Perhaps it was youth, inexperience, a sense of entitlement or simply “media hype,” but the Alabama Crimson Tide weren’t supposed to be 9-3…and they weren’t supposed to be in the Capital One Bowl.
In any other year, for any other team, 9-3 would be considered a fantastic season.
However, when commercials are made, documentaries are filmed and a movie about the head coach is put on display, 9-3…just isn’t good enough.
Not many people predicted Alabama to have an undefeated season, but even less predicted the Tide to finish fourth in the SEC West.
The inability to focus at critical times and the inability to finish an entire game is the reason Alabama is in Orlando…and not Glendale, Arizona.
The Tide certainly had the talent in 2010, but the desire and the mental fortitude to be the best…was left in Pasadena.
On Saturday afternoon in the 2011 Capital One Bowl, Alabama will have the opportunity to finish on a high note and claim 10 or more wins for the third consecutive season.
For the Alabama seniors and those who may declare early for the NFL Draft, the Capital One Bowl will be the “last stand” and ultimate chance to display the greatness that helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national title just one year ago.
Alabama will not play for “all the marbles” in 2010, but it doesn’t mean they can’t finish the season like champions.
ALABAMA 31
MICHIGAN STATE 16
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