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re: Question for Alabama alumni

Posted by Plaid Palace on 1/15/16 at 2:20 pm
[quote]I don't see what USA has to do with UA.[/quote] It is basically a relief valve for in-state students who Alabama would be forced to take but not have a second option. It lets you get off the hook for taking underperforming kids because the state doesn't produce enough high performers to f...
[quote]If we didn't have elite talent at almost every offensive skill position outside of QB it would have been a different season.[/quote] I think we had very average talent for a Top 10 team on the offensive line. Cam will be a 1st round pick, Kelly will be a mid round pick and Shank and Jacks...
[quote]Alabama was 6th in the sec; 5th in the sec west and one spot below lsu in points per possession which is the stat you look at to see how efficient your offense is.for the record ole Miss is 4th and Arkansas is 8th.....in the country [/quote] [u]2015 vs Power 5 teams[/u] #3 SEC PPG (34.0) ...
2 days ago we were getting told to stop slurping Watson and Clemson and now we are being told we aren't giving them enough respect. I just need someone to let me know the correct response to the team that we beat in the national title game. Thanks in advance....
[quote]Clemson had 23 individual plays that went for 10 yards or more. That compares to just 11 such plays for Alabama. [/quote] Alabama had 8 plays of 25 yards or more (not including the KOR for TD) Clemson had 4 plays of 25 yards of more [quote]And Clemson's defense was far more physical ...

re: Question for Alabama alumni

Posted by Plaid Palace on 1/15/16 at 1:14 pm
[quote]I used to live in Burke and could walk anywhere in 15 minutes.[/quote] Yep, I lived behind the cemetery, in the fraternity house on New Row and then back behind the cemetery and I only drove at night back to campus from the off-campus house for studying. I walked everywhere always in the ...

re: Question for Alabama alumni

Posted by Plaid Palace on 1/15/16 at 1:09 pm
[quote]You pretty much still can.[/quote] Used to walk from house right behind the cemetery to Bidgood everyday. Took about 20 minutes. That was way back in the late 2000's....
North Dakota State, been a big fan since whenever they started winning ...
[quote]Why do you say that? Not saying you're wrong, just curious.[/quote] They see themselves as academic schools and our conference as an athletics conference. To summarize, they look down on us as institutions and would want to be in a league with like-minded schools. NC State and Virginia...
[quote]I would much rather have UVA than VA Tech. They have great baseball and basketball programs and great academic program, but I realize football is king, and VA Tech wins that category. I feel like UVA fits in better culturally as well.[/quote] UVA and UNC wouldn't join the SEC unless ever...
[quote]LSU Baseball. The 90s. It was great[/quote] Such incredible teams...

re: Question for Alabama alumni

Posted by Plaid Palace on 1/15/16 at 12:25 pm
[quote]Pettway used their debit cards and was kicked off of the team for one season, became a juco all American, so Saban decided to let him back on the team.[/quote] Pettway was involved, kicked off, went to Junior College and worked his way back to a second chance. He then took the second chan...

re: Question for Alabama alumni

Posted by Plaid Palace on 1/15/16 at 10:37 am
[quote]nastier remnants of the old south to experience real opposition for the first time[/quote] I agree. It seems to me that they are keeping many old Alabama traditions that I love while simultaneously removing many of the old, nasty, "unofficial positions" of many groups on campus. I think ...
[quote]OU isn't happening without Ok State. In other words it isn't happening at all. [/quote] Virginia and Virginia Tech are in a similar situation....
[quote]what talks?[/quote] [link=(http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/article54834125.html)]Oklahoma President Demands[/link] [quote]University of Oklahoma President David Boren told the Tulsa World on Thursday night he wants “comprehensive reform” of the Big 12 Conference. ...
I am pretty confident that if the SEC moved to expand again it would chase schools in Virginia and North Carolina....
[quote]Because the Big XII can hold a conference championship game with only 10 teams, they do t need to expand.[/quote] Oklahoma is very much still in favor of it...
Do you think that this will start another domino effect or that it will just be a Big XII move (if they move at all)? Are the supposed iron clad contractual agreements signed by a lot of conferences and schools post-2011 enough to stop more shifts?...