you lose 4 or 5 to the draft one year, you can't possibly do that the very next year on the same side of the ball.......or can u. maybe with nick we can. who knows.
ESPN Biased?
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you lose 4 or 5 to the draft one year, you can't possibly do that the very next year on the same side of the ball.......or can u. maybe with nick we can. who knows.
I believe he said, "...they don't have a premiere pass rusher in their front four". I am with what some of the others have said. We aren't the story line, but what is happening below us is. Beyond that there is a bit of SEC fatigue going on. I decided to just take it as a compliment. We are doing great so they quit picking who wins in our game and pick how much they may score on us, or here are a couple of highlights from the game suffice it to say they handled their foe decisively, etc
Universally considered to be the best team in the country. If that is bias, then let it be.
Complaining about this is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for stuff to complain about.
Complaining about this is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for stuff to complain about.
Another thing, it's not a bias, it's just everybody expects the same thing out of us every week, a beatdown of a team. Paul Finebaum kinda summed it up on Tide & Tigers today a couple of weeks ago, by saying it's "Boring". Of course It's not boring watch Bama beat someone down but you get the point.
I don't think I've ever been on a sports message board that didn't have one of these threads about an ESPN bias. Every team has a few fans that think ESPN hates their team. I'm not sure what some people are watching, but I think ESPN has been more than fair in their coverage of our team.
Finebaum said it best last week. Alabama is the most boring team in the country. They've dismantled every team they've played. Like someone said earlier in the thread there is nothing to report on Alabama besides they beat someone by 30....again......
Reminds of FSU running through the weak acc in 90s only we are doing it in the best conference in America. IMO it is what happens when backups get more and more playing time you just keep reloading.
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Haha, You didn't ruffle any feathers, and it doesn't matter how long someones been around, I wasn't trying to sound like a jerk, I legitimately didn't understand what you were trying to say, and I'm still not sure I do. Blackledge said our D didn't have any first round talent. That's an absurd statement. I don't think he was simply talking about Sr's or upperclassmen, because he didn't qualify his statement that way. He said our Defense had no first round talent. I took that to mean nobody who gets any significant playing time, and there's no way he can justify that statement.
Milliner is without a doubt a first rounder, possibly a top 5-10 guy. I think he has little less upside than DreK, but I think he's a bit better overall in this current 7 game stretch than I ever saw out of Dre in his 3 years. Dre was one of the few players on our D who didn't wrap up all the time and instead went for the big hit. Milliner's not like that, he's 100% by the book. The best way I could differentiate between the two is this: Dre plays cocky, Milliner plays smart. I wouldn't trade him for any other CB in college football. If it didn't sound so completely gay, I'd nickname him "Snuggie," because he's entirely draped over whoever he's covering.
Jesse Williams is a borderline 1st rounder right now who I believe could boost his stock with a great pro-day and/or combine.
CJ Mosley is a first rounder, he plays the pass & the run as good as any LB we've had in a long time. He's not as strong against the run as Hightower or McClain, but I do believe he's better in pass support than either one. He's not adequate at one and great at the other, he's good at both.
We've got a lot of younger guys who are tough to quantify. I think Depriest will be a stud when he's given the reigns of this defense. I think he'll be the defensive QB the way Rolo was a few years ago. Belue hasn't completely grasped the fundamentals of this defense yet, but he more than makes up for it with some of the quickest closing speed I've ever seen. I can't remember a CB I've ever seen who loses his man so often, yet somehow still ends up making the play because he covers the final 5 yards so quickly. Belue has loads of talent and when/if he finally grasps everything, IMHO, he'll be a first rounder. Guys like Pagan & Hubbard are highly regarded by scouts right now and who knows how they're careers might end up. And there's a ton more guys, this has barely scratched the surface.
Point being, there's lots of first round talent on this Defense. For Blackledge to say something like that makes me lose a little respect for him. Maybe he's not as knowledgeable as I once thought.
Also, FWIW, I don't think ESPN is biased so much as a lot of their guys aren't very knowledgeable, and some of the comments I've heard over the past week back that up.
Both Robert Smith & Mel Kiper Jr. said we had a weak WR corp and we'd struggle now that we'd lost DeAndrew White. I'm a big DeAndrew White fan, but comments like those make it seem like these guys don't even watch the games. And for two different people to make that comment just seems bizarre.
I'm guessing one of the guys, probably Robert Smith, didn't do their homework. He overheard Kiper saying it on a show, and he ran with it. That's weak journalism. I know we as fans are closer to the program than the commentators, but that still doesn't excuse it. Their only job is to know about college football, yes even Kiper. I continuously see reference to him being an "NFL Guy," but that couldn't be further from the truth. He's an "NFL Draft Guy" meaning in reality, he's a college guy. He watches nothing but college games and scouts the talent for the draft shows. Or at least, that's what he's supposed to do.
The other thing that got me was the comment I referenced earlier from Blackledge.
I don't think there's a bias out there, I think we just expect more from these guys, and rightfully so, this is their job and a lot of times it seems like the fans are more knowledgeable than they are.
Both Robert Smith & Mel Kiper Jr. said we had a weak WR corp and we'd struggle now that we'd lost DeAndrew White. I'm a big DeAndrew White fan, but comments like those make it seem like these guys don't even watch the games. And for two different people to make that comment just seems bizarre.
I'm guessing one of the guys, probably Robert Smith, didn't do their homework. He overheard Kiper saying it on a show, and he ran with it. That's weak journalism. I know we as fans are closer to the program than the commentators, but that still doesn't excuse it. Their only job is to know about college football, yes even Kiper. I continuously see reference to him being an "NFL Guy," but that couldn't be further from the truth. He's an "NFL Draft Guy" meaning in reality, he's a college guy. He watches nothing but college games and scouts the talent for the draft shows. Or at least, that's what he's supposed to do.
The other thing that got me was the comment I referenced earlier from Blackledge.
I don't think there's a bias out there, I think we just expect more from these guys, and rightfully so, this is their job and a lot of times it seems like the fans are more knowledgeable than they are.
It used to make me mad, but now I just laugh it off. It's like I'm in on a secret that they're not privy to.
What does tick me off is they pick a new Heisman candidate each week, the new flavor of the week after the previous one let them down. They might mention AJ as a dark horse every now and then.
What does tick me off is they pick a new Heisman candidate each week, the new flavor of the week after the previous one let them down. They might mention AJ as a dark horse every now and then.
Yeah, I was surprised at how Jesse Palmer was praising us. Lately the only person who still doesn't "buy" into us being the best is Colin cowherd. But I don't take his opinion for anything, he still had South Carolina above us after their one loss.
Palmer's one of the biggest idiot's on ESPN. He makes absurd statements as if he's not even watching the games. "Stanford has the best front 7 in College Football." was one of the more ridiculous statements I've heard him say.
AJ has started to get a little mention in the heisman discussions....
Colin Klein, Geno, Barkley etc are getting the most...but AJ has definitely been brought up more this week in dsicussions of the heisman.
I dont think he could win just because of our offense being run heavy, but he is getting a little well deserved recognition...
This is most of the trouble right here. Non-Alabama fans don't enjoy watching or reading about Alabama's methodical, predictable wins.
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