The Tide Have Come Home

There has been many times the Tide was supposed to lose this season, and one by one the fans from the newly fallen team assure our Men in Crimson that they'll never get past 'the next team.'  Leaving the job that it was theirs to do, hoping another team will do it for them.

No matter what happens this Saturday, when the Men in Crimson make their way back home, you can rest assured that the two best teams in the SEC are exactly who will be playing.  It will be a game that, aside from what it assuredly means for whoever wins, will possibly be the best football game played in 2008.

I'm proud of this team.  I'm proud of the adversity they have already overcome and I'm proud of the maturity they've shown while doing it.  They are apart of something bigger than themselves, which is hard for people of any age to comprehend, much less a group of 18 to 23 year olds.

I was asked a question today.  I was asked "Who has Alabama beaten this year?"  The tone that the question was asked told me all I needed to know of the intent of the one asking it. 

When thinking of the adversity that these boys have overcome this year as they have made their way back to where it all began, I feel good knowing that the answer to the man's question "who has Alabama beaten this year" is simply everyone who's stood before them.

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