There COULD be an Alabama-Florida rematch for national title

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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If Texas loses to Nebraska, TCU will get in. The voters who do not want a playoff will make sure of that.

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What do the 2 best ACC teams have in common?? They both got physically manhandled by their SEC counterparts!

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I’ve been saying the same thing for weeks. But remember this, Tony almost never gets it right. At half time he said Alabama would start to wear Auburn down and would win by double digits. Alabama never led in that game until the end. And they certainly didn’t win by double digits. He also said that Tech would roll over UGA. He may know about college football, but his prognositcation abilities leave much to be desired. I don’t really expect a rematch with UF and UAT because I think UF blows them out, but it could happen. In the mean time, I have nothing to hang my head about. Our season turned out better than anyone thought it would. It’s Great to be An Auburn Tiger. War Eagle!! And one more time, m=moron!

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Congratulations fleabags, this is the greatest victory in UGAg history since Buck got lucky with Lindsay Scott, and don’t pretend its not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82wU5NfRfr4

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Tony, I have had to look at your headline “Ga Tech will roll over Georgia” since Friday and you did not even address that. Very disapointed. I still think you are the man when it comes to College Football knowledge but a little crow for breakfast would have been nice from you.

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Tony,

I don’t know about you, but I think the excessive celebration call on Florida’s Aaron Hernandez last Saturday against FSU is the single worst officiating mistake I have seen in my three decades of watching the sport.

Ok, maybe I as big a biased homer as you are.

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So Mr. College Football….no mention of UGA beating Tech????? What a joke you are. Typical from the AJC

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Tony,

Not a GT or UGA fan, but disappointed you didn’t address that game this morning. Huge upset. Love seeing the GTers put in their place. Haven’t liked them ever seen Coach Dodd disrespected Coach Bryant.

All that said, Bama will take care of business on Saturday. Saban relishing the underdog role right now.

RTR.

JWalker

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Eric,

Which Iron Bowl loss was worse–getting stomped last year or losing in the final two minutes this year?

Please note: In the record books, there is no column for moral victories.

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St Simons: 30-34 HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Clear double standard present if the media votes for a UA/UF rematch. I thought all media/ESPN types had made it de facto law that only conference champions can play for the BCS title. So that’s the case unless it’s Alabama and Florida? I won’t watch and it will demean the entire process even more as far as I’m concerned.

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A funny thing happened to the Nerds on their way to Tampa…..LMAO!!!!!!!!

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Thanks PigAl and got12. I never said anything about a celebration. I’m just not ashamed. I have no reason to be. Auburn scared the crap out bama and thier fans. In a way I supposed you could call it a moral victory, but I never did. I’m disappointed with the loss, but it’s a ballgame. I have every expectation that I’ll survive. I think saint simons learned a lesson this season. You might want to give that some thought. Things you say have a way of coming back to haunt you. If you think UAT is on some neverending roll, you’re delusional. Good luck in ATL and MSY. War Eagle!!!

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I would not want to see a rematch and if this occurs there will be outrage around the country.

If I still lived in Georgia I would love to be at the Dome on Saturday night. What a game that should be.

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T- care to recap your picks from Friday?
I believe you went 4-6…

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To all the folks claiming S. Car and UGA as “ACC champs”… Tennessee sez “Yo!”

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eric,A BLOWOUT??!! COME NOW,LET’ S NOT LET OUR HATRED FOR BAMA OVERCOME OUR KNOWLEDGE OF FOOTBALL!! WAIT A MINUTE….YOUR A barner….YOU DON’T KNOW SQUAT ABOUT FOOTBALL!!! I’LL BETCHA’ IF ALL THEM COW’ AND CHICKEN’S GET REALLY QUITE DOWN AT THE BARN AND YOU LISTEN REAL CLOSE….YOU,eric,CAN STILL HEAR RAMMER JAMMER ECHOING AT jurrden hare!!!I’M SOOO GLAD TO SEE IT HURT’S SOOO BAD,THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!! 26-21….ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! BACK TO BACK BABY!!!

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RAMBLE ON!!! -

ACTUALLY, BEATING YOU IN 1997 WAS MORE SATISFYING SINCE YOU NERDS THOUGHT YOU HAD WON, ONLY TO HAVE US RIP OUT YOUR HEARTS. THIS WIN WAS MORE HO HUM.

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The ONLY way a rematch can happen is if Bama wins the SEC and Texas loses, then Florida will get another shot. No way Bama get’s any love from voter’s for playing a close game but doesn’t win the SEC game. TCU, Cincy and Boise may be good, but they are not the top 3 no matter who ahead of them loses a game.

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As a Bama fan I am very glad we got sucker punched by Auburn instead of by Florida. Auburn did many trick plays a very early on-side kick and jumped up 14-0 on Bama. Kudos to Auburn’s defense for shutting down Ingram, he is still a heisman calibur runner Auburn just commited to stopping the run and practiced on it for 2 weeks. I think it was a good thing to have a tough game against Auburn because it reminded Alabama that no team is invincible. I expect a war in the SECCG! Ingram will return to glory this week win or lose. Also Bama proved they CAN beat you with McElroy. ROLL TIDE!!

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David, we’re all aware that Tennessee has won the SEC Moral Championship.

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can’t see a rematch of Bama vs UF under any circumstances. I think the powers that be are a little afraid of congress. Setting up that type of rematch for the NC would give Hatch and friends unlimited ammunition.

I’m sure this game Saturday will be a bubble knocker…here’s hoping for a great game, and a Bama win.

