That’s Thomas Champion, by the way.
But what a day of beautiful light:
That was in the afternoon, sitting in the backyard enjoying the shadows passing through the grass. That was after lunch and a very brief bike ride and some school work. It was before a trip to the big box store and the big warehouse store.
On the way home we saw this light:
It isn’t cold, it isn’t hot, it isn’t really anything at all, just bright and golden and perfect. What a lovely day.
Then the football game happened. In three BCS games the last four years Alabama has outgained their opponents 1,176 to 670 yards. The Tide have outscored Texas/LSU/Notre Dame a combined 100-35. Tonight was a demolition, an anti-climax. A coronation, really, after the SEC championship game.
At halftime Notre Dame’s coach said the best plan was for Alabama to not come back out in the second half. He might have been understating it.
After the game the sideline reporter Tom Rinaldi said to Nick Saban: “Enjoy it if you can.”
All of that said so much.
So my Notre Dame shirt that I got last year during our trip to South Bend was as helpful as I thought it would be. Death, taxes, Saban; Alabama is a dynastic juggernaut.
Beautiful day, though.
