Why is Bama so feared? Because its coach scares us to death
The cult of Nick congregates in the lobby of the Wynfrey Hotel. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Hoover, Ala. – Alabama was the choice of the assembled media here to win the 2011 SEC championship, which was no shock. Everybody exalts Alabama nowadays. It was in January 2010, after the Crimson Tide won the first of what would be one consecutive BCS title, that Sports Illustrated proclaimed it “a dynasty,” and it was only last fall we were wondering if Bama was unbeatable.
Then it lost to South Carolina, to LSU and to Auburn (after leading 24-0 in Tuscaloosa), and suddenly we media folks were grasping: How did the program newly seen as the nation’s flagship finish in the bottom half of the SEC West? Didn’t another school from Alabama take the BCS title? Was it possible the dynastic Tide had been overblown?
Guess not. Because we media types are doing it again. The Tide figures to start the season ranked no worse than No. 2 (behind Oklahoma and nobody else) in the polls, and in the conference-sanctioned balloting for SEC champ it drew 62.4 percent of the 157 votes cast. This despite losing four first-round NFL draftees (Marcell Dareus, Julio Jones, James Carpenter and Mark Ingram) and starting quarterback Greg McElroy.
Asked Friday about this apparent incongruity, Alabama’s coach said: “From a logical standpoint, I know there’s a couple other teams in our division — forget about the league — that have just as many returning starters and their quarterback. So even though [sarcasm alert] I have a tremendous amount of respect for the intelligence level and your ability to prognosticate … I don’t understand how you come to the decisions you do.”
The answer, this correspondent of limited intellect would submit, has to do with Alabama’s coach. Nick Saban is considered the best collegiate coach now working by as great a distance as Dwight Howard is regarded as the NBA’s top center. Saban has won BCS titles at different SEC outposts, which proved his black magic was transferable. And it isn’t so much that folks believe Saban is smarter than everyone else but that we know he’ll work his 30-hour days until he figures things out.
Alabama fans are difficult to please — a guy bearing an ursine nickname won pretty big in Tuscaloosa — but they’ve venerated Saban from the moment he arrived. Indeed, a cult of personality has arisen around this coach, and that’s something you don’t often see in SEC football. There was one surrounding Paul W. Bryant and also about Steve Spurrier (though he qualified as an Evil Genius only at Florida), but Vince Dooley (six SEC titles, one national championship) and Urban Meyer (two BCS titles) never had one.
With Saban, it’s really a cult of impersonality. Sometimes it seems the sole difference between Saban and his near-namesake Satan is that the devil has a sense of humor. It was Saban who famously spent the press briefing after Alabama’s breakthrough victory over No. 3-ranked Georgia in 2008 — the Tide led 31-0 after two quarters on the road — raging about how his team had been outscored by 20 points in the second half.
“I know I don’t look happy,” Saban said that night, “but I am.”
Saban never looks happy. The man is so driven you wonder how he hasn’t yet driven himself, and those who work under him, insane. He cracked one smile during his half-hour appearance before the print media Friday, and then only to make fun of Baton Rouge writer Glenn Guilbeau, whom Saban described as “a friend.” (Coach Satan has friends? Who knew?)
As odd as it sounds, the glowers have become Saban’s stock in trade. He appears to take football more seriously than anyone else in his industry, and this plays well in the South, where college football is taken most seriously, and in his state, which is mad for the game.
Another incongruity: The manically intense Saban spent a couple of minutes Friday suggesting that Auburn-Alabama rivalry has grown too intense. “We can be all be a little more respectful to each other and still have just as a fierce a competition on the field as we’ve ever had,” he said.
But that was it for moderation. Saban devoted most of his time to the boilerplate stuff — focus, commitment, all that jazz — and then he stalked away, the smell of sulfur in his wake. Gazing on him, we thought to ourselves, “What mortal can possibly stand against such fury?”
Les Miles, maybe?
By Mark Bradley
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scdawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:23 pm
first
joe
July 22nd, 2011
1:24 pm
first
Juuurdun Hay-ur
July 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm
First?
joe
July 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm
oh well, second is good too, just like UGA will be in the SEC Least if they are lucky.
scdawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:28 pm
Nick Satan may have sold his sold to win championships, but the man can coach. Who else could win a national championship without an elite quarterback? Sometimes I wish Mark Richt had his drive and attitude about football.
5$ Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
Is it worth playing the ‘first!’ game on SEC media days?
Mark Bradley
July 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
Kudos, sc dawg.
Just A Suggestion....
July 22nd, 2011
1:30 pm
….for you Mr. Bradley: http://www.getajournalismdegree.com
Roll Tide!!!!
jay
July 22nd, 2011
1:34 pm
I find him annoying and arrogant. However, he has built two programs from the ground up
to Nat’l champions while Richt hasn’t really come close. I like Richt but he is more dedicated
to his charity work (something to be admired) than coaching football, HIS chosen profession.
JYD
July 22nd, 2011
1:34 pm
GATA
murray county mystic
July 22nd, 2011
1:37 pm
MIles is the only coach in the SEC who can go toe to toe with Saban…MIles has beaten Florida as many times in his short career in Baton Rouge as UGA has in 21 years…jury is out on Chizik…or it may be convening; the NCAA jury, that is…
Mtn Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:40 pm
See you in New Orleans. GO DAWGS!!
1eyedJack
July 22nd, 2011
1:40 pm
“and then he stalked away, the smell of sulfur in his wake.”
You meant brimstone, right?
Mtn Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:41 pm
The SEC Championship Game is in New Orleans, right?
Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
1:43 pm
Four first rounders Mark, I believe James Carpenter a left tackle was late in the first round. The talent is being stockpiled. Nine first team all SEC with six on defense, WOW!! We have won 36 games in the last three years and people like to say we were down last year with 3 losses. We will not win all our games every year but I like our chances. I know everyone is jealous but get over it. All the nuts that say he will leave one day. Sure he will to retire or take another job but while he is here we will be very good. I think that is all we can ask of anyone. And just so no one is confused when LSU won in 07, 16 of the 22 starters were recruited by Saban. RTR
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:44 pm
That why Alabama underachieved last year. People talk UGA at 6-7 look at all the parts they had to replace. Bammer was returning the Heisman Trophy winner, his All Word backup, a QB who had not lost since the 2nd grade. The second best receiver in the conference in JJ. The best OLman in Carpenter since John Hannah. A defense that was only rivaled by the ‘85 Bears. This team should have gone undefeated but yet found a way to blow a 24 point lead to the $180,000 dollar man, Cam Newton. Bammer lost 3 games and now here we find ourselve again wondering just how will they blow this season. If they could not handle the success of winning the MNT how will they be able to handle the pressure that LSU and Arkansas put on them. This Alabama team is no where near as talented and lacks leadership at the vital role of QB.
Well, yeah...
