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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wildcat1 on January 07, 2013, 01:52:40 PM
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who ya got tonight?
this should be one of the best National Championships ever if it lives up to the hype. I'm pulling for Alabama because I'm a fan of the SEC.
Roll Tide!! :banana:
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I'm pulling for Notre Dame. Alabama won last year.
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Can they both lose? ND is ND and Saban n is Saban.
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BAMA here.....spent many a weekend partying down in Tuscaloosa.
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Logically it is 'Bama. Notre Dame is good but won too many close ones that shouldn't have been that close. BYU comes to mind, at South Bend and Notre Dame wins by only a touchdown. BYU finished the year by beating San Diego State and finished 8-5. 'Bama, besides being SEC seemed to run the score in games they should have.
'Bama by two touchdowns.
Boo
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Irish :aok
:cheers: Oz
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The SEC Championship was this years National Championship. But it will be bama.
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Hate Notre Dame, and I'm ok with Saban because he coached at Michigan State. I have to root for the SEC regretably. I'm thinking of just wearing the official's jersey I wore on Halloween again, and root for a well-called game (no stupid echoes making bad calls).
Going beyond what I want to happen, Alabama should win going away. I don't think Notre Dame stays in this game for much longer than the half.
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My last name is Bailey, and my wifes maiden name is Murphy.........so obviously were rooting for Alabama :lol
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE
LOL
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These refs are screwing ND bad right now. That Eifert catch being ruled not a catch and the no fumble on the punt return were obvious bad calls.
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These refs are screwing ND bad right now. That Eifert catch being ruled not a catch and the no fumble on the punt return were obvious bad calls.
Absolutely CRAP officiating. These guys deserve a fair game and the refs sure aren't calling one.
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I am starting to think that all football is becoming a WWF wrestling event.
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That was almost as bad as that green bay monday night game. What was with that supposed ND turnover that took so long to review then over turn. This is trash right now.
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WTG ALABAMA WAHOO!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Just think what my AGGIES could have done ;) :bolt:
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Just think what my AGGIES could have done ;) :bolt:
I think every bowl team other than Notre Dame is thinking what they could have done instead. Ready for the college football playoffs to arrive!
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ROLLTIDE ! :aok
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Irish :aok
Got spanked big time.
:cheers: Oz
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Just think what my AGGIES could have done ;) :bolt:
While I think it would have been competitive, I think Bama would have beaten the Aggies in the rematch. No one is better than Saban at preparing his team for the big games, and I think they sort of played down to A&M the first time. Of course, A&M has turned into a monster offensive football team, and I don't see many people beating them next year.
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A&M looses 5 potential first roubd offensive linemen to the NFL draft and there is always a "Heisman letdown" in the season following that award for under classmen.
Hey Oaktree; where is your non SEC rant this year? Or did you just decide to give up after 7 straight championships and 9 overall BCS titles. One more thing for the Ohio State fans...Urban "my heart hurts" Meyer is glad his paper tiger team sat at home this year undefeated. If they would have played Bama in the title game they would have goten shelled.
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I'm a Big Ten guy.....always have always will. But more then that I'm a football guy.
For the last 4 to 5 years the SEC has been the dominant college football conference in the NCAA.
Imho.......ND had no reason to be on the same field with Alabama. I know they were udefeated , so were my Buckeyes. But!
Alabama had the most talent, has the best Coach and a system in place. ND is just building theirs. They will be better in the future.
ND had a great season and props to them! Alabama amongst a few others were just more talanted.
By the way......I was extremely disappointed in #5 (Tai'o?) the MLB of the fighting Irish. He looked very average to me.
Methinks he was wayyyy over-hyped. If he played that poorly against the Tide, I don't see his future being outstanding
playing Sundays against the best of the best. Not picking on him. Just from what I've read and heard, he wasn't all that much.
There are better LBs in the SEC and the Big Ten then he is imho. I've seen much better Linbacker play elsewhere this season then he exhibited in the
biggest game of his life. Championship caliber players should rise to the occaision.
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Agreed Hajo, he was made out to be very human.
Eddie Lacy's play was amazing, there was a run at the beginning of the 3rd quarter where he made a great cut then could have ducked out of bounds with a 15 yard gain. Instead he lowers the boom and puts a linebacker into the dirt. He wasn't worried about that defense at all, what a statement play.
