Bama is past the point of maximum yield - law of diminishing returns cannot be argued with

The obvious decrease of overall output that the Tide see happening right now would be fine and acceptable for Little Ten members like Arkansas, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia, etc.

And who knows, Bama fans may come to terms with it too.

Bama fans may decide to tighten their belts and accept the newly arrived dominance of Gus Malzahn, who has won two out of the last three Iron Bowls. Gus will probably receive a well deserved extension, something we are all expecting any day now.

And of course Bama should get used to it and simply appreciate the ride they had. It was magnificent. Congrats Bama!

Besides, I always looked at the Law of Diminishing Returns as, well, just rich people seeing smaller numbers roll across their screens, but oh well, still something that must be really nice. No more perfection mind you, but how long can perfection last anyway? Not long. And that is basic mathematics folks.

This next graph looks more ominous. That's a hell of a downward screech on a chalk board over there on the right. Down down down. But it happens.



I don't think we will see a marginal or less than marginal product for Alabama today on signing day. That's a year or two away. Plus the media is always the last to come around on issues of logistics. They don't understand math. That's why they became journalists. So I suspect we will see glowing headlines about this Bama class today. And that's fine.

Bama should be allowed to celebrate a little longer.