Yahoo Terrible article.....

[Bama Reb]

I'm never surprised by this type of article. It's not unusual for so-called media sports "experts" to tear down the Tide in their articles. It's always "The Tide will be run off the field by the (insert team name)." Then once the game is over and the Tide is once again victorious, they come back with one excuse or another, or that (repeat team name) wasn't that good a team. Never will you hear though that the Tide is #1 because they have proved themselves on the field time and time again.
We call know it as the "Hate Bama" syndrome and unfortunately it is rampant throughout the entire college football world and the media that covers it.

Roll Tide
:biga:

 

[bigjue24]

I'm glad we are hated and underrated over and over. It is a sign that you are doing something right. No one wants to be the loveable loser. I want Bama to be the hated king of the mountain. No one pulls for the champ except the loyal fans that were there all along, and a few sorry bandwagon jumpers no one wants anyway. Write article after article. Don't think the players and coaches don't know this stuff is happening. They will never admit it, but if it adds just a little fuel to the fire then so much the better.

 

[TydDFens]

I like how the writer slips in that Oregon got 5 of the 60 first place votes last week. Only 55 other votes to capture there buddy.

From the article:
There’s no doubt this will present a tough decision for voters, which gave Oregon five of the 60 first-place votes last week.

 

[tidefan23]

I'd be fine with moving to #2...motivation.

 

[TexasBama]

Equating UW with TAMU was her first mistake. UW is as good as TAMU - on defense.

 

[GreatDanish]

Was the article in blue font?

 

[MegaVars]

Last ten years of Husky football dominance.
2002- 7-7
2003- 6-6
2004- 1-10
2005- 2-9
2006- 5-7
2007-4-9
2008- 0-12
2009- 5-7
2010-7-6
2011- 7-6
2012- 7-6
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Total of 51-84. The Huskies should change their name to the "Volcanoes" they've been dormant over 10 years, but have erupted violently into one of the top teams in the nation...according to Yahoo

 

[RTR251]

That is the same person who said that Stanford and Alabama are mirror images except that Stanford had a better offensive line, she even predicted that Stanford would beat us in the title game. If you in need of another good laugh here's the article.

 

[Bear Disciple]

What she just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[JIB]

Washington has played 2 good teams this year - they lost both, one badly. People hyped them up b/c they beat up on a rebuilding Boise State team to start the year. They played Stanford close and everyone got on their bandwagon. Well, Stanford isn't that great. They lost to Utah, they barely beat UW at home and they struggled with Army.

There is absolutely no way Stanford beats Oregon. None. Oregon lost last year but scored 50+ the two meetings before that.

The best Pac12 teams are Oregon, UCLA, Stanford and UW, but those last two aren't anything special this year. I think UCLA is a legit top 15 or top 10 team, but they aren't beating Oregon. Oregon will be 13-0 heading into the BCS title game.

 

[danb]

Reading that reminded me of some of the "water cooler" conversations at work by casual observers of college football. The types that rarely watch games, much less know the more in depth facets of the game. The ones that catch the sports segment on the 10:00 news and go..."man that (insert team name....in this case Oregon) team is the bomb.....they are crushing their opponents...they should obviously be no. 1 because they put more points up than Bama".

I did get a huge laugh at the comparison of the win against Washington and our win against aTm....

Lets see...... Oregon played a mildly hyped, late afternoon game on the road against the no. 16 team.... in a mild climate ideal for playing football...

Alabama played one of the most hyped up games in history against the most talked about, and hyped up Heisman trophy winning quarterback playing for the no. 6 team in the country......on the road....mid afternoon, in blistering near 100 degree heat/humidity.......

It's very hard for me to see how anyone could compare the two games and honestly say the Oregon game was a more impressive victory, unless they are just browsing the final scores and looking over a few meaningless stats they tack on below the score and even then I don't see it.....

