Both Mississippi teams go down in flames. Auburn loses to a team coming off a 59-point shut-out loss with an interim head coach. And Alabama gets embarrassed by a team starting its third-string quarterback.
Nice face plant, SEC West. Finebaum’s audience ought to be placed on suicide watch today.
There’s only one way to fix this: more head coaching raises!
Get The Picture 
College football.
That’s all
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You mean there’s other coaches that can’t get their teams ready for the “big game?” Only one solution… hire Urban Meyer. OK, those of you in the “Fire Richt” crowd, who’s ready for that? Let’s see those hands!
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I think in the “Natty or Bust” crowd, they would be like people would say about Spurrier in the 90s – he may be an asshat, but he would be our asshat. I couldn’t imagine that SOB on the Georgia sideline in Sanford. I wouldn’t want a home/home with tOSU due to permanent sulfur stench he would leave on the visitor sideline.
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EE its not even worth a thought.
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Geeze. Not this again. Teams lose, but Alabama losing by a touchdown to who might end up being the national champions isn’t even in the same league as some of our losses. The UGA team that got curb stomped by Florida would’ve lost 100-0 to the Ohio State team we saw last night.
Also, how does it make you feel that this is clearly the worst the SEC has been in nearly a decade and we couldn’t even win the weaker side of the division?
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“how does it make you feel that this is clearly the worst the SEC has been in nearly a decade and we couldn’t even win the weaker side of the division?”
Ouch!
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You’re right about the Florida game, but the UGA that curb-stomped Clemson, Missouri, and Auburn with their spread offenses would have beaten that OSU team like a rented mule.
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Kyle has the data at Facebook [can’t embed FB posts so I’m blocking and copying}:
“The SEC East is 3-0 in bowl games this season, while the SEC West is 2-5 in the postseason. Ranked SEC East teams are 2-0 in bowl games, while ranked SEC West teams are 0-5. The highest-ranked opponent beaten by any Southeastern Conference team in a bowl game this season is No. 21 Louisville, which lost to Georgia in the Belk Bowl. It may have been a minor bowl game, but it’s the most noteworthy victory an SEC squad will claim this postseason. The Bulldogs didn’t have the best season, but they ended their season better than any other team in the league.”
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Fire Saban! Fire Malzahn! They can’t win the MNC! Malzahn can’t even win the SEC!
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You laugh but the final moments of the SEC Network Finebaum call in show actually had the suggestion that it was time for Saban to move on..
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Ugh. For the next 10 days we’re gonna get a belly full of hideous uniforms and Corch. Bring me a Goody’s and a Rolaids!
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I for one will thoroughly enjoy watching Oregon dismantle the Buckeyes.
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I certainly hope you are right, but I have made my opinion of hope known.
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I wouldn’t bet the ranch on that. The tOSU team I saw dust Bama last night can certainly beat Oregon–a team with personnel not as good as Bama’s. I’m not predicting a Buckeye win but I certainly wouldn’t surprise me at all. Irvin already has 2 crystal footballs. What’s Helfrich ever done except autopilot a team Chip Kelly set up for him? Helfrich is a glorified assistant who just fell into a good thing. I am not an Irvin Meyers fan but the guy can really coach. Helfrich? I’m not so sure. I see Oregon following the same pattern as Stanford–a slow decent since Harbaugh left. By next season Stanford will be back to 5-7/4-8 seasons. In a few more years Oregon will be doing the same.
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+1 – I very much dislike Meyer, but if I were a betting man, my money would be on OSU. The guy can flat out coach as long as he’s not having chest pains.
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That occur immediately after losing to Bama in the SECCG .
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Slow decent!?!? Dude they’ve ONE down year. In the years since Harbaugh left they have been 11-2, 12-2, 11-3 and then 8-5 this year. You are out of your mind if you can’t see that both of those programs are LEGIT.
