Are you, too, ready for some football?

Down here in the South, actually only in Alabama, we have the biggest football rivalry in the country. If you like football, even just a little, you are forced to take sides between two of the largest universities, those being Alabama and Auburn, of course. For as long as I can remember, I have been a die-hard Alabama fan. My Roll Tide roots go back to the days of Paul Bear Bryant. Radio sportscaster, Eli Gold, is an icon in the south, so much so that many fans will watch the games on TV with the audio muted while the radio is turned up as loud as it will go. Never mind the second or two delay you get or that Eli is going to tell you the play before it's even completed. At least you know he isn't going to mispronounce the quarterback's name and he sure as shooting won't pretend that our guys aren't worthy of their wins, and he's not going to gush over a player's girlfriend who's sitting in the stands. No, Eli Gold has earned his reputation as the King of Alabama Sports Radio. But, I'm getting side-tracked.

The real reason for this post is because I, like so many others here in this great state, are developing football fever. That means we recognize summer is about over and the weather will soon start to cool off. Friday nights will no longer be about preparing for the weekend's adventures and turn back into the night we all sit on hard concrete stadium stands at the area high school and root for the next Alabama or Auburn recruit. Even if he (or she) has not yet been pegged as a potential recruit by Nick Saban himself, rumors have already started circulating about whose talent deserve a peek from the recruiters and whose might have to wait until next year.

A big question in our minds right now is who will be our new quarterback. Derrick Henry will most likely be the next break-out star athlete. Jacob Coker, a transfer from Florida State, COULD be our quarterback or he could be shuffled in line behind Blake Sims. Yes, the talk is getting louder and we love it.

So, to temper my rising excitement over this year's potential, I scoured Amazon to find what I consider to be the best Crimson Tide products they offer. (And yes, I am attempting to pay the bills with this post, so please feel free to click through to take a better look at the things below if you like what you see.)