re: Ohio State fans wonder why Alabama is so overrated

Not a bad point but a horrible way to make it. Alabama's success is undeniable. It's also been really close to something else. Great teams, coaches and programs capitalize on opportunity and come up big in decisive moments.

People talk about these decisive moments -- the screen pass to Yeldon, the tackle at the 5 yard line -- as if Alabama lucked into them all falling their way. They didn't. They're fortunate that the chips fell where they did -- anyone who comes up big is -- but they worked hard to get there. It's asinine to act like we can just take away the times where things went well and assume they wouldn't and say that's how it should be.

Alabama's run has been a hair's breadth away from being something much less illustrious. That in no way diminishes the fact that they did what they had to do to make it where they have.