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GaBoy: Boy is correct- you are that.

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So paul johnson has “bigger fish to fry”?? Spurrier fried that fish earlier Sat. ACC= Joke of the Nation

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Just want to say good game to Auburn. That was a great effort by your boys and good coaching.

I will say though, that the first TD for Auburn should have been called back for holding. The onside kick was perfection and so was the play for the deep TD in the 3rd. Lastly, a fine job of stopping our run. I don’t understand why our play calling didn’t make you pay for putting eight in the box. Anyway, good game.

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CharlotteGator

it’s amazing how perception differs. I hear a lot of Bama fans complain about the media’s love fest with Tebow. UF fans think that the media favors Bama.

I tend to think the media loves the media. Whatever it takes to hype the game, and raise the ratings is what they do. I’m sure we’ll see a lot of hype between now and Saturday.

Good luck to UF and their fans…see you in Atlanta.

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I look forward to the SEC title game. Like last year, it will be a push and shove match until FL takes control in the 2nd half. No way Tebow lets his team lose this game…
Then it is off to play Texas in the BCS title game. McCoy and co will polish off Nebraska by 2-3 TD’s.
I wanted to congratulate UGA on a great win Saturday. O-Line for the Dawgs played their best game all season.

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1. People get over it. Tony made a prediction…it was wrong. It happens. So…he is not taking time to write about a 7-5 UGA team? He is writing about a game involving #1 and #2? CRAZY I tell ya!!!

2. I would love to see a rematch. Have fla beat Alabama in the SECCG, then give Alabama a shot at a rematch. Then they beat fla and claim the NC just like fla did against FSU in 1996.

3. RAMBLE ON!!!: Hey there little buddy! That win was not that big of a deal to some of us UGA fans. I came here Friday saying it would happen…Saturday was punch a geek day. Why would it be a big deal that the best program in the state beat the 3rd best? I mean really, how many times has Yech won in your lifetime?

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Georgia fans you guys might have won the game and saved Willie M’s ASS as well? Now that would be funny.

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This may be a stupid question but what conference will Georgia State be in?

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you guys are cracking me up….tony is now classless for not mentioning his Home Team winning a big game. He’s a UGA grad. of course he wants to talk about the dawgs, but hes not Mr. UGA Football, hes Mr. College Football…

the same people who got mad over tech winning one rivalry game last year and rubbing it in for 12 months are now going to act in the same manner they thought was classless.

Want to know what makes a rival the most upset? Acting like the rivalry isnt one anymore because you always win…

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Wow! This has been an interesting year for all of us.
Hopefully, all of this ACC nonsense will stop for a while considering that the ACC’s top 2 teams lost to SEC teams.
The Gator – Tide Game should be a good one. My only observation is that it was great in the SWAMP on Saturday evening. The Gators were clicking on all cylinders, BUT FSU is a below average team at best which is poorly coached. Bobby Bowden probably does need to retire, but nobody can convince me that Jimbo Fisher will solve the FSU problems. Kicking a field goal from the 2 yard line when you are down by 30 points is ludicrous and gutless. I do not know how it looked on TV, but from the stands the 5 offensive linemen remaining in their 3 point stances after the whistle had blown was hilarious. OK, UF jumped off side, but what if the FSU QB had not hauled a$$ when the ball was snapped to him. He would have got smashed by at least 7 Gaotrs while the 5 jokers on the line remainde in their 3 point stances. I guess that is the state of coaching at FSU these days.
I do not see a rematch of the Gators and Tide regardless of all of the possible scenarios. The winner goes to the BCS Title Game and wins another title for the SEC.
Oh, I did enjoy watching #94 get helped off the field in the 4th quarter. He was trying to bait both of the Pouncey twins into a fight with his jawing most of the game. The pounceys finally nailed him legally, and that was sweet.
Go Gators!

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Because there is no playoff in the BCS the loser of the SEC (Fla or Ala) should be eliminated. TCU or one one the other undefated teams hould have a chance to play for the national title.

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How ’bout them dawgs-even w/turnovers, idiotic penalties, and the asinine kickoff strategy-dawgs beat the 7th ranked team in the country

game ball to R. Jones, O-Line, & RBs-great great win

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TR,

Agree with your analysis. In my opinion, Arenas stepping out of bounds at the 2 on the punt return last year was a huge shift in that game. Everyone points to the 4th quarter drama (and it was big no doubt), but w/o that step-out on the two, Bama seals the game up in 3rd quarter as opposed to grabbing the momentum. Just my two cents.

I hate that this is the case, but I think something that gives the UF offense a chance is the Hightower injury. To me, he was the key to the Bama D in last year’s game. He took away every single mismatch the Gators liked to feast on. Save a perfect game from Tebow in key moments, the Bama D actually held the offense in check. What’s disheartening as a Gator fan is that although we take largely the same O as last year into the Dome, the one missing piece is Murphy, who is a gigantic loss/difference from last years game.

Clearly Bama’s D is better given an extra season, and Peek is a monster TE who I don’t think the Gators will have a good plan for, but I’m still not sold on McElroy. Not sure why, just a gut feeling. I admittedly however, didn’t watch every Bama game this season and may be picking from a small sample (saw the Auburn game and that was huge, but I was more impressed by Jones taking over and McElroy being efficient. Efficient and poised is good no doubt, but I think is a little different than sticking throws w/ the game on the line…just my opinion).

