TrendingRight
| Favorite team: | Alabama  |
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re: Curt Cignetti & IU long post from a Bama fan
Posted by TrendingRight on 12/25/25 at 11:30 pm to 14&Counting
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Lost focus? Bama's strength of schedule is something like #5 and Indiana's is something like #50. Bama played a far more brutal schedule than IU who has basically faced two decent teams: Oregon and OSU
I'm not disagreeing with you about strength of schedule comparisons. You're right. I'm saying IU hasn't flinched this season when they easily could have - and Alabama has and that worries me. Beating Oregon and Ohio State is enough to worry any opponent.
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re: Curt Cignetti & IU long post from a Bama fan
Posted by TrendingRight on 12/25/25 at 11:13 pm to 14&Counting
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Schedule strength comparisons favor Alabama - but I don't see that as much of a Bama advantage
Really?
Bama has played a tougher schedule but lost focus and games it shouldn't have. IU has maintained focus, intensity, and hasn't lost a single game they should have won. Indy will come into the Rose Bowl more confident than Alabama. Confidence is KING. I believe in KD. I think he realizes the challenge he's up against and will have his team ready. Winning will require every skill and discipline KD can summon. He has the horses to do it - and he'll have to get 100% efficiency out of them. I don't know what will happen. I can only say it's the most intriguing match in the 2025 college football season so far.
Curt Cignetti & IU long post from a Bama fan
Posted by TrendingRight on 12/25/25 at 10:40 pm
There is no doubt CC is a GREAT old school football coach. IMO he's an even better new school Portal/NIL coach. His combined usage of the portal/NIL, old school player development, and "fit his system" recruiting turned one of the worst teams (legacy & culture wise) into an instant juggernaut. RESPECT. I don't know what will happen in the Rose Bowl - but I'm certain Indiana will come in well prepared, well coached, and with a gameplan that features Indiana's strengths and takes advantage of Alabama's weaknesses. Alabama will do the same under KDs competent staff, but with a needed slight overall talent advantage. It is obvious CC has done more with less at IU than KD has done with more at Bama in the same two year time span. Schedule strength comparisons favor Alabama - but I don't see that as much of a Bama advantage. Indiana is legit - a real college power with everything they need to win. Beating IU will be KDs most significant challenge in his 2 year Alabama career.
I'm a Bama fan heart and soul. But I can't help but respect and admire what CC has done at IU. I hope after this game I see and feel KD is up to the challenge of modern Portal/NIL College football - because that is exactly what Cignetti's Indiana team is. This is a landmark test of the new era of college football between a blue-blooded old money team and a new-money tempest. Of all the games I've seen in the last decade this one is the most interesting to me.
I'm a Bama fan heart and soul. But I can't help but respect and admire what CC has done at IU. I hope after this game I see and feel KD is up to the challenge of modern Portal/NIL College football - because that is exactly what Cignetti's Indiana team is. This is a landmark test of the new era of college football between a blue-blooded old money team and a new-money tempest. Of all the games I've seen in the last decade this one is the most interesting to me.
The problem with Lane Kiffin
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/27/25 at 12:52 am
He's more about himself than his team. His arrogance is unearned. He has been successful in some bigtime situations and remarkably tone deaf and an utter failure in others. His timing, reasons, and actions in the 10 days prior to his departure from Alabama reveal all there is to know about Lane Kiffin. He betrayed his benefactor, his career savior, his mentor in every meaningful way at the most important moment of his career. And now he's in that exact situation again.
LK can't be trusted. Without trust there is nothing. Sending his wife and son to Gainesville and Baton Rouge was a slap in the face of every Ole Miss fan - and the ugly truth is Lane really doesn't care. There are good people, bad people, and those somewhere in between - Lane is in the middle leaning toward bad.
LK can't be trusted. Without trust there is nothing. Sending his wife and son to Gainesville and Baton Rouge was a slap in the face of every Ole Miss fan - and the ugly truth is Lane really doesn't care. There are good people, bad people, and those somewhere in between - Lane is in the middle leaning toward bad.
re: What is your general opinion of Lane Kiffin?
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/21/25 at 12:02 am to ScottLA
Kiffin doesn't have the mental discipline or grit in his gut to be a truly good man. If you cant be a good man you can't be a great coach.