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The Bammer at work wants to fire Kirby Smart this morning….lost to a 3rd string QB.
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Bet he really missed those sideline shots of Junior raising his hands for anticipated touchdowns, too.
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Kirby might need to use some of that big salary to hire a team of Pinkertons until the Bammers settle down.
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Has anybody checked on Phyllis from Mulga, Al.?
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3 PM today SEC Network … I am certain it will be glorious.
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SEC West? Never heard of her.
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Mae’s granddaughter. She was undressed before scads of people in large coliseums and found to have no bazookas like Granny. No balls either.
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It was the most bizarre day, ever. This will be the strangest NC game ever. Two teams with “O’s” and can you imagine how Oregon will be dressed?Ugh…. Tacky…that Donald Duck on the jerseys. I get nauseated thinking about it!😪
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Going into yesterday, Oregon was the team I disliked the least, so I was rooting for them. Now I’m really pulling for the Ducks, as I actively despise Ohio State.
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I was pulling for Bama last night, Irish, because I truly detest tOSU. I will hold my nose and hope Phil Knight gets his national championship because I don’t want to see Delany and Corch puff out their chests in Jerry World, but I won’t be watching.
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I can’t imagine you mean that last statement, won’t watch that game? It looks compelling to me. My dislike for ohio and a chance to see them get stomped by the Ducks’ offense would be enough to make me clear my schedule (if I had one). Add to that it being the last game of CFB for 8 months and interesting clash of different offensive styles and it becomes “must see TV”.
My only negative as I think about that game is the potential for another monochromatic uniform from Oregon. I would support a rule in CFB that white is the only acceptable color when jerseys and pants can match, no blue on blue, red on red, black on black, gray on gray, and absolutely no orange on orange uniforms allowed. Should be a 21 point penalty to the school that puts a fan through that. Duck cheerleaders are exempt from any fashion rules, they can wear anything they want, or nothing at all….I will watch.
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Agreed, Mac you are a Man of good taste in all matters. 🎈
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Whomever made the decision at ESPN to hardly ever show the Oregon cheerleaders should be sacked immediately. And then deported to Moldavia.
I’m with you on the monochromatic unis, Mac. My wife said Oregon looked like a bunch of Christmas lanterns last night.
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Suppose you guys don’t like green apples either.
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Mac, I just could care less about who wins the game (also, I think I’m traveling on business that night). I don’t want to see either team lift the trophy because I really don’t like either one of them. Oregon fans are the UF fans of the Pac 12 – none of them remember they sucked until Phil Knight threw millions of dollars at their athletic program. I truly detest Ohio State, its coach and its obnoxious fan base. I’m not going to be happy for either team, so it’s simply that and nothing more.
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First, let me say that I haven’t liked Oregon uniforms ever since Nike got involved. That said, I thought last night’s uniforms were the least offensive Oregon uniforms I’ve seen in a while. They still should’ve been illegal, but at least the neon yellow was limited a bit. I hate to think of what they will wear in the NC game. But no matter what they wear, I’ll be pulling for them. Oh how I hate Ohio State.
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Agree with you on the Oregon uniforms. Earlier this season they wore the throwbacks from the 90’s and looked 100% better than the stupid monochromes. However, my understanding is that the kids love the goofy power ranger look. I must be getting really old, sigh…
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Their matte black helmets look really good. The Dawgs should break one of those out sometime.
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You wouldn’t object to emerald green, would you?
Didn’t the Dragoons wear black when they were in Ireland?
Aw, hell. Just remembered the Nazis wore red and black. What the hell’s in a color anyway. My favorite eye candy combo is blue and green.
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The “fall” of the SEC was eminent. What I am going to despise is how the ESPN family of networks is going to hyperbolize this for the next 9 months. I can hear the experts now – “Oh, will the SEC even get a team in the playoff next year?…this bowl season for the SEC will make the playoff committee think twice come next year…Maybe the big 10 can get 2 teams into the playoff because the SEC is SO FAR down…Get ready sports fans because it’s coming.
