Formalities

"It's not you bruh! We beat everybody like that!"

Coach John wooden once said, “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.” The great Vince Lombardi gave it to us like this, “Winning isn’t everything but wanting to win is!” In one of the most famous coaching rants of all time Denny Green said, “They are who we thought they were! If you wanna crown ‘em then crown their ass!”

Well homeboy, just go ahead and wrap that little crystal ball up real tight and send that joint to Tuscaloosa because everything else is just a matter of formality. The Alabama Crimson Tide is dog walking boyz and there’s nothing that anybody can do about it. Regardless of how weak their schedule looks on paper they seem to be the best team in the country.  I thought that Tennessee would pose some problems to the Bama defense because Tyler Bray and Co. could air it out. The only problem they posed was the back end of a 44-13 route in Knoxville. Alabama did everything but make drinks in Neyland Stadium on Saturday night.

These boyz aren’t playin’ and ole Nick Saban is like a mad scientist right now. He keeps his team focused like race horses and they're running over and around everything in their way.

"We just kept grinding and grinding," Saban said. "We squandered a few opportunities at times, but I think the key to the drill was just keep playing and play the next play. Compete and be relentless in how you do it." It’s funny watching him on the sideline because he’s having fits and from time to time it looks like he’s gonna head rush and fall out. The crazy thing is that they’ll be up by 2 or 3 touchdowns and he’s still freaking out! 

They are officially the neighborhood street gang and have posted up on the corner and nobody is getting through without paying tolls. So like I said earlier, don’t even waste our time with a national title game just send that joint to Tuscaloosa and we’ll start spring ball in two weeks. After watching A.J. McCarron put up 306 and 4 and the two freshman went to work it's all but over. They've got every aspect of the game plan covered. If I thought Oregon was "King" then Alabama is "Big Brother King Almighty Thank You May I Have Another, Sir!"

I keep hearing boyz saying LSU might give them some problems in Baton Rouge but that’s just wishful thinking! Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! LSU has trouble scoring points and Alabama is being coached by the best cat in the business. Save us all the trouble of having to watch it on November 3rd. Bama is the all of that, a bag of chips, some Now & Laters, a red pop and those frosted penny cookies that Fat Daddy sold at the corner store. I doubted them before but never again. Not as long as Nick Saban is in charge. Accept my apologies and we’ll move on! That’s on my momma!

I’m just glad that I don’t have to keep listening to clowns tell me about South Carolina! Noni Juice does not sell bruh! I told you that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. The Gamecocks got the brakes, the doors and the transmission beat off of them in the swamp 44-11, like I told you they would. When you’ve only won 1 conference title in 120 years and have only had 3 All-Americans, big games become way too big to handle. 

Well, it looks like ole dull Gene Chizik should be getting escorted out of Auburn real soon after losing to Vanderbilt. That’s like getting beat up on the bus by the blind kid in the wheel chair and trying to walk back through the hood with some respect. Ain’t gonna happen! I know the old timers at Toomer’s Corner have stripped down to their underwear and are ready to fight to the death today to get Chizik out of town because his firing is also just a matter of formality too.

Holla At Ya Boy!

Jay Graves

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