July 22nd, 2011
1:44 pm
…Saban is a good coach, but he ain’t no Bear Bryant…or even Bud Wilkinson…or Daryll Royal…or John McKay(”Coach, what did you think of your offense’s execution?” ” I am all for it”)…
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July 22nd, 2011
1:45 pm
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No fear here
July 22nd, 2011
1:52 pm
Doesn’t scare the Gamecocks – slapped Bama up and down the field last year.
bucket
July 22nd, 2011
1:53 pm
I know Richt has not won a national championship @ UGA, but to say he hasn’t been close is not true. I know close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades, but if college football had a playoff format like every other sport known to man, UGA would have been in the hunt for a championship several times during Richt’s tenure.
Spike 80DF
July 22nd, 2011
1:54 pm
agree with you on this Mark. since when is Bama above reproach? yea they won a NC which earns a lot of respect but like Lowcountry said, they underachieved last year with everyone that came back and i never heard a single person criticizing CNS.
Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
1:55 pm
Lowcountry you stated this team should have gone undefeated? What do you know of undefeated teams? 1980 LOL or the 08 edition of them DOGS Moreno, Stafford and the BLACKOUT? Who should have won that game? That is why they play the games.
joe
July 22nd, 2011
1:56 pm
The caption for the photo should read “Losers who have no life.”
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
1:57 pm
The John McKay quote is my all time favorite. My favorite Bryant (which decent media can’t quote) was when they asked him in the 60’s (can’t remember the year) about Notre Dame being awarded the NC with a tie on their record and Alabama second althoughundefeated. Bear said “I don’t like to get S*rewed unless I’ve been kissed first.”
I am been to several alumni gatherings where Saban spoke. He was always quite jovial. I think he saves that growl for sports media.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
1:58 pm
According to Tide Nation no need to play games. Just put another statue of Satan right by the first one. Tide Nation is the best. All that talent and 3 loses last year. 24 point blown lead to your biggest rival. I bet that stung. Alabama finds another way to choke the season away. Tide Nation still fawns over Satan. They fill up the stadium in the Spring with 90,000 trailer park dwellers….
RDS
July 22nd, 2011
1:59 pm
No doubt, Saban is an intense person. But, why criticize someone who loves his job and expects perfection? He tries to surround himself with perfectionists too. And, results show that his ways work. So, why make him out to be a bad person? He’s not a bad person. He’s the envy of college football because he’s driven to perfection and wants all around him to be the same way. In the business world, that would be Apple and Steve Jobs.
Jealousy, thy name is Mark Bradley.
Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
2:01 pm
bamaguy it was 1966 Notre Dame played for a tie with Michigan St.10-10. Al goes undefeated beats NEBRASKA BY FOUR TOUCHDOWNS in the Sugar Bowl and we were voted 3rd!!
BamaCLT
July 22nd, 2011
2:02 pm
Lowcountry, you’re forgetting that this year’s team has trial by fire experience that’s held by highly coveted players. This year is projected to be better than last year for a few reasons. One, more experience everywhere, except QB. Two, Alabama doesn’t have to face six opponents who had the luxury of a bye week before the contest. Three, injuries have healed. Alabama was plagued by injuries last year. At Auburn alone, injuries took out parts of the OL, offensive backfield, secondary, and the receiving corps. This year’s team has depth at just about every position. The only question at the moment is LT, which Barrett Jones can handle. Leadership is plentiful in Hightower, Richardson, Jones, Vlachos, Barron, Lester, and Upshaw. And my last point is this: Are you telling me that you UGA fans wouldn’t salivate over a 10-3 season with a blowout in the Capital One Bowl? I suggest you watch the highlights on youtube and observe how a higher ranked Michigan State got owned by a healthy and rested Crimson Tide. That’s a big reason why Alabama is feared by all of its opponents this year.
bigcrimson75
July 22nd, 2011
2:03 pm
Oh….The jealousy. 2 BCS titles @ 2 different schools, and oh-yeah, the man runs a CLEAN program.
Bear
July 22nd, 2011
2:03 pm
Of course he was a horrendous NFL coach and he lied and quit when it all got too difficult for him.
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
2:03 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg; have you seen the average UGA fan? Seriously? Not alumnus, just fan. You know, the kind that beat up that disabled man in Florida. And as as far as Alabama goes, since Georgia outside Atlanta is Mississippi without the casinos, I wouldn’t throw that stone.
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
2:03 pm
Lowcountry, you couldn’t be more wrong in your assessment. Bama fans who were really tuned in last offseason were very concerned about the high praise given to a team with such a young defense. You just don’t replace guys with the experience of McClain, Reamer, Deaderick, Cody, Arenas, Jackson, and Johnson without mistakes. In addition, Dareus and Upshaw spent most of the season dealing with high ankle sprains. Amazingly, that defense was still good enough (and well-coached enough) to dominate most of the time. The one achilles heel, not surprisingly, was the big play. USCe, the Barn, and LSU all outscored us with long gainers in the passing game. I really think Kirkpatrick and Milliner will show up big this year at CB, and the Barron/Lester combo might be the best safety tandem in the country. Add to that a LB corps that returns literally everybody and a DL that replaces only two departing (from the roster, not just the starting lineup) with two NFL-caliber juco transfers, and you have the makings of a ridiculous defense. Offensively TR will be fine at RB, we have two four star QB prospects (we all know Nick ain’t airing it out much anyway), and Duron Carter coming in to help replace Julio’s production.
bob
July 22nd, 2011
2:04 pm
Saban is an outstanding coach. But my goodness, the hyperbole is a bit much. And no, he did not rebuild Bama from the bottom. He inherited a team that two years earlier won the Cotton Bowl. So please.
He has won one SEC title in 4 years at Bama. That is very good, but not God like. Lets keep things in perspective. Bradley you almost sound Updyke like.
destin dawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:04 pm
Saban’s teams and always up and down and he’s off and gone after a just few years .. just watch..
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
2:04 pm
Nice descriptive article Mr. Bradley.
As a guy who is in around the league for 30 plus years I have seen some great men, great coaches, great recruiters and some great assistant coaches who did not have the drive or the skill set to be good head coaches. On the other hand we have seen coaches like Saban, Richt, Spurrier, Meyer, Fulmer, Bryant, Dye, Stallings, even Houston Nutt (with Malzahn) hire assistant coaches and put them in situations to be successful and then move on to better jobs. If you have coaches who are elevating through the ranks of coaching then you are doing something right. If you have coaches who are elevating through the ranks of coaching and they are successful it means your program and processes are right. Saban does them all.
In todays College Football world of limited time with your players, no athletic dorms, and limited recruiting the coaches (especially in the SEC) have to really handle the small details and set a plan that will allow your coaches, your administrators, your support staff and your student athletes to excel in every aspect of the program.
As an Alabama fan first, SEC fan second it is we should all want our brothers across the SEC to be successful. Now with Muschamp at Florida and Jimbo Fisher(ACC) at Florida State we will get to see if the processes and fundamentals instilled in the people around Saban is a solid foundation or if Coach Saban is doing it with smoke and mirrors and or fear.