In all honesty, does this bowl season really matter? probably not. I think that Ole Miss, MSU, and Bama got out played and out coached – It just all happened in a 48 hour period. This is why Mama said don’t wager your hard earned money.
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Perfect timing for UGA to win the “down” SEC and get jobbed in the playoffs. Dawg-grading FTW!
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Oh, and the Ole Miss result didn’t really surprise me. Miss St, maybe a bit but I knew what Tech could do. Bama was outplayed most of the game, which surprised me.
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Didn’t pick either Miss team in the Fun Office Pool. Just didn’t believe the ESPN bullshit. By the way, just before the Bama game, saw the picks of 43 ESPN pundits. FSU was picked by 12 and the rest picked Ore. One writer/pundit picked tOSU. 42 picked Bama. Interesting, eh. Just shows they don’t know any more shit about the outcome of a CFB game than you or me. Everyone should remember that and don’t let them confuse you with their pontificating.
People on this blog can pick better than most.
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The silver lining to the SEC being out now is all the bandwagon Tide fans that I work with-guys from Rome, Marietta, and other parts of Georgia that I doubt have ever even driven through Tuscaloosa-will have the sadz today.
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You should be more charitable to the West Georgia Bammers. The state of Alabama is full of Tide fans that have never set foot in T-Town.
An Auburn grad friend of mine used to quip: Auburn fans and Alabama fans have something in common…neither attended The University of Alabama.
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+1 to yer auburn buddy Mike.
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At the risk of sounding like a know it all…I wasn’t surprised at all.
TOSU is a very talented team and their giant qb in spite of being third string had qualities that BAMA has struggled to defend. I personally stopped caring about the “conference” all for one and one for all narrative. A strong Alabama program means it’s that much harder on the recruiting trail for us and that goes for all SEC schools. It is cuttroat.
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Exactly. This is why I cannot understand the fans who carry the conference flag. The SEC’s dominance in the last decade has made it even more of an uphill battle for us.
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Amen. If we recruit against them more, screw ’em.
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+1,000. I pull for every one of our rivals to lose every bowl game.It does Georgia no good whatsoever for Bama, Auburn, LSU, FU, etc. to win the National Championship. F*ck ’em.
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The Big 10 now has Meyer, Dantonio, Harbaugh, and Franklin, and I think all of these are in the same division. That’s pretty strong, along with Patterson and the guy at Oregon. There may indeed be, based on the bowl results and recent coaching hires, a power shift happening. At the least, we clearly saw this year that the best team(s) in the SEC were not a lock to beat the other nationally top ranked teams. Is the era of SEC dominance coming to a close? Not sure, but it certainly seems possible.
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The dominance of CFB by the SEC waxes and wanes. This is a waney year. Most uff’em are waxy.
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That game is on Kiffen. Way too cute. They showed a ln ability to get 5plus yards a carry and were only stopped when he would try to pass it 2 out of 3 plays in a series. With OSU backed up on those several consecutive series, Bama’s cuteness and inability to score cost them. If only Bama would have had Kiffen in the SECCG against us, 3 yrs ago we would have won by 2 scores.
He just wouldn’t commit to the run.
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The defense getting gashed by the run and the deep ball to give up 42 points didn’t help either.
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7 of those were on the offense with the pick 6 on a terrible play by Sims and botched play clock management by Kiffin.
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Hey look dawg fans can overlook another team’s defense giving up 42 points to lay the blame on the offensive coach. Nice work. Glad to see that dont just save all of that wonderful insight for the dawgs. Way to spread it around.
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hee hee 🙂
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LOL! Well played, sir!
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Can we add “Its Bobo’s fault ” and the old “The game has passed him by”
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“If only Bama would have had Kiffen in the SECCG against us, 3 yrs ago we would have won by 2 scores.”
