if you don't count 2006, when nick saban was riding in on the coattails of mike shula's recruiting efforts prior to his being asked to leave, wednesday, february 4th will mark the culmination of saban's second full and honest recruiting class at alabama. it's interesting how much has changed in those twelve months regarding the expectations i have of this new and just as important group of high school seniors.
it's not that i haven't been paying attention. it's not that i don't hope that reuben randle decides to come to tuscaloosa and leave his home state behind (which, hindsight proves, is about as likely as julio leaving his own state and his own mom last year was). it's not that i am not nervous about all this last-minute flirting trent richardson and dre kirkpatrick are doing even though one's been a verbal for nine months and the other most "experts" have him coming as a lock. these guys and this class is just as important to bama's continuing rise and eventual excellence as last year's was. it's just...different. you can only really fall in love once. same can be said for laying the foundation of a house. you can remodel and repaint and move the furniture around all you want, but it's still the same house, built on the the same slab of concrete. last year, after years of negligence and arrogance, the recruiting class of 2008 poured the foundation on the new house of the new, nick saban alabama era.
i don't want to take anything for granted. i am not counting any chickens prematurely. i just believe that nick saban is doing his due diligence and taking care of what he needs to. i will not be
speaking of foundations, i know andre smith leaving hurts. it hurts bad. anyone remember tyler love, though? i do. if he doesn't work out? d.j. fluker is already coming to town. remember that name. he'll likely follow andre as a first round pick in about four years. we already have our "star" at quarterback. if he doesn't work out, maybe mcelroy can steer the ship for a while. we'll just have to see.
that's it's a given that most "experts" have bama bringing in a top five class this year where last year was such a shocker says all you need to know about this year being...different.
i am still on edge. i am nervous. i am going to be leaning on kiker to bring me updates all day wednesday like he did for me last year. and i am looking forward to walking into church wednesday night with a big smile on my face, finding a bama fan's hand to shake and sitting down feeling like "we" just beat tennessee again.
you can only really fall in love once though.
everything else is just...different.
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I agree. You can only fall in love once. But you can always have that crush on that not so hot girl who ends up being Miss America too! Lets hope Bama has alot to celebrate come wednesday night!
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