Winning traditions. Who has the better defense Flip a coin.Who plays better special teams Rock, Paper, Scissors.Who has the better fans Too close to call. Who has the better coaching Lane Kiffin says Alabama. History says Florida. Urban Meyer has never lost to Nick Saban or Alabama. Nick Saban has never beaten an Urban Meyer-coached team. Granted, this is an unfair comparison as there arent enough head to head statistics to make a reasonable correlation. Tim Tebow is the difference maker, and he alone is worth six points more than Alabama Tebow is THE intangible. 
How can anyone doubt that Tim Tebow will carry this team on his back, and will them to victory Clichés arent cliché enough for Tim Tebow. Alabama fans in Birmingham will be drowning their sorrows to the subdued sounds of 8 tracks. Florida by three.. It was a special night for the Montreal Canadiens organization.Founded on Dec. 4, 1909, the Canadiens celebrated 100 years of excellence, passion, and tradition on Friday night.Having reunited many of the franchise's past greats, such as Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, Patrick Roy, etc., the Canadiens marketing department organized a magical night where past players and coaches were honored.One of the biggest highlights of this night was to see past legends of the club in full uniform reunited on the ice for one final skate.It was truly amazing to see Patrick Roy wearing all his goalie equipment, stopping shots just like in the good old days, although Saint Patrick later admitted in his speech to the Bell Centre crowd that, "It's a good thing that those warmups lasted only five minutes."Humor aside, some of the greatest players in Montreal Canadiens history, and hockey history for that matter, were able to reunite and reminisce about the past as they all prepared in the locker room.In a post game show on RDS called L'Antichambre , past players such as Eric Desjardins, Patrice Brisebois, Pierre Turgeon, Rejean Houle, Pierre Bouchard, and Claude Lemieux were invited to to share their thoughts on the night as a whole and their experiences with the Montreal Canadiens.All players had interesting things to say, but all of them duly pointed out that Mike Cammalleri was one of the few Canadiens players to come visit the locker room to shake hands with and congratulate each and every player.After scoring three goals in leading his team to victory, Cammalleri certainly honored the Canadiens' past.Each former player was asked who they thought would be fit to be the next Canadiens captain, and the nearly unanimous answer was the name of Mike Cammalleri.The Canadiens' leading goal scorer has not only been one the team's key players, but he has quietly been emerging into a team leader.The Montreal squad has already dealt with its fair share of adversity and criticism early on in the season, and Cammalleri has not shied away from being up front and about the team's difficulties.Never one to shy away from criticism, Mike Cammalleri not only answers the team's critics verbally, but he answers them even more emphatically on the ice, as his 15 goals and two hat tricks suggest.Besides Tomas Plekanec, Cammalleri has been the best offensive player for the Canadiens.

He has shown leadership qualities in the process by lifting his team with his goal scoring and intensity.Coincidentally, for the first time in the franchise's 100 years of existence, no player has a "C" embroidered over his heart.In the midst of a roller coaster start to the season, it would be highly beneficial to the team if a captain were to be named, so that the players would have someone to look up to.Also, the team would have more of an identity and fans could automatically associate with the player when thinking the team.Early on in the Canadiens' first hundred years of existence, another star with small stature named Howie Morenz was the face of Le Club de Hockey Canadien.Although it is early to make such comparisons, with a string of high scoring seasons and a captaincy, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to speak of Cammalleri in the same class as Morenz.Beyond his offensive contributions, his leadership qualities and statesmanship show that he is captain material.Bob Gainey should not wait any longer to make Mike Cammalleri the 28th captain of the Montreal Canadiens.. When you combine the quarterback stats of Brett Favre, a certain Hall of Famer who could have retired over two years ago (before the sea-saw unretire/retire charade), and Kurt Warner, a certain Hall of Famer who became one in the last 2 years, it nearly boggles even the most sophisticated football mind. Chances are very good that together, before their Sunday Night Footballmatch-up in Glendale is through, they will have thrown for over 100,000 total regular season NFL yards. 100,000 yards! That's almost 57 miles! As you might imagine, with Favre being in the league nearly twice as many years as Warner, he has thrown for about 38 of those miles, to Warner’s 19 or so. For a little national perspective, that's approximately from Manhattan to Bethlehem, Pa.; Dallas to Waco, Texas; New Orleans to Biloxi, Miss.; Orlando, Fla.