... take the field against the Texas Longhorns for the BCS National Title Game. As an Alabama fan, it is so fun just to tap that line out; you just don't know how sweet it is.

Not since 1979 have I been so excited. I know, we had a championship in 1992, but in '79 I was entering the Capstone as a freshman. Alabama had just completed the '78 campaign and returned to campus as National Champions.

As I drove into town on Highway 82 onto McFarland Boulevard, I approached a huge Billboard on the right side of the road that read: The University of Alabama, Home of the Crimson Tide. 1978 National Champions.

One of my high school friends had been recruited by the Tide in '79 and signed with the freshman class. Seeing that sign, knowing ...

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