It seems, well at least to me, that every year the media has a season long love affair with Pete Carroll and Nick Saban. Well now that Saban has, to date, won all of the games against the mighty Clemson Tigers, the awesome Tulane Green Wave, dynamic Western Kentucky what-eva ya-call-em, the power house Arkansas Razorbacks and the Media Miracle Georgia Bulldogs we can all hop on board cause the train has left the station.

I will give Bama credit for the dismantling of Georgia between the hedges but Clemson the paper tigers, WKU or as they are known WPU and the razorbacks pahleeeze. Tulane frankly was the second toughest team on the schedule to date and they are still learning a new system.

I like coach Saban I believe that he is an exceptional coach and probably the best recruiting coach in college football hands down. I say this because before he came to LSU our program and faculties were not the best by any stretch of the imagination and when Saban walked onto the Tide campus. Those facilities were in worse condition than when he arrived in Baton Rouge. So what he has been able to accomplish in such a short period is remarkable and should be recognized.

But for the media to proclaim that Bama is primed for a title shot this year when technically they have faced one serious contender that frankly laid the biggest egg in conference play since Tennessee was number 2 in the nation and primed for a title shot only to be dismantled by Saban's LSU tiger squad in the SEC championship game. The Georgia dome was not only littered with roses but the heart and souls of the Vols faithful.

What Bama has ahead of them is not only the mounting pressure to win but to win at death valley in Baton Rouge on November 8th in the most hostile crowd they will ever face. It does not mean certain victory for the LSU tigers but it does not mean that the Tiger nation is going to allow Saban and his crimson tide to just waltz in a proclaim victory without a fight.

While Bama's schedule is fairly easy since the remaining five of its seven games are at home does not necessarily mean automatic wins.  Kentucky, more than likely, does not pose a huge threat to Bama but the games that Bama needs to be very wary of, besides LSU, are the Ole Miss and Mississippi State contest.

Saban teams have generally struggled against those two teams and he has since he has been at Bama albeit Ole Miss has been the exception. But Saban has had his greatest challenge with State for whatever reason.  I suspect Bama will lose on October 18th and then struggle the rest of the year. This Tide team while it is learning to win still does not know how to accept defeat and move forward.

If Saban does sneak by they still have the Iron Bowl at the end of the year and Auburn will be primed and ready with a whole season of a new system under their belts and I suspect Bama will be limping come this game. Then they still have an SEC championship game and if you lose that contest the BCS NC game is gone with the wind. Unless of course you are the Big 12 champion loser.

Now if the media could be more objective it would be nice but then again when have they ever been right lately about anything?