This game to me is a total toss-up, that I’m glad the team I support is a part of. I don’t mind losing, even if it’s due to turnovers (which I agree will be the difference), I just don’t want to see the Gators melt down for whatever reason. Bama on the other hand can go ahead and do just that if they like, I wouldn’t mind. Anyway, back in reality, this game should be a classic.

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Ramble- the biggest win in UGA history?!?!?! REALLY?!?!!?! Beating Tech isn’t even the biggest win in the last 3 years!!!!! This season maybe, but that’s all. To be honest it wouldn’t break my heart if we never played ya’ll again!! At least Bama and AUburn are in the same conference so it’s not only a rivalry but it actually means something.

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This is an interesting topic you’ve addressed and you’ve highlighted a poignant flaw with the BCS system: the possibility of a team that did not win its conference, or even its division, playing for a national title. The very 1st season under the BCS, 1998, nearly saw a re-match between the Vols. and UF for the national title. With the way everything worked out, had UF beaten FSU that year, they would have rematched the vols. for the national title despite the fact they didn’t win the SEC east. Don’t forget Oklahoma in 2003. Darren Sproles and KSU burned the Sooner wagon to ashes in the Big 12 Conference championship game and the Sooners were rewarded with a chance to play LSU for the National Title.

A playoff system really needs to be implemented. But until then, the BCS needs to implement some type of clause that would, by default, eliminates non-conference champions from the BCS title game. If Texas loses to Nebraska, TCU deserves their shot.

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Also, for all those that think TCU deserves the shot with a Texas loss, then you might want to pull out your Wannsetdt pom poms. A Cincy win over Pitt coupled with a UT loss would jump the Bearcats over the Horned Frogs in the BCS rankings.

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You FAG barners can take all the moral victories you want.. You just got beat AGAIN by Alabama.. 362 more days of taunts from the “bammers”…. enjoy.

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Nachos,

You’ve now won two SEC West championships in the past decade. Congrats. We have a wall full this decade. Might want to talk when you win something of importance. Heck, when was your last Sugar Bowl win? 1992? Were you even born then? Guess you’ll get another shot at that next month. At least this year you’ll get Frogs and not Utes! Beware the Mountain West!!!

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Shouldn’t have lost to USC or Tennessee.

Only team with a real gripe in the BCS era is 2004 Auburn. Go wall-to-wall in the SEC and miss out. Then we’ll listen to your whine.

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Tony,

I was pulling hard for Aubrun to beat Bama and then Bama to beat FLA and Nebraska to beat Texas. Then have the BCS explain why Cincy, TCU and Bosie don’t get in. IF any two of those are overlooked for a one loss team of any sort, then they should just admit the BSC is a ruse that is based on monetary paybacks and has nothing to do with the sport of football which in fact is what it is.

To Hell with Tech and to Hell with the BCS!!!

Saint Simons, get a llife.

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As usual Tony thanks for the opportunity giving us a forum to express our opinions. Where is M and St. Simons? I see Ramble On showed up with another biased lame comment. Ramble, how bout showing some class and just admitting that UGA outplayed and outcoached GT saturday night? Your team got beat up on both sides of the ball. The interior lines of UGA dominated the game. You Tech posters have been on here and every other blog on the AJC boasting and bragging about your “superior” program and coach all year long. The next comments will be about your superior education and how many UGA graduates you have working for you. You win once in 8 years and you go nuts. Tech will never dominate UGA. Tech will win every now and then but never sustain a long winning streak. Your fan base is weak. The only time you sell your stadium out is when you play a team that travels well. Johnson will leave Tech just as Curry, Ross and O’Leary did. They will go to a program that has better fan support and a opportunity to play for the big one. I know Ross went to the NFL but when you have a home grown product like Curry and he leaves for a (one time hated rival) to Alabama what does that say about your fan base? I am sure Coach Dodd was rolling over in his grave when Curry left.
Bama and Florida should be a great game. Two well coached teams with a ton of speed. No way there will be a rematch for NC. We need a playoff.

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Denver dog,

Unfortunately I would have to agree with you. I would give the gators the edge right now based on coaching and the Tebow factor. I say coaching because we clearly were outcoached in the Auburn game. You’re probably dead on in that it will also most likely come down to a couple big special teams plays one way or the other.

BTW, funny how dog fans thought it was such a crappy year and then you win a conference championship. Dawgs are now the 2009 ACC champions.

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Does anybody really believe that a Cincy, TCU and Bosie team could play a schedule the SEC plays and be undefeated? Hell no they wouldn’t. If the three of them had the SEC bottom dwellers on there schedule ie. Vandy, Miss St, SC, GA, Tenn. not a one of them would be undefeated..

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Rambler,

At least you had the guts to show up, finally.

Wrote some checks that you couldn’t cash didn’t you? 56-18?

Send the Father’s Day cards to Sanford Stadium since we reminded you once again who your DADDY IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This past weekend’s games were very embarrassing for the ACC. Will Tech’s and Clemson’s losses to mid-tier SEC programs affect attendance on Saturday?

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Tony,

The ACC was 6-4 vs. the SEC last year. Anyone watching the game Saturday night knows that the Jackets were thinking about Clemson, not the fleabags. We have bigger fish to fry.

Enjoy Shreveport.

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Gerogia Basher Dude spends all day coming up with 1 liners against Georgia.

Guys and gals, let’s all go now and vote AGAINST his EVEN SLIGHTLY anti-Georgia 1 liners, hit the button with the triangle point at the bottom:
http://projects.ajc.com/vent/sports/uga/2009/11/27/

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m, the best team won sat. night. acc is the joke and tech still sux.