I really could care less if any other fan “liked” the head coach at my school, however when it comes to respect we all hope others do respect the guys in charge of our programs.
Good Luck to all of you and your football teams this fall.
Go SEC!
Rebounding Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:04 pm
“Because Its Coach Scares Us [the media] to Death”
This is one problem with UGA-the pr people do too good a job accommodating the media.
The kind of penny ante bs FOIA stuff re scooter accidents the AJC passes off as reporting, and the RICHT FAILS BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HIRE A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FAST ENOUGH, RIGHT JEFF? YOU GOT IT MARK! analysis of the UGA program, and well as snarky twitter comments, would all get a news organization the big freeze out at Alabama (or UF or AU or UT).
I wish UGA would start telling the AJC to go suck eggs whenever any sort of access was requested. It’s time UGA understood that the AJC is primarily a college football (and especially a UGA football) newspaper. Uncovering APS corruption is nice, but day in and day out people read the print or online versions primarily for UGA coverage. Time for Georgia to use some of the power it has to even the reporting playing field.
Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
2:05 pm
lowcountry you are right about one thing, the loss to Auburn still stings everyday. The last time we felt like this was after the 1972 punt Bama punt game. It was 10 years before they beat us again, just saying
Just Me
July 22nd, 2011
2:05 pm
It is just HISTORY. The BAMA History is unbelievable. Even with a Shula as the coach teams feared BAMA (until they realized during the game) they could win.
bob
July 22nd, 2011
2:06 pm
Enter your comments here
bryant you are absolutely right about 66. Bama probably got screwed. But don’t forget 64 when the Tide lost to Texas and still was NC. And oh yeah, in 73 when you lost to ND and still got it. The AP and UPI rules changed after those two games because it was pretty stupid to award a NC to a team that lost its bowl game to another contender.
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
2:07 pm
It is entertaining to watch the UGA fans, who haven’t smelled any kind of championship in years, vent their frustration with sophomoric comments about other schools, states and coaches. I am assuming those who do so are “fans” and not alumni.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:09 pm
Saban doesn’t sleep. He waits.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:09 pm
@ Bryant
I really could careless about Bama. The program does not bother me one bit. I just have to give it to all the Bama fans who rag on our blogs all the time. It truly is all meant in good fun. I though do not like Saban. He is like the Yankee’s or Notre Dame. You either love him or you hate him. No middle ground. The only SEC program I can safely say I despise are Florida, Arkansas and Tennnessee. Heck even Auburn doesnt bother me. Make no mistake I was pulling for Bama last year against Auburn and I was shocked with them blowing the lead.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:10 pm
What about a Tide team with Dubose? The only person that feared that team was his secretary….
RDT
July 22nd, 2011
2:11 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg you should know something about having talent and underachieving. UGA is probably the national champion in this category.
BamaCLT
July 22nd, 2011
2:12 pm
Lowcountry, the “low” in your name is self explanatory. Now you’re going from attempting to post intelligently to slinging mud. Ask yourself this: Why is the AJC dedicating an article to UA instead of UGA. Figure that one out.
1eyedJack
July 22nd, 2011
2:15 pm
“They fill up the stadium in the Spring with 90,000 trailer park dwellers…”
And them folks are graduates.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:16 pm
Obvious BamaCLT you have not read the other 400 articles about UGA this paper puts out.
Lighten up Bama fans, it is all in good humor. We UGA fans have to put up with all kinds of crazy Bama fans on our blogs. I am just having some good natured fun. Satan is like the Yankee’s or Notre Dame. You either love him or hate him. No middle ground.
So Tide fans just lighten up and take it for what its worth. If you read my comments on other blogs rarely do I go to mudslinging- well unless its Ga. Tech,lol.
JacketonProbabtion
July 22nd, 2011
2:16 pm
He’s a tiny little thing. Man, with that spray on tan he uses he could be an oompa-loompa
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:18 pm
I’m a Dawg fan………….I just have one thing to say………He has the rings…….Two of them…….From 2 different SEC schools………..It ain’t bragging if you can back it up…..That was hard to say.
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
2:18 pm
Bob, that’s why I tell people that the BCS, with all it’s faults, is better than what it replaced. And I concur that Alabama got the benefit of the doubt when picking the NC because of Bear Bryant.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:20 pm
You obviously have never left the state and know that the “Lowcountry” is Charleston SC. Home of the Citadel and where the first shots of the Civil War where fired off the coast on Ft. Sumter. So at least get the history of my handle right.
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
2:20 pm
Ok back to work, can’t want to hear what our coach has to say tonight on Talkin’ Football.
DC
July 22nd, 2011
2:21 pm
man MB you are just baiting AU fans to get pissed at you….give me a break…from “boring” to this guy is intense…(but he gives you just amount of info as the “boring” guy)….
we’ll see how his arrogant QB does in the SEC this year….
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
2:22 pm
Just a comment about Trailers, as a guy who now resides in Florida.
According to Census numbers by rank of Trailers:
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
but here is the link…
good laughing…..
http://www.census.gov/apsd/www/statbrief/sb94_10.pdf
Good luck to your Schools.
And Go SEC!
mini mi-mi
July 22nd, 2011
2:23 pm
Because Bama has goten waway with stuff that others can’t imagine doing even behind closed door?!?!?!?
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:24 pm
Trailers………..all in the South. Imagine that……….We need a bailout….LOL
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:25 pm
When Mark leads his Dawgs against Boise…The entire SEC will be rooting for him….That’s pressure.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:25 pm
I do know something about underachieving teams, didn’t say I did not. That is why I can say with confidence that Bammer underachieved last year and probably will choke away another season this year. Bammer will be looking at the next Bill Curry situation evolving in 2012. Running out another coach is on the horizon…
Red Stick (formerly Jumbeauxtiger)
July 22nd, 2011
2:26 pm
scdawg: “Nick Satan may have sold his sold to win championships, but the man can coach. Who else could win a national championship without an elite quarterback? Sometimes I wish Mark Richt had his drive and attitude about football.”
He won 2 nationals titles without an elite QB. At Bama and at LSU.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
1eyedJack
July 22nd, 2011
2:26 pm
Well, I think CMR and Satan are 1-1 against each other at their current schools, so we’ve got a hung jury there. However, Ol’ Hob’s got a statue on a pedastal while CMR has backed himself against the wood stove.
DIT
July 22nd, 2011
2:28 pm
I agree, the man backs up his talk. Two NC rings from 2 different SEC schools. The coach is a proven winner!
Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
2:29 pm
bob you are right in 64 Namath swore he got in on the sneak. Years later Nobis confirmed it. 73 I was a freshman and was in old Tulane stadium for the Sugar Bowl. Even though we lost it was the best college game I had ever witnessed until the 85 Van Tiffin game against Auburn. Good luck to all should be a helluva season!!
