yeah man, i understand you! the one and only thing i hate about alabama fans, is they look at the past and live off the past.. the bear hasnt coached in how many years now?? i wish they would learn to move on!

Shula didn't have a backbone.  He would whine and sulk over a loss like this (and he had quite a few).  At least Saban acts like it's his fault.  I don't want to be an Alabama football player for the next couple of days.  Saban might be working on their "concentration" for a day or two.

Games like this happen.  I hate it when it does and it shouldn't happen.  But it happened way to often with Shula.  I'm willing to bet a loss like this won't happen too many times with Saban around.

I heard Saban speaking to a reporter at halftime and he had some words for our QB in the interview.  He doesn't normally call out individual players when they have a bad game (or 3), but he did it today.  He said it's hard to move the ball and win games when you can't throw the ball with confidence.  I think it's safe to say John Parker Wilson will not be the automatic starting QB for the Tide next season.

With all of this being said, I think the adrenaline and "new coach" buzz has worn off.  Saban has milked this team for as much as he could.  It is not a very good team, especially on defense, but he made them play better than they actually are for about 8 weeks.   I think next season will be about the same, maybe a little better with some of the new recruits coming in and getting in the system, and the returning players getting used to the new coaching staff.  I'm not gonna lie, 2 seasons from now, everybody in Bama nation will be expecting big things from Saban and this staff.  I think we will see the SEC west titles start coming in along with some SEC championships.  We just have to be patient.  We are dealing with an extreme makeover here.