Texas Fans Can Blame Jerry Angelo For Last Night

There will always be an asterisk next to Alabama's national championship victory against Texas.

Not because of steroids, yet, but because the Longhorns were without two-time Heisman runner-up quarterback Colt McCoy, who was injured on the team's opening drive. 

While it is easy to circle that and pin the loss on not having one of college football's best quarterbacks, TBDS thrives on finding the buried leads in stories.

This is no different.

Had Chicago Bears GM Jerry Angelo sealed the deal with Nick Saban, last night's events would never have happened.

Allow me to explain.

In 2003, Angelo assumed a full set of powers that go to actual general managers after Ed McCaskey died.  With said powers, Angelo put an end to the Dick Jauron-John Shoop-Greg Blache Era of bad Bears football.

Saban was Angelo's No. 1 choice to replace Jauron, but ended up coaching the Miami Dolphins before returning to campus because Jerry had no intentions of sharing the player personnel decisions.

Thanks to Angelo's ego, the championship aspirations of two football teams have been crushed.