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Last night highlighted the major differences between the way the good SEC teams and the rest run their football programs leading up to a big game. 30 odd days to prepare gives a coach like Saban an enormous amount of time to come out with an excellent game plan. That and the indisputable talent of Alabama allowed them to just smash ND and expose the differences between the two programs.
In all fairness, there were not many programs that could hope to compete with Alabama. This absolute blow out should highlight once and for all that the BCS system is garbage and the only real alternative for a proper championship is an 8 team playoff system.
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While I think it would have been competitive, I think Bama would have beaten the Aggies in the rematch. No one is better than Saban at preparing his team for the big games, and I think they sort of played down to A&M the first time. Of course, A&M has turned into a monster offensive football team, and I don't see many people beating them next year.
A&M, like mentioned above, will be losing quite a few players to the NFL. Think both their tackles are projected to be in the top 15? Not sure if I am right on that.
Be weary of Florida though as well next year. Not trying to be biased as Im a Gator fan, but they wont be too bad next year. The defense did lose Matt Elam and Sharrif Floyd, and rumor is that Jelani Jenkins is declaring as well, the defense is very deep. After watching Hargreaves in the All-American game, Muschamp recruited a freshmen that can start right away and be a shut down corner. Jordan Reed is leaving but if the recruiting continues right for Muschamp, the wide receivers coming in are play makers even as freshmen. The team is young and I can see next year being more promising with Driskel maturing with hopefully the receivers stepping up. They will definitely be winning the East division, I dont see Georgia winning it next year. I cant wait to see the offensive line with Trenton Brown coming as a 6'8 350lb transfer. Damarcus Robinson is a big WR the Gators need at 6'2. The running game will be impressive with Kelvin Taylor coming in to back up Matt Jones.
Those refs sucked though in the end. There were quite a few blatant holding calls not called against Bama.
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Hey Oaktree; where is your non SEC rant this year? Or did you just decide to give up after 7 straight championships and 9 overall BCS titles. One more thing for the Ohio State fans...Urban "my heart hurts" Meyer is glad his paper tiger team sat at home this year undefeated. If they would have played Bama in the title game they would have goten shelled.
Except OSU would have played Notre Dame and won 42-20. Fact is, SweaterVest covering up his players mistakes cost OSU, not just a postseason, but a National Championship. A championship for OSU after all the recent failures to win the game, they had a chance to play a super-weak undefeated ND, and didn't go because of SweaterVest cheating on something pretty minor.
Purdue should have beaten both of them in the regular season. Except by one play, they didn't. Not saying Alabama isn't better, clearly if Purdue should have beaten both of them, they aren't. I'm saying if OSU was bowl-eligible, Alabama wouldn't even have been in the game. So instead of slamming OSU, you should be thanking your lucky ebayed sports memorabilia they allowed you to lose a game and still win it all.
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A&M looses 5 potential first roubd offensive linemen to the NFL draft and there is always a "Heisman letdown" in the season following that award for under classmen.
Hey Oaktree; where is your non SEC rant this year? Or did you just decide to give up after 7 straight championships and 9 overall BCS titles. One more thing for the Ohio State fans...Urban "my heart hurts" Meyer is glad his paper tiger team sat at home this year undefeated. If they would have played Bama in the title game they would have goten shelled.
Most Buckeye fans know the team this year was not of championship caliber. It was a good season though...even if the big ten had a down year.
However looking at the recruits coming to The Ohio State University.....it won't be that long. Ohio State is just back to reloading and Urban will
have them ready within a couple years. They should be improved somewhat in 2013.
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Be weary of Florida though as well next year.
Watch out for South Carolina also. We're losing most of our starters on D to the draft, but there's depth in the secondary, and the unstopable JD Clowney up front. He wants to win the Heisman next year, so you know he will be firing on all cylinders.
Offense is stacked, most of the starters are returning, including Connor Shaw, Ace Sanders and (likely) Bruce Ellington. This team should be fun to watch
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A man much wiser than myself pointed out the same thing to me in an earlier discussion, Fringe. Two in the top 15 and another guy possible in the 1st round too. If you watch his highlights you see some incredible blocking by those hogs. He'll still be awesome, but idk if he can match this years production.
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Wasn't that just a pitiful game for the National Championship? Who in the hell decides the ranking going into these things. How could Notre Dame even remotely be considered #1 going in and get beat so handily?
The only thing I can figure is these bowl games and rankings are solely designed for who can bring in the biggest TV viewing audience. The #1 ranked team can't score one single point?! Does the Amish community set the rankings or what?
