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Thereās been a common theme in college football this year. Itās been an attitude more than a theme, really. An idea among football programs literally coast to coast.
āWe want Bama.ā
Bama. The standard to which all programs aspire. The very personification of perfection and dominance, 105 strong, all wearing cleats and a game time mad-on.
The team who even when they arenāt at their best avoids āpulling a Stanfordā and rolls to victory. The team who has had its ticket punched in more āGames of the Centuryā than any other program in recent history. The program who hasnāt lost a road game since early October 2010.
Across the state, Auburn has had an amazing season. A complete turnaround from a year ago, when blowouts were on the menu week after week, and the Tigers were the entree. Sitting at a most improbable 10-1, Auburn owns a season (as usual) of weird turns and twists. They say itās better to be lucky than good, and the man who coined that phrase had to do so as his butt was planted on the cold bleachers of Jordan-Hare stadium. There is no luckier football program in the history of college athletics than the Auburn Tigers.
And Saturday night, on a 4th and 18, as the Auburn QB (who could not successfully strike the broad side of a barn three times in a row if given sunrise to sunset) heaved a final prayer as far as he could, Auburn luck struck again. Placed perfectly by a poorly trained DB in his bread basket, the only way the heave couldnāt have been completed is if Ricardo Louis didnāt have arms. He didnāt even really need hands.
And with that early Christmas presentā¦
āWe want Bama.ā
Has there ever been a program that has lived in the minds of everybody else as much as Alabama?
We know you do Auburn, or else you wouldnāt have put our name permanently on the back wall of your football meeting room before the season. Who else does that? But now, eleven games later, and literally everything riding on the line with four quarters standing between you and a season of achieved fantasy, in 13 days, you get Bama. You get the Crimson Tide, who has been breathing and living on the thin, rare air for the better part of six yearsā¦air youāre just now stepping into. You get the team whose defensive backs are trained to swat away hail marrys rather than prolong your hope with interception attempts.
You get the team you havenāt scored an offensive point against in three seasons. You get the team that isnāt intimidated by crowds, or noise, or atmospheres. You get the team that 60 Minutes does stories on to try and decipher what makes these elite robots tick. You get the team that, even when giving up four turnovers, still beats their SEC opponent on the road by two scores.
In Alabama, you get the team who doesnāt blow 20-point 4th quarter leads. Whose nasty defense denies you points even in the improbable circumstance that you should get the ball deep in their territory. Whose strength coach stares your head coach down across the field during the game and taunts him, because he knows what you know, but donāt want to admit.
You get the team that faces LSU and wins, three times in a row now, wherever we face them.
You get the team that has shelved more trophies in the Nick Saban era than any other program.
You get the gold standard of college football in 2013.
And you get a team unimpressed by flashes in the pan, something youāre well know for. But instead, you get a team who has conquered a term youāve never gotten to knowā¦āsustained success.ā
Youāve won 10 games this season Auburn. Good for you. At Alabama, a 10-win season is considered a down year (see 2010). Now letās see if your team of renegades can stand up under the pressure that āBama has become known for time and again, and again, and again, and again.
The man you wakes you up in the morning and puts you to sleep at night.
Letās see how your coach, who was coaching high school football about the time our coach was lifting his first of four National Championship trophy, fares under the bright lights. I mean, when he isnāt facing a disabled foe. There isnāt an Alabama to take the manhood from your next opponent before you face them, and their playmakers will be at 100%, un-hobbled by injuries you didnāt help create but that you benefitted from nonetheless. You want Bama. And now, in 13 days, you get them.
Be careful what you wish for. Because from experience we can tell you, living at the top week-after-week while dining on the pressure that comes with that top post, everybody wants Bama until we step on their field, and step on their dreams.
And weāre stepping on yours in thirteen days. And the worse news for you? We want you too.
Because you stand between us and the thing that has been a regular stay in our diet of late. Championships. If you want to sleep at night for the next two weeks, donāt check Nick Sabanās record at Alabama in games when hardware is on the line. Just donāt do it.
Instead, let your fantasy live on. At least for thirteen more days.
