Spurrier called a spade a spade, and even said he had the voters fooled into thinking theyre good. GA has a way of making every game close. Last year, I think 5 of their first 7 were all decided in the last minute. It was rediculous. Clemson, SC, AU, LSU.... can't think of them all. But GA is wierd. I'm not convinced it's time for Richt to be forced out. He can't win the big one that GA, as a school, is more than talented enough to win.
Mark Richt will never be fired at UGA. Were it going to happen, then he would have been gone after losing to Vandy last year. - - - Updated - - - Sooie Pig!
vandy last year wasn't bad.... They sucked prior, and suck this year, but last year, that wasn't the case.
True enough. If Franklin hadn't taken as many recruits as he could with him to Happy Valley, then they might not have been quite so bad this year. They were still good enough to give SC a run for their money. That's why I have my doubts about A&M. SC is their only quality win.
SC is not a quality win for anyone.... you flip back and forth on your SEC support. First, SC is not that good, (unless another sec team beats them) as usual though... when debating #secbias with an SEC fan..... I can never tell who your team actually is.... you talk like the SEC is a team. So who do you actually pull for? Bama fans and AU fans are pretty quick on announcing their allegiance.... as was I with FSU.... funny, how all the other sec team fans are hesitant to announce they cheer for UF, Ark, aTm, LSU, UT, UK, Vandy, the missisippis, south carolina, GA, Mizzou etc.... Because there are always 12/14 teams hoping and praying, one of the 2 current good teams can win the title so they can talk smack in the offseason about the conference, despite their team being 4-8, 5-7, 7-6....
You obviously lack reading comprehension skills. I have never made any posts here in which I "flip back and forth" on my support of the SEC. I'm a Bama fan, in case you are incapable of gleaning as much from the context of my posts. The SEC is the best college football conference in the nation, both in recent history and in extended history. This is a fact that can be verified by any metric that one might choose to compare the conferences. That said, I have never denied that the East Division of the SEC is currently very weak. The two most dominant teams in the East Division have historically been Florida and Tennessee. Until these two teams get their football programs back into working order, the East Division will continue to be weak -- but not as weak as the ACC.
cause you get multiple chances at a title, pushing out teams at least as equally as deserving (oregon, Ok State) plus, your extended history was just cliamed in 1980.... "in order to make Alabama to look better" ~your AD in 1980 2009 was the only year in recent, you get a a title without an * on it. but 3-2 over your last 5 games is pretty impressive.... lol
in 1980, Bama didn't just call dibs on 5 titles from up to 60 years earlier? no wonder you have more titles than Notre Dame....
They could have claimed 18, had they wanted to. Who cares? Only count the ones since the emergence of the AP poll, if that makes you feel better. The only one that I'm interested in is the next one. Wiki Link University of Alabama law student William G. Little learned how to play American football while attending school in Andover, Massachusetts and began teaching the sport to fellow Alabama students in early 1892.[6][7] Later in the year, the school formed an official team of 19 players, with Little as captain and E. B. Beaumont as head coach. Early newspaper accounts of Alabama football simply listed the team as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White" after the school colors. Headline writers then made popular the nickname "The Thin Red Line". It was not until 1907 that the name "Crimson Tide" was used to describe Alabama. The name was supposedly first used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. Roberts coined the nickname to describe the 1907 Alabama-Auburn game, played in a sea of mud. Although Auburn was favored to win, Alabama played well in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie. Since then, the program has won 23 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships and accepted 15 national championships. In addition to the championships claimed by the university, Alabama has been recognized by the NCAA as National Champions for the 1945, 1962, 1966, 1967, and 1977 college football seasons.[3] However, those championships are not claimed by Alabama.[4] On January 9, 2012, Alabama finished the season ranked #2 and beat #1 LSU 21-0 in the BCS Championship game to take the BCS national title. On January 7, 2013 Alabama Defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (probably the most reviled Alabama opponent) 42-14 to claim their 15th National Championship. Although the NCAA only lists the Crimson Tide as having 14[8] national championships, the claim of 15 includes six championships from the period before 1950 that were retroactively claimed by Alabama.[3][9][10] The team has also made 58 bowl appearances throughout their history (an NCAA record), beginning with the 1926 Rose Bowl to, the most recent, the 2012 BCS National Championship Game. In those bowls, Alabama has a 33–22–3 record. Since 1913, Alabama has 98 first team All-Americans, 29 consensus. In 2009, Alabama also recorded their first Heisman Trophy winner, Mark Ingram, in the closest Heisman Trophy race.[11]
they also lost a bowl game in 64-65, despite already claiming the title, and #2 undefeated Arkansas was shafted. #bamabias enjoy 2009.... the rest of the time, Bama politicked not to have to face OSU, Oregon, or Stanford, and threw a game to AU to avoid FSU
pffft my school was so small that we had no sports teams I'm a college football fan and enjoy the SEC. With respect to which team I support; this year, it's the team opposing UF. I don't care if it's Sister Mary's school for girls, I want UF to go down in defeat. The guy is on contract through 2017 and makes almost $3 million per year. What a waste of money.
Yeah... I'm very familiar with #bamaenvy. It's been around at least since Bear Bryant walked the sidelines at the Capstone. Bowl games used to be nothing more than post-season exhibition games. If you weren't still wet behind the ears, you'd know that.
Ironic that you'd hate Alabama. Without Bobby Bowden, that little redneck school would have never amounted to anything in college football.
and still beat Bama.... lol Being an FSU fan between 05-10 was rough.... we realized we were no longer the dynasty we were in the 90's, but always felt we were RRIIIGHT THEEERRRE. but alas, stupid crap just kept happening, and a few of those 7-6 seasons were brutal... On top of that.... FLORIDA was pounding us every year for 6 straight.... and had it not been for a hail mary in 04, they would have had a 9 game win streak.... Just had to wait for Bowden to leave, apparently.... while he was the best thing to ever happen to us in the 70's,80's and 90's... he was the worst thing to happen to us in the 2000's. People were getting antsy with Jimbo though. I still supported him but felt he really needed to make a run at a title last season. I had a buddy that had written him off the prior season after we lost to NCState 17-16, after leading 16-0 in the first quarter. Then lost to UF. but now he's a big jimbo fan again. I felt we were making improvements each year under Jimbo, as old players and old habits graduated.... and Jimbo's recruits started stepping up.
So did LA Monroe in 2007. Saban was cleaning up a mess in his first year at Bama, but he went undefeated in the regular season in 2008 and then won an NC in 2009.
Jimbo is a good guy. He was Division III National Player of the Year in his senior year at Samford University in Birmingham.
Jimbo is smart... He took a lot from Saben. which is fine. I don't think that's "sec football" I think that's Saben football and Jimbo recognized it's value. I just hope Jimbo adapts as the game changes, instead of refusing to adapt, and then trying to get what beat you (the hurry up offense) outlawed.
Coach Saban's team is running between 80 and 90 offensive plays per game this year. Had you noticed? Nobody is likely to beat Alabama in an up-tempo shootout in 2014. If the rules are going to be changed to favor the offense, then the best Head Football Coach in the nation will adapt. RTR!!!
his complaint isn't what his offense does, it's when AU does it to him, and his defense can't handle it. speeding up his offense doesn't fix the fact that his defense can't stop it..... aTm/bama will be interesting to see