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Tony, so let me get this straight. You use your podium (as do Bradley & Shultz) to bash UGA and when the Dawgs run over the maggots to the tune of 349 rushing yards and a 30-24 victory you don’t say a word about it? Now I remember why I dropped my print subscription. Meanwhile we’ll enjoy 30-24 ALL YEAR LONG!

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The BIG 12 championship game will air at the same time as the ACCC game Saturday night. I’m sure the Big 12 would like to thank S. Carolina and UGA for their wins on Saturday.

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Yeah right … thinking about Clemson. and I guess Clemson was thinking about Ga Tech. HAHAHAHAHA what a joke you are.

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m,

Glad to see you showed up. I thought we were going to have to put out a missing person’s report on you or an amber alert.

Still talking about last year? BTW, it was 6-6 since the sec took two bowl games from the acc last year. But if you still want to live in the past because the sec is showing its dominance over the acc this year then go ahead.

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and tech lost to a unranked 5 loss team. says alot about those acc div. chumps.

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Tony-
Bama has almost a full one-tenth of a point lead over TCU and Cincinnati, not one-hundredth. One-hundreth would be basically nothing. Here’s a little lesson for you lame brain J-School grads….

.95 is one-hundredth more then .94

.95 is one-tenth more then .85

Your stat knowledge is about as credible as your predictions or general journalism acumen.

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There is no doubt that our defense has GOT to get better. Georgia’s offensive line won the game for the pups. PJ will fix the problem. Give his time. I would suggest there is a GREAT defensive coach sitting over in Lake Martin Alabama that would make Tech’s defense as good as their offense and he had a pretty good record against Georgia.

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tony remind me who your pick on ga-ga tech was

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how about a rematch with UGA and OK ST? hahahhahaahaaahha

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To you UGA fans whining abou it…the Sunday Paper was all about this game. Congrats on an impressive win over a good GT team. Your team earned it. However, this weekend there is a match up between the #1 and #2 teams in the country right here in Atlanta so forgive Tony and most any other normal thinking human being who believes the SECCG is more news worthy than a 7-5 UGA team beating GT.

PS….not lumping all of you UGA fans in here because most of you get it. This is just for the whiners who cant leave it alone.

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m, your guys had 2 weeks to prepare for a middling Ga team and still got the Thanksgiving stuffing beaten out of them. If I were you I’d worry about the fish that’s in front of you, not the one you might catch in a year or 20. You lead the league in excuses and drivel. That “new sheriff” ya’ll have just let the bad guys run roughshod all over your town. It’s just a continuation

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The national title IS the SEC Championship. They just play that other game in January to make the teams from other conferences feel better.

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m had a (slight) right to talk smack before Saturday. Now, m has becomes as irrelevant as the kid getting beat up on the playground still talking smack. He may learn to respect his opponents before the game instead of denying the reality afterward.

As the two division Champions of the SEC head into the GA Dome undefeated and ranked nationally 1 and 2, the ACC champs limp into their championship game having lost their regular season finales to an SEC opponent. That’s the bottomline to the whole issue of SEC vs ACC 2009…

And a Big Congrats to Tennessee and CLK for finishing 5th in the SEC in CLK’s first year Atop Rocky. BTW, preseason I had UT going 4-4 in the SEC and for that I was scorned by members of my own teams fanbase. I am a Volunteer thru and thru but I like to think it’s more about logic than rah-rah…So in that respect, I pick a healthy Florida to beat a healthy Alabama in the 2009 SECCG. GBO

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Didn’t realize that a third-tier conference title was considered “bigger fish”. Live and learn I guess.

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Where do I start…rambleon, m, stsimons, told you it was gonna be a pisser. Admit it, you’re hurtin’ for certin’ and can only come up with – we wuz looking ahead to that other team that was lookin’ ahead too, or ‘ya got lucky’, or…well, you know what I mean, I mean that your ‘Year of Living Arrogantly’ has come to a close…whataya bet nobody’s gonna be wearing those rings? Shoot, I bet I can go down the Fulton Loan Company and pick up a couple of ‘em today.

As for Tony’s thought that UF and AL might play again for the NC, just think if they had a ‘One-Plus’ playoff in place. Then they could play in the SEC, the top-spot in the BCS and again in the NC game. Now how idiotic would that be and just how poor would the ratings be for either of the two, other, games? Think about it, back when Texas beat USC in a great game, if they had had a 1-plus they’d have played again and it would have been so anti-climactic. No, there has to be a way to eliminate a losing team – either Alabama or Florida – from the NC, even if it means playing an inferior team like TCU, or Boise, or whoever. It very well could be a blow-out but the ‘up-front’ hype would be far more interesting.

As for me, I still say that you can’t do an eight or 16-team playoff without screwing up the bowl ’system’ to the point of changing how fans enjoy this time of year. The way it is now 15 or 20 teams get to go home winners…fans, players, coaches are happy and coaches get to keep their jobs. An eight or sixteen-team playoff, whataya do about the bowls? Which ones move their game a week, or two, or three, away from their traditional New Year’s Festival? You really think the Rose Bowl will move their game away from the Tournament of Roses Parade and Festival to mid-December or January? And how many games will fans be able to travel to with time off, before or after the Holidays, plus all the extra expense? So you only go to one game…which one? If you would prefer to see your team in the Championship game – then you buy tickets for that and then try to get rid of ‘em when they lose in the first round…how much fun is that?

Seems to me that the best, next step, would be a four-team elimination using two, rotating, bowl games with the two winners playing one more game. Of course you’ll have those complaining they should have been in one of the games, but so what?

