Prior to the start of the season, anyone who would have predicted 'Bama to be undefeated and playing in the SEC Championship Game this season has to be either a delusional 'Bammer who thinks they are going all the way each and every year, or that person has to be the best long-shot gambler the college football world has ever seen.
At best, most thought 'Bama would come away with nine wins and second place in the division. No one that I know had 'Bama picked to win the Western Division, but oh, how the tables have turned!
I credit much of the success this season to the difference in attitudes that have been displayed on and off the field. Players are actually finishing the routes on all plays. The team is working as a complete unit.
And, now, finally toward the end of the season, Alabama is clicking on all cylinders, playing all four quarters, and playing solid football on offense, defense, and special teams.
'Bama has ended all streaks that were against them: two woeful years to Mississippi State, not to mention not scoring an offensive touchdown on State since 2004, a five game skid to the Bayou Bengals of LSU, and, finally, the six-in-a-row to hated rival Auburn. They also won games in November…all four of them!
The scores have been settled, business has been handled, and now a classic match-up with the Florida Gators takes me back in time to somewhere in the mid-1990s when it was almost a given that these two would square off when December rolled around.
Florida has been the “hot” team as of late. There is no doubt why the Gators, even as a one-loss, lower ranked team, come into this battle as a ten-point favorite. They have won the past five games by at least 30 points each time, including wins over rival Florida State and handing former head coach Steve Spurrier the worst loss of his carrier.
Oh, and did I mention that two of the conference’s premier coaches will face-off for the first time ever?
Wow, this is going to be a game for the ages!
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