC Championship and a National Championship in hand.
The boys had their minds on the task at hand this time around. After a couple of close scares during the regular season they eased into Atlanta’s Georgia Dome to tangle once again with the undefeated Florida Gators for the SEC Championship. This time Bama dismantled The Gators and took the SEC Title.
Next up was a trip to Pasadena, California to tangle with another undefeated team for the National Title against the Texas Longhorns. This is a team that Bama had previously been unable to claim a victory against. The best they were able to muster was a tie with Texas one time. Well, it took Bama quite a few years to remove the Notre Dame monkey off their back but they finally did it. And now they no longer have a Texas monkey on their back because they handled them too.
I was amazed at the public outcry about Texas quarterback Colt McCoy getting hurt and knocked out of the game early. Everybody kept screaming Oh if he hadn’t got knocked out of the game everything would have been different. Well, you know what they say about if a frog had wings. The way I see it is, if Texas had a true National Championship caliber team then it wouldn’t matter if one player got hurt. Just send the next guy in and keep on clicking. That didn’t happen.
Bama’s quarterback was playing in pain with cracked ribs from the Florida tussle. Bama also lost their best pass rusher to a knee injury real early in the season. Sure that hurt their team but it didn’t stop them from going after the top prize. So the way I see this is, if a team puts all their marbles on one player then they won’t win.
They all kept hollering about the hit that Bama linebacker Marcell Darius laid on Colt McCoy being a cheap shot. Bull Crap! That was a clean, hard, SEC style hit that Bama’s players give and receive every week. It’s not their fault that the guy couldn’t handle it. Nobody told Bama’s players that they had to take it easy on this team and they didn’t. They brought it on every play exactly like they do every week with every other team on the schedule.
The simple fact remains that Texas didn’t have what it took to win the big prize and Bama did. It appears to me that instead of whining about what if, they should hit the recruiting trail and snatch up some quality players that can come in as a backup and get the job done.
McCoy said that before he got hurt that Texas was about to dominate. Really? I guess nobody told Bama that because where I come from, getting beat by 16 points is a woodshed trip. I don’t care what anybody says, when you can beat the #1 team in the nation and then turn right around and beat the #2 team in the nation on back to back games then you got yourself a football team. Good Job Guys!