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No way that Bama and Florida should play again for the national title. So let’s say Bama wins Saturday and they meet again for the national title. Say Florida wins in January….Florida wins the national championship? If you’re going to do that, make it a best of 3 from the start. That’s just as absurd as having back to back Bama-Florida games. And Tony…quit friggin’ talking about it ’cause it seems like you WANT this to happen.

Might sound crazy but I feel Dan Mullen deserves some SEC coach of the year talk. What he did with that team is amazing, in my opinion.

As a Dawg fan I’ll be pulling for Bama Saturday. (sorry Charlotte Gator…your posts are classy but just can’t pull for Florida)

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Poor old m, still talking about last year…..

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wow by reading these comments I would think UGA would be ranked in this week’ top 5 poll. hell your not even in the 25 thanks to KY. Well, if it makes you rednecks feel better about yourselves, afterall you are the state’s university with the largest enrollment in the state. Not to mention your top 5 recruiting ranking. Yep, your Daddy aka FL Gators will show you what it is like to be in the big leagues.

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M- you have got to be kidding me. You beat us last year and gave the players a ring??? and you try and tell us that you were looking over the Dawgs. Tech never looks past the Dawgs. That is there most important game of the year.

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First of all, sports writers never go back and dissect how right or wrong their picks were. There’s no real point, unless it’s a huge upset win or something. Even then, they talk about what actually happened in the game instead of what they thought would happen in the game.

Second, in NO WAY is there a rematch. Tony can throw out all the numbers he wants, but the current BCS will not support the possibility (especially with the possibility of FIVE undefeated teams at the end of this year). They also won’t let a non-conference champion play for the NC. For proof, look at 2007 when UGA was #3 going into Championship weekend, and after WV (who was #2) lost, we somehow dropped to number 5 behind LSU, OU and VT (all of whom won their respective conferences) despite the fact that UGA was clearly one of the best, if not THE BEST, teams in the nation.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the SEC, but until college football gets a playoff (which I am HUGELY in favor of), you only get one chance.

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Bring it on haters!!!!!!!

and stop with the Utah jokes… and focus on 2009

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reminder : I’m sure they remember the game. Take the high road unless you’re attacked.

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30-24

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I don’t think Tony’s advocating for a SEC rematch BCS title game but rather bringing up the distinct possibility of one. Even if the human voters don’t want it, what are they supposed to do? Look like imbeciles and vote the SEC runnerup out of the top ten? Just by the established rules, you may not be able to avoid a rematch.

What a day on Capitol Hill that’ll make come the next congressional session.

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Interesting that some think it is a double standard for the slime and the Gators to have a rematch even though Michigan and OSU didnt, but two big ten teams can techically go undefeated every year and be 1 and 2, with NO championship game. They need to ban Championship games or force each conference to have one, period. Bama and the Gators are the best 2 teams in the Nation, this will be justice for Auburn not getting in 2004? when they were 13-0 including 9-0 vs SEC teams compared to a weak OU team and a USC team that was overrated. The SEC is the best conference, but I would love to see the SEC Destroy USC and others, the beating the Big Ten gets old…we need to play good competition…OURSELVES!

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My first thought was, the system doesn’t unfairly favor the big guys. But, then I remembered that Utah beat Alabama last year. Hmmm. Yeah, it would be a good debate.

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just remember bama was not sec champs either.

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Dooley’s Cardiologist – you’re right in that the middle of the SEC was extremely competitive this year and the records reflect that. Tell me though, how did the ACC do against SEC competition when the opponents weren’t named Vanderbilt or Miss St?

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No rematch

Best matchup on Saturday: Joe Haden v Julio Jones

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Have not changed my preseason pick:

Texas over florida for the title

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I find it interesting that each of the top 3 teams has only played one opponent in the top 20. Everyone harps on the “weak” schedules of the TCU’s and Boise States, but think it is okay to schedule teams like FIU, UT-Chattanooga, and Charleston Southern for the top ranked teams in the SEC. So, since Florida, Alabama, and Texas struggled against non-ranked teams in their conference, are the pollsters wrong for not having more of the SEC and Big 12 7 – 5 teams in the polls, or are the top 3 not as strong as they are thought to be?

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Anyone notice Tony’s hair color on CBS.

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I run this state.

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bama will not win!! it’s gonna be 08 all over again.

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M you are an idiot….why cant you man up and admit your team was beat cut and dry. looking to clemson? what a joke…bigger fish to fry? you’re lame dude

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HELL NO! One of these two teams will not win their conference. Therefore they are supposedly not eligible for National Title game. i.e. 2007

Need I say more?

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The Dawgs gotta wrench the Tech QB’s leg in the pile to win. Real classy!

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Panda,

That’s one TENTH, not one hundredth. Tony spelled it out. Can’t you read?

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Vince Dooley States:
In my opinion, if you can’t win your conference, you don’t deserve to play for the Nat. Title.

Greetings Vince Dooley,

Well what do you think about the Big 10 and PAC 10? They don’t even play for a Conference Championship.

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Tony, do not worry about the comments from the fallen ones in Athens.

Being called classless by a poodle fan is like being called ugly by a frog.

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doggs you were very lucky. the scoreboard was about to change to 31-24 except your willie psyched baybay out on that 4th down dropped pass.

