It was mentioned earlier in this column that Alabama is favored by 7 points at Texas A Noteworthy about that number is that it the only game all season in which Nick Saban defending national champions are favored by less than double digits. Entering the 2013 season, the Crimson Tide has been favored in 41 consecutive games, a fact which makes A win in Birmingham last season all the more impressive . One Vegas bookmaker adds this little ditty than must really chap folks in the always overrated Big Ten. Ed Salmons says that six SEC teams Alabama, Georgia, A Florida, South Carolina and LSU would be favored over Ohio State on a neutral field .I am going to hazard a guess that relatively few of us thought of all the work and love that Selena Gomez or Justin Bieber put into making this moment possible for us. We may be taught that the people to admire and emulate are actors and musicians and sports heroes and professionally famous people, but when we look at the people who have helped us