How to hire a College Head Football coach 101:
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/20/25 at 1:22 am
1. Only consider coaches with ascending winning records at their major previous jobs.
2. Only consider coaches between 40 and 56 years of age.
3. Only consider coaches who have served as both offensive and defensive coaches (or players) multiple times in their prior careers.
4. Only consider coaches with a winning percentage of 70% or better.
5. Only consider coaches with stable marriages, children, and solid family lives.
6. Never hire a coach who has never been a Head Coach.
***You can break one of these rules but not two - except Rule #1. Any prospective hire MUST have an ascending winning record at previous major jobs or he is absolutely disqualified***
2. Only consider coaches between 40 and 56 years of age.
3. Only consider coaches who have served as both offensive and defensive coaches (or players) multiple times in their prior careers.
4. Only consider coaches with a winning percentage of 70% or better.
5. Only consider coaches with stable marriages, children, and solid family lives.
6. Never hire a coach who has never been a Head Coach.
***You can break one of these rules but not two - except Rule #1. Any prospective hire MUST have an ascending winning record at previous major jobs or he is absolutely disqualified***
re: The key to getting Kiffin
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/20/25 at 1:01 am to Jorts R Us
I hope Lane has changed and stays at OM. Timing is everything and this is NOT the time for Lane to leave. His family will thrive in Oxford for the next few years - and Ole Miss will treat him like royalty. If Lane wants a better gig it will still be there for him 2 to 5 years from now when he's in his mid 50s - the best time of life to land your final gig.
eta - Having said the above I still think Lane has an immaturity gene in his body chemistry he can't escape that will destroy his legacy wherever he ends up. He is what Al Davis said he was.
eta - Having said the above I still think Lane has an immaturity gene in his body chemistry he can't escape that will destroy his legacy wherever he ends up. He is what Al Davis said he was.
re: Saban is likely going to LSU
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/13/25 at 9:17 pm to Havoc
Saban wouldn't take the LSU job for a billion dollars - not just the LSU job - there is no coaching job Saban would take at this time in his life. Ya'll are out of your minds bizarro.
re: Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 12:59 pm to skrayper
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I'm guessing you just started watching this year then?
TFL Allowed per game:
2025 - 4.67
2024 - 5.92
2023 - 6.29
2022 - 4.85
2021 - 6.93
2020 - 4.08 (last time we allowed TFL per game than this year)
My perception was wrong. Thanks for the facts.
re: Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 11:40 am to theballguy
It's not just the poor running game - it's the TFL drive killers. I can't remember any Bama team with as many TFLs as this one. Ty will have to play a great game to win this one. And lets face it: Jam Miller is a jelly dancer.
Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 12:07 am
If you can't run the ball you're done.
re: For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:49 am to 3down10
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They are all re-evaluated on the same scoring system. Some players maintain their high school scores, some improve. Most however drop a little and that's also the reason why they are transferring to begin with - they got beat out on a better team.
I don't know how accurate any of the scores are, but that seems to be working as it should be.
Two examples of the error of your analysis: Jahmyr Gibbs and Alvin Kamara.
eta: Jameson Williams
re: The only reason I wanted Saban in any role at LSU
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:31 am to stopitnow1
OP: LSU has never and will never have Alabama's pedigree. Alabama changed college football in 1925 bringing the downtrodden south, still under the grip of northern tyranny from the Civil War, a victory for the ages that lifted every oppressed southerners hope for the future. 4 of the greatest coaches of all time (Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, Bear Bryant, Nick Saban) lead Alabama to 17 NCs and nothing LSU can ever do will come close to that. Saban knew when he took the Alabama job it was the best in the country. He's a smart man - with no previous connection or affinity to or for Alabama except for it's blue-blood history of great coaches, players, and respect from every corner of the college football world. Alabama is Shangri-La for a coach. Saban knew it then and he knows it now. That's why despite buying an $18 million mansion in Jupiter, Florida Nick & Miss Terry still spend most of their time in their Tuscaloosa lake-house home.
re: For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:10 am to 3down10
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Yes, I am using the overall rankings which is a combination of the recruiting rankings and the transfer rankings. That's why the classes are 40+
I figure it's the best way to judge what teams are really bringing in, since as you said, Ole Miss is more about the transfer portal than new recruits in the past few years.
