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only if GT has a great shot at a bowl, but an unranked shoddy dawgs team knocks them out of the picture. ;)
 
I have to say I am amazed at how well we (Alabama) are doing, given the new QB and losing one of our better players to a season ending injury.
Have to say, last week our defense and special teams saved our ass. Our offense looked rough.
Hopefully nothing crazy happens and we are able to roll past Tennessee and then enjoy a weekend off for some R&R.
I'm am as giddy as a school girl about how things have worked out this year. Hopefully it keeps going in that direction. Would love to make a good bowl showing.
I live in Tuscaloosa where the University of Alabama is located. EVERYONE is hyped up about our chances this year.
Finally we have found our coach.
 
Pander Bear said:
only if GT has a great shot at a bowl, but an unranked shoddy dawgs team knocks them out of the picture. ;)
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Doesn't knock them out of the picture for an ACC Championship. I've never seen so many urine colored shirts around in such a long time. What's that joke..."Tech should rename themselves cicadas because we only hear from them every seven years". LOL! My favorite team is the Dawgs and my second favorite is whoever's playing Tech. I hope we can put up a decent defensive game when we play "T'ween the Ghettos" at BDS.
 
rollEpollE said:
I have to say I am amazed at how well we (Alabama) are doing, given the new QB and losing one of our better players to a season ending injury.
Have to say, last week our defense and special teams saved our ass. Our offense looked rough.
Hopefully nothing crazy happens and we are able to roll past Tennessee and then enjoy a weekend off for some R&R.
I'm am as giddy as a school girl about how things have worked out this year. Hopefully it keeps going in that direction. Would love to make a good bowl showing.
I live in Tuscaloosa where the University of Alabama is located. EVERYONE is hyped up about our chances this year.
Finally we have found our coach.
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Congrats on a good season. I think you should be ranked ahead of Florida, FWIW.
 
fucking AMAZING win though.

was the block by cody, or one of the guys coming around on the corner.
 
also. FUCKING LOL TO MIAMI FANS.

I like the team and all, but I don't like unrealistic bragging about a shot at the NC from a team that plays such a soft schedule.
 
I will be hoarse from yelling after that f'n game. All I have to say is thank God for Cody. He absolutely has saved our ass more than once. I was at the quad which is a huge field across the street from the football stadium, where EVERYONE tailgates. Probably close to 100,000 people. Most of which go to the game. That last field goal block, everyone in the stadium as well as everyone on the quad, fucking erupted in cheers. Was beautiful.

All that said, I didn't watch the whole game. Just got it in pieces. Between the alcohol consumption and women, holy hell all the women, I was preoccupied. I know we pulled out an ugly win.
I know Auburn lost. Which is always good.

I just woke up so I missed Sportscenter. Will catch it in a little while.
 
Pander Bear said:
also. FUCKING LOL TO MIAMI FANS.

I like the team and all, but I don't like unrealistic bragging about a shot at the NC from a team that plays such a soft schedule.
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Miami actually plays an incredibly tough schedule this year. Georgia Tech is a top 10 team and Miami killed them. Virginia Tech is top 15 at the end of the year. Oklahoma, well, the fact that we had them on our schedule indicates that we do not play soft schedules like Florida and Alabama. The SEC is so weak this year it's ridiculous. Florida and Alabama play nobody of worth this year despite each other.

But seriously, it's like trash talking on bluelight is a jinx. We win all the weeks I don't do it.

By the way, Clemson is one of those teams with the talent to knock off anybody. They just don't play like the same team week to week. But they would kill Arkansas and Mississippi St. More surely than Florida did. Florida still does not win the NC this year. They do not look like a good team to me at all.
 
Florida looks good, just not great. By the sound of announcers, you'd think it was a one man show. Can't wait for Teabag to graduate. Great kid, great leader. You can't knock that though. Georgia plays them next week. Let's see if FU's mediocrity continues. Here's one person with their fingers crossed! I watched the entire Tenn/Ala game and thought Ala had the game in hand at the three minute mark. I went to take a shower and had no idea Tennessee fought back to go for the win. Great game. Mount Cody is a playmaker, even at 300+ lbs. He's a beast.
 
