Re: Views from Around the Country on the BCSNC Game
Thank you for that update. Especially with Miami making mention of Cooper.
Thank you for that update. Especially with Miami making mention of Cooper.
Nobody told Bama that ND's front seven was SEC caliber.
A real football team that wears crimson. Nice to see those exist.
I expect David Boren to send the Bama president a strongly worded letter for Bama not being in awe of ND.
Why don't Bama rush three? That's how you play D according to Mike Stoops.
Nick Saban'a secretary would be more qualified than half our assistants.
Having given this more thought, I don't see how being called a Gump is an insult. Let' look at what kind of person he was.I don't see what's so insulting about being called Gumps. I always liked Forrest.
They would probably say that we have an internal testing program to make sure that our guys can pass when they take actual NCAA tests. There is no convincing people that are irrational.There was one Bama fan on a ND site trying to tell them that we actually test for steroids and other drugs ourselves, but he wasn't getting anywhere...
I'm not a fan of the Alabama coach, as a person, and I'm indifferent to that program, but you've got to love the style of play. Wonderful to behold. In fact, it's the one saving characteristic in all of football right now. Imagine if Saban had remained in the NFL and a tinkerbell program like Oregon were playing for titles regularly, and perhaps winning one if a favorable matchup unfolded? That would be unbearable, especially in conjunction with the style of play now coddled by NFL rules. You'd have one cupcake fan after another asserting that power football was passe, the same type of genius that described Georgia as "old man football."
As I posted several days ago amidst the Oregon euphoria, once Alabama won 3 in 4 that would be the spotlight, and the Ducks all but ignored.
Power football at its finest. None of that pansy bubble screen crap we are being subject to year after year with boy wonder.
ND wasn't getting any penetration with their defensive lineman in the 1st half so they started shooting LBs in the gaps but then Saban adjusts by throwing short passes in the short middle which was vacated by the LBs. He also starts going over the top to his WRs because ND was selling out to stop the run. However, it all started with power football in the trenches....big boy football.
It was really something to watch the progression of strategic adjustments that an elite coach makes in the course of a game. We haven't seen that since Pete left.
Good stuff...USC Forum (Southern Cal)
That's my favorite one now.Texas A&M
I think we made bama mad!
What i dont get is that some of Alabama's players look so much older. Nothing to do with steroids, just some dont look like normal college players. Have you looked at Fluker? I'm not talking about his size, but that he has a 35 year old face! Compare him to Joeckel who is 6'6"/310#, Joeckel looks like a baby.They would probably say that we have an internal testing program to make sure that our guys can pass when they take actual NCAA tests. There is no convincing people that are irrational.
It's like they forget that we recruit huge kids, we recruit the best kids, we have the best coach, we have as good of facilities as anyone in the country, and they work hard.
I don't even get it I don't see guys on our team who look like some of the monsters in the NFL. We have very few guys arms who looks like anyone in the NFL. There's guys in the NFL who weigh like 310 pounds with no gut and look like they have a body fat of 10% or less. We have big guys but there is still a difference between them and NFL guys.
He looked like that when he was in HS too wich was ,a little over 4 years ago. Its funny you say that because I thought the same thing about one of your recievers #11 I think. Also have you taken a look at Jenkins from Georgia he looks older than Ray Lewis. Anyway alot of these kids look very mature, I guess you can blame it on the chicken. PS Great game this year.What i dont get is that some of Alabama's players look so much older. Nothing to do with steroids, just some dont look like normal college players. Have you looked at Fluker? I'm not talking about his size, but that he has a 35 year old face! Compare him to Joeckel who is 6'6"/310#, Joeckel looks like a baby.
I had to look up who #11 was--not one of our big time receivers (25, 13, 7, 8, 84,etc). I guess #11 (Walker) looks a little older that the others ?? Will have to look at what Jenkins from Georgia looks like. We look forward to the game in September as well. Hope to give a game of it!He looked like that when he was in HS too wich was ,a little over 4 years ago. Its funny you say that because I thought the same thing about one of your recievers #11 I think. Also have you taken a look at Jenkins from Georgia he looks older than Ray Lewis. Anyway alot of these kids look very mature, I guess you can blame it on the chicken. PS Great game this year.
Can't wait to see you guys at Kyle field. Payback games have been fun for us over the years usually in a big way, but we will see if we can pick up were we left off and maybe put an exclamation point on the next game.
Don't get caught up in looks. A few years ago, I showed a pic of the starting UTx starting BB center, Odom, I think, to my secretary and covered up the source. She guessed his age at 35. He was 19. All of these guys have very high natural testosterone levels and their faces age early. A couple of years ago, we lost a kid for an entire year from an NCAA drug test for an innocuous drug. That's the NCAA minimum. At that point, Saban decided we would have our own drug-testing program by an independent lab - far beyond the NCAA program - and that we would never lose another kid to an NCAA testing program for a year. Bama has in place an extensive drug rehab program, designed to get in early and to institute a step program. That's the failure of the NCAA program - one year and you're out and there is no rehab. What on earth else would you expect from Saban? Soon all other NCAA upper echelon teams will have similar programs...What i dont get is that some of Alabama's players look so much older. Nothing to do with steroids, just some dont look like normal college players. Have you looked at Fluker? I'm not talking about his size, but that he has a 35 year old face! Compare him to Joeckel who is 6'6"/310#, Joeckel looks like a baby.