And why did Alabama lose their game? Oh ya, they couldn't handle the up tempo hurry up offense....hmmmm
/Paul
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I've been very quiet on RTF this year about Bama Football. It was not supposed to be our year. As Saban said, this may have been the biggest group of over-achievers and least talented team he's had at Bama in the last 4 years. I told my husband the night of the SEC championship game that THAT game should be the National Championship game. That game was unbelieveable. I can honestly and proudly say I pulled for all the SEC teams in their bowl games - especially GA. That being said - here are my thoughts from last night.......
1 - ROLL TIDE!!
2 - Did anybody else hear the ESPN announcers say on pregame that Johnny M. was on the Bama sidelines for the game? I thought that was pretty interesting.
3 - I thought Kelly's interview at halftime was.... wow is all I really know to say about that. The only chance they had was if Bama didn't come back out for the second half. wow. Even if you are thinking it, how in the world can you SAY THAT??? What kind of hope does that give your fans or team? Still scratching my head over that one.
4 - I thought the ND players handled themselves VERY well after the game in their interviews. Very CLASSY.
5 - I thought Golic handled himself well this morning, too.
6 - Why did they keep going after Dee Milner? That made no sense. He's our best deep cover guy.
7 - Barrett Jones is a BEAST! Torn ligaments and all - one on one most of the night, he needed no help on the big nose from ND.
8 - Bama's O-line had something to prove - and they did. Convincingly. 5+ yards most of the time before the RB's were even touched.
9 - Lacy/Yeldon - wow. 100+ yards each, and Cooper with 100+ yards on top of that. Arm tackles not allowed.
10- AJ MCCarron! - what a QB - WOW
11 - I love Nick Saban - 3 out 4 - what else can you say?
12 - NUMBER 15 BABY!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!
Ok. I'm done!
I'm not a total SEC junkie, but that does show you what they do to each other... GA & AL had a war... SC blew out GA.. LSU beat SC and FL blew out SC. A&M handled AL pretty easy, but LSU had no problem with A&M... Vicious circle... Tough to get through the league with less than 2 losses...
That is exactly what folks outside the SEC don't understand. It is near impossible to go through a season and not have one or two loses. Sports Media, being the worse will glorify an unbeaten team from a weak Conference and try and make listeners believe the teams are equals.
The Bama vs UGA was a heavyweight title fight. However, looking at where the teams where ranked at the end of the season, Florida stood the best chance of making the BSC Title game interesting. They were ranked 3rd. They did what Bama did a couple of years ago when the had to play Utah in a bowl game. They weren't interested, didn't want to be there, thier fans didn't want to be there and they just went throught the motions. They deserved a shot at Bama this season! Just like Bama deserved a shot at LSU last season.