Hyperion
| Favorite team: | Tennessee  |
| Location: | AZ |
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| Registered on: | 8/27/2020 |
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re: Post your programs reason why you don’t feel bad for Bama imploding
Posted by Hyperion on 9/3/25 at 5:37 pm to White Tiger
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White Tiger
My program? What is there to like about those hubris-ridden football know-it-alls who may now be receiving their just desserts? Once again, may their "program" wander in CFB wilderness for the next half century, assuming CFB is around that long. Hallelujah!
Amen to this.
I grew up in an area with plenty of Gump bandwagon fans. They're easily the worst fans in all of North American sports. There is no level of suffering Alabama can endure that will ever fully sate me.
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re: Am watching UGA against Marshall trying to march down the field right before the half
Posted by Hyperion on 9/3/25 at 12:10 am to RiverBoatGamblerO
I expect UGA to win until they don't, but a road game at Neyland for a new QB isn't a bad situation at all.
re: Reality is Bama fans thought the program was bigger than Saban
Posted by Hyperion on 9/3/25 at 12:04 am to captdalton
Sometimes reality is more fun such as delusional Gumps thinking they wouldn't miss a beat without the midget.
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I don’t believe your statistic is accurate. Maybe loudmouth message board types thought this, but most of us understood there would be an immediate decline.
But we also know that Bama will be back. We’ve got 100 years of historical evidence on this: it might take 10, 15 years, but Bama always comes back to the top.
I'm sure a handful of the more intelligent fans were skeptical but they certainly weren't too vocal at the time
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Maybe, maybe not. I think that is the point OP is making. I don't believe future success is as assured as you do. It wouldn't be shocking at all if Alabama goes through the wilderness for a very long time. I think the only program that is truly impervious to a prolonged slide in college football is Ohio State.
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OP has some truth. Coaching hires are a total crapshoot. For Alabama, USC, Michigan, OSU, etc. For everyone.
Kalen DeBoer was the absolute best coach in the country when Alabama hired him, remember?
At the time 90% of the Alabama fans were saying crazy things like there would be minimal or no dropoff. The vast majority were thrilled to have DeBoer when the hire was made.
re: Starting to feel sorry for Alabama
Posted by Hyperion on 9/2/25 at 8:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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Try living around them for even a brief while and then you’ll see his easy it is to have no pity for them whatsoever.
The kind of people who cheer for Alabama but live outside Alabama or didn't go to school there are the worst kind of sports fan. They deserve nothing but misery.
It can get worse for them. Let's hope it does.
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You lucked into Saban. You won't admit it but true fans know. Saban would have done the same at LSU or Georgia, heck even Tennessee and you know it. Saban's success wasn't exclusively tied to Bama. His success is because he was an absolute college coaching savant.
This is the reality that is forgotten. Alabama was beyond desperate and lucky that it panned out this way.The incredible irony is that if the Alabama job is as awesome as their fans innately think it is, then they wouldn't have hired Saban because one of the myriad of other coaching candidates would have accepted the position long before they had to desperately hope for Saban at the end of the NFL season.m It's not like Saban was holding out specifically for the Gump job. He'd have accepted any reasonable SEC gig that was open. At that time it was unfortunately Alabama.
You're also correct in stating that Saban would have done equally elsewhere. I'd argue he'd produce roughly the same results at Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and maybe even Arkansas or South Carolina.
Blueblood college football programs can remain down much longer than people expect. Miami, USC, Florida, FSU, Nebraska, Tennessee, Michigan, and Texas have all had surprisingly long stretches of lean years. There's absolutely nothing preventing Alabama from sinking to similar or lower depths than what these programs have gone through. In fact, I'd argue that's almost a certainty.
re: Serious question: which is the bigger dumpster fire? FL vs UT
Posted by Hyperion on 11/12/21 at 9:50 pm to SemperFiDawg
Next year will say a lot about the direction of both programs. I see every reason to believe UT has turned a corner and will at least be respectable. The degree of upside with Heupel is anyone's guess at this point but UT at least presents itself as well coached even with the personnel shortcomings.
Regarding Florida, I was surprised they fell in love with Mullen so much in the last coaching search. Felt like UF settled and they're certainly capable of attracting a better coach. I never really saw him winning championships there. He's been about what I expected, generally solid but there will be some down years. It seems like Mullen can't recruit the way Florida should.