Missouri was #14 overall last year, 39 commits. But I'm not sure your final results are going to be all that great to say you've been elevated. You played 5 home games to start the season with mostly easy teams.
Maybe if you can pull off a win against A&M, otherwise you might end up unranked with a mediocre season. And then you've got Oklahoma also. You'll basically end up finishing the season 8-4 while losing to all the good teams you played against.
Ole Miss was #16 last year with 53 recruits. But only an 88.66 average. Top teams are pulling in 90-93. Ole Miss has benefited from a pretty easy schedule this year.
Auburn last year was #6 with 46 commits and near 90 average. Doesn't mean anything if you don't have a good coach and staff.
OK - good argument. But explain Indiana, Georgia Tech, BYU, Texas Tech Virginia - and a host of others. NIL and the Portal have given teams with a competent coach a path to quick success they've never had before. Now that the whole of college football sees it they will connect the dots and parity will be 10 times more likely and obvious.
For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/4/25 at 10:10 pm
I was, and remain in some ways, its harshest critic. So much so I stopped watching midseason last year and didn't watch my beloved Crimson Tides last 5 games, the playoffs or NCG. But this seasons surprise contenders has greatly surprised me forcing me to question my initial evaluation of the impacts of NIL and the portal - and 12 team playoff. What surprised me most is the 2025 parity - or competitive uprising if you like - of teams who have historically been also-rans and cellar dwellers: Indiana, Illinoise, Virginia, BYU, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Miami (and even an already a highly improved LK led Ole Miss) have used NIL & the Portal to instantly rebuild their rosters to become real competition for the Bluebloods, on both sides of the ball - shaking up the tried and true historic conventional college powers in ways I've never seen in my lifetime. NIL, the Portal, and 12 Team Playoff has lit a fire across the nation adding fans and interest from areas north and west that lost massive interest and fans of college football over the last decade.
As of now it appears NIL, the Portal, and 12 team Playoff have rejuvenated college football in places where it was declining and created an air of unpredictability and excitement that hasn't been around for a half century or more. I have to admit it appears to be a good thing despite its warts.
As of now it appears NIL, the Portal, and 12 team Playoff have rejuvenated college football in places where it was declining and created an air of unpredictability and excitement that hasn't been around for a half century or more. I have to admit it appears to be a good thing despite its warts.
re: Ugliest unis in the SEC
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/4/25 at 9:41 pm to 3down10
Any team in maroon is UGLY - ain't no alibi. You is UGLY.
re: If BK got hired elsewhere... why would the school pay him at all
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/28/25 at 11:10 pm to rolltideroyalty
With BKs massive buyout no school is going to offer him a big salary. They'll let LSU pay him 90% of his salary.
re: LSU farm team question
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 8:00 pm to dstone12
Does anybody on this forum, aside Mizzou fans, really want Drink coaching their team?
re: Clark Lea would have been fired at Vandy last year if he hadn't found Diego Pavia.
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 7:57 pm to hawgfaninc
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This seems like a melt
Lea is just 14 - 7 with Pavia.
Clark Lea would have been fired at Vandy last year if he hadn't found Diego Pavia.
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 7:48 pm
This is what Clark Lea really is: a loser.
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2022 Vanderbilt 5–7 2–6 7th (Eastern)
2023 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2024 Vanderbilt 7–6 3–5 T–11th W Birmingham
2025 Vanderbilt 7–1 3–1
Vanderbilt: 23–34 8–28
Total: 23–34
Why would any half-arse AD hire him at a P4 JOB?
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2022 Vanderbilt 5–7 2–6 7th (Eastern)
2023 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2024 Vanderbilt 7–6 3–5 T–11th W Birmingham
2025 Vanderbilt 7–1 3–1
Vanderbilt: 23–34 8–28
Total: 23–34
Why would any half-arse AD hire him at a P4 JOB?
re: Louisiana Governor
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 6:13 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
Louisiana Governors have always been involved in LSU football. Governor Huey P Long built and expanded Tiger Stadium - he hired the coaches - and he even attended practices and occasionally called plays. Politics and football are genetically connected in Louisiana.
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