Maybe Saban won't be overconfident, but those big headed players who have had their ego stroked for four years might. They were all part of the SEC fan base who have preached Notre Dame irrlevence since they were weaned off their Mama's teets. They have grown up assuming Notre Dame was a nice place for guys who didn't intend to play Sundays to go.
I can see them panicking when Notre Dame comes out and surprises them early. Then they will start pointing fingers and Saban will be in a damage control mode instead of playing chess with Brian Kelly.
A month for Everett to hone his game and study the Bama d...a month for Kevarei to improve...a month for Davaris to heal and get back into game shape...a month for the Crimson Tide to celebrate their 100th claimed national championship. Priceless.
Nice to see you have it all figured out. ND will be, in fact, the first real football team Bama has faced since, well, since the last time Bama faced ND.
'Dem Bammer players ain't never done see no intelligent football players who go to what is called a class and don't fold under pressure like everyone else they play.
As you say, they rest on their lauren's and becky's and dey fans is just as stupid as straw that don't get burnt for what to keep the rednecks warm in those mobile modular units of the single wide variety. The smart straw gets burned; the dumb straw don't. Dem bammers is the dumb straw.
Notre Dame fans are the smart straw and know how to will their team to victory, while them Bammers ain't been getting no coaching and they been playing little bitty teams with little bitty players in little bitty stadiums and why, when they see the majicity of the Notre Dame players, why, they gonna just bow down and quit like a dog that just give up and don't beg no more.
It's gonna be a massacre. The SEC ain't even ready for what's about to happen. We are going to be awed and wowed and then, us dumb Bammers down hea who don't even know football are going to see the light and we are going to be awoken to real football played by real and honest college players, not cheaters and professionals.