... college days. There were times I would come home to visit my parents that I wanted to curl up in the fetal position and sleep for days. That was just from classes.

For the Alabama Crimson Tide players, multiply that by a thousand.   

Every team in college football plays a long, hard season, but for teams at the top the pressure is far more intense. Every week is someone's super bowl, their chance to knock off a top team. 

So far Alabama has taken their best shots and sent them packing, but last week against Tennessee the cracks in the foundation were starting to show. 

The framework of the Alabama Crimson Tide was groaning and creaking under the pressure. Like champions in years past, the Tide players dug do...

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