For that, I apologize, but it’s impossible to pass up the gems week 3 has brought:
The triumphant return of Mark Ingram today. Granted, it’s Duke, but prior, pre-Saban teams have sometimes struggled against this grade of opponent. It’s a question of consistency and being able to deliver, so seeing numbers like the Tide racked up today make me feel good about the stretch of in-conference foes lining up next (at Arkansas, Florida at home, and at Spurrier’s Gamecocks before Mississippi at home).
MO TIDE: It’d be hard to be happier about the Penn State situation, and how deep the Alabama team apparently is. With two top players out, they still got it done. In addition to a big win over a storied program, we got press out the wazoo from Lion faithful about what a nice time they all had. Try that at Rockytop. Or Baton Rouge.
Ole Miss just keeps sucking, and that makes my heart glow. I really thought Coach Nutt was better than this, though. A non-IA team and letting Vandy win by two TDs at home? Fantastic. It’s like Notre Dame all over again!
Speaking of which: the Irish dropped another one, this time to Michigan State.
Add to this the collapse of Tennessee today, and I’m a happy, happy man.
Well, my baseball team is collapsing and my NFL team sucks like an Electrolux, so right now, the Tide is all I got. Since when do they play Duke, anyway? Arkansas should be interesting–is that next week? Cause if it is, I may miss it–big Southern book trade show and I’ll be chained to the booth. Damn!