Week 11 NCAA Football

Well it's finally here, Iron Bowl week!!! At the first of the season I already had this game marked up as a loss for the Tide. But Alabama showed some signs of life against LSU and the Tigers looked nothing like they did early in the year. Auburn seems to be going backwards with even their defense looking weak at times. It looks to me like running the ball right up the middle is the best way to attack Auburn and then when their LB's come up to stop the run bring your TE and WR's over the middle for open lanes. Alabama has been successful at this at times this season so there is hope. But do we really know which teams will show up this week? Alabama is still young and makes mistakes like you would expect. The play calling has been questionable on offense but was a little better against LSU. Auburn can play great one week against some of the best teams in the SEC and then lose to Georgia who has been struggling for weeks. It is a hard game to figure but my gut tells me the Tide is due. Shula needs this game and you know the few seniors on this team would like to go out with a win like this.
Bobby Knight is back in the news. Again it is for all the wrong reasons. He is a great coach who knows more basketball than probably any coach in the nation. But he can not control his temper. After watching the incident on ESPN I think he should be suspended at least. The reports are that he was raising the kids head up to make him pay attention to him. But was there any need to use his fist and jar his head back like he did? The bad part in all of this is that the coach, the AD, the parents, and the player are all acting like it is no big deal. How can it not be a big deal? Other coaches are seeing this and it will be an open invitation for them to use their own ways of getting attention. I have always respected Coach Knight but he needs to get some help or retire.