Intangible Factor No. 3: John Parker Wilson's Intestinal Fortitude
Alabama's up-and-down quarterback alternates between deer-in-the-headlights shakiness and strong, commanding excellence. If this Jekyll-and-Hyde signal caller can mature in 2008, the SEC West could be painted Crimson.
The same thing could have been said of last year. It could be argued that if UT JPW showed up against FSU,GA, LSU, MSU, and AU that Alabama could have won all of those.