Joey
July 22nd, 2011
2:29 pm
Either that photographer is a big man, or Saban is a little feller.
JJ
July 22nd, 2011
2:29 pm
A picture of grown men standing in a lobby waiting to get a grown man’s autograph on a poster/hat/whatever.
Get a friggin’ life already.
Tossed Salad
July 22nd, 2011
2:30 pm
Bama’s lucky to have LSU’s coach.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:31 pm
Lowcountrybulldog,
You know you aint got much of an argument when all you can do is bring up Mike Dubose from 10 years ago. Do you enjoy living in the past? Oh, BTW red panties low country. Red panties!
editor
July 22nd, 2011
2:31 pm
Ursine, Mark? That’ll show him for questioning your intelligence!
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
2:32 pm
Tossed Salad
July 22nd, 2011
2:30 pm
Bama’s lucky to have LSU’s coach.
I nominate THIS individual for dumbest comment of the year.
k.chubbs
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
Saban is a great coach and I think that’s indisputable. He is also about as likable as a prostate exam with a telescope. The guy is a jerk.
John
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
I don’t understand this article either. Just because he is intense does not make him Satanic. I would argue that he has as much personality as most coaches in the SEC. Is Mark Richt a barrel of laughs. Also, Saban does tons of charity work. I am sure you can look it up. He has his Nick’s Kids charity and has donated loads of money to tornado victims this year and in Enterprise, AL a few years back. Just because he does not parade around about it does not mean he doesn’t do it.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
1eyedjack,
90,000 trailer park dwellers at Bama games? I think you’re confused sir. Our stadium actually holds 102,000. Not 90,000. As for trailer park dwellers you are again mistaken and have us confused with Georgia. Judging by the AJC pics of how your campus is completely trashed with trash thrown everywhere after a game I would say the trailer park crowd resides in Athens. The AJC pics don’t lie ma’am.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
Ugh it was a Bama troll who brought up Shula. Follow the conversation Tide Roll I know its tough to do with such a limited 4th grade education.
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
2:33 pm
I will be the first to admit that Alabama did not fair as well as we had expected. But while finishing 4th in SEC West, but finishing in the top 10 of the Final BCS poll behind Auburn and LSU and ahead of Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi St speaks well for the final product.
Playing 9 teams with open weeks prior to playing Alabama demonstrates the importance those teams placed on playing Alabama. Those are not excuses as the final score is the deciding and only factor and blowing a 24 point lead is enough in itself.
Good Luck to all your teams.
Malzahn owns Saban
July 22nd, 2011
2:35 pm
Saban has a LOSING record to Auburn and and not held our offense below 450 yards the last two years! He is not a great defensive minds. He is a good defensive mind. He loses with a 24 point lead? at home?and people think he is great? cmon. Malzahn will hang 500 yards on him AGAIN this year and extend the leprechaun’s losing streak
editor
July 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
When Mark leads his Dawgs against Boise…..they’ll be wearing their “Combat” uniforms! Oooooh, lookout!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
Also again 90,000 was the attendance for the first Spring game Saban coached at Alabama. Gosh you are showing off your limited IQ Tide Rising. It is called Google. Now I know the internet is new to Alabama but if you type it in your search engine just as I spelled it you can say you learned something new today.
RGB
July 22nd, 2011
2:36 pm
“Lowcountry Bulldawg” knows as much about SEC football as he knows about geography.
A team with 2 NCs (thirty years ago being the last time) shouldn’t go around trying to poke one with 12 NCs in the eye. You’ll get hurt.
Also, “lowcountry” doesn’t refer to the city of Charleston, SC as the term includes a greater area than just a single city. Savannah, for example, is part of the lowcountry. Obviously you’ve never left your cell.
That’ s why it’s called lowCOUNTRY, not lowCITY.
WISRYST, R.
Stinger2
July 22nd, 2011
2:37 pm
Mark: You are usually the No. 1 homer for UGA winning out over Bill King, Chip Towers and the others including Schultz. Now you are on the Saban bandwagon. In your blog yesterday, I think you said he is the best college coach in the business. What has happened between you and CMR? Has he offended you in some way or have you just decieded that you want to switch allegience (sp)?
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:38 pm
Destindawg,
36 wins in 3 years- an average of 12 per year, is not consistent? Not sure what planet you live on. And what was that about Saban leaving? So during the 5 years he’s now been at Bama the following jobs have come open, the cowboys, steelers, and others in the NFL, and in college the following jobs came open- USC, Ohio St, Michigan, Notre Dame, UF, Neb, Miami, FSU, and Saban’s name has not even been mentioned as a candidate for one of them jobs. Notta one. keep dreaming buddy. Keep dreaming.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:39 pm
I was shocked to read on here this week that Bama in on Probation Now. It doesn’t go away until 2012.
winning and cheat’n…………The Bama and Tech way.
editor
July 22nd, 2011
2:39 pm
Are “combat” uniforms in desert or mossy oak?
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:40 pm
Lowcountrybulldog,
Your jealousy knows no bounds. Stay inside ma’am. I believe that swamp gas is getting to you.
Bishop Eddie Longs Red Panties
July 22nd, 2011
2:40 pm
Hey you Georgia fans How are those black out jerseys working out for ya?
RTR
Chi Town
July 22nd, 2011
2:40 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg = Douche Bag
Watch it, Lowcountry Bulldawg…….or I will shine the cheese symbol and bring out zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Nachos.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:41 pm
JB,
Actually Georgia is tied with several other programs for 3rd overall for major infractions cases from the NCAA with 6 major cases. Bama has 4. You shouldn’t throw bricks from your glass house. Oh, btw- Jan Kemp.
Bishop Eddie Longs Red Panties
July 22nd, 2011
2:42 pm
How is those Black out jerseys working out for you ?
RTR
Old School
July 22nd, 2011
2:42 pm
I believe you hit the nail on the head Mark, driven. He hated the NFL because the “draft penalizes you for winning” and “you can’t out-work other coaches”. I bet Saban never discontinues two-a-days.
Beast from the East
July 22nd, 2011
2:43 pm
I don’t fear Bama, but I sure as heck respect them. Even more so now that Saban is the HC. Damn fine football program over there. Anyone that says otherwise is just being foolish.
Losers hate winners. Winners laugh at losers. Decide for yourself which one you are.
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
2:44 pm
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:39 pm
I was shocked to read on here this week that Bama in on Probation Now. It doesn’t go away until 2012.
winning and cheat’n…………The Bama and Tech way.
You’re absolutely right. Shame on us for giving our student athletes too many textbooks. At least Trent Richardson was given books- maybe Caleb King should’ve come to Bama.
DIT
July 22nd, 2011
2:44 pm
The bantering between Bama and UGA is senseless. No one from either school is going to stop and say….”Oh yea, your right, my school sucks.” We love our Universities that’s for sure. Both schools are respectable. I love my Dawgs, but they have a lot more to prove than Bama does this year.
