re: Only ranters could melt down because we got paired with Notre Dame in a bowl.

Maybe it's just an Alabama thing, but we enjoy beating ND as much as Auburn. It just brings out this visceral response to Bama fans. Definitely routing for LSU in this one.

Can be cold as balls in Nashville sometimes at that time of year. Last music city bowl we went to in 1998 was in freezing rain against Va Tech who just beat us badly.