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re: Now that the dust has settled, the whole fly in the ointment was Texas

Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:49 am to
Posted by houstonearler
Member since Jan 2005
173 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:49 am to
Texas beat Bama by 10 in their stadium. Had Texas WRs not dropped a couple easy ones, it is a 21 point win. As it was, Texas ran off the last 7:31 and made Bama exhaust their timeouts doing nothing but handing the ball off before taking a knee in Bama territory in field goal range as Sark decided not to run up the score.

Had the same record and almost identical SOS. Bama was never getting in over Texas.
Posted by TideFaninFl
On the space coast
Member since Oct 2017
6654 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:35 pm to
You forget that Alabama had 2 TD taken back because of penalties.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6015 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

Texas beat Bama by 10 in their stadium. Had Texas WRs not dropped a couple easy ones, it is a 21 point win. As it was, Texas ran off the last 7:31 and made Bama exhaust their timeouts doing nothing but handing the ball off before taking a knee in Bama territory in field goal range as Sark decided not to run up the score. Had the same record and almost identical SOS. Bama was never getting in over Texas.


People forget that Alabama had the lead going into the 4th quarter but Milroe made his second boneheaded mistake then Texas absolutely took over the game with their offense. They had basically been running Alabama’s defense around with quick throws and sprint outs all day. Milroe’s interception broke the defense’s back. They just couldn’t stop Texas who started mixing in more runs after throwing 1-read quick passes and sprint out hi-lo read passes all game.

It managed to perfectly blend “Alabama was a few mistakes from winning” and “Texas seized the game in crunch time” too.

Alabama and Texas both making it into the field was the correct call. Texas deserved the credit for doing something only truly great teams have accomplished by beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Alabama did not deserve to be punished for scheduling aggressively and playing in a quality conference.
Posted by Burt Orangello
DFW
Member since Sep 2023
638 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

Texas beat Bama by 10 in their stadium. Had Texas WRs not dropped a couple easy ones, it is a 21 point win. As it was, Texas ran off the last 7:31 and made Bama exhaust their timeouts doing nothing but handing the ball off before taking a knee in Bama territory in field goal range as Sark decided not to run up the score.

Had the same record and almost identical SOS. Bama was never getting in over Texas.


Exactly. Anyone who watched that game saw complete domination on both sides of the line.

This SEC worship is getting a bit ridiculous. The second Alabama knocked out Georgia, the FSU/Louisville game became their problem. Texas was already in.

The game was played. "But y'all got Alabama early"...no shite, and Alabama got Texas early. Big 12 CG Texas beats the brakes off SEC CG Alabama (or Georgia for that matter).
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