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All jokes aside, I'm shocked at what I'm seeing.

Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:11 pm
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28331 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:11 pm
I thought Bama was going to physically dominate these guys.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
7571 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:11 pm to
So did ohier state
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65267 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:11 pm to
I figured they would out athlete em
Posted by BenjyCompson
San Diego
Member since Mar 2013
121 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
Why would you think that?
Posted by D3Fan
Member since Dec 2024
87 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
Because SEC fans think only they play physical football. The last 3 seasons has shown the SEC does not deserve to be automatically considered to be playing some superior brand of football.
Posted by southendzoneresident
Member since Jun 2013
1548 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
Seriously I am too. I thought Indiana would win but I really thought it would be close and not shocked at all if Alabama would win. This is shocking.
Posted by Pastor Mike
Florida
Member since Dec 2020
7001 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
I did too - they are giving us an acid enema and we aren't even fighting it anymore
Posted by BenjyCompson
San Diego
Member since Mar 2013
121 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
That’s correct
Posted by iglass
North Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
3098 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:13 pm to
quote:

LSUlefty

I thought Bama was going to physically dominate these guys.



I was hoping so also, but Indiana has been looking very quick and very hungry.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
1-866-DHS-2-ICE
Member since Aug 2014
11436 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:13 pm to
Then you've only watched SEC games, ESPN and Paul Finebaum. Indiana has been a complete and disciplined team all year.

Alabama is soft. Their OL is a bunch of lazy fantasies that can't move and they can't run the ball.
Posted by The Blue Stuff
Member since Oct 2015
2126 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:13 pm to
Have u not watched football this year? IU is great. Bama not so much.
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
30639 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:13 pm to
They’re an experienced, well coached team

This is the new college football.
Posted by prouddawg
Member since Sep 2024
7742 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:14 pm to
Bama has no fire either. Odd to see.
Posted by CalLSU
Shreveport, la
Member since Feb 2009
918 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:14 pm to
Last year I would agree with you. After they went to Oregon and dominated that game, I knew they were legitimate. Also, this Bama team is one of the worst they have had in quite a while. When is the last time Bama was completely unable to run the football? I didn’t think it would be this bad but they have not been impressive this year outside of the Georgia game.
Posted by Draino54
Member since Mar 2022
1028 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:14 pm to
Indiana got a lot of 4, 5 & some 6 yr guys. I doubt Alabama has many at all & less starting. Say what you want but 2-3 yrs college development is a difference.
Posted by GeauxLSU4
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2012
12033 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:14 pm to
Why? Indiana has done this to people all year and Bama could easily have another 2-3 losses.
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
24618 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:15 pm to
Why would you think that after the SEC championship?
Posted by GeekedUp
Virginia
Member since Jun 2009
3095 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:17 pm to
Listen to and watch the coaches. They ain’t Saban, Kirby, Venables, or Cignetti.

You might say “they don’t have the chest.”
Posted by SaveNewOrleans
Member since Dec 2025
91 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:20 pm to
This is why I don't think rankings should happen until the middle of the season. Too many teams like Bama and other teams in the SEC get the benefit of the doubt without having to prove it.

The SEC is not the only conference that plays physical football. In fact the Big 10 is far more physical now than the SEC.

SEC fans really are living on their laurels from say 10 years ago. Outside of UGA, no SEC team has truly been a dominant physical team since 2019 LSU.
Posted by p226
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2016
2162 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 5:21 pm to
quote:

This is the new college football.


Not sure about that. Portal, NIL, armies of assistants and analysts will be reverse engineering what IU did to create this in just 2 years.

And Georgia might remind us all that College Football hasn’t changed THAT much.

And …. OSU lost to Miami - which calls into question the entire B1G.
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