Talk about a bunch of whiny babies.  All though the national media this morning there are stories running Alabama down for winning the BCS Championship.  Mike Freeman of Sportsline thinks there should be an asterisk next to Alabama's name in the record books. Dennis Dodd, a man I have a ton of respect for, thinks Bama's victory is a bit tainted by McCoy's injury.

Yes, it was unfortunate McCoy got hurt and Gilbert Grape had to play quarterback for the Longhorns.  But come on.  Woulda. Shoulda. Coulda.  People get injured in games.  The true rub is that Garrett Gilbert was no more prepared to play in this game than I was and gets laid at the feet of the Texas coaching staff.  Did it alter the game plan? Yes.  Did Texas have the opportunity to pull out a win? Yes. Did they execute down the stretch? No. Game Bama.

After a rocky start, Alabama settled down both offensively and defensively.  Nobody is talking about the fact that Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy was playing with a rib injury sustained in the SEC Championship game a month ago.  What if the Heisman Trophy winner, Mark Ingram, had to leave the game with an injury as he did earlier this year?  What if a Texas lineman took out Mt. Cody, the big, bad Alabama defensive tackle?

It's all guesswork.  There is absolutely no guarantee this would have turned out differently if McCoy had stayed in the game.  Yes, it would have probably been different, but McCoy's presence doesn't mean Texas had a mortal lock on this game. 

To say this title is any less legitimate for Alabama is a slap in the face to the coaches and players on the Crimson Tide who survived an undefeated  season by knocking off teams like Virginia Tech, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, Auburn and Florida to get to this game.  It's not Boise State we're talking about here, it's Alabama.  If there was one team in this game some of the pundit believed didn't belong, it was Texas, not the Crimson Tide.

I feel bad for Texas and Mack Brown and his players for not being able to compete without their starting quarterback.  These things, how ever unfair they may seem, are part of the game.  Maybe next time they'll have the backup ready to go.