Alabama shocked the world today with the hiring of Joe Dirt as Head Coach. AD Mal Moore was quoted as saying," Joe embodies every good thing that Alabama football represents." Dirt, who was visibly giddy, wasted no time in hiring Kicking Wing as his new Offensive Coordinator; a move designed to bring the "fireworks" back to Alabama.We can now look forward to such plays as the "Whisker Do", the "Whisker Don't", and other spectacular grid iron displays. Bama novelty shops weren't so thrilled with the hiring, with the undying popularity of the mullett still prevalent in the region, there will likely be no rush to produce the Coach Dirt fake mullett for Game day.

It wasn't pretty, it wasn't even cute; but UT managed to hang on for a big win over the upstart Wildcats Saturday in Ktown. Using a defense suspiciously like the one we saw vs LSU and Arkansas, we basically did all we could to lose this one. Granted, Kentucky is a much better team than we've seen come from Lexington since the Tim Couch days, but UT really should have handled them easier than we did. With all the time now before we go Bowling we should heal up injured guys like Jerod Mayo and Ainge and be back at full speed come bowl time. My scenario has us in the Peach vs Va Tech, but I'm no expert. This would be a great game though, we are 5-2 vs the Hokies all time, with our last encounter a 45-23 blowout in the 94 Gator Bowl. However this is purely speculation at this point. I personally am proud of the bounce back this season, I expected improvement, but not quite like this. We could easily have 1 loss at this point with a little luck vs UF and LSU, but overall I tip my hat to the guys, great season!

With OSU's huge win over Michigan Saturday, you would think the BCS Championship Game race would have cleared up a bit; that is definitely not the case. With Michigan still holding down the number 2 spot things are no more clear than they were before they played. There are still a number of scenarios to be played out, but should the right teams lose we may well see a rematch. I really feel that if a USC victory over ND takes place, the Trojans have the inside track. Don't count out UF though, if Arkansas wins out and UF wins handily in the SEC title game it could help the Gators. Alot can happen in the next two weeks, personally a Ohio State/Michigan rematch would be valid in my opinion. But the SEC fan in me would like to see the Gators or Hogs slip in. Hit us with your opinions or scenarios.