Read more at http://capstonereport.com/2013/11/17/let-guess-auburn-want-bama/22584/#afqUbC07KE3T5ZMe.99
āWe want Bama.ā
Bama. The standard to which all programs aspire. The very personification of perfection and dominance, 105 strong, all wearing cleats and a game time mad-on.
The team who even when they arenāt at their best avoids āpulling a Stanfordā and rolls to victory. The team who has had its ticket punched in more āGames of the Centuryā than any other program in recent history. The program who hasnāt lost a road game since early October 2010.
Across the state, Auburn has had an amazing season. A complete turnaround from a year ago, when blowouts were on the menu week after week, and the Tigers were the entree. Sitting at a most improbable 10-1, Auburn owns a season (as usual) of weird turns and twists. They say itās better to be lucky than good, and the man who coined that phrase had to do so as his butt was planted on the cold bleachers of Jordan-Hare stadium. There is no luckier football program in the history of college athletics than the Auburn Tigers.
And Saturday night, on a 4th and 18, as the Auburn QB (who could not successfully strike the broad side of a barn three times in a row if given sunrise to sunset) heaved a final prayer as far as he could, Auburn luck struck again. Placed perfectly by a poorly trained DB in his bread basket, the only way the heave couldnāt have been completed is if Ricardo Louis didnāt have arms. He didnāt even really need hands.
And with that early Christmas presentā¦
āWe want Bama.ā
Has there ever been a program that has lived in the minds of everybody else as much as Alabama?
We know you do Auburn, or else you wouldnāt have put our name permanently on the back wall of your football meeting room before the season. Who else does that? But now, eleven games later, and literally everything riding on the line with four quarters standing between you and a season of achieved fantasy, in 13 days, you get Bama. You get the Crimson Tide, who has been breathing and living on the thin, rare air for the better part of six yearsā¦air youāre just now stepping into. You get the team whose defensive backs are trained to swat away hail marrys rather than prolong your hope with interception attempts.
You get the team you havenāt scored an offensive point against in three seasons. You get the team that isnāt intimidated by crowds, or noise, or atmospheres. You get the team that 60 Minutes does stories on to try and decipher what makes these elite robots tick. You get the team that, even when giving up four turnovers, still beats their SEC opponent on the road by two scores.
In Alabama, you get the team who doesnāt blow 20-point 4th quarter leads. Whose nasty defense denies you points even in the improbable circumstance that you should get the ball deep in their territory. Whose strength coach stares your head coach down across the field during the game and taunts him, because he knows what you know, but donāt want to admit.
You get the team that faces LSU and wins, three times in a row now, wherever we face them.
You get the team that has shelved more trophies in the Nick Saban era than any other program.
You get the gold standard of college football in 2013.
And you get a team unimpressed by flashes in the pan, something youāre well know for. But instead, you get a team who has conquered a term youāve never gotten to knowā¦āsustained success.ā
Youāve won 10 games this season Auburn. Good for you. At Alabama, a 10-win season is considered a down year (see 2010). Now letās see if your team of renegades can stand up under the pressure that āBama has become known for time and again, and again, and again, and again.
The man you wakes you up in the morning and puts you to sleep at night.
Letās see how your coach, who was coaching high school football about the time our coach was lifting his first of four National Championship trophy, fares under the bright lights. I mean, when he isnāt facing a disabled foe. There isnāt an Alabama to take the manhood from your next opponent before you face them, and their playmakers will be at 100%, un-hobbled by injuries you didnāt help create but that you benefitted from nonetheless. You want Bama. And now, in 13 days, you get them.
Be careful what you wish for. Because from experience we can tell you, living at the top week-after-week while dining on the pressure that comes with that top post, everybody wants Bama until we step on their field, and step on their dreams.
And weāre stepping on yours in thirteen days. And the worse news for you? We want you too.
Because you stand between us and the thing that has been a regular stay in our diet of late. Championships. If you want to sleep at night for the next two weeks, donāt check Nick Sabanās record at Alabama in games when hardware is on the line. Just donāt do it.
Instead, let your fantasy live on. At least for thirteen more days.
Read more at http://capstonereport.com/2013/11/17/let-guess-auburn-want-bama/22584/#afqUbC07KE3T5ZMe.99