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I watched the pregame stuff, and paid attention to the ND players' behavior before kickoff. You could tell as they waited for the Bama players to leave the locker room and tunnel and get to the field that they were uncomfortable. Then, when the captains met for the coin toss, I told my fiancee' that the game was over, cause ND was intimidated, and that was before the kickoff.
Once the game started, it was clear, at least to me, that the ND players knew they didn't belong on the same field with Alabama. They weren't ready, mentally or physically, and it only took about three plays to confirm that. From that point on, I channel surfed and didn't watch the game because the outcome was already decided.
It reminded me of a few years back with Ohio State went into the game as #1, and got destroyed by Florida. That #1 ranking didn't mean squat when it came time to play the game. Same ole same ole nonsense BCS ranking system at play once again.
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Wasn't that just a pitiful game for the National Championship? Who in the hell decides the ranking going into these things. How could Notre Dame even remotely be considered #1 going in and get beat so handily?
The only thing I can figure is these bowl games and rankings are solely designed for who can bring in the biggest TV viewing audience. The #1 ranked team can't score one single point?! Does the Amish community set the rankings or what?
ND's legacy is why. To the NCAA they are next to god. They do no wrong in their eyes. Thats my OP but im sure im wrong lol.
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Wasn't that just a pitiful game for the National Championship? Who in the hell decides the ranking going into these things. How could Notre Dame even remotely be considered #1 going in and get beat so handily?
The only thing I can figure is these bowl games and rankings are solely designed for who can bring in the biggest TV viewing audience. The #1 ranked team can't score one single point?! Does the Amish community set the rankings or what?
Just think of the 2007 game between Ohio State and Florida. Ohio State was #1 and a huge favorite, and they were just blown out of the stadium. It's the level of play in the conferences that is so different, and right now the SEC is far beyond anyone else.
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If a "major power" like Notre Dame goes undefeated, and there isn't another (bowl eligible) undefeated team in the nation, the "major power", in this case Notre Dame, is going to be in the national championship game. Period. The BCS ranking system is set up to make it so. ND wasn't even ranked to start the season.
The problem is that without a playoff, teams don't play enough games against each other to really know how strong of a schedule each team has played. Playoffs are necessary, and the more teams in them the better. The upcoming four team playoff needs to be a mere stopgap before they expand it to 8 or 16. They do 32 team playoffs in lower college divisions.
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Saw a news Alert
BREAKING NEWS: Obama has stepped in and decided that Alabama got too many points yesterday and has redistributed some of those points to Notre Dame resulting in a tie in the game and a tie for the national championship. When asked for a comment, Obama said, "Alabama obviously got more than their fair share. They didn't win that all by themselves! What does one team need all those points for"?
That'll be all...
J/K!!!! Dont go all Francis....was a joke.
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Well, since it's gonna get locked anyway:
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Saw a news Alert
BREAKING NEWS: Obama has stepped in and decided that Alabama got too many points yesterday and has redistributed some of those points to Notre Dame resulting in a tie in the game and a tie for the national championship. When asked for a comment, Obama said, "Alabama obviously got more than their fair share. They didn't win that all by themselves! What does one team need all those points for"?
That'll be all...
J/K!!!! Dont go all Francis....was a joke.
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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After that blowout, it was pretty obvious ND did not belong in the title game. You compare the schedules of the two teams and have to ask yourself, why in the heck was ND at the top ranking prior to the BCS showdown?? Thats crazy. The SEC Plays at an entirely different level than what ND is accustomed to seeing. I watched the Stanford vs ND game end in OT with a ND victory because of a blown call by an official. Replay after replay showed the running back Taylor had scored but the official ruled he had blown the whistle ending the play. None of the players on either team heard that whistle.......pretty obvious in the replay he scored. Stanford pushed the ND line around just like Alabama. If Stanford had brought in Hogan as their QB, ND would not have been in the title game. Stanford has a good team, but they don't play any of the SEC teams either. I would have preferred to see Oregon or a team that deserved their ranking play Alabama. That would have been a game. I am sure Alabama could beat Oregon, but at least it would not have been a blowout. With the score 28-0 at halftime, half the ND fans had left he stadium. The Rolltide could have really run up the score. When the score got to 35-0, the defense let up. We saw Saban get mad and he chewed 'em out. If ND wants to compete for the National championship they really need to put some of the top SEC teams on their schedule or you will see another laugher should they meet again.