prelude to monday night s big national championship game. alabama crimson tide/notre dame fighting irish. they arrived yesterday? south florida ahead of monday s bcs matchup. nick saban homecoming. homecoming in florida. of course, he coached the dolphins, 2005 and 2006 before he went to real major league football back in alabama for the crimson tide. alabama trying to win the third national championship in just four years. notre dame back when we had notre dame football on sunday mornings, hasn t won a national title since 1988. you know it s going to be a great game, but i tell you what. any alabama players who have been told that they re going to have a free ride, all they need to do is look at 11-1 florida who thought they were going to stomp louisville last night. look what happened to them. look what happened to lsu. on any given monday. on any given monday. 50 days after the last game you play. with the whole country watching. i think they re going to say