September 15th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
I know how this ends.
Bama - LSU rematch rematch
September 15th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
Jesus Christ, please no. Someone save us all
September 15th, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
Are you some sort of almost-looks-like-Strong-Bad?
September 16th, 2012 at 10:49 AM ^
Sigh, I miss the days when Brak brought sunshine to my life via Space Ghost Coast to Coast and The Brak Show.
September 16th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
Brak? Brak? Wha? I thought maybe the avatar was this guy.
September 16th, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
Holy crap! You answered that before I asked it! It must be true!
September 16th, 2012 at 9:14 AM ^
The world is very different
Ever since the robotic uprising of the mid-90's
There is no more unhappiness
September 15th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 8:08 AM ^
Nah, it will just be Alabama's offense playing a scrimmage against Alabama's defense. That way, the two best squads can play each other for the MNC as well as a spot at the dinner table.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
Stanford's D-line put in one of the more impressive performances I've seen in awhile. They broke Barkley.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
Their penetration at the end was amazing.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
I tried to refrain.
September 16th, 2012 at 3:38 AM ^
Well in that case it was the pregame talk that made the difference
September 15th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
....nevermind
September 16th, 2012 at 12:00 AM ^
mike cox
September 16th, 2012 at 7:42 AM ^
Stanford's D-line put in one of the more impressive performances I've seen in awhile. They broke Barkley.
Karma is a bitch. It was USC's defensive line play that allowed them to beat Oregon last year. The best laid offensive plans can be pretty well eff'd up by a defensive line that get through and disrupts the backfield timing.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:31 PM ^
that is truly amazing. That USC voodoo doll is sure effective for Stanford
September 15th, 2012 at 11:32 PM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 4:20 AM ^
(feeling inadequate)
September 15th, 2012 at 11:34 PM ^
Pleasant news!
September 15th, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^
I think I speak for everyone when I say, good. Fuck USC.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
Barkley awarded Rix-Stanton trophy after the game.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:43 PM ^
Not looking forward to another SEC Championship rematch, but I just get so damn happy when USC and Kiffen go down.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:43 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
Harbaugh gets a lot of hate here, but I cut my Michigan teeth watching him win for us and he'll always be a Mochigan guy to me; what is clear is that he's an incredible coach who not only coaches his teams well but leaves a sustainable culture of excellence behind him. One of the things I liked about the idea of him coaching here was that even if he left after 4 or 5 years the team would be in great shape, much like LSU after Saban left.
When I lived in California, Stanford was terrible. They would lose to USC by 60-70 points. The feeling in the sports community wasn't that they were in a lull; it was widely thought that Stanford would never be competitive in football again. What has happened since is astonishing.
September 16th, 2012 at 2:34 AM ^
Stanford has had a bunch of good teams throughout its history. They just haven't been able to keep a coach or any continuity. John Ralston won back to back Rose Bowls in the '70's and left to coach the Denver Broncos. Jack Christiansen had a fairly mediocre record but finished 3rd or better in the Pac 8 each of his last 4 seasons before getting fired. Bill Walsh had two top-15 or so teams and then left for the 49ers. Dennis Green finished 2nd in the Pac 10 in 1991 then left for the Vikings gig. Walsh came back and had a top-10 finish a year later but only stayed 3 years and retired. Willingham won the Pac 10 in 1999 and finished in the top-20 in 2001 before leaving for Notre Dame.
In recent years, Stanford has really only been terrible during the five year stretch of Teevens/Harris. That happened when they hired a guy whose most recent head coaching job had been a 11-45 stint at Tulane who had zero connection with the program that was having success with Willingham (he had been a roaming offensive assistant for Spurrier at Florida for 3 years).
Stanford is good at every other sport and can be very good at football because they are the very best academic school in the country that participates in big time athletics. Regular students don't choose schools like Duke, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, or (God forbid) Notre Dame over Stanford. Any talented player who is a decent student and actually cares about academics is going to put them at or near the top of their list. That is why you see them recruiting so well nationally of late.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:15 AM ^
Harbaugh definitely recruited well, but as noted below Stanford has been decent historically save for a couple of years in the mid-2000s. This is the best sustained run I've seen in some time, but I also feel like the Pac-12 has been down a bit nationally and that has helped. They recruit reasonably well and have some natural advantages other schools do not, so it doesn't surprise me that they are doing well. Harbaugh helped to bring a good culture to the team and he deserves credit for that, but the down years at Stanford are more the outliers than the trend.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
Hate USC, love seeing Kiffin lose. But before this game I thought USC might be one of the few teams with a shot against Alabama. Looks like it wouldn't be much of a chance.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:51 PM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
This, times ten. Alabama dismantled a "great" SEC team today who, not two weeks ago, was being talked about as a championship contender.
September 16th, 2012 at 12:05 AM ^
....or it could just be the rampant SEC-ism displayed by ESPN and other sportings news outlets. One or the other.
September 16th, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
Arkansas was dead meat and they pretty much rolled over after Bama went up 17-0. Arkansas was always going to end up the most disappointing SEC team this year after losing Patrino and gaining John L.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:02 AM ^
Not with John L. Smith at the helm. They're more likely to lose the rest of their games than win them all.
September 16th, 2012 at 12:25 AM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
I'm a Cleveland Browns season ticket holder and I went to both the Alabama game against Michigan and Brandon Weedon's interceptfiesta last week and I swear to God if the two teams played I'd bet on Alabama.
They are that good and the Browns are that bad.
September 16th, 2012 at 1:00 AM ^
Also starring RB Trent Richardson.
September 16th, 2012 at 1:17 AM ^
Cleveland Browns would dominate Bama. No contest whatsover. I have no idea why people think the best team in NCAA football would beat the worst team in NFL. NFL are grown men and has every players who are the best players on every college team.
September 16th, 2012 at 3:55 AM ^
You didn't watch the Browns offense last week.
At least Art Modell is in Hell where he belongs. The ratfucker.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:19 AM ^
I think it would be closer than people think, but I totally agree that the best college teams would be beaten convincingly by the worst NFL team. That said, upsets do happen. I mean, on a whole UM was WAY better than App St., and that game turned out differently. Alabama has some legit athletes on that squad, and could make the game interesting given just how bad Weeden is at QB.
September 17th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
the same QB who is one of the all-time leader at every passing categories at Oklahoma State? Really? Weeden would throw about 400 yards against Bama defense with Browns WRs.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
to the day when Michigan plays as physical as Stanford
September 15th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
Hoke will get us there.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 1:44 AM ^
Don't sleep on FSU. With the way they've recruited the past few years coupled with how horrible the rest of the ACC is, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the year they finally live up to the hype (of course, they would get destroyed by 'Bama, but still).
September 16th, 2012 at 8:30 AM ^
but when is the last time FSU had actually played up to their expectations. FSU is going to have a letdown somewhere and will prove themselves to be worse than everybody thinks.
September 16th, 2012 at 2:06 AM ^
September 16th, 2012 at 7:57 AM ^
Oregon, FSU, and maybe Texas have a good shot of not losing until they play Bama.
Oregon and FSU ... I'm not so sure about Texas.
Re: Oregon ... next week's Oregon v. Arizona game is shaping up to be very interesting. Arizona put a beating on SC State ... which is not entirely unexpected, but the box score shows domination -- 40-something first downs, good third-down efficiency, balanced passing attack. I guess we'll see if the Wildcat win over OSU was a fluke, or an indicator of potential for this Arizona team.