Yeah, if Bama only scored 35 points like they did last night we would’ve won that 2012 SEC championship. Oh wait…
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Georgia had the best team in the conference this year. Kicked ass in the West and struggled in the East…go figure.
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9 out of 12 Saturdays, I think you were right. When we were “on”, I think we were the best in the conference. Now, to take care of those other 3 Saturdays.
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Tennessee fans are smiling even more than tOSU fans today. Bama got Kiffined!
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As bad as the Alabama defense was last night (and they were awful), they gave the offense chances to win the football game in the 4th quarter – 2 straight 3-and-outs combined with an OSU punt that would make Tiger Woods proud with the backspin on it. Then, Junior happened with a terrible play call combined with terrible execution by Blake Sims resulting in the interception. Thinking about it this morning, it was just like the USCe game at the end where the offensive coordinator overthinks the play call on 1st down and then the QB makes a big mistake. 2 minutes later, Tattoo U salts the game away on the long run. Even after that, the defense gave the offense one more shot, but Sims couldn’t even get the ball close to the end zone. Once again, Saban happened this time as they screwed around with clock management on the 1-minute drill.
It sounds like the Bammers need to run Saban off because he can’t manage the clock at the end of games or his offensive coordinator.
Bammers today will be saying, “FIRE EVERBODY! SABAN IS TOO NICE AND COMFORTABLE TO WIN IN TODAY’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL! WE’LL NEVER COMPETE FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP! IT’S BEEN 2 YEARS!”
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Are you saying the Bammer lunatic fringe is worse than the Georgia lunatic fringe…i guess so…
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I’m saying the lunatic fringe is the lunatic fringe … 😉
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The bama receiver was wide open on that play, it was a terrible pass. It was not a bad play call and neither was Bobo’s. Bobo called the same play in the exact same situation early in the 4th qtr of the SC game and we scored a touchdown. Was that play also a terrible call? Can’t have it both ways.
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If you’re talking about the interception Sims threw, you’re correct. The TE was open. Sims threw the ball well short of the receiver; so the DB was able to intercept the pass. If Sims throws the ball into the end zone, it’s a TD.
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The reason the ball was thrown short is he threw from his back foot because the defender on the edge was unblocked and didn’t take the bootleg. I would have given a defense on its heels a steady dose of Derrick Henry and TJ Yeldon at that point to run clock and get a score.
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Also, Bama got out-schemed on that INT. The DE faked rushing the passer then dropped back into coverage right into the throwing lane. Sims never saw the guy coming.
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Gurkha, you have to think about down, distance and the game situation when you assess a play call. You can call the same play in two different situations, and one time it be the right call and the next it isn’t. In both cases, it was late in the game. The defense gave the offense a chance to steal a win on a short field after being outplayed, and both coordinators went away from their bread-and-butter – the running game – to a naked bootleg pass on 1st down. Neither defense was influenced by the play-action due to poor ball handling by the QB and defenders playing their assignments on defense. Both QBs tried to then force a play that ended up with disaster and, in both cases, 0 points.
It was a poor call exaggerated by poor execution by Alabama last night and by Georgia in Columbia in September.
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Absolutely right ee. I have become more and more impressed with your football acumen with each post of yours. 🙂
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Thank you, sir, but I didn’t play past 8th grade when I got trucked ina scrimmage by a 9th grade tailback who went on to play at FSU and in the NFL. According to some on the message boards and blogs, you can’t talk strategy without playing at least through high school.
I love the sport, but I wasn’t athletic enough to be good at it. 🙂
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Your honesty above your ego just made me a fan. Good Dawg.
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Thank you, sir! I appreciate reading your thoughts as well.
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Saban just didn’t have his team ready to play. The Defense looked like they just didn’t care most of the game. Has Richt been giving Saban motivational advise? JK
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It’s probably b/c Saban brings in out of state players who “don’t really care” about the school.
