thank you volinarizona. you pointed out the obvious to a lot of tide fans. we fired a home bred student, player, with no head coaching experience, under severe probation, next to the death penalty, and he emerged last year with a 10-2 record, and a cotton bowl. then all the real fans pointed out that the tide may go 7-5 this year with the youth. well he missed it by one game. we outplayed the representative of the west, and i dont remember mike kicking or missing those extra points or field goals. we played big 4 on the road, tenn, florida, LSU, and arkansas. excellent recruiting years the last two. now we are looking for a head coach from among the 3d tier group. i still think jeff tedford of california would be a real good one.