I wish we could just focus on State and winning.
Realize this is hard to do with a heated in-state rival present, but if we'd just win, then all of that other crap would take care of itself. I believe we are on our way if Dan will stay a little while.
Lazy "journalism"
Every Alabama walk-on fan and sidewalk alumnus I know on Facebook has already said as much, just without benefit of a semi-regionally known sports website for a mouthpiece. What would've been interesting is a piece on what State has to do to win the game, citing as examples...
Alabama is 7-0 against opponents with a combined record of 24-25. State is 7-0 against opponents with a combined record of 19-32. Throwing out SEC play (because you can't do anything about the SEC schedule set for you) Alabama's opponents are 11-10 and State's are 14-15. The large disparity...
My dad took me and a friend to see State play LSU somewhere in the 1984-86 range; can't really remember the year. I would've been around 12 years old. State, getting stomped as usual in those days, had us leaving the game about 5 minutes early and a couple of drunk LSU fans (I know that's...