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"Alabama came out with their hair on fire," safety Matthias Farley said.

Notre Dame responded by running a Chinese fire drill. The Irish were too sloppy tackling, too slow to the ball, too soft shedding blocks and too bewildered by everything Alabama hit them with.

The Tide toyed with the No. 1 scoring defense in America. Eddie Lacy ran at will. Then T.J. Yeldon ran at will. And when the Tide got bored with that, AJ McCarron passed at will.

The Irish looked like they thought this was two-hand touch instead of a contact sport.
That's a little racist -- but funny

Alabama is in full-on dynasty mode, winning its third title in four years. Florida, LSU and Auburn have all contributed to the SEC's crystal football haul as well.

(You fans of Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas? Shut your mouths. Your teams have contributed nothing to this historic run. Stop bragging on other teams' work.)
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That's a little racist -- but funny
Chinese Fire Drill
It is my understanding that this phrase originated in the early 1900s. It came from an [sic] naval incident where a ship officered by the British and crewed by the Chinese set up a fire drill for [a] fire in the engine room. In the event of a fire the crew was to draw water from the starboard side, take [it] to the engine room and throw it on the fire. Another crew in the engine room was to take the thrown water and throw it over the port side (i.e. pump it out, then throw it overboard, to prevent flooding).

When the drill was called the first moments went according to plan then it got confused. The crew began drawing the water from the staroard side and ru[n]ning over to the port side and throwing the water over, by-passing the the engine room completely.

Thus the expression “Chinese Fire Drill” entered our lexicon as meaning a large confused action by individuals accomplishing nothing.


Maybe so but it's accurate.
 

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