BAMA comes to town

No talk of illegal players, no talk about subpoenas, no talk of mass cheating from Tide boosters....the only talk has been about how dominant Alabama's offensive and defensive lines have been this year so far. With a number two ranking and a weasel of a coach, the elephants rumble into town looking to lay the smack down on Fulmer in his farewell parade. One can only imagine what that mastermind Clawson is thinking now that Alabama is missing its' all-american to be fat noseman. I'll bet he has a special package for Josh McNeil in the works as we speak, and we all know how well those packages work (remember Eric Locke); I know the tuskers do.

In all seriousness, a victory for Alabama might be bittersweet in that it further spells the demise of Fulmer. They can act on the radio and message boards like they hate him worse than Madonna hates Palin, but let's face it, they would hate anybody in Orange on the sidelines. The same way we gave encouraging words toward them with the brilliance of bringing in Shula to clean up their mess, some of them that I've heard on the radio are trying to prop up Phil to keep him in Neyland...notwithstanding all the blame they give him for their past struggles.

Be that as it may, it may be worth it to ante up to hire the right man. It sure looks like it has worked for them. Their fans are as giddy as Ben Aflleck and Matt Damon sitting on Obama's knee playing "ride a little pony". The attention of Saban's enormous salary has been supplanted by their successful start, and it probably helps that now everyone's turning their attention to other colossal wastes of salaries of companies like AIG and Fannie Mae. They make Saban look like a begger at I-40 and Lovell road. Who needs a personality when your that rich anyway? As streaky as this series has been over time, I don't like the trend lines I'm seeing on this chart, but maybe our loyal leader has one more trick up his extra large sleeve and can at least dash the national championship hopes of Bama on his way out. That might be almost enough for our fans to forgive him for the past four or five years.