Personally, I don’t care what Bama, Auburn UF etc.. does this coming year. I just want to see IF the Dawgs are going to play a full game this year and turn it around! Only game that team should be thinking about right now is BOISE STATE! This will not be the walk over it was a couple years back.
I’m ready for it to start! GO DAWGS!
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:44 pm
I tell you who is holding their breath. Florida. Muschamp has been around some great football, but watching him over the years would give me pause. He jumps around and screams the entire game and kinda looks out of control. He’ll have to tone it down once the game starts and THINK a little at the HC spot. Be interesting to watch his MO as the season starts. I know he’s a great motivator….We are fixing to find out if he can coach.
beebee
July 22nd, 2011
2:45 pm
Funny how you people want to harp the 24-point blown lead to Auburn. The Tigers had some good, no, GREAT players in that game. Also, most of their guys are the state of Alabama-bred. It was hard to take but NO shame losing to the eventual national champion like that. The Tide defense simply was not as good as the year before.
Can’t wait till Bama plays Georgia again. Then y’all will have to SHUT UP some more!
bee
DIT
July 22nd, 2011
2:45 pm
“At least Trent Richardson was given books- maybe Caleb King should’ve come to Bama.”
Caleb would not have made it to his Soph. year if that was the case. Good ball player, but dumb as a box of rocks!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
Yeah RTR and Go Big Elephants! Go Crimson and Clovers!
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
2:46 pm
beebee. there is always shame in losing to that cow college.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:49 pm
Actually not jealous of Bama. Have zero opinion of the program. I just am giving it to you guys in a good natured way and you are taking it personal. Kind of like 100’s of trolls that come to the UGA blogs and torment UGA bloggers all day. So it is really nothing personal just giving you guys a hard time, lighten up.
Skitty Fritty
July 22nd, 2011
2:49 pm
Pre-Season # 1 with the returning Heisman Trophy winner.
Final Tally = 3 losses (Lost to your In State Rival)
What a great coach? What happened?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:50 pm
I am not a fan of Saban he is like the Yankee’s or Notre Dame. You either love him or you hate him. No middle ground. I only dislike three schools in the SEC Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas. So again Bama is ok by me. You guys are just fun to mess with. Much like we are on our blogs.
Strut down the runway
July 22nd, 2011
2:51 pm
What is it about Richt that gets him so excited about uniforms? Clothes don’t make the baller.
1eyedJack
July 22nd, 2011
2:51 pm
Tide Rising, I believe you have mistakenly confused me with Lowcountry Bulldawg. He’s the gentleman who asserted that Bama had 90,000 trailer park fans. I simply gave them credit for having graduated from that fine Institute.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:51 pm
Tide rising….I won’t let you off that easy. link it or prove it…In no way is Georgia anywhere close to Bama
on NCAA problems. I’m not talking about self reporting an errant Text, I’m talking probations. As they say in Missouri, show me.
Skitty Fritty
July 22nd, 2011
2:51 pm
Does this mean that Bama will lose 4 games this year?
Beast from the East
July 22nd, 2011
2:53 pm
JB,
I think he’s correct in regards to “major infractions”.
Buckeye
July 22nd, 2011
2:53 pm
We’ve beaten Michigan the last two years wearing Pro Combat. Give me tradition every time.
Gene Chizik
July 22nd, 2011
2:53 pm
I love Nick and I don’t mean Fairley. Coach Saban made the second half of last year’s game easy for me. Thanks again,
GC
Buckeye
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
Who doesn’t fear Satan?
Catfish Suppa
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
that Saban sure got a purty mouth
Malzahn owns Saban
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
Saban has a LOSING record to Auburn and and not held our offense below 450 yards the last two years! He is not a great defensive minds. He is a good defensive mind. He loses with a 24 point lead? at home?and people think he is great? cmon. Malzahn will hang 500 yards on him AGAIN this year and extend the leprechaun’s losing streak
WDE
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
We Deny Everything
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
Beast of the east,
I agree. Nobody should be feared. But every major program in the sec should be respected. I don’t know what it is but Saban does have somewhat of a mystique about him and respect bordering on fear. Like many other perceptions its media driven.
Tree Hugger
July 22nd, 2011
2:54 pm
I know why Bama is so feared. If you don’t agree with them, they will destroy all our trees!
SABAN > Rest of SEC
July 22nd, 2011
2:55 pm
Compared to Tuscaloosa, Athens equals manure.
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
2:55 pm
Here you go, JB. UGA is tied with several others for 9th in the “Cheating Hall of Fame.” Bama ain’t there. Read ‘em and weep.
cantondawg
July 22nd, 2011
2:56 pm
I posted last year that i though Bama would lose 3 games and was blasted by people..Write this down, Bama will lose at least 3 games this year. Saban is a great coach. He’s great at taking a mediocre program and instilling discipline and making them very good in a short time. However, His personality tends to wear thin on players in short order. He lost his best wr, rb and qb. If Trent Richardson gets hurt Bama will lose 4-5 games. He will go 9-4 this year and off to the NFL…BOOK IT DANO
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:56 pm
Beast, I’m going to research it this weekend, if I’m wrong, I’ll owe the fine Gentlemen currently on probation in Bama an apology.
dawgfan0711
July 22nd, 2011
2:56 pm
the post on here are really immature. Sign up with 247 sports if you want to really have good football discussions instead of name calling and childish s**t!
Harvey Updyke Jr. - 1962 Alum
July 22nd, 2011
2:57 pm
Bama don’t cheat!
Bear Bryant
July 22nd, 2011
2:59 pm
So many immature posters, does anyone have a drink?
JB
July 22nd, 2011
2:59 pm
Thanks Bama dude…I won’t run, just apologize……
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:01 pm
Mahlzahn,
You had your day in the sun last year. Next year you will be moving on to whatever new job opening comes up. Good coach but he will be moving on soon. And btw we have 9 players back on defense including several all americans and potentially 4 first round players on defense alone- Barron- projected top safety, Dre Kirkpatrick- projected top corner, Upshaw- jack linebacker, Hightower- inside linebacker. . Gonna be fun lining up against your offense this year that has all of 3 starters back including just 1 O-lineman and no Scam newton. Gonna be a feast in fact.
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July 22nd, 2011
3:01 pm
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Beast from the East
July 22nd, 2011
3:01 pm
You guys will find JB can dish it out and he can take it. He’s not the typical “thin-skinned Dawg”. Heck, he should be a Gator with that tough hide! LOL!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
Bama is a good program, but I sure am going to have some fun. Its Friday boys lighten up…
Tossed Salad
July 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
Truth hurts, huh Bama dude? Napoleon’s first and foremost a money-chasing hit-and-run artist. Good coach, though.
SABAN > Rest of SEC
July 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
The FEAR Mark Richt has for Coach Nick forces him to pray so much more now.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:03 pm
Chizik better thank his lucky stars ole Gus didnt leave ‘Burn. He was the real genius behind that machine last year!
DaveDawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:05 pm
“Sometimes it seems the sole difference between Saban and his near-namesake Satan is that the devil has a sense of humor.”
OK, that’s an instant classic. Quote of the month.
Diogenes
July 22nd, 2011
3:07 pm
Dre Kirkpatrick- projected top corner?
Kirkpatrick is 3rd team SEC according to the Coaches’ poll. Just sayin’
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:07 pm
tossed salad,
Bama is lucky to have LSU’s coach? I would have to agree that that probably is the dumbest comment of the year. I coulda sworn Les Miles was the coach at LSU. But if you prefer to call Saban LSU’s coach then have at it. I’m cool with that. Carry on sport!
BAMA dude
July 22nd, 2011
3:08 pm
Tossed Salad
July 22nd, 2011
3:02 pm
Truth hurts, huh Bama dude? Napoleon’s first and foremost a money-chasing hit-and-run artist. Good coach, though.
Whatever. Saban turns 60 this year and his daughter enters her junior year at the Capstone. Anyone who thinks he’s going anywhere besides Lake Burton whenever he leaves Bama is kidding themselves.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:11 pm
DIogenes,
Yes but I believe it was either Mel Kiper or the other pro scout that has him as the top corner pick for the 2012 draft. Not only that but they have him projected as the top Bama player to go and think he goes somewhere between 8 and 15. Its based not on his stats so far which have been good but not great but is based on his potential and his size and speed. You don’t see that many 6′2 or 6′3 corners that have great speed. Frankly I don’t understand how he can be rated so high and rated above the other bama players on the board like Trent Richardson or Mark Barron but he is.
DC
July 22nd, 2011
3:16 pm
chizik hired him….sooo….
Ramma Bama
July 22nd, 2011
3:18 pm
Saban’s going to get Bama’s 23rd SEC title in 2011 == mark it down! This bama team is loaded on both sides of the ball. Alabama beats south carolina easily in the SEC title game, then goes for national title #14!!
Bama is back!
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:24 pm
No one is scared of Nick Saban. Saban is 4-5 all-time vs. Auburn.
Auburn beat Bama 6 years in a row.
Bama has a losing record against Auburn since Bear Bryant left.
Suck it Bama retards.
McDawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:25 pm
no QB-might even come in 3rd
SuperB
July 22nd, 2011
3:25 pm
Apparently those teams tha tbeat Alabama last year aren’t as scared of them as you seem to be.
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:26 pm
Alabama – 2010 Preseason National Champs
Auburn – 2010 National Champs.
Gotta love the irony.
Trading Sy and Horford add: SF,Malcolm Thomas PF-C D/ Motiejunas, PF-C Jordan HIll, C- Hasheem Thabeet
July 22nd, 2011
3:26 pm
stick to football Mr. Bradley. Youre very good at it
Go Hawks!
The SEC fears Mark Richt
July 22nd, 2011
3:27 pm
Just kidding!
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:29 pm
No qb? We had a 1st year starting qb when we won it all in 2009. Just sayin….
Whoa Nellie
July 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
Gators to use Jeff Demps at FB???? How long will that last?
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
“Compared to Tuscaloosa, Athens equals manure.”
This is why I love Bama fans. They’re the dumbest people in all of college football. I hate UGA football but Athens is pretty damn cool.
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:32 pm
“Yes but I believe it was either Mel Kiper or the other pro scout that has him as the top corner pick for the 2012 draft.”
Who cares about the 2012 draft. This time last year Mark Ingram was number one.
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:33 pm
“We had a 1st year starting qb when we won it all in 2009.”
So did Auburn and he destroyed the SEC.
First QB EVER to throw for over 2000 yards and rush for over 1000. He was also the first black QB to win the Heisman.
Al
July 22nd, 2011
3:34 pm
Alabama’s losses weren’t due to personnel. The staff was out-coached. Spurrier had a great game plan and his guys were motivated. Alabama stuck to its plan although it wasn’t working. LSU is always a tough game. Miles was innovative and had Alabama’s number. Saban had a good plan for Auburn. Auburn made adjustments in the second half while Alabama didn’t.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:34 pm
About as long as Saban has left in Alabama…. this year! Then he is taking his mercenary talents somewhere else. Then Bama is left to wonder what to do with the Statue of the great traitor!
SABAN > Rest of SEC
July 22nd, 2011
3:34 pm
For BAMA, the Georgia Bulldogs are the pit bulls of the SEC….
… and THE CRIMSON TIDE is the SEC’s “Michael Vick.”
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:34 pm
“This bama team is loaded on both sides of the ball.”
Yep, and then they actually have to win on the field. How’d that work out for you clowns last season?
28-27, tards.
UGA the Cubs of the south.
July 22nd, 2011
3:35 pm
Saban’s excuse for losing to Auburn.
Uh….uh….uh….uh…………
RTR
July 22nd, 2011
3:36 pm
Your tradition of mediocrity and the pride some of you take in it is laughable. UGA football will never measure up to the Tide on the field with Saban at the helm and will never measure up to the tradition off the field. When you guys lose 5 or 6 this year, remember this. And when the 2012 season starts, circle that Bama game. You will see what a football team should look like. Roll Tide!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:39 pm
Great analogy involving Vick! That is the Bammer fans the rest of us all know. Toothless, trashy and classless.
Also, RTR, you go ahead and circle a game in 2012. Must mean we are getting to you.
Stay classy Tuscaloosa….
fayncdawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:40 pm
Saban is a very good coach and seems to be clearly more dedicated his craft than Richt (AT THE MOMENT!) But there are some flaws with Saban that people should note. VERY #1 how did he blow a 24 point lead with a team as talented as he had last season?. #2 how come the only player off his LSU NC team that’s doing very well in the NFL Laron Landry? (the same Laron Landry who Michael Vick made a complete fool of on national TV last season) .
One thing for certain; Falcon fans should not get their hopes up too high if Julio Jones doesn’t have a greater impact in the NFL than Landry. If Jones does not prove to be worth what the Falcons traded to get him, then I will have write a whole blog page about Saban’s flaws, not just the half page I could do right now!
Whoa Nellie
July 22nd, 2011
3:43 pm
SABAN > Rest of SEC
Congrats, you win the worst POTD award in a landslide. Good grief.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
3:44 pm
My brown eyes are peeking out from under the porch……….Is it safe to come out…LOL
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:44 pm
Lowcountry bulldog,
Too funny. So Saban passed on and was not a candidate for the following jobs- cowboys steelers, Ohio state, USC, Michigan, Miami, FSU, UF, Notre Dame, etc. but you think he’s going somewhere after this year. You are wayyyyyyyy too funny. You can always hope though can’t you? That’s a pretty pathetic existence waiting year after year hoping he’ll leave. Get ready to be disappointed another 5-7 years.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
Tide Rising,
According to our rival bloggers isnt that a Georgia Bulldog fans existence? Wait till next year! So why not focus on that in terms of rival coaches leaving!