UF will likely not endure the longevity of UT's drought or the depth of its valleys. However it's surprising to me how much they have fallen since Urban left. For the most part they've been a non-factor and the other East schools sans Georgia haven't been imposing at all.
Regarding Florida, I was surprised they fell in love with Mullen so much in the last coaching search. Felt like UF settled and they're certainly capable of attracting a better coach. I never really saw him winning championships there. He's been about what I expected, generally solid but there will be some down years. It seems like Mullen can't recruit the way Florida should.
UF will likely not endure the longevity of UT's drought or the depth of its valleys. However it's surprising to me how much they have fallen since Urban left. For the most part they've been a non-factor and the other East schools sans Georgia haven't been imposing at all.
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Agree.
I voted NO specifically because Texas and Oklahoma are schools with numerous elite athletic programs in addition to football.
Seems better for college football and really all sports to have those type schools spread out over multiple conferences than crammed into one unwieldy mega conference.
Yeah I miss the days when there was strong competition throughout the country and a national title contender or two in each major conference. I'm all for great football in the SEC but it'd be nice to see great football in other conferences as well.
All this consolidation and centralization isn't good for the overall health of the sport.
re: Poll: Do you want Texas and Oklahoma to join the SEC?
Posted by Hyperion on 7/24/21 at 1:54 am to TouchDownSEC
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Separate the poll. Most wanted Oklahoma. Many don't want texas. Texas is a horrible cultural fit. Full of liberals. They belong with the Pac 12. The fans are obnoxious. They cry if you do horns down. A&M, Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado loathe them for a reason. Worst possible conference members. The know how to manipulate a conference. They're drooling at the chance to manipulate the SEC and laugh about it. They always put down the SEC and The South. Always said they were too good for the SEC when A&M left. A&M hicks are a perfect fit for The SEC inbreeds.
The smart move would be to take Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. State has lots of Natties. Their fans are rabid. Oklahoma is going to run into lots of legal problems leaving State behind.
The best part would be giving the horns a massive middle finger by the entire SEC. Split the poll.
Don't forget that A&M brought every SEC school multi millions annually when they came on board. Do you want a few more million for cancer??? Apparently many of you do. Oklahoma yes. horns hell no!
I totally agree with this. I'm fine with Oklahoma. I think they can fit with the conference even if the geography is a bit of a stretch.
You're completely correct about the University of Texas. They have the kind of alumni and fans that look down on the SEC and think the city of Austin is the height of human evolution and progress. It really doesn't fit in well with the rest of the conference. Now that they've basically been boxed into joining the SEC because Oklahoma forced their hand, I'd rather not offer them a life raft.
I'm originally from Tennessee but live in Arizona. I've met SEC fans from other teams and there's an instant sense of camaraderie in that ultimately we have commonalities. Even with Gump fans we get this feeling that we can get along. I don't think that's there with Texas.
re: Who killed off all the Vols?
Posted by Hyperion on 11/3/20 at 3:19 pm to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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The inability of JP to sign a QB that can play at a high level has them treading water...again. You can't continue to send out JG week after week expecting a different result.
It's astounding he's stuck with JG this long. It's clearly against his long term interest. JG must have some compromising information on people at UT.
re: Florida's colors
Posted by Hyperion on 11/3/20 at 3:15 pm to Todd Greene
It was amazing how those jerseys made them look like a team worthy of respect. Their usual look is downright hideous.
Still here. I'm looking forward to the game this weekend and have no idea what to expect.
re: Kyle Trask was named after A&M’s Kyle Field
Posted by Hyperion on 10/5/20 at 5:50 pm to boXerrumble
Should have gone to Houston Baptist. I've been betting them every week.
Vanilla Ice was badass in retrospect. Nobody will look at Max Kellerman in 20 years and think badass.
re: Max Kellerman on SEC fans: "immune to facts"
Posted by Hyperion on 8/27/20 at 7:45 pm to Mithridates6
Definitely a bold take given that ESPN badly needs SEC products for ESPN to even be viable. SEC has all the leverage to tell ESPN to fly a kite.
The SEC should threaten to rip up the contract with ESPN and demand the firing of Max Kellerman or they'll seek a new partner.
We should call the SEC and demand they put pressure on ESPN for this to happen.
The SEC should threaten to rip up the contract with ESPN and demand the firing of Max Kellerman or they'll seek a new partner.
We should call the SEC and demand they put pressure on ESPN for this to happen.
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