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Correct, that may account for my goofy thinking.

DeBoer complimenting the team scares me. He should concentrate on improvement not how good they looked. Any time Bryant complimented the team, which was rare, they were bad and showed it on the field. The more he whined the better they were. Saban was similar but not as profound as Bryant.

It is a strange world today. This guy should be sending money to the former players who built the game. Why don't former pro golfers demand a percentage of each PGA purse? Great athletes in the past built the sports with little or no compensation. You would think the present athletes would appreciate that and move on. Greed is bad. Blow it up and start over.

This may not be on topic, but I have never posted much, and I am reading a lot less. College football is not the same for me. I think NIL and what has happened as a result of it is the biggest thing for me. My freshman year at Alabama was 1958 so a lot of water under the bridge since then. The game seems to be as popular as ever to the younger generations. I think it would be best not to regulate NIL, and it would probably collapse under its own weight. They would kill the goose that laid the golden egg. This would return the game back to its root somewhat. I think I am right here when the first regulation of football came about because people were getting killed playing the game. You can bet your bottom dollar that it will be regulated in some manner.

Surprised everybody is so hyped after beating Texas Tech. Are they that good? The only team that beat a good team to make the Sweet Sixteen is Iowa. I am pretty sure Alabama is a distance second to Kentucky in SEC wins. Close with Tennessee. I think Arkansas has won more games but not in the SEC. Am I right here? I go back far enough watching the Rocket Eight beat Kentucky 101 to I think 77. It was fun watching Rupp implode. It was a one-point game at the half. Johnny Dee was a good coach and wanted a new field house to stay. They could not go to the NCAA tournament because they played as freshman. Probably just as well since San Fransico won with Bill Russell and company.

DeBoer and Oats are both considered player's coaches. How does a coach get players respect these days? Being a player's coach will only take you so far. It is a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation. Bryant's method of fear does not work anymore. Most good coaches in the past only had about ten great years. Going forward great years are only going to be four or five. On the drugs situation, illegal drugs are not the answer to the problem.

Quaterback play is not going to be DeBoer's problem in the future. He needs to address all the other aspects. The best passer I ever saw was Joe Namath and Madden said the same thing. He was definitely a head of his time. The Jets had few if any winning seasons when he was their quarterback except for the year they won the Super Bowl. Good teams make good quarterbacks. The two quarterbacks that benefitted the most from the teams they played on were Bart Starr and Joe Montana. Their play fit the rhythm of the team. Both of them were capable of making big plays when they were needed, which was not that often.

I did not say to move on from Oats. The two areas I mentioned, playing out of control and defense, need work. A lot of other people on here recognize that as well.

Hard to evaluate Ty with this team. My gut tells me he will not be a starter in the NFL. I thought the same thing about Hurts and he won the MVP in the Super Bowl. The Eagles were a complete team on offense and outstanding on defense which helped him. I doubt they will ever repeat.

what is the purpose of a state school if half the students are out of state?