January 2nd, 2014 at 10:16 PM ^
Bama kickers man...
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
Saban looked like he was about to cry.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
is a tough conference. Montgomery really has OU DL playing well. I wish we could have kept him. Our team really needs a DLINE coach. Our DL gets zero pressure on the opposing QB!
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
We were probably too cheap to pay for him.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
every team needs at least 3 DL coaches.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:39 AM ^
Or at least one good one.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
Does Saban come out of the locker room after halftime? He might have a stroke.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:24 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
he's a system QB and Nick Saban wants an offensive system that minimizes the QB impact. He wants a game manager, not a game changer. Bama would still be fine with any QB because they still have good running game and defense.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
If memory serves me right our D-Line didn't perform much better under Montgomery than it did this year.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
I think we mainly really miss RVB and Mike Martin. They of the "So you wanna try to convert a 3rd & 1? Nooope!" fame. We've lacked playmakers recently
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
Crimson is off the Tide.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
Well first it was USC then Florida and now Alabama. Is this the end of their reign?
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
you knew it had to happen, "sooner" or later...
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
If I was an OU fan I would be prematurely ejaculating at this point.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
It's amazing how many people have tuned into this game simply because Alabama seems to be slipping... I personally have as well.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
Double post... So why not???
January 2nd, 2014 at 11:00 PM ^
I couldn't stop laughing at this video. It's too stupid to keep watching it, but too funny to turn off! How did you even find it!?
January 2nd, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
Just pay attention to the Live Blog on football gamedays... Brown Bear typically posts it as halftime entertainment.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
This game is another data point showing how dumb the bowl system is. Even a top 10ish match-up between two of college footballs most historic programs can't sell out a bowl game.
Save the Rose Bowl, I haven't seen a single sold out bowl game and I've seen several played in front of a few thousand bored locals. Can't wait for that playoff to expand to 16 teams. No one cares about a 7-5 Michigan playing a 7-5 Kansas State in the desert. The game shouldn't have happened
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
16 is too many. Four rounds of playoffs would be an awful lot, and you'd see even more unsold tickets (like you do in basketball outside of the Final Four) because you'd be asking fans to travel on a few days' notice.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
but it works just fine for the NFL, FCS, D-II, and D-III. It's almost the same concept as the NCAA basketball tournament format (setup travel quickly based on your team winning). If it's all at home sites till the finals, then it's really not a problem.
And the number of teams in the playoff is going to rise inevitably. Probably settling around 12-20 teams. FCS - 24, D2 - 24, D3 - 32. Heck, what size is the MHSAA playoffs? Like 64 teams? I'll bet in 20 years we'll have a 16-20 team playoff.
Or just whatever way the commissioners determine milks the maximum amount of money out of the players and fans. Either one
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^
The basketball tournament is over in three weeks, and it's that long because it's in a sport that has 340 or so teams in Division I. The FBS has a third that many teams and that includes the EMUs of the world. It doesn't need that long of a playoff.
Again, if tickets sold is your concern, the basketball tournament really isn't a model - outside of the Final Four, and games involving local teams, the arenas/stadiums are usually 50-75% empty. Watch the highlights of our game against Florida - JerryWorld is full of empty seats. The lower levels of football don't pack 'em in either.
The NFL sells out, but it plays at teams' home venues, something that's not going to happen in college football - the Southern schools won't agree to it.
Personally, I think a four-team playoff is just about right.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:41 AM ^
Eight teams and you have a deal.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
Going back to the days of one Big Ten team going to a bowl sounds completely miserable.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
may not have been a sellout, but it was damn close. i was there and it was pretty full.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
Almost every idea for championships, playoffs, "the BCS" is fraught with unintended consequences that damage what was previously good and traditional.
The next scheme, for a four-team playoff will start by pissing off the fifth- and sixth-position teams who think they deserve to be in, and will further degrade every other bowl game.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. All these smartass sportswriters and commentators, and their playoff ideas. Stupid. Don't blame this on the alleged evil men in funny colored blazers who run bowl games.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:41 PM ^
You make it seem like further degrading every other bowl game is a bad thing.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
I know bowl-bashing is fashionable, but I don't mind them. They give 30 or so teams a chance to finish their season on a winning note* while giving them a mini-vacation. It's a nice reward for the players. Sure, if you're a top 5 team and not in the title game it sucks, but there aren't that many true national-title level teams that get screwed. For everyone else, going to a bowl is pretty cool.
*Which seems to be a big deal, judging from the many posts here about how our 2012-13 basketball season ended on a sour note, despite reaching the title game.
January 3rd, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
Except it was the third largest crowd in Copper Bowl history. Somebody cared.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
That dang spread "gimmick" of an offense that OU runs, it just will never work!!
/s
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Only if they played in Colorado.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
I just tuned in and am pleasantly surprised by the score! According to the box chart, Bama is moving the ball through the air well, minus a couple of INTS. They are only averaging about 3.4 on the ground. If Alabama can get a stop here to start the half, and avoid any more turnovers they very well may come back and make this game close at the end. You know Saban is going to make some adjustments.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
It's funny to read the beginning of this thread now. This game may well get ugly, but not the way anyone expected.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
I was not expecting Oklahoma to be having their way with Bama! Hopefully they can continue this in the second half. This is an incredibly entertaining game thus far.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
is this guy:
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
We only gave up 31 points for the whole game. Bama has given up 31 in one half.
Therefore, our defense is better than theirs.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Or thank goodness we didn't get Oklahoma for our bowl game.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
KSU offense > OU. 33 ppg vs 31 ppg.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
I keep seeing the ticker on ESPN and their Power Football Index. It seems like it has been way off the mark this year. I can't help but chuckle everytime I see it.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^