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That is ridiculous. Players care and want to win wherever they are. 🎈
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I’m with you Joy, I’m taking a shot at one of the “FIRE RICHT!” trolls.
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Keep shooting and just maybe we can run them off for good!🎌
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I’m surprised that everyone else playing in a hurry and spreading the field has forced Saban out of his comfort zone, playing great defense and running the ball. Bama also looked huge and slow compared to tOSU.
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All LBs at 250 plus, damn. They better be glad ohio took them down in an interesting game because Oregon would have worn that defense out on the perimeter, with pitch and catch plays, and Mariota running at will. Would have been a beat down that I was looking forward to but Bama got exposed before they even got there.
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Evil Richt Strikes!
FSU & Bama pre-season favorites to win it all. Richt steals Pruitt and Hocke. Both teams tank. An effective strategy. Betting we get Oregon’s QB coach and tOSU’s OL coach as soon as season is over.
And the haters say CMR isn’t committed….
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The haters need to be committed.
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Its a good year for Georgia to have won the bowl game. Because you’re not going to be able to watch ESPN for the next year without hearing about that bowl record.
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I turned the game off in the 3rd quarter, but did was anybody else nauseated by the gushing praise of the tOSU WR on that TD where the Bama DB fell down?
I’m all for giving credit where it’s due, but not once did they say the words “he was wide-open b/c a guy fell down”. Instead, it was how amazing he is and he watches HOURS and HOURS of tape just to eyeball his mechanics. ESPN is in full stiffy mode with tOSU being in the championship.
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Or … the WR had already beaten the DB on the play. The DB was trying to compensate for being out of position, lost body control and fallen down. Even if he was standing that was probably going to be a touchdown.
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WR had to slow down to catch it at his waste. Would’ve easily been knocked down if not intercepted.
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Finebun (sp) show will be pure gold today. It was like watching us play USCe this year. Bama could not get out of their own way. The Laner came back to bite Nick in the buttocks. This was a case of a OC trying to get in a shootout with a team that can shoot. Bama needed ball control and clock grinding to have a chance but Lane had to show the nation he was an offensive guru. Well he’s still the most overrated OC in football, Pro or college.
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The last 10-15 minutes of that SEC Network playoff call in show with Finebaum last night was freaking awesome. Has anyone actually checked to see if Alabama the state is still there? I thought it might have imploded overnight.
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Kiffin should have looked to Lilly for inspiration and just fed Derrick Henry the whole game.
My Bama grad neighbor actually said to me with a straight face early this season that Henry was the best running back in the SEC. That’s BEFORE Gurley got suspended. I asked if he had suffered a stroke recently.
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Are we allowed to say the playoffs are a success already (if you’re not TCU)? Given the BCS it’d of been FSU vs Alabama.. settled on the field indeed.
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I think no because (as noted parenthetically) TCU should have been playing Alabama. And the playoff will continue to devalue every other bowl game the larger the field grows.
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Did I see someone post above who was using Saban losing to defend Richt? Excuse me while my head explodes.
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Placed bet on UGA and others a year ago for the Championship including tOSU (in a moment of weakness). Question: Do I keep the ticket paying 10 -1 or tear it up in defiance? Do I root for tOSU? If tOSU wins and I still have the ticket, do I cash it? I’ll feel so dirty…
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If Dickhead wins cash the ticket. Spend it on something wholesome.
A good Scotch whiskey or something.
Or you could send Dickhead a slice of cold pizza.
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Ok. Send it to me and I’ll take care of it for you. Sheesh, the things I do for fellow Dawg fans.
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Ok…I’ll send you a slice of cold pizza but I don’t think Scorp should call you Dickhead. 😉
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Ohio State’s third-string QB is a Cam Newton beast.
Alabama had a “spy” on him throughout the game. Didn’t matter. Just shook them off like Gulliver.
Amazing it was only his second start.
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Didn’t Richt recruit him as a TE?
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