Now Dickie V is a football expert

While casually watching North Carolina whip up on Kentucky in basketball last night (what's happened to the Wildcats?), I'm trying to block out Dick Vitale. He has become a caricature of the vintage Dickie V of the late 1980s. He's annoying and wastes time during good college basketball games.

Then I heard him start talking about college football. Why? Some sub-par basketball coach decides he wants to pontificate about another sport. Stop it.

So, he was chatting with University of Florida alum Erin Andrews about how she must be loving the Gators football team right now. He said, "Mr. Tebow and company look like they're going to ultimately be national champions."

Think Nick Saban was watching? Probably not. Maybe he was poking recruits on Facebook or something. But I'm sure a few Bama fans were watching and heard this choice remark.

"They can't hear us in Alabama, can they?" Vitale said during the broadcast. "They have no shot against the Gators when they play for the SEC title. They have no shot. Nick Saban has done a phenomenal job ... but I'm telling you, that Florida Gators team is like a juggernaut."

Just more fuel for the Saban fire. I'm starting to think more and more that Alabama is going to be so ready for that game. Watch out Gators.