Roll Tide

So this post isn't really to go on and on about how much I love Alabama football...rather to try and continue my ongoing cause to help delusional BYU cougar fans. Here is the deal: the reason everyone talks about the SEC being the best conference is because it is. You never hear any analysts on ESPN saying, "yeah, but what about the Mountain West and BYU..." Never. The reason is because nobody cares about them. It's a joke. For the most part all the teams in the conference are below par with the rest of the country. Remember the "Amazing" John Beck. As usual, the cougar fans were so angry when he wasn't up for the Heisman last year. Now look at him. He plays for the worst team in the NFL and after a 0-9 start, they decided, "why not, we can't suck any worse, let's put our rookie in." Oh the buzz around campus was nuts. Everyone was so excited that their golden boy was finally getting his chance. Time to show everyone how brilliant he is, how wrong they were to not give him the heisman, how perfect he is....and then....wait did the game already happen? Yeah, nobody cared, he was so so at best, and they still lost the game. Did sports center do a big story on his breakthrough game in the NFL? NOOOO. Why? Because nobody cares!! But back to the story at hand...
You have to play good teams to be nationally recognized. Eventually you will have a 8-2 record and be in the top 25 when you play sucky teams. Congratulations with the tough wins over colorado state and UNLV. But what happened with the 2 non-conference games you played...remember those outcomes? Or were the officials to blame for those? Strength of schedual has a lot to do with rankings and perception.
It's not all BYU's fault. To their credit, they are the best team in the conference. But don't complain about not being in any big BCS bowls, b/c you just don't play anyone good enough to earn a spot.
Now I'm a huge Alabama fan, but i'm not delusional. We've had a mediocre season at best. (thank you John Parker). BUT, does our record of 6-5 really tell the full story?
We beat Arkansas who was playing excellently at the time.
We beat Tennessee who is still in the top 25 and having a good season too.
We barely lost to Georgia in overtime.... now a top 10 team
We lost to LSU, the #1 team, in the last minute of play after leading the entire game.
We lost to FSU who is always unpredictable and dangerous.
Then we just lost to 2 crappy teams. No excuse there, that's just embarassing.
But 3 of those losses were hard fought games that could have gone either way. So don't tell me that just b/c a team wins more games in a season (BYU) and gets ranked 23rd b/c of it, that they could beat the Crimson Tide. BYU fans always seem to spout this kind of propaganda near the end of the season when their ranking inevitably goes up. That's why even when they finished 12 in the poles last year, they are out by the start of a new year. Just remember, your conference sucks, you don't play anyone worthwhile or difficult at all, and when you do, you lose (UCLA...who sucks by the way). But don't worry, I'm probably the delusional one. And if the world was right, I'm sure BYU would be playing Hawaii for the National Championship, and John Beck would be in the Hall of Fame already. How silly of me...