Two To Root For: Rookie and Vet

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Brian Leonard.

Rutgers star is getting the start this week due to Steven Jackson being hurt. Leonard couldn't be nicer as a person. I know that doesn't count in football games. It does however, make it easier to root for the guy.

Speaking of rooting for, if any of you happen to think about it on Saturday, keep your fingers crossed for my Noles as they take on Alabama in Jacksonville, Fla.

Nick Saban is doing some good things at 'Bama. They barely lost to Georgia last week in overtime and knocked off Arkansas the week before. We beat Colorado and luckily had an off week giving us a little extra time to prepare for this game.

Now a question that many articles have been trying to answer this week: What if 'Bama would've hired Bobby?
At one time, that was not only a consideration but for some a given.

Here are two of the many articles that have brought the question back up in anticipation of the game and team many at one point thought was to be Bobby's.

What If...1987?

Best Thing That Never Happened