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Respect him. Hate Alabama.

He definitely has his act together. I may not be bama fan, but have any of you noticed that the attitudes, cockiness and trash talk from players has simmered WAY down since Saban has been in charge? Am I imagining it?

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting."
- Gen. George S. Patton