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I find it hilarious the people stating that you should just send UGA and USC to the ACC championship game. Rivalry games have NOTHING to do with the conference or honestly even the talent on the field. They are always different, and to take them as anything more than a rivalry game is stupid. So where were you people when Clemson beat USC 6 out of the last 7 years now. Interesting. Ya Woooo SEC they had one good season with two rivalry wins.. I don’t give a damn because us and GA Tech have a chance at a BCS game. Bout you UGA and USC….. bahhaha try and make fun of the ACC all you want. You will be sitting at home on Saturday trying to make your teams seem better then the ACC while we are chearing like hell for our teams to win and goto the ORANGE BOWL! Suck it

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Does anybody know who won between UGA and Tech Saturday night?

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Gee Clemson2333, when Auburn and Alabama tee it up, it usually has everything to do with rivalry, talent AND the SEC Western division standings. No excuses, Alabama was the better team this year.

Truth is your conference’s two division champions were out coached and outplayed by middle of the pack, 7-5 SEC teams. At least GT had a chance of winning their game, while Clemson’s game was over about 1/2 way through the third quarter. How do you think you’d do lining up against the two SEC division champions?

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Clemson2333,

You are correct. As a matter of fact, rivalry games are not even real games and should not count against the loser’s record.

From all appearances, if UGA and S.Carolina were in the ACC, they’d be playing in Tampa this Saturday.

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Tony, can you post a link to your Tech-UGA game from Saturday? That was H I L A R I O U S man.

Tony, if you recall you must win your conference in order to play for the BCS title. That’s the rule. At least its the rule applied to UGA back in 2007. It was the rule applied to Michigan as you mentioned. I say TCU gets the bump up. Everybody seems high on them right now. I doubt Cincy can get the votes their defense is weak.

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GEORGIA STILL SUCKS….ONCE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER YOUR STUPID FANS WILL HIBERNATE BECAUSE YOUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM IS A JOKE!!! LOSING TO WOFFORD?

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Clemson2333 your team sucked, GT sucked, both of you were looking ahead and all you can say is rivalry games don’t mean anything???? You did not watch either game because a win meant something to the players on the field rather than the lame a&& post of yours.

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Its that time of year when college football fans not only support thier favorite team, but every team in thier conference… and with that I say GO SEC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Alabama will take care of business this Saturday afternoon. Texas will more than likely pull it out also, if not we don’t care plenty of time to prepare for whom ever.

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I hope to see one of these undefeated teams from these crying conferences play in the NC game. They will get what they deserve. There should not be a rematch in any NC game. If the two teams have already played the winner is the winner, even if the match took place in any week of the season!

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No way Texas loses so this is a pointless argument.

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Tony, I have to agree with some of the know it alls above, but in a nicer way. Nothing about UGA-Tech? Pretty darn lame. Hey Techies, glad it hurts so much. You guys going to have rings with the score on it? How can I order one?

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I just saw one of the best examples of SEC supremacy. Tickets for this weeks SEC Championship game start at $388 a pop. If you would like to go to this years ACC Championship game the tickets start at….(wait for it)….$17. Middle school games in Texas cost more!

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athendawgs, the behavior from the victory Saturday is more or less based upon the other results, or lack thereof, of this season. Sure we didn’t expect to win the East this year, not with Tebow back. Matter of fact we weren’t sure if we would be .500 or not by a lot of preseason predictions. Of course we expected a better record by shear talent a lone. Unfortunately, we didn’t have all the talent we needed or the coaches to coach up what talent we did have.

With that said the recation to Saturdays game is just one big release of pent up frustration. Frustration of having to listen to and read what the bees wrote EVERY SINGLE DAY since beating us last year. Then having the AJC writers pile on about Tech and how they are now the POWER in the state after one bad year by us and a decent year by them. Frustration. This dawg fan expects to comete year in and year out for SEC titles. Kind of like we did earlier in Richts tenure. With a change in the DC and Richt getting involved on the offensive side a little more UGA isn’t as far off as many people think. Loaded with talent would be an understatement. Getting the coaching staff right won’t be hard. As bitter as this season has been, you are damn right we should be celebrating beating a #7 ranked Tech. A #7 ranked anybody I think we would be happy.

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Only if UAT wins. Look at Alabama close wins sometimes with help of officials? Their week schedule, of the current top 25 ranked teams they played no one in top 10 and only two in the top 25. Off season for SEC. Lets not kid anyone. Who have they rolled over recently.

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Hardly any chance of Nebraska beating Texas. Even less chance of the SECCG loser playing for the NC. Alabama should be a slight favorite in a game that is nearly too close to call. I see Bama 2009 slightly better than Bama 2008. I see the opposite when I watch Florida.

Either of these teams beats Texas. Their defense is too soft.

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secspanksacc, now that is funny.

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I sure hope there is not a rematch. Yuck. I can hardly stand the thought of watching the SEC Champ game as it is.

It is hard to stomach the two fan bases already. Why not just have AL and FL play each other every week. Then the media can get it on with Saban and Tebow every single day.

While the GA fans are happy to see Tebow graduate, ESPN is crying all day at the loss of their man crush. It’s is really gross to watch and to listen too. Good Luck next year Timmy…..

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Said it before; say it again: ACC football is a joke.

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If Texas loses, TCU is in the championship game. To exclude them would be a travesty. Tony – it is irresponsible to suggest otherwise.

IMO, Florida will take Bama to the woodshed. Bama could win, it’s why the play the game, but the Gators would have to have a major meltdown.

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Yes, and “GT (COULD) roll over UGA” but…

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GT45- You make a good point. Shouldn’t the winner of the ACC Chumpionship go to Shreveport?

