Alabama or Ohio State? (Page 1/4)
blackrams JAN 02, 09:39 AM
No dog in this fight but, I’m taking Bama. 🤪

Rams
cliffw JAN 02, 10:23 AM
Alabama ? Why ?

Because they won the Rose Bowl in Texas ? I wonder if California will get the Rose Bowl back.

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sourmash JAN 02, 10:25 AM
I like good college football, so naturally 15 minutes of Big 10 ball is always lost time.

Ohio State has no business being in this game had it not been a covid year. They looked very good on the long balls last night and have some big bodies that worked fairly well against Clemson. But the coach can't even make a good confetti angel.

The East Coast sports writers and their embedded political structure commands the ability to swindle Notre Dame and Big 10 teams into national view.
Alabama has weaknesses on defense this year (but not like Big 10 teams do) and Ohio State might have a few plays go their way. But that's the end of the story. It won't be competitive. Just like 9 out of 10 other times.
blackrams JAN 02, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by cliffw:

Alabama ? Why ?

Because they won the Rose Bowl in Texas ? I wonder if California will get the Rose Bowl back.




Because I think they are the better team. I couldn’t care less where it was played.

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blackrams JAN 02, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by sourmash:

I like good college football, so naturally 15 minutes of Big 10 ball is always lost time.

Ohio State has no business being in this game had it not been a covid year. They looked very good on the long balls last night and have some big bodies that worked fairly well against Clemson. But the coach can't even make a good confetti angel.

The East Coast sports writers and their embedded political structure commands the ability to swindle Notre Dame and Big 10 teams into national view.
Alabama has weaknesses on defense this year (but not like Big 10 teams do) and Ohio State might have a few plays go their way. But that's the end of the story. It won't be competitive. Just like 9 out of 10 other times.



Whether or not they deserved to be there is no longer an issue. They proved they were the better team last night. Again, I don’t have a dog in this hunt.

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williegoat JAN 02, 10:41 AM
I have no idea about football, but in the new civil war Alabama would kick Ohio's ass.
sourmash JAN 02, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:
Whether or not they deserved to be there is no longer an issue. They proved they were the better team last night. Again, I don’t have a dog in this hunt.

Rams



Yes they did and ND didn't because they had no business being there. One of the SEC teams did belong. The SEC teams had always been competitive among the best but they weren't the favorites of the Eastern sports writers which used to rule the national rankings. The BCS was forced on them by conferences that were tired of the political BS and also because it starved them of money. When the SEC expanded and added an extra championship conference game it made them even stronger at the expense of having one team knocked out of the national picture for having a loss they wouldn't have. The Big 10 didn't want to do it because they have a weaker conference, less speed and poorer player development. They only did it because they had to.

But there was still a political component to the original BCS so it got tweaked and tweaked again. Auburn went 13-0, played more top teams but didn't get to go to the NC game because of politics. Oklahoma and USC, I believe it was, played. OK sucked, and USC had cheating Pete Carrol and cheating pro player Reggie Bush. USC had to vacate the win but that didn't help 13-0 Auburn any.

Changing how the clock ran in the game made lesser teams more relevant, which made the game better across the nation. Deep teams couldn't stretch the clock, lean on defenses while the O line rotated in fresher legs by having deeper rosters. Now we have the extra game playoff which is still good. The SEC still wins most of the championships, which is normal.
blackrams JAN 02, 04:10 PM
Well, I’m definitely a SEC fan over other conferences but that doesn’t mean I don’t think there aren’t other good teams, just not as good as the SEC as a whole.

Looking forward to the OS V Bama game, should be a good one regardless of who wins.

Rams

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blackrams JAN 02, 05:23 PM
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maryjane JAN 02, 08:39 PM
This is the first year in a long time that I haven't watched a single regular season NCAA football game but I think (hope) Alabama wins. I don't care much for them, but I dislike TOS even more.

(I did read today that Univ of Tx has announced their new head coach is going to be Alabama's current Offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.
Texas fired Tom Herman, who did pretty good, taking the team to a bowl game each of his 4 years there but his days were numbered even with a 7-3 record. They lost to Oklahoma again this season, which means 3 losses to the Sooners in a row, and at UT, all it historically has taken is lose to them once.

If I were Sarkisian,I wouldn't put down very deep roots in Austin...)

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