re: Am I the only one that thinks Bama shows up flat and loses this game?

I love how people say, "Well, Bama just isn't as good as they were last year..."

Who gives a frick?

This year's team is one of the best, if not the best, in the nation. They can play and beat anyone. They beat the shite out of most of the teams you could stack against them.

It must suck for other fan bases to see perhaps Bama's weakest team in 4 years going to the 'ship. For most programs, a National Championship caliber team is the best team in decades at that particular school.

Last year or the year before or the year before that do not matter. You can only compare Bama's to this year's teams, and they are better than damn near every one of them--in some cases by a large margin.