Tide Fans -
93,000 fans said it best..."Hey Auburn...We just beat the Hell out of you"! Rammer Jammer Tide Fans...what a way to break the streak, and finish the regular season undefeated!!!! Complete and total domination of your arch rival is just a beautiful thing. Add on top of that 6 long years of frustration to losing, and you get the loudest Rammer Jammer cheer you have ever heard. Bryant-Denny was deafening many times throughout the evening, but unless you were at the game I cannot put into words how loud it was - truly awesome!! The Alabama Crimson Tide is 12-0 and on our way to the SEC Championship. Well done Coach Saban...well done Team.
I must admit, I was a little nervous before this game. The number 1 ranking and the fact that Auburn sucked had me thinking, this is their entire season right here...watch them pull off a miracle. All of that nervousness immediately left my body when I saw ex Tide star Siran Stacy accept his commemorative game ball, and then promptly take off down the sideline jumping up and down getting the crowd fired up - it was incredible! It changed the entire pre-game energy in the stadium. Watching a man who had lost his wife and 4 children just a year ago in a car accident, accept the game ball, and then just explode with enthusiasm for The Tide got me so fired up - I could have run through a brick wall! Our guys saw him, and then they got all fired up too - it was incredible! I was already emotional from having just heard one of the greatest renditions of our National Anthem sung by the lovely Sara Evans, but then to see Siran Stacy get the entire crowd fired up and watch him launch that commemorative game ball into the crowd....I can't even describe how I felt. I'm getting a little misty eyed just writing this - man it was powerful! As soon as that ball landed in the sea of Tide fans, I knew we were going to kick Auburn's ass.
There is really not even a need to analyze this game - it was beautiful. Our team came out and just did their thing, which is good ol smash mouth football. The defense played amazingly, and offense just pounded it down their throat - textbook Alabama! Auburn is a bad football team, but it is never easy to beat up on your rival like this - we made it look easy. Some of the holes that Coffee and Ingram had to run through were big enough for Cody! I loved how we switched things up and ran a lot to the right side instead of the left like we normally do - that is just great preparation, and great coaching! Saban even had our team practicing with wet footballs all week in anticipation of a wet game - genius!!! Tubberville looked like he had repeatedly been kicked in the family jewels, and I loved every second of that. I hope Auburn keeps Tubby for a long time, because I want to see that look on his face several more times. It was so cool to send the Seniors on this team out like this. Watching them all get to make a final wave to the Bryant-Denny crowd as the second string came in, was truly special. There are some guys we will really miss in this small but talented group. JP, Rashad, Antoine, Nikita, Nick, Travis, Bobby - we will miss you, and thank you for all that you have done for this team! You have all helped lift the weight of losing 6 years in a row to Auburn off our shoulders, and we truly thank you!
Players I love from this week:
- Glenn Coffee (seriously, how awesome is he?)
- Nikkita Stover (great catch and score - gonna miss his occasional clutch plays)
- Bobby Greenwood (huge blocked field goal - kept the momentum going into half!)
- Mark Ingram (more awesomeness)
Now - let's talk a little about the SEC Championship! As expected, we are not given the time of day by all the talking heads - they all have Florida as a "heavy" favorite. Never mind that we are UNDEFEATED, and the best team in the country - let's go ahead and just hand the trophy to the Gaytors. I mean come on....give me a freaking break! I love love LOVE coach Saban's reaction to questions about being an underdog and having to play Florida. Tracy Wolfson from CBS "Coach Saban your team is going to be an underdog in this game, how do you feel about that?" Saban's answer..."That's all right...doesn't bother me any!" Saban will have our team ready to take on Tebow and his gaytors - I guarantee it! He will find a weakness, and The Tide will exploit it - it is going to be a great game. Let all the media fall over Florida and Tebow, and Oklahoma...we will just keep doing what we have been doing all year - play smash mouth football, and win. It makes me sick to think how much CBS commentators, Vern Lundquist and Gary Danielson will be routing for Florida in this game. I mean listening to most of their calls this year was just nauseating. Vern needs to stick to being the color commentator for Figure Skating - he does much better with Scott Hamilton at his side. Thankfully, I will be in the Georgia Dome to witness this one!
Win or lose next week this has been one hell of a year! Who would have thought we would be 12-0! I predicted 10 wins, but thought we were another year away from being really good. What a special team, and what a special coach. I am so proud of this team, and so proud to be an Alabama Crimson Tide fan. I am going to swagger into the Georgia Dome next week knowing we have a great team, who does what it takes to win. I plan to laugh at many Gaytor fans in their jean shorts, or "jorts". Their fans will be rude and thinking that they are going to wax us. I am just going to smile and let The Tide do all the talking - it worked last time!
Proud to be an undefeated Crimson Tide fan! Until next week...Roll Tide!
Jason
P.S. Here is a small clip of Sara Evans (Mrs. Barker) singing the National Anthem!
Rammer Jammer!
