Posted on 01/03/2009 12:25:39 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The SEC is 5-2 in Bowl Games this year with Florida left to play. Only the PAC-10 has a better record (5-0).
Oh please... Alabama went 12-2 this year coming off a 7-6 season last year. Arrogance and entitlement? I'm just thrilled that we are back in the hunt. Bama earned it's record on the field. Nothing more, nothing less.
You really think that a contributer to Utah win is Urban Meyer?
The coaches of Utah probably had a little to do with it.
Don’t ya think.
Your Tide is getting beat up over here and you displace the dogs under the bed? I’ll hang up and take the answer off the air...
They played TCU who is #2 in nation and clobbered us.
Considering how Ole Miss took care of Texas Tech, the Big 12 is even weaker.
Now look: a playoff for major college football is for juvenile obsessives, degenerate gamblers, and money people. Sports fans will spend time for the next six months arguing about who really is the best team. If we had a playoff we wouldn't get to have all this fun. The lack of a playoff is the best thing about intercollegiate football.
We already have playoff systems for the smaller Divisions. Only the Major Division is without one.
I can’t tell you how many times I heard “now we’re number 1 again, where we belong”. If that’s not arrogance and entitlement, then what is it?
My Tide got rolled by the best. Get over it.
The Ute QB played High School Football at Robert E. Lee H.S. in Baytown, Texas.
That was my first thought as well (That Urban had given them some tips).
Yes, I do. Considering that Meyer came from Utah and the present head coach at Utah came through the ranks under Meyer ... yes, I believe that Urban gave the Utah coaches some pretty good information on how to play Bama.
"The coaches of Utah probably had a little to do with it."
No, they didn't have a little to do with it ... they had a bunch to do with it, and I don't discount that any more than I discount the players' involvement in the win. I never said that Urban won the darn game ... I said that he probably gave them some pretty good info.
That's why I love college football.
If we have a playoff the trash talk wont be fun anymore.
TX has some serious HS football talent. They must get recruited from all over
2008 Schedule/Results
DATE OPPONENT W-L (CONF) RESULT
8/30 @ Michigan 1-0 (0-0) W 25-23
9/06 UNLV 2-0 (1-0) W 42-21
9/13 @ Utah State 3-0 (1-0) W 58-10
9/20 @ Air Force 4-0 (2-0) W 30-23
9/27 Weber State 5-0 (2-0) W 37-21
10/02 Oregon State 6-0 (2-0) W 31-28
10/11 @ Wyoming 7-0 (3-0) W 40-7
10/18 Colorado State 8-0 (4-0) W 49-16
11/01 @ New Mexico 9-0 (5-0) W 13-10
11/06 No. 12 TCU 10-0 (6-0) W 13-10
11/15 @ San Diego State 11-0 (7-0) W 63-14
11/22 No. 14 Brigham Young 12-0 (8-0) W 48-24
1/02 vs. No. 4 Alabama 13-0 (8-0) W 31-17
Complete Team Schedule
You got that. I could name a half dozen without even thinking.
Do you think that Utah would have won without Urban Meyer’s help? (allegedly)
Yes, that is entirely possible.
Yep. Texas players get recruited from sll over the Country. Before integration in the 70’s, it was primarily Black players heading North or West. Now, everybody’s fair game.
But Florida is no slouch itself though.
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