Surfing the Crimson Tide

HEY GATORS!!
HEY GATORS!!
WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUTTA YOU!
RAMMER JAMMER YELLOWHAMMER!
GIVE EM HELL ALABAMA!!

The Crimson Tide are back. Second to Notre Dame's total annihilation of Purdue on Saturday, the Bama win was the sweetest thing I've seen in a long time. Tyrone Prothro and Keith Brown were as electrifying in the open field as Brodie Croyle was under center. And then there was the defense, punishing and relentless. There is nothing more satisfying than watching a nasty, old school defense dismantle and expose Urban Meyer's gimmicky "offense of the 21st century" on national tv. Welcome to the SEC, Urban. When you're not in a battle with Fat Phil and his Creamscicle Brigade, you'll find the goings a bit tougher.

Quote of the game:
After Brodie Coyle torched his secondary for 14/17/283 w/ 3 TDs, 0 Ints, Urban Meyer stated: "Croyle is a terrific quarterback. I don't know much about him--but I had heard good things about him. I watched him in warmups, and he's an NFL quarterback."

I don't know what can possibly excuse a head coach from knowing so little about a rival's quarterback going into a game beyond what he saw in warmups and heard by word of mouth. Maybe Urban & Co. screwed up and watched game tape of Alabama A&T instead. Maybe they have Tyrone Willingham disease. Whatever it is, I don't care. With Alabama and Notre Dame taking the paths back to their rightful places in the college football world, I'm the happiest fan around.

GO IRISH! ROLL TIDE!