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
Lowcountrybulldawg,
Alabama fans are trashy? Perhaps you didn’t see all those pics from the AJC of the Athens campus being completely and totally trashed after a game. Wayyyy toooo funnnny. Keep up the comedy routine. Its great entertainment. And clean up the north campus would ya? Too many Milwaukees best beer cans and mad dog 20/20 bottles there.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
Tide Rising…I’m afraid you are correct….He’s making close to 5 mil a year and having a good time………….And the SEC is a great place to play and coach. Peterson At Boise playing Trade schools 10 games or so a year in front of 30,000 can’t be fun……Ask Tech.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:51 pm
lowcountry,
Waste of time worrying about other programs. You should just concentrate on Richt righting the ship.
Paul N Destin
July 22nd, 2011
3:53 pm
UGA …the best college football team …from March until August. Nick driving you folks crazy again. Just remember you have played the worst Alabama teams you will face!!!! All the players are Nick’s selections now. Bama will in he hunt each year and you folks will have to raise your game or be left behind and you dogs know a lot about behind…so lick it!
Elite Bama
July 22nd, 2011
3:54 pm
Georgia hasn’t been relevant since 1980. Bama’s the big horse in the SEC—2010 was a fluke. Nick’s got the talent he needs to make another BCS title run. Alabama wins the west going away and probably plays south carolina for the SEC title.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:55 pm
I do not worry about any other program outside of UGA. The only school that matters is UGA. Regardless if we go 6-7 or 12-0 I still will be a UGA fan and under the same handle. I don’t run so no worrys if crow is to be ate I will have a dose of it.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
3:56 pm
Speaking of Peterson…………He will never….and I mean never play for the NC at Boise going 12-0 because they play 9 or 10 patsy’s every year. He’ll have to leave from out there and be tested somewhere to play for it. SEC,Big 10,even the ACC.
PreyDawg
July 22nd, 2011
3:56 pm
Don’t let up on em Lowcountry. I am a UGA grad who spent one very long semester in Tuscaloooooosa. When I got tired of stealing Bama women from the pencil necks over there I came to Athens and never wanted to be anywhere else. While I was there some Auburn pukes snuck over (apparently during summer) and planted WAR EAGLE in some other strain of grass all across the quad at Bama. It was real apparent from a distance what it said. Pretty well done prank.
I actually kind of like Alabama because I did have some good times there. It was Bear Bryants last year so that shows how old I am. But these unwelcom Bama invaders on here are starting to change my mind. Oh well…at least they are not the Auburn Thugocracy. At least they didn’t steal a title with a felon at Nose Tackle who tried to cripple a defenseless QB 20 seconds after the whistle. Boy I hate Auburn.
Tide Rising
July 22nd, 2011
3:56 pm
JB,
My feeling is that he simply retires in another 5-7 years. His wife and he have said this is the last stop, he has a daughter who is a soph at UA, and he has a committment of 100k a year to the scholarship fund for another 5 years. We certainly won’t win it every year or dominate for a long stretch. Too much balance and power in the SEC for anyone to stay on top forever- those days are over. We just want to be consistently good and every few years have the magic to vault to the top. That’s all anyone can realistically ask for and this year will be especially difficult because there are 3 other damn good teams in the west. Ark may win the division- they are looking tough as is LSU which is a top 3 team. Miss state would win a conference title if they played anywhere else. It will just be another brutal season in the sec and hard to see anyone emerge unscathed. I’m looking forward mainly to the Ark and LSU games myself- going to be great ones.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
3:59 pm
Paul N Destin………you are on here a lot….because I am……..You have never…and I mean never written anything but hate and dribble. please contribute something meaningful every now and then. We know you sleep in Bear Bryant pajamas, but damn son, talk some football now and then.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:00 pm
I have confidence the ship will be righted. Also could care less about any other program not name UGA. I though say lets not circle a game in 2012. Lets circle the Championship game this year and try to settle it. If I have crow to eat then so be it.
PreyDawg o these fans of Bammer have no idea how some of these fans act on our blogs. Like the one poster who said somehting to the effect that why do you think they are writing about Bammer and not UGA? That was to damn funny. Hell this paper has 5 blogs a day about UGA, go ask Tech fans. That all that gripe and moan about!!!!
RTR
July 22nd, 2011
4:02 pm
Lowcountry, what exactly is there about UGA that would get to us? Offense? Bobo is a joke. So is your line. Saw that you got a commitment that chose UGA over Georgia State and South Alabama. Awesome. Defense? Grantham is a snake oil salesman without anything to back it up. You spend more time picking out uniforms than you do worrying about what it takes to win.
Please, please, please wear your little black unis. It’ll be another funeral.
Les W. Moore
July 22nd, 2011
4:02 pm
The Alabama football program runs a fairly routine cycle of: cheating to win followed by penalties and probation. Be patient.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:02 pm
Where is Tide Roll? He is such a fan of Bama I cannot believe he is not here beating the drum of Saban!
O thats right he only visits UGA blogs….He must be a closet UGA fan only explanation.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
4:04 pm
Elite………….I think Georgia has beaten Bama more than once since 80. IF you’re comparing your program to God, I think that’s pretty good for an ole irrelevant football program, just say’n
Terry
July 22nd, 2011
4:05 pm
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
2:22 pm
Just a comment about Trailers, as a guy who now resides in Florida.
According to Census numbers by rank of Trailers:
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
but here is the link…
good laughing…..
http://www.census.gov/apsd/www/statbrief/sb94_10.pdf
Good luck to your Schools.
And Go SEC!
==============================================
SEC Fact Finder, Georgia’s Population: 8,684,715 – Trailers – 297,741 Alabama’s Population: 4,779,736 – Trailers – 217,784 – everyone of those states you have listed has double the Population of Alabama except South Carolina – Population: 4,625,384 – Trailers – 235,863 – Also, that is a 1990 census link.T alking Ratio Trailer per person South Carolina and Alabama would be ranked first and Second on that list.
ozzfest
July 22nd, 2011
4:07 pm
The thing about Saban is that he would not have had talent like Stafford, Knowshon, MoMas, and AJ on the same team…and not won the SEC.
There is something a little soft about Richt…that makes him an inferior coach to Mr. Saban.
Go Dogs!
DIT
July 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
Head to Head combat the past 10 years CMR is 3-1 against Bama. Give Bama credit for a NC though.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
That night when we got down 31-0. That was a complete joke of a performance. I give you that. The year before what happened? You got beat. So talk all you want teams lay eggs. If you dont believe it what happened against Directional Louisiana whatever school Saban got beat by? It happens, its football. Its why you play the game as Herm said. Does it still bother me? No, but boy I bet you still have some private moments with it on DVR as you got so fired up by it.