Ramble On???- I know UGA only gets the chance to upset GT once a decade but I can think I five other wins in the last two years that were much bigger.

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Got 12?

“Bama has played:

#7 Va Tech
#9 LSU
#20 Ole Miss
#22 S. Car

And will play #1 Florida and #2 Texas to finish the year.”

You really think the Cornhuskers will win and the Longhorns make their way to the Sugar?

Geaux Tigers
Go SEC

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Georgia should hire Charlie Weis ;P

2009 Music $hitty Bowl here we come.. go doggies !

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The Bama haters are such homos

GET OVER THE BLACKOUT GAME YOU F0CKING LEG HUMPERS

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Fleischman… relax Dude.. Do you think Dawg fans are going to pull for the lizards? Probably not but it won’t change the outcome. Bama can’t stop Tebow or Utah.

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Absolutely- if Texas loses then it’s TCU in the NC game. NO QUESTION.

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Is Tenuta available now since Charlies is out at ND? Would we want him?

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That’s just Mr SEC- errrr Mr college football (cough) trying to stir up some dust. Also it was a slow sports day this morning

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fsu’s freeze offense….biggest joke (desperate) since rex reed said he was hetero.
projected attendance at the acc championship….2,587…not counting the bands!
acc= debacle

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They are not going to have two teams that have a possibility of leaving controversy on the table play each other. They whoever the hell they are, go out of their way to leave messes like you are describing out of the equations of National Championships. If Alabama beats Florida they will be crying the blues if they have to play them again, and then Florida beats Alabama in the championship there would be more crying about how unfair it is. Florida State got a rematch with Florida because Spurrier made so much noise about late hits. He took the attention off what was a national championship and put it on FSU and cheap shots. FSU couldn’t wait to show these guys what for and Spurrier had them and the national championship exactly where he wanted them. Modern day NCAA doesn’t care about anything except a clear champion right or wrong they want a clear king of college football to be their poster child. That is why Georgia played Hawaii two years ago instead of USC in the Rose Bowl. You cannot have two beauty contest when their is just one crown.

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ATTENTION: THE FLORIDA NATIONAL RADAR HAS SPOTTED A HURRICANE WITH INGRAM SIZE HAIL, JULIO LIGHTNING, McCAIN STRONG WINDS, AND TRENT RICHARDSON SPEED. IF YOU ARE IN THE FLORIDA AREA, TUCK YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR TAIL AND KISS YOUR BUTT GOODBYE BECAUSE THE TIDE IS MOVING IN!!!!!!!!

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Fla will beat bama and then beat the longhorns.

Go Gators.

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CLEMSON538,

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http://WWW.swarmhornetswarm.com

GO Dawgs, Glad Tech people have went to sleep for 365 days.

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Tpny—-I know you’re paid to write these “what if?” columns, and that some fans eat this stuff up, but I can’t stand them. Let’s keep it simple: unless Texas loses to Nebraska in the Big XII championship game, the Longhorns will face the winner of the SEC championship game for the BCS national championship. Conjecture about a re-match between Alabama and Florida in the BCS game is as misplaced as Big Ten fans’ talk about an Ohio State-Michigan rematch was three seasons ago.

It could happen; it’s just not very likely, and TCU would rightly scream bloody murder.

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give me a break////sec was weak this year except for florida and alabama…they played mostly weak non-conference foes….utah spanked alabama last year so who is to say tcu or boise could not do same……cowboys trashed georgia

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Crimson Tide & Gator Fans:

Last year, in the week leading up to the SEC Championship Game, this blog had some of the finest fan commentary from Tide and Gator fans (and others) that I have witnessed in the last 4 years. I would love to repeat that . . . regardless of whether my team wins or loses. Knowledgeable college football fans talking football, making the case for their own team’s strengths and weaknesses, in spirit of good sportsmanship and clean rivalry. It was great—-let’s try for a repeat for the next five days.

If you’re looking for examples of solid fan analysis, read some of Tide Rising or Charlotte Gator’s posts on this blog. These guys (and others) know their college football, and know their own teams well. If only every AJC sports blogger brought as much to the discussion, we would all be a smarter bunch of bloggers from our interaction.

Good luck to Alabama and its fans. Go Gators! May the best team win the SEC, and then win the Big One in January.

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SEC loser is not eligible to play for NC because of the UGA rule set by ESPN and other sportcasters a couple of years ago. UGA was clearly the best team in the nation and Hawaii at the end of the season and would have beaten LSU or OSU but because the did not win their conference it was determined that they should not be eligible to play for the NC and settled for #2. The precedence has been set and should not be changed because of media darlings.

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Gen Neyland & Tide Rising—-Just heard Lou Holtz, on ESPN, quote the “$18 million” buy-out clause in Charlie Weis’ contract with Notre Dame. Here’s a link to the ESPN.com video:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4700891

What the heck were the Notre Dame people thinking? An $18 million buy-out clause to fire a coach? Clearly, the ND folks have more money than sense.

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It was reported earlier today on a sports talk radio station that Beano Cook said that the new ND coach has already been selected and that the buy-out (while not a clear-cut, specific amount) is close to $15 million.

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LSU was incredibly lucky to play for the NC in 2007. They WERE the best team, but it’s unusual to get a shot with two losses — especially when one of them comes against a 3 loss team at the end of the season. That’s life in the SEC, I guess. With the players that they had that year, they should have gone undefeated. How long will ‘The Hat’ be there, now that those players are gone?

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The Longhorns will destroy nebraska and then beat either alabama or florida, easily! The Texas passing machine with Colt McCoy cannot be stopped. He’ll put up 300 against any of these overrated SEC teams. Texas wins another national title—bet the house!

