(Whenever I give this speech to a customer in the shop, they seem astounded that it costs more to knit a jumper than to buy one at Target. A lot of things have changed in the knitting world in the last twenty years. There are a lot of cheap machine knit garments coming out of Asia, and it's no longer economical to knit."Ask Iowa. Halftime entertainment at the Jan. 1, 2009, Outback Bowl was provided by the Hawkeye Marching Band.

Look, we know Saban will whip the defense into shape, the history is there. What we don't know is who will step up to stop an Alabama offense loaded with a veteran QB, NFLcaliber weapons at wide receiver and running back, and an offensive line that improved so much from week 1 that Texas A only made one tackle for loss in more than 80 snaps. While the Crimson Tide offense has ranged from good to very good in Saban's tenure, I think this particular unit is Saban's best by a wide margin..Plugged a major hole on a 30thranked defense by dealing CB