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Miami actually plays an incredibly tough schedule this year. Georgia Tech is a top 10 team and Miami killed them. Virginia Tech is top 15 at the end of the year. Oklahoma, well, the fact that we had them on our schedule indicates that we do not play soft schedules like Florida and Alabama. The SEC is so weak this year it's ridiculous. Florida and Alabama play nobody of worth this year despite each other.

But seriously, it's like trash talking on bluelight is a jinx. We win all the weeks I don't do it.

By the way, Clemson is one of those teams with the talent to knock off anybody. They just don't play like the same team week to week. But they would kill Arkansas and Mississippi St. More surely than Florida did. Florida still does not win the NC this year. They do not look like a good team to me at all.
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I really wanted to argue that some of the SEC teams play decent OOC games, but you specifically mentioned ALA and FLA, and I really can't say they come close to MIA's toughness of schedule. ALA also played and beat VT, just not @VT and not by the same margin MIA spanked them with. FL plays FSU, but we all know FSU is not that good even on the days they decide to show up :\ The only argument I could muster is you hold up OU (unranked), VT (top 15 by your count), and GT (top 10 by your count) as the toughness of your schedule, and by the end of the season ALA will have faced and possibly beaten VT (neutral site), LSU (top 10 at this point), and a top ranked FLA in the SECCG. FLA would have faced LSU (@LSU), and ALA in the SECCG. Perhaps ALA can make an argument with you on SOS, but I don't think my Gators can :\

I'd even go so far as to agree - SEC is still riding media hype as the best conference (and perhaps we have more top tier teams than the others) but the overall average of the conference makes my stomache churn. But I'll also return a comment for your statement that Clemson could burn MSU or ARK by more than FLA did - you are pointing to two of our worst 2-3 teams in the conference. You want to compare apples to apples, try putting ARK (3-4, 1-4) or MSU (3-5, 1-3) or VAN (2-6, 0-5) up against your ACC teams of MD (2-6, 1-3) or NC (4-3, 0-3)or NCState (3-4, 0-3). Those are matchups I'll take the SEC in. Or, compare Clemson (4-3, 3-2) up against GA (4-3, 3-2) for a more even matchup and see if they come out on top. Against GA, they could....just as easily as they come up short - as you note, depends on how they play that given week.





As for BL shit talk jinxing, I think you're right. That's why I'm still not going off on UF remaining #1 in the BCS ranks or overtaking ALA in the recent AP. I agree they aren't that good, but while nobody else seems good enough to be ranked higher I'm not going to jinx them by saying they should be #1 ;)

Heisman? I think Timmy T throwing a pair of touchdown interceptions really hurt his chances - perhaps the voters will start to recognize he just isn't that good (this year), as for two weeks now he's taken sacks because he's too determined to turn the play when he should throw it away. Despite the jinxed (announcers praised him for no fumbles) turnover by Ingram in the TN game, I still think he'll be a front runner (no pun intended) for the Heisman in a few more weeks. I also don't see Colt making up ground to the point of winning it - but he could nudge Tebow out of second place the way the two are playing these days.
 
In related news, a closer look at the BCS ranks this week, and a few odds'n'ends....


IOWA, jumps to #1 in the computer polls? Wow. That was a thriller, and while I like the Hawkeyes for being a tough and determined squad, I'd be lying if I didn't admit cheering for the comeback by MSU. I mean, c'mon, a team pulls the hook-n-ladder with that kind of success at that point in the game - there was no 'die' in that squad. Props for IOWA keeping their shit together and getting the last second TD, but MSU earned some props too, for such a gutty game.

Zook will return in 2010, AD says....and the remaining Big10+1 teams mark another win on next years schedule, and groan at the SOS hit they continue to take. The rest of the country snickers.

Mount Cody and not one but TWO, blocks to win the game? As much as I want to beat ALA, I will keep respect for this guy. I'm going to enjoy watching him in the pro's. Anyone else watch him overcome with emotion following the winning blocked kick? Human, mountain, monster....wow, what a great guy. He was a non-factor in last years SECCG, but he'll be heard, and seen, this year for sure.

