and have experience on the side and have a lot of people predicts an emphatic alabama win double-digit favorite in the bcs championship game. it s unusual. you are you old enough willie? i think you are. i know you guys are. i think it was 86-87. miami arrives playing penn state and come off the plane in fatigues. people say the same thing about penn state they say about notre dame right now, and penn state rose up and kicked miami s tail. every time i hear talk like this the tide are going to arrive in fatigues and take notre dame lightly? i don t think so. they have sabin. you get the point every time. we never thought texas a&m would come within it. the bcs is the team disrespected and underdog has heard for five or six or seven weeks, you have no chance. you don t belong in the game. very frequently that s been a strong motivating factor. maybe it s been the reason why there have been a fair number of
we had three add-a-days in august. i didn t play baseball, because if you wanted to play football in the fall you played spring football in the spring. it s our obsession. the number of players available in the talent pool is staggers, joe. neez states wouldn t be known for being in the top five in that many categories are in the top five when it comes to football talent. nose s.e.c. schools feast on that. look at the recruiting rankings. it s no secret and accident that s.e.c. teams are there s seven or eight in the top 25 in recruiting every year. chris, do you feel there s any substance to the rumors floating around if alabama wins sabin moves on and goes to the pros and cleveland? i don t think nick has the same fascination foog back to the nfl to right the wrong that happened in miami. pete carroll had a strong desire to go back to the nfl and fix things. he surprised a plot by leaving usc. i don t think sabin is going to