College Football 2012 GDG

[Jacob Hawkes]

jacob,

i appreciate the courtesy you show folks constantly in your posts on rtf. you say yesir and thank you maam to dr.ed, miss sylvia, the caire's and many others throughout the year. you are always first to congratulate others on their dogs performance in trials. i enjoy your admiration and dedication to the great dogs you know and train with, like ali, tia etc. i like that you always state your appreciation for danny farmer and your pros at vinewood by noting the positive impact they have on you, your dog and the sport. i like the way you work hard and play hard. that bowl of christmas dinner gumbo you posted the picture of looked fabulous. in all respects you seem to be a young man that a mother and father "raised right"!

if i am one of the folks who "floored you" i am here to say i am sorry.

but let's face it, your love of your team(which i also appreciate btw) and your seething envy of "the gumps" have caused you to post things in this thread that seriously bring your status as a football prognosticatior into doubt.

i wish you well in the upcoming trial season and i wish the lsu tigers well in their work going into recruiting and the upcoming signing day.

jmc

I think you were the best @ catching some of my sarcasm in the post. 1 of my BEST friends is a firefighter in that town where Alabama's campus is located. Believe me, we are VERY passionate about the games. We just can't watch a game together when our teams are playing.

I love trash talking & really enjoy it when somebody else is good @ it in return. For the most part, I get along well with Alabama fans. Honestly it's the pompous a$$hats who think that they are god's gift to CFB & everything else that really get me. Do NOT get me wrong, LSU has their share of dbags & we have almost got into it with them before because of their lack of respect towards opposing fans.

All that said, I can't wait for College Baseball. LSU is suppose to be good. Hopefully the Jeckyll & Hyde phenomenon of a year ago is over with.

Thanks for the well wishes. Good luck to you as well.

[TDB87]

Jacob is the same guy who basically told me I was stupid for failing to recognize that ND's defense was "the best front 7 [Alabama] would face all year" and for thinking that we should commit to running the football against them. Maybe some of us "gumps" know a little more about what we are watching than Jacob is willing to give credit for.

He's also the same guy who at the begining of this season gave it to me for saying that LSU's QB play would not in any way be better than last years production with Lee and Jefferson.He was comparing ZM to Peyton Manning . Wow was he wrong once again.

On a serious note. McCarron did break Peytons previous record of TD-INT ratio.. Ended the season with 30TD'S-3ints. Not to bad right there.

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[Jacob Hawkes]

Jacob : I know you are an LSU homer but at least give the Champion their props, saying they werent that good smacks of sour grapes...face the fact that it was your team that wasnt that good, even though your self proclaimed prophecy to annoint them as such early in the season proved otherwise

LSU was the most talented team & the draft will soon reflect that. I guess I keep forgetting that slingblade is on the sideline & his asinine decisions will always negatively change a game or 2.

09' / 37-21
11' / 21-0
12' / 42-14

While I do think that Notre Dame was not the #1 Team in the Country, and still being a little aggravated with Bama not playing Florida, Georgia or South Carolina for 2 years in a row during the regular season, it's really hard to say 'They aren't that good'.

In fact I’m not sure anyone would care b/c all you have to do is simply look at the trophy case.
We all said it before. The REAL NC Title game happened on Dec. 1st. This January game was just for the REST of College Football Fans

The fact remains though that LSU is one Crystal Ball away from being tied with BAMA on 'BCS' NC Titles
at least that makes me smile lol!

Yeah, I give up on LSU winning another BCS NAT CHAMP as long as slingblade is there. He alone is to blame for the loss @ home this year.

[Jacob Hawkes]

He's also the same guy who at the begining of this season gave it to me for saying that LSU's QB play would not in any way be better than last years production with Lee and Jefferson.He was comparing ZM to Peyton Manning . Wow was he wrong once again.

On a serious note. McCarron did break Peytons previous record of TD-INT ratio.. Ended the season with 30TD'S-3ints. Not to bad right there.

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When did Pay A Ton become Sam Bradford? Terrible troll attempt @ best.

I said he would light up y'all's secondary, which he did.

[Jacob Hawkes]

Jacob is the same guy who basically told me I was stupid for failing to recognize that ND's defense was "the best front 7 [Alabama] would face all year" and for thinking that we should commit to running the football against them. Maybe some of us "gumps" know a little more about what we are watching than Jacob is willing to give credit for.

Eh, I was far from the only person who said as much. St. Nick himself said that this was the biggest group of overachievers he's been a part of. So again, don't act like I just pulled this out of thin air.

[Dustin D]

Yeah, I give up on LSU winning another BCS NAT CHAMP as long as slingblade is there.

So many people are saying the same thing .....
He's too loyal to make the right decisions to put us over the edge.

[crackerd]

St. Nick himself said that this was the biggest group of overachievers he's been a part of. So again, don't act like I just pulled this out of thin air.

No, you pulled it out of some other physical location that will go unmentioned.

Let's translate for you beyond the X's and O's that you don't understand particularly well either.

Saban said, "Basically, I think this team over-achieved." Translation: They managed to win back-to-back BCS championships which hadn't previously been achieved. And they did it with a heavy complement of four- and five-star recruits (Landon Collins, anyone?), with a smattering of three-stars and three All-American offensive linemen and three more AA's on defense and a couple more soon-to-be All-Americans like next season. So there wasn't a whole lot of "overachieving" necessary. Capisce?

MG

[Dustin D]

“To be honest, I think this team has kind of exceeded expectations,” Saban said. “If you look at all the players that we lost last year, the leadership that we lost, the injuries that we’ve had

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Just saying.....

[crackerd]

'Bama did indeed exceed expectations. They were the preseason No. 2 and finished No. 1 by winning the national championship. So that's exceeding expectations - though it's all relative of course to what expectations you're exceeding - or unexceeding (thinking of those co-consensus preseason No. 1's the Who and USKitty-LitterC).

MG

[Dustin D]

'Bama did indeed exceed expectations. They were the preseason No. 2 and finished No. 1 by winning the national championship. So that's exceeding expectations - though it's all relative of course to what expectations you're exceeding - or unexceeding (thinking of those co-consensus preseason No. 1's the Who and USKitty-LitterC).

MG

Whatever dude, I'm just showing what Saban actually said. I took it similar to what Jacob said in context as it was repeated on ESPN Radio. Saban thought this team were indeed over achievers and did not expect to see what he saw as the year went on.