Careful, there are possibly some lil brother fans lurking over here that will show their ignorance. LOL
"We Want Bama" - A challenge
- Thread starter AlistarWills
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Can't find the pic now but a couple years ago when this was going on wasn't there a Bama fan holding a sign that said "We want Kansas City" ? I believe that's when KC was having a decent start to their season.
Stop. Just please stop. You seriously think 2014 Bsma could be a middle-of-the-road NFL team?
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Good luck against Jameis "where there's a lot of smoke there's a fire" Winston and his nine lives. Then you can worry about Big Brother. We have our own battle against OH-IO. We're not worried about your flag football team yet.
Didn't one of the Vegas handicappers actually run the line on the 2009 or 2011 team against a team like the panthers and the panthers were giving up 20 or something?
I believe that an Oregon vs. Bama matchup has lost much of its significance outside of being a game between two great teams for a championship.
At the beginning of last season, there were two major facets to the Ducks-Tide "Cold War":
The SEC's run of BCS national championships was ended by FSU last year. That alleviated some of the SEC fatigue, but FSU has a philosophy similar to Alabama and the team they beat is perhaps the best analog of Oregon that exists in the SEC. Thus the cult of HUNH is still awaiting the ultimate overthrow of conventional football philosophy.
Almost every team, including Alabama, implements some aspects of Oregon's offense and offensive shootouts seem to be more prevalent than defensive struggles presently, even in the SEC. Alabama is now using a dual-threat QB very effectively, very often in a no-huddle mode, and ever more frequently at a hurry-up pace. Putting up 40 and 50 points is sometimes a necessity instead of a blowout. It seems that the Tide has turned (pun intended) in favor of the HUNH even though the legendary battle between the standard-bearers of the different philosophies never came to fruition.
This season, if Bama and Oregon face off in the championship game the offenses will be much more similar than in years past. Ironically, Bama will probably have to beat the Ducks using more "quack attack" than "ground and pound".
At the beginning of last season, there were two major facets to the Ducks-Tide "Cold War":
- The SEC seemed invincible, having won seven consecutive BCS national championships. The 2013 BCSCG seemed a farce with an obviously overmatched Notre Dame team being demolished while an Oregon team widely considered to be more deserving of the championship game watched after soundly beating a good K-State team in the Fiesta Bowl. It was universally believed that Oregon would have provided a better challenge for the Tide. Oregon seemed the best available option to end "SEC fatigue."
- An Oregon-Bama game was every bit the ideological conflict as the Cold War between democracies and communism. It was the ultimate modern, flashy hurry-up, no huddle, point-per-minute offense, defense-optional team sporting their latest uniquely bizarre attire against the epitome of old-time, eat-the-clock, power-rushing, ball-control offense, defense-first football wearing their never-changing simple uniforms. Those that love seeing the scoreboard changing like the line on a slot machine desperately wanted a decisive victory that would prove the superiority of the offensive mindset over defensive protagonists. While Oregon had faced an SEC team in the BCSCG in 2011, it was an atypical Auburn team that shared many similarities with the Ducks. It was not the battle against conventional football dogma that the HUNH supporters desired.
The SEC's run of BCS national championships was ended by FSU last year. That alleviated some of the SEC fatigue, but FSU has a philosophy similar to Alabama and the team they beat is perhaps the best analog of Oregon that exists in the SEC. Thus the cult of HUNH is still awaiting the ultimate overthrow of conventional football philosophy.
Almost every team, including Alabama, implements some aspects of Oregon's offense and offensive shootouts seem to be more prevalent than defensive struggles presently, even in the SEC. Alabama is now using a dual-threat QB very effectively, very often in a no-huddle mode, and ever more frequently at a hurry-up pace. Putting up 40 and 50 points is sometimes a necessity instead of a blowout. It seems that the Tide has turned (pun intended) in favor of the HUNH even though the legendary battle between the standard-bearers of the different philosophies never came to fruition.
This season, if Bama and Oregon face off in the championship game the offenses will be much more similar than in years past. Ironically, Bama will probably have to beat the Ducks using more "quack attack" than "ground and pound".
Is this a serious comment?
I LOVE Bama, but we'd get steamrolled by all 32 in the NFL.
I think he is talking about if you took all the pros we put in the league the last 7-8 years it would be a competitive team.
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