I won't deny that I had some personal satisfaction in seeing Tebow go down in flames Saturday.  But that's not why I'm posting this.  It's simply an excellent article, and it makes me so proud of our defense that they stood up to Tebow and prevented him from cementing his place in the halls of college football lore on their backs. 

Tebow myth can't survive first dose of very real failure.

Am I the only one that was getting really pissed at Gary Danielson for repeatedly talking about how Alabama didn't want Greg McElroy?  I understand where he's coming from in that if we had gotten Tebow then we wouldn't have had room for McElroy... supposedly.  I don't know if that's really the case or if it was a mutual thing where he didn't want to be behind Tebow either.  Regardless, I thought it was very disrespectful to keep characterizing the situation as Alabama "not wanting him".  He may not have been a 5 star at the top of everyone's board, but he wasn't table scraps either. 

V For Vendetta


This game is SO V For Vendetta.  Florida = the government.  CBS = the media.  Tebow = Chancellor Suttler.  Alabama = V.  SEC Championship = the 5th of November.  It is then that we will end the tyranny of Tebow.

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Roy Upchurch is awesome. I was so happy to see him score the winning TD in the Iron Bowl. Some of you may remember when Upchurch wore "RIP Micah" on his wrist during the UT game last year.  Micah Edwards was a big Alabama fan, and Upchurch was his favorite player.  He even had a picture of Roy in his little desk at school.  Micah died when he refused to leave his elderly grandmother in a fire.  They found their bodies huddled together in her bedroom.  Upchurch was particularly moved by this story because of his relationship with his own grandmother.  "Upchurch, after all, spent 18 months in high school living with his grandmother, Gladys Garner. The 71-year-old was in failing health, and none of her adult children could care for her full time. Upchurch volunteered, then spent a long time convincing his mother to allow him to do so.  He rose at 4 a.m., cooked her breakfast, gave her medication, went to school, went to football practice, became a Parade All-American, came home, and repeated it the next day."  Upchurch sent the family a signed ball and dedicated that UT game in which he had a career day to Micah last year.  The story in the Birmingham News last year ended by saying "Somewhere, Edwards is cheering".  Tonight, he sure had cause to cheer again. 

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