UGAKev
July 22nd, 2011
4:09 pm
RTR,
Will never measure up to the tradition off the field???? Are you kidding me!? Nothing is appealing about Alabama except winning. When Georgia is talked about it goes beyond winning. Athens Georgia is the greatest college town on earth. Sanford Stadium is the greatest stadium on earth. UGA is the number one mascot in college football. Georgia had the greastest college football player to ever step on the field. Georgia had the greatest college football announcer to ever call a game. The list goes on and on. How could you possibly say we dont stack up to your off field tradition? Your arrogance and ignorance offends me, go to your room and clean up before mama gets home.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
4:10 pm
Stallings to Saban= a period of time lost….with a lot less Bama bloggers………….you would think they could remember longer than 3-4 years back, just say’n. irrelevant comes in a lot of different ways.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:12 pm
Yes JB a Bammer blogger brought up Red Panties? Well didn’t they have a 60 year old new hire coach named Price get fired before a game for “making it rain” at a strip club?
UGAKev
July 22nd, 2011
4:12 pm
Saban lost to
JB
July 22nd, 2011
4:14 pm
Price blew a stripper before he ever blew a whistle………..LOL
UGAKev
July 22nd, 2011
4:14 pm
Saban lost to LA Monroe , doesnt matter what players he had then. Georgia has spanked Saban before and will do it again.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:14 pm
Every team has a bad game. UGA lost to Bama in a embarassing manor, but didnt Bama lose to a Louisiana team that was a directional school or somehting? So every team is bound to lay a egg. So if that is how you want to compare the schools go ahead.
JB
July 22nd, 2011
4:15 pm
They ought to put a statue of that out front…LOL
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:16 pm
Florida fans think football began in 1990
Alabam fans of this generation think football began 4 years ago…
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:17 pm
Dolla bills flying out of the hand of a Mike Price with out stretched hands…maybe a G-String in one hand.
rx-dawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:18 pm
To all the Bama fans who said UGA would drool over a 10-3 season after being preseason #1. We didn’t in 2008 and your 2010 compares similarly. One critical difference being you were the DEFENDING national champions. Nobody knew if we had what it took, we all knew you guys did. Feels good knowing that 08 UGA is no longer the biggest season long choke act. Go Dawgs, and despite the barb, please win the west ‘Bama….
JB
July 22nd, 2011
4:19 pm
OK, all kidding aside…I will tip my hat to Saban and his wife Teri for all the money they are raising for the tornado victims…..god bless’em
Whoa Nellie
July 22nd, 2011
4:20 pm
Though they don’t play each other a lot, the ‘94 and ‘07 Georgia-Bama games were two of the best games I’ve ever seen. I thought we had the ‘94 game won but lost (I’ll never forget Zeier coming off the field) and the ‘07 game lost but won (Bobo’s best play he ever called). How much longer until kickoff?
Bama Bill
July 22nd, 2011
4:22 pm
Coach Saban is a true professional and appears to manage every aspect of the game in a superb manner – just like the Bear. But he did coach his team into a defeat against Auburn in Tuscaloosa after a first half blow-out. This did happen and even happened to the Bear on occasion. I would not trade Coach Saban for any other coach in the profession and hopefully he will have a record, and bring fame to Bama, over time just like Coach Bryant. The SEC is loaded and it’s going to be a fantastic year of football – Roll Tide !
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:23 pm
Heck what about the game in ‘91! Bammer won 10-0. They have had some slugfests. Thats why I do respect the program.
Whoa Nellie
July 22nd, 2011
4:26 pm
Good Post JB and I agree about Nick & Terri Saban’s work, including “Nick’s Kid’s”. And a special shout-out to Taylor Swift, she just contributed 250k!
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
4:26 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg Go play with your herschel doll and count your losses from the past several years. You should be so lucky to have a team that will compete every year for titles. Can you say jealous much???
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
4:28 pm
Nope, not jealous at all. I would say reading comprehension and following the posts may give you a clearer idea. Thanks for playing…
UGA Insider
July 22nd, 2011
4:40 pm
Muschamp introduced me to Saban one time before a UGA/LSU game. I must say….. He has the biggest case of “little man’s syndrome” I have ever seen. It’s true. They guy is 5′7″ at the most. Hellova coach however.
Joey
July 22nd, 2011
4:43 pm
JB was obviously talking about footall programs. UGA football has been on probation for major football violations 1 time, in the mid-80s.
That’s 1.
And even then, the infractions were not about recruiting, but about remedial studies (yes, Techies, Jan Kemp) programs for student-athletes. That mess cost our president his job, and ended the remedial studies program.
To try and compare our football program to Bama’s endless probations is silly.
AvgDawgFan
July 22nd, 2011
4:44 pm
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2011
2:03 pm
“Lowcountry Bulldawg; have you seen the average UGA fan? Seriously? Not alumnus, just fan. You know, the kind that beat up that disabled man in Florida. And as as far as Alabama goes, since Georgia outside Atlanta is Mississippi without the casinos, I wouldn’t throw that stone.”
Too Funny,Fan but true!
black sheep
July 22nd, 2011
4:51 pm
Joey Or to compare the success of Bama to the success of Georgia.
Silly indeed
phillip
July 22nd, 2011
4:52 pm
I’m an Alabama fan, and appreciate what he has done. His first couple of years were actually fun. He said some funny things….believe it or not I think he does have a great sense of humor, and it was interesting seeing his energy on the sidelines. The last two years however, especially last year, were a grind. He got boring, and slunk into a horrific ‘coachspeak’ mode. His press conferences are full of psychobabble, and everything is a chore.
I think Alabama will be average this year. Losing to Penn State, LSU, Florida and horrors Auburn.
Young quarterbacks will be factors in all of those losses.
My next prediction is that Saban gets a lot more criticism than he is accumstomed to and leaves. As successful as he’s been….and again…..I appreciate him…..but everything is a chore for him, and he saps some, if not a lot of the fun out of the game. But Roll Tide anyway.
black sheep
July 22nd, 2011
4:53 pm
UGAKev Yep- when you think Dawgs you think- whining!!! Man we got robbed!!!
It’s just awful.
Terry
July 22nd, 2011
4:56 pm
Bama fans, Talk about UGA fans living in the past, but the fact is, since Georgia won their National Championship in 1980, Bama has only won two NC’s 1992,2009. This is a different time were living in, with different rules, if Bear Bryant would have had to deal with what these coaches have to deal with now, he would not have been so successful, and Bama will never be as successful as they where back in the 1960’s and 70’s.
TruthSeeker
July 22nd, 2011
5:04 pm
I think Bama disappoints again this year. Their defense is obviously dominant, but their offense got bogged down against LSU and Auburn last season, and now they don’t have McElroy, Ingram or Julio Jones. You can’t understate those losses.
Bama peaked in 2009, the same way Georgia did in ‘02, Auburn did in ‘04, LSU did in ‘07, and Florida did in ‘08. It’s simply too hard to dominate the SEC year after year.
Whats dumber that Gene Chizik?
July 22nd, 2011
5:05 pm
sit n spin