Hey Coach Saban

I doubt if you have time to read this, but I wanted to comment. I read that you said you wished you could have done more tp help us win.

Well first of all I thought the team was very well prepared. I don't know if anyone in football can totally shut down Florida, but I think our D did a good job. I also think our offense showed great courage coming back not once but twice on a very good Florida defense. We definitely could have and should have won.   

Secondly, we Bama fans take defeat, any defeat, personally. We let it bother us for a long time. I'm kinda glad you let it bother you too. There are no moral victories. We hate losing that game, the SEC, and even a shot at being Number 1. But, as I was leaving the dome I did not hear one Bama fan blaming any player or any coach. This team has won the respect of the entire Bama nation and we will never forget these 9 seniors. I was proud to be from Alabama today and I was proud of our players and coaches. We have the best head coach and coaches in the country. 

Third, we made mistakes in this game, but they are mistakes which can be corrected. But, you can not correct everything in one day, or one week, or even one season. The improvement from last year to this year was beyond anyone's dream. If we can make even a small bit of improvement from year 2 to year 3 we will win it all next year. Last year we were not really even in the same league with people like  Florida, Oklahoma and USC. But now we are a legit top 5 team and I believe we are not going backwards.

Finally, if I could say anything to this team I'd tell them that the 2009 season starts on Jan. 2, 2009. Last year, after Auburn, our team started working hard toward 2008. Well look here we won 13 in a row and are 13-1 since Auburn last year. Now we start 2009. We have Utah and then just a short stretch before a tough ACC winning Va Tech team( I'm guessing we are playing them) back at the same dome. And as far as I'm concerned yesterday was just Bama vs UF round one. Right now we start getting prepared for round two come next Dec. And we start by getting back on the winning track by waxing a Utah bunch where Urban Meyer once coached. Surely he has some friends still there, what do you think?