 

[bobmack12champs]

Graham Watson is a female writer who use to cover Mizzou when they were in the big 12 or whatever. she came aboard ESPN in 2008. She has to be biased from covering the big whatever. Remember when Bama was picked over Okla. State to play in the BCS? Nuff said!

 

[G-VilleTider]

She thinks that Seattle is one of the toughest places in the country to play on the road .... Bless her little heart.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

you guys are just too critical. it is not her fault she was dropped on her head several times as a child. it is nice of yahoo to hire someone with a severe learning disability.

 

[TexasBama]

Thinking about this some, Yahoo Sports is like the Bleacher Report without the pictures.

 

[WishIwasInBama]

I think she obviously went to the Jim Rome school of journalism or catering to a west coast audience. I blame ESPN and other media types for this. These types of match ups are created to generate buzz for only one thing...ratings. I love how everyone is selling this as a great win against a great opponent. Didn't Oregon open up as a 14.5 point favorite or something like that? I think Oregon is a great team and I hope for a Duck/Bama match up but everyone should really call it like it is, Oregon beating UW is equal to Bama beating a team like Ole Miss or Arkansas in my opinion.

 

[TiderGreg]

I believe some of the fuel for a weaker SEC is that the two new teams are one TD away from topping both the East and West. It is up to South Carolina to restore order in a couple of weaks. Georgia has been neutralized by injuries, and Tennessee and Florida are supposedly rebuilding. The east should have 3 solid top ten teams, but Georgia and Florida are floundering. Imo, Bama and LSU are the top 2 teams

The FSU vs Clemson game will rival any SEC game this year in national exposure and interest.

My prediction is that we are seeing the beginnings of the propaganda machine that will define the 4 team playoff system. It should have been 8 teams. The SEC odds of winning it all will be cut in half.

 

[Bama Reb]

I believe some of the fuel for a weaker SEC is that the two new teams are one TD away from topping both the East and West. It is up to South Carolina to restore order in a couple of weaks. Georgia has been neutralized by injuries, and Tennessee and Florida are supposedly rebuilding. The east should have 3 solid top ten teams, but Georgia and Florida are floundering. Imo, Bama and LSU are the top 2 teams

The FSU vs Clemson game will rival any SEC game this year in national exposure and interest.

My prediction is that we are seeing the beginnings of the propaganda machine that will define the 4 team playoff system. It should have been 8 teams. The SEC odds of winning it all will be cut in half.

Just one more reason to eliminate divisions within the SEC. Take the two top teams, regardless of which division they are in now, and have them play each other in the SECCG.
The winner goes on to the NCG. The loser gets to hang a "runner-up" plaque in their locker room as motivation for the next season.

 

[B1GTide]

She thinks that Seattle is one of the toughest places in the country to play on the road .... Bless her little heart.

She has her NFL venues confused with college football venues. I don't mind writers who lift up a program. She did it without ripping Alabama. A whole lot of people on the West Coast believe that Oregon is the best team in the country. I don't really have a problem with that. They are as entitled to their opinion as I am to mine.

At any rate, all you have to do is finish in the top 2 and you get to prove it on the field. Just keep winning and it will sort itself out.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Just one more reason to eliminate divisions within the SEC. Take the two top teams, regardless of which division they are in now, and have them play each other in the SECCG.
The winner goes on to the NCG. The loser gets to hang a "runner-up" plaque in their locker room as motivation for the next season.

Do you realize that the majority of college football fans would be against such nonsense? If the top two teams from each conference had to play each other in a CCG, there would be no need for an at large team from any conference. The CCG would be a true quarter-final game. Where would the fun be in that? Before you know it, we wouldn't have historic CCG like Oregon vs a 6-6 UCLA team playing for the pac 12 title , while a 11-1 Stanford team with Andrew Luck sits home and watches. Or maybe the exciting 6-6 Georgia Tech getting to play and be humiliated in their ACC CCG with Florida State. In that Roy Kramer wanted this cash cow for the SEC, wouldn't it be neat if someone actually did something with it that guarantees it becomes more than tits on a bull.