I'm very happy with getting Saban. Sure he might take off after 3 or 4 years but look at what he left at LSU, those are his players that beat ND tonight, at least for the most part. He can win big at Alabama, two total incompetents, Mike Dubose and Mike Shula, both had ten win seasons here, he can do much better, or at least be much more consistent.

And as far as him splitting in a few years, I'm not delusional in thinking that it definitely won't happen. But I'm cautiously optimistic that he'll be here for at least 4 or 5 years, and it could be his last job. For one thing, he's 55. Doesn't look that old but he is. Not sure if he'd wanna pack up at 60 and go somewhere else. Two, he told Mel Kiper a year ago Alabama was his dream job. He's not going back to the pros, he hated the pros, that's why he's here. So if he left it would be almost certainly for another college job, and since he can win here the only reason he would do that is if he gets bored here.

Either way, I'm happy, if you watched Alabama under Shula for 12 games a year, you would know he sucked. We won ten games last year cause of our defensive coordinator and our defense, hell Demeco Ryans, a linebacker for us last year, won Defensive rookie of the year in the NFL and Mark Anderson, also from Alabama, came in second.

I'm in Tuscaloosa now, home for the holidays, people are just going nuts, hundreds of people showed up at the airport to meet him. One lady rushed up and kissed him. Then got a DUI later in the day, had to be restrained with pepper spray. Were such rednecks.

As far as ND goes, they just don't have the athletes on defense yet. In their three big games, the other teams have just looked faster. And Russel's a freak of nature. Dude just flicks it 60 yards.