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I thank the above bloggers for acknowledging LSU. However, the issue is,
as Tony writes, about a possible rematch between Alabama and Florida. I predict Florida in a close win. Bama gets a chance to dispatch TCU. Florida takes Texas. The thing about TCU is that they don’t turn the ball over very much and they don’t make many mistakes. I just can’t accept Boise & Cincy as really champion caliber. Real good teams, but
overclassed by SEC et al. No chance of a rematch between UF and Bama, but the season will end with those teams being ranked 1 and 2. Truly, this was an excellent football regular season.

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gators81

November 30th, 2009
5:47 pm

ps…friend works at hooters…nearest to the stadium in tampa…they did not order extra kegs!!
that says it all!!

Gators81,

I think they will be serving Roy Rogers and Shirley Temples at the ACC title game as opposed to kegs of beer. The kegs of beer you thought would be sold at that Hooters in Tampa have already been rerouted to Atlanta. I hear they’re playing a ball game in Atlanta Saturday.

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I dunno Longhorn …

Hard to say how effective that passing game is until the Horns face an actual college football defense.

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No there can’t and there won’t, and stop smoking that stuff, it will stunt your growth.

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Rematch? Sure, but only if God’s gift to football and media darling Florida loses. If Bama gets beat, Hell would freeze over before there was a UA – UF rematch in the MNCG.

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Here is why I think Bama will beat Florida. Because Bama has been better tested this year.Florida had a easy schedule and yet they struggled this year.Florida’s offence is not as potent as it was last year and yet Bama played well against it last year and except for the 4th quarter had Florida’s number.Despite Bama’s struggles too this year Bama has found a way to win games regardless.

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Atlanta Gator : Notre Dame may have had to wire Rome for the cash but in the circle of Notre Dame football, what’s 18 mil..? If the $$$ amount is 18 mil to get rid of one, just think what the next one coming in could ask for…

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Tony,

If you intentionally did not report on the UGA vs GT game to get a rise out of people; it worked beautifully.

I started to ask why you did not comment on the game, until I saw all of the blog posts stating that very fact and I thought hmmmm… perhaps Tony did it “a’purpose”.

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saint simon you know ga will always be the better so learn to live with it i dont have to listen to you bray for 365 days it so sweet and i dont have to listen to tony barnhart bray about tech that learn him to run his mouth

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Bama beats UF by 10—-bank on it:

Bama 27 – UF 17

UF will not be able to deal with that nasty Bama D!!!!! Ingram lights up the UF D!!

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Miami 33 tech 17

UGA 30 tech 24

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To the FART a.k.a. Barnhart, You and the “JOKES”, Bradley and Schultz please report to SANFORD stadium pull your pants down and let Walsh kick your butts(that’s the nice version) you guys suck at this. I see why T. Moore left, at least he had a SET on him, you three should be in Victoria’s Secret this morning!!

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Did the smelly mutts win the national championship or somethin? son of a buck!!!! I never seen so much celebration. Oh, I forgot you blue collars are still looking for work and got a lot of time on your hands.

I hate to break the news to you …..Florida rules the conference ….Alabama rules the conference. There is nothing after that.

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A rematch would be a disaster…No one wants to see it! The winner of this game needs to play Texas, or TCU if Texas falls against Nebraska. Personally, I believe Texas will steamroll the Huskers and meet the SEC champ in what will be a great BCS championship…

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Just my opinion, but having watched both teams, I’d say that 2009 Alabama would beat 2008 Alabama. Florida is the exact opposite. The 2008 team was superior to the 2009 team.

That said, anything could happen. I lean toward Alabama winning. I can’t see Texas losing to a mediocre Nebraska team, so any talk of a re-match is irrelevant.

I agree that Texas can’t compete with either of these two team’s defenses.

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[...] • Game of the year, let’s play two! Not content to revel in just one awesome collision of rapidly expanding supernovas destined to blind the fools who look directly at the field during Saturday’s kickoff, veteran SEC guru Tony Barnhart went out of his way to rehash the prospects of an Alabama-Florida rematch for the national championship — with the Tide and Gators running so far ahead of would-be party crashers TCU and Cincinnati in the latest BCS standings, all it would take for the computers to get them back together in Pasadena is another reasonably close game and a Nebraska upset over Texas in the Big 12 Championship Saturday night: It will all come down to the human voters and how far they drop the SEC championship game loser. If the loser of that game only drops to No. 3 or No. 4 in the human polls, then it can finish No. 2 in the BCS standings because of the computers. So it could be that a 12-0 TCU, a 12-0 Cincinnati and a 13-0 Boise State get squeezed out. [...]

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[...] Championship Rematch? Theoretically, yes, it could happen. Will it? We don’t think so. The voters set the precedent in 2006 when they put Florida in the MNC against the Ohio State instead of Michigan. If total chaos plays out on Saturday, the human voters will get wind (via BCS math gurus) of how to vote to avoid said rematch. [...]

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The Bama UF game. This is a game ive been waiting for all year. I pull for the Gators when they arent playing the Tide.

Obviously the keys to the game are stop Tebow and Bama perform in the running game. Im sure UF will stack the line and force Gmac to pass. If he is sucessful, then I think Bama wins late with the running game. If Bama cant pass early, then it will be a long day. Tebow will get his yards and share of big plays. Bama has to limit that.
Here’s to a heck of a finish in the SECCG and the winner a shot at the BCS championship.

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