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4 hours ago, StPaulHusker said:

Saban is the best coach in the history of major college football.  

Fair enough.  

51 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said:

Oooh boy.  You're going to be fighting some folks on this.

Doesn't matter.  They are hypocrites.  If it was another team they would be screaming the same thing.  I don't place breaking and entering and a brutal assault on a woman below winning games.  I am funny like that.  

To this day I don't think LP should have been reinstated.  

4 hours ago, Landlord said:

That's the most selectively biased list of things I've probably ever seen in my life. Especially because Saban hasn't even coached for 25 years  Anyone can play that pointless game.

 

Averaged 11.75 wins a season: Saban at Bama - Yes / Osborne at Nebraska - No

 

Teams ranked in top 10 90% of the time: Saban at Bama - Yes / Osborne at Nebraska - No

 

Won 6 National Championships as a head coach: Saban at Bama - Yes / Osborne at Nebraska - No

 

Won 8 Conference Championship games: Saban - Yes / Osborne - No

 

Won 12 Conference Divisional Titles: Saban - Yes / Osborne - No

 

Won 14 Coach of the Year Awards: Saban - Yes / Osborne - No

 

Turned Around Two Mediocore/Poor Programs and Made Them Elite: Saban - Yes / Osborne - No

 

Developed a massive and prestigious coaching tree: Saban - Yes / Osborne - No

 

 

Despite that being perhaps the stupidest thing I've ever engaged in, and none of those things really mattering, your whole, "Saban isn't the best because he did it at ALABAMA" thing just makes no damn sense when you turn around and talk about how Osborne is so much better. Osborne didn't have to build anything. He inherited the keys to maybe the most well oiled machine in the whole country. He was never not the head coach of an elite program. He never had to rise through the ranks of smaller, disadvantaged schools. He was the head guy at the school that invented strength and conditioning and had a competitive edge over almost everyone.

 

 

 

I hate Alabama and the SEC bias is real.  That said, I am afraid you are spot on for each point that you make here.  

Watching New Year's Day college football today has me excited for next season.  I am thrilled with our recruit class, especially with Benhart and both Robinsons.  The building of a foundation of both lines is something we have been waiting for and Benhart and Ty Robinson are the type of potential difference makers that can change a program.  

On 12/31/2018 at 9:34 AM, Moiraine said:

Maybe Alabama throws cash at players, maybe they don’t.

 

But they don’t need to. Alabama and the surrounding states are absolutely swimming in talent, and recruits and their parents like to stay close to home.

Plus they have one of the best coaches in the history of the game who is considered a pipeline to the NFL.  

12 hours ago, Cdog923 said:

 

I predict McCaffery two years from now. 

On 11/4/2018 at 11:15 AM, KingBlank said:

Without the disastrous mistakes? That's what this team is built on.   QB making high school decisions at critical junctures, special teams kicking the ball backwards.   No run blitzing when they are clearly going to run the ball.  

The mistakes are well chronicled, but if you didn't see the improvement and the fact we hung for four quarters with a team that we couldn't force to punt in three years I don't know what to tell you. 

Martinez will be a Heisman candidate before he graduates.  

Frost's intensity is finally streaming down, which leads to more confidence.  We did not look like a FBS team against OSU the last few years.  We were one score from beating them at their place and we gave away touchdowns on both sides of the ball. 

We can run the football!  Creative play calling is born from setting the defense box to stop the run and Martinez does a nice job on fakes where he pulls up and throws to very talented wideouts. 

Our defense can play well enough at times, but we still give up big plays from not only being out of position, but poor tacking.  This was less the case yesterday, which is progress. 

Special teams is exhausting and a bigger part of the game when you see what happens during poor execution. 

Brady Quinn did not get into Notre Dame due to his academics.  

My list by the end of the year looks like this:

Alabama

Clemson

Michigan

West Virginia

I know it is not the typical list, but I had some fun with a less than likely scenario.  WVU would beat Oklahoma twice which would trump a one loss ND after they lost to Syracuse in Yankee stadium.  LSU would be angry being left out after loses to two good teams and Washington State loses a close one in the Apple Cup.  The final is another epic rematch of Bama and Clemson and I wish I could predict a Tiger win, but I just don't think they will.  

I think if we match yesterday's intensity without the disastrous mistakes there is no reason we can't run the table.  However, the beauty of college football is there are no guarantees.  Except for perhaps Alabama being unbeatable unfortunately.  

I cant stand when I am trying to watch college football highlights on Sunday morning and it is interrupted by commercials for ESPN's NFL countdown show.   I can't imagine a collection of hosts worse with the possible exception of Rex Ryan.  Sam Ponder is cute, but she was chosen for that reason alone.  Charles Woodson was the most arrogant jerk I ever met.  Randy Moss?  Enough said.   I remember the years ago when this show was part of my Sunday routine.  

I do hope Michigan beats them by 30.  Can't stand anything about that program.  

Oh well. Fun game to watch for a change. 

One score game in the 4th.  We would all have taken that before kickoff.  

First down and goal to go. 

WOW!  Nice throw and great job getting open.

There has been drops, but that ball was well behind the receiver.  That is a lot harder to catch when you are running the opposite direction. Its easy to say catch whatever you touch, unless of course you have ever had to do it. 

Have to make those throws man

The creative offense that was keeping them off center in the first half is not there.  

1 minute ago, MichiganDad3 said:

The two dropped passes are hurting now

Yep, and just missing the first down run at the ten. 

Football is a game of inches and we are losing those inches. 

1 minute ago, MichiganDad3 said:

Urb really wants to run. I wonder how Haskins' arm is doing.

Could be, but they were so one dimensional against the Boilermakers I think Urban knows if he doesn't become diversified in offense now he will get killed against Michigan.  That is benefiting us. 

We have to catch the ball!!! 

We have run the ball so well.  I think we can run a run fake pass down the middle agains them for a big gain.