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You have to wonder how the SEC stacks up nationally. No question right now the SEC is more competitive than other conferences but what does that mean. Are their best teams better than the best teams in the BIG, ACC and Big 12. Miami holding A&M to 3 points makes me wonder. A&M put 41 on Notre Dame.
As a fan base we are a little mixed up right now. Earlier in the season Simpson was being touted for the Heisman and defense sucked. Now we have flip flopped and the defense is the better unit. Simply put this team is not elite on offense or defense. Every win above a decent team is a blessing.
I agree with Bham4. They will not play down to Alabama like they did Penn St. They will come to play like they did against Oregon and Ohio St. Alabama will be fortunate to come out with a win in this one, but it has happened a couple of times already this year for us so we got a shot.
Notre Dame was not favored in 2012, but they were ranked number 1. The should have lost 3 or 4 games that year. They literally stole two games in South Bend. They were winning with smoke and mirrors and refs. The polls ignored this. Hell during the poll era they would have been national champs.
I hope we show up with the same intensity they had in the BCS Mulligan Bowl against LSU, Very seldom do you see Alabama fired up like that. They were that way also in the 1993 Sugar Bowl against Miami. Those teams were not all hype either.
Surprised the Indy fans think they are unbeatable. Ohio State was the better team, but Mendoza made three or four huge plays. Ohio State still should have won. If they play Ohio State again it is curtains. As for our chances, we have a chance. The lay off is in our favorite. If we make the finals I hope Ole Miss is the opponent.

re: Just watched the SEC Final replay

Posted by stewieie on 12/20/25 at 7:59 am to
I don't think Tearbow likes Alabama. The way he worked Shula during his recruitment, and then later wondering if he had gone to Alabama would Shula have been successful, was over the top. This guy is a piece of work in a lot of ways. Germie's catch was fantastic.
Indiana beat two good teams in Ohio State and Oregon. Ohio State is the better team. The way Ohio State rebounded after losing to Michigan last year could be repeated. Indiana stumbled a couple of times, so I think we win this game.
I thought they would beat Oklahoma based on the first game. I did not quit on them until they were down 17 to zip. Delighted and surprised at the comeback in enemy territory on a cold windy night. I reserve my judgement on this team until I see the Indiana game. I think they will beat Indiana and their Heisman winning quarterback. The last time Alabama faced a similar situation was when they beat Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl to win it all. The 2010 team that lost three games were as good as anybody at end of the year. The way they lost three was different than this year.
The defense played solid after changing what they were doing in first quarter. They had a good three quarters. Oklahoma making a few bone head plays helped. The offense responded as well.
The OL that dubbed themselves the "Pancake Posse" coming off a great year was as bad as it gets. I forgot the year. I thought the OL played pretty well after the first quarter. They gave Ty just enough time although we cannot run with any consistence. Ty played a solid game.
Oklahoma got full of themselves when they dominated the first quarter. They were fired up to start the game like they were the first game. They should not have won the first game. This time we forced them to play up and they could not. After the first quarter they had some real bone head plays on offense. The pick six with less than two minutes in the half and four or five other real bad passes hurt them. Dropping the ball while punting wasn't stellar either. They lost their focus.

re: Oats has a dud

Posted by stewieie on 12/16/25 at 1:31 am to
I usually don't go back and forth on a subject like this, but observing how Arizona plays basketball compared to Alabama may give people a clue as to the kind of basketball teams I prefer. I will take Arizona's approach and style over Alabama's. I guess it could be in the talent level, but I don't think so. You could have knocked me over with a feather when Alabama made the final four. Pearl should have won it all the year Auburn lost to Virginia. His style coaching also appealed to me. My last comment concerning Alabama basketball.

re: Judge rules in Pruitt's favor.

Posted by stewieie on 12/16/25 at 1:10 am to
About time somebody corrected this injustice.

re: Oats has a dud

Posted by stewieie on 12/14/25 at 12:42 pm to
You are right I have lost interest in basketball for some reason. I am still into the Rocket Eight and the Leon Douglas lead team. I did watch a lot of LA cable when Bill Walton was a sophomore at UCLA and enjoyed watching them play. I think the basket needs to be raised and the court bigger for today's players. If that happed I might get interested again.

re: Oats has a dud

Posted by stewieie on 12/14/25 at 9:30 am to
It is hard for me to get excited about Oats' teams. They play out of control (Wooden said be quick but don't get in a hurry), bad defense and turn the ball over excessively. I don't watch them because of this. I watched the first half last night, but went to bed once signs point of Arizona dominating which was early in the second half. When they beat St. Johns in Madison Square Gardens I thought they may have something this year only to be beaten by the only three good teams they have played. Oats needs to realize his short comings as a coach. He has improved Alabama and he may make a further step to do this, but I doubt it.
Typical size of Alabama fan's dicks.
Alabama could not make it as an independent. We will have trouble with NIL system vs the old system. Texas should have tried that before they joined the SEC.
Bernard is a great player. I was impressed with that lateral pass across the entire field against Georgia.
I think we over achieved because we could have lost 3 or 4 more.
I was shocked when Ingram won the Heisman. He did play hard and as Mal Moore said he fit what they were doing. I definitely do not have a problem with Mark Ingram. I agree with him and think losing games the way this team loses is disgusting. In 2010 when we lost three games I went to the bowl game in Orlando when they played Michigan State. That day they were as good or better than anybody in the country. The way they lost three games that year is not even close to how they are losing now. They lost to South Carolina because their quarterback had an out of body experience. They lost to Auburn because McElroy could not complete a ten yard pass to multiple wide open receivers in the second half when Auburn packed everybody in on the line of scrimmage. LSU was a hard out in those days. This coaching staff needs to wake up to what it takes to be competitive week in and week out.