Boise and Cinci both slip based on strength of schedule this week. Bitter pill, but the antacids are close at hand and I expect will be passed around like Halloween candy in coming weeks. It still appears 1-3 in the BCS are cemented there unless there is a loss by one of them. But for spots 4-8, I think we'll be seeing a lot of bubbling up and slipping down for the coming weeks. In the end, I can easily see USC and IOWA bouncing back and forth at 4-5 if they win out. I can see GT and Oregon surpassing Boise, TCU, and possibly Cinci if they can also win out. The real interesting part is what happens based on the winner of USC-Oregon this week, and LSU-ALA on NOV 7. A lot of 'what-if's in that, but I think winners of both those matchups spend the remaining season in the top 4 (yeah, I'm going out on a limb there...sue me ;) ).
 
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But I'll also return a comment for your statement that Clemson could burn MSU or ARK by more than FLA did - you are pointing to two of our worst 2-3 teams in the conference. You want to compare apples to apples, try putting ARK (3-4, 1-4) or MSU (3-5, 1-3) or VAN (2-6, 0-5) up against your ACC teams of MD (2-6, 1-3) or NC (4-3, 0-3)or NCState (3-4, 0-3). Those are matchups I'll take the SEC in. Or, compare Clemson (4-3, 3-2) up against GA (4-3, 3-2) for a more even matchup and see if they come out on top. Against GA, they could....just as easily as they come up short - as you note, depends on how they play that given week.
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Hell, I'd like to see Clemson play Arkansas... I don't see that being a "burn" by a far stretch...
 
SEC is reknown to pack their schedules with cupcakes - save for a couple of "tradition" type games that seem to go on every year.

that being said, they are still the best conference in NCAA - but that will change next year. you have to give them credit for being the best conference because they pack both Alabama and Florida, with a minor shout out to LSU. stilll, most of the teams that Bama and UF has played to get to their obvious SEC title game have been pretty sorry teams this year.

Miami is not a National Title contender this year, but next year - watch out! they still have to get through the Buckeyes early on in the season, where Miami should be better than the Bucks next year it's just that Miami usually struggles against Ohio State.
 
^^Want to predict who might be the power conference next year, swami? ;) Fair question for all.

Looking ahead a bit at 2010 schedules, and who can prove what (current top 4 teams from power conferences):

FLA - Miami(OH), USF, Appy St, @FSU (I'll allow argument against FSU being 'tough') ... fwiw, we are @ALA that year ;)
ALA - San Jose St, Penn St, @Duke, GA St
LSU - NC (weak, but ACC), West Virginia, McNeese St, LA-Monroe (again, being generous here)
UGA - LA-Lafayette, @Colorado, Idaho State (woohoo, dey good dis year), and regular GT game <<< NOT a top 4 SEC team
USCe - Southern Miss, Furman, Troy, @Clemson

tOSU - Marshall (could be a challenge for them), @MIA, Ohio, Eastern Mich
IOWA - Eastern ILL, @AZ, Ball State (GA Bulldawg sized balls)
PSU - Youngstown St, @ ALA, Kent St, Temple
MSU - Western MI, @FAU (@???), ND (partial credit), Northern CO


TX - @Rice, WY, UCLA, FAU
OU - UT St, FSU, Air Force, @ Cincinnati
OSU - TBA, Troy, TBA, TBA, TBA TBA
K St - UCLA, Mizz St, TBA, N Texas

USCw - @HI (@???), UVA, ND (partial credit)
ORE - NM, @TN (partial credit), Central MI
AZ - Portland St, TBA, @WIS (partial credit), TBA
STAN - Sacramento St, WF, @ND (partial credit)

PITT - NH, @Utah (partial credit), MIA, @ND (partial credit)
CINCI - @NCSt, Miami(OH), @Fresno St, OU
WVU - Coastal Carolina, Marshall, @LSU, MD
USF - Stony Brook, @FLA, Western KY, FAU, @MIA

