Argo said:
Great Post! Heading into the bye week 6-0 and ranked #2 is more than I expected or even imagined for this team.
We have a lot to be thankful for, Argo. At roughly this same time 2 years ago, on November 26th of '06, Alabama was without a coach.
Our rivals and bitter analysts and radio personalities and ESPN hacks and national writers and sport's reporters had written us off.
'Bama was finished and would forever be mid-level at best, bottom dwellers at worst. Lots of people's dreams and hopes didn't quite work out for them.
'Bama is doing quite well just two short years later. Very few programs would have been able to weather the storms that this team and program have over the last decade.
Unmatched fan support was an anchor for the Crimson Tide through all these years. The Tide has given us a hundred and fourteen years of some of the best college football anyone could ever ask for.
It was time for us to do our part and the Crimson Tide fans stepped up and delivered. Bryant Denny stayed packed and the fans never stopped buying and supporting the team that has done all they could through the decades to make us happy.
Throughout all these years of turmoil, we have all stuck together. Our team survived and so did we. Now, we are going to be battle tested and harder and meaner and tougher than ever. Impervious to outside interference.