GT - SC St, Mississippi, Middle TN St, UGA
VT - Central MI, Western MI, Eastern Carolina, @Boise St
BC - Kent St, ND (Partial Credit), Hofstra, TBA
CLEM - Presbyterian, @Auburn, N Texas, USCe (South Car)

For grins, since all the games are ooc for ND, what do they have?
PUR, MICH, @MSU, Stanford, @BC, PITT, Western MICH, @Navy, Tulsa, Utah (partial credit), @Army, @USCw
... I think I see at least 4 losses on there already. ;)



Looking back, giving approx 1 pt for a 'tough team' and 1/2 point for partial credit (by my totally unbiased evaluations ;) ) I'd say ooc strength next year is (the '+' is for more road games than home games):
Big Easy = 5+
SEC = 5
Big10+1 = 3.5+
ACC = 2.5
PAC10 = 2+
Big12 = 2

Granted, schedules are generally set 2-3 yrs out, so these were in place before now, but it shows who is trying to play some 'tougher' ooc games and who isn't (as a conference).

What I'd like to do, and it requires more time than I've already put into this, is to look back at conferences for the past 10 yrs, work up some ranking on who started off ranked vs where they ended the season, to see a trend of conference 'over rankings' or 'under rankings' that might exist. Hmm....maybe later.
 
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I am in absolute agreement that Alabama hasn't played any really tough games. If we had I don't really think our no loss season would be still going.
We play just good enough to win. And the past couple games we haven't even done that. Just pulled them out by luck.
Our new QB impressed me the first 4-5 games. First year playing as a starter. But the past few games he doesn't seem like the same person. I don't know if he is hurt or scared or what but, whatever it was that was motivating him to play as well as he did is gone. I hope he finds it or LSU is going to whip our ass. There are several other areas that need work. Namely, everywhere.
Shit drives me nuts when I really think about it, so I try not to.
 
^^Cute, funny for about 30 sec, then it became repetitive. And I'm sure there is the same case to be made for every other school like UGA, sans the national championship trophies of course. <3



Returning to my burning need to waste time, I finally made that damn spreadsheet I'd been thinking about for months. Went to the AP rankings (preseason and final) and the BCS rankings (week 1 in mid-October, and week 8 after conference championships but before bowl games) to see if conferences were being consistently over rated or under rated. I've attached that spreadsheet if anyone cares to check my conference assignments (it's possible I screwed up a MWC-WAC or ACC-BEast allocation), and I only looked at the past 5 seasons. The numbers also give an idea of conference strength, IMO.

I worked the polls backwards, giving the #1 team 25pts, down to the #25 team getting 1pt. Then summed the points per conference in each poll. I'll come back in a bit to explain what mindless nonsense I can make from this.
 

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interesting, but I already knew how Ohio State would fair. I despise the BCS system, mostly because they always rank OSU in the top 5 without any reasons for so.

I wouldn't say it is because we are over rated, it is because of the money. many BCS suits want OSU in any big game because they know our fans travel, arguably, the best in the NCAA. we swarm upon visiting college towns and it is klike you are in Times Square but everybody is in scarlet and everybody keeps on shouting "O-H"
 
TheLoveBandit said:
I really wanted to argue that some of the SEC teams play decent OOC games, but you specifically mentioned ALA and FLA, and I really can't say they come close to MIA's toughness of schedule.
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Look at Georgia this year. Their OOC includes Oklahoma St., Arizona St., Tennessee Tech and Georgia Tech. We are only going to play one patsy, and that's Tenn. Tech. That's bad because we have a senior quarterback and we can't give any of the young guys some snaps during our games. So that's a big drawback (not to mention Aaron Murray is injured). I'd love to see Mettenberger and Gray get a few snaps this year, but we've played everyone so close, they really haven't had the opportunity.

BTW, Florida's OOC pretty much guarantees them a good chance of going undefeated. I wonder how their season would have worked out so far if they had Georgia's OOC schedule.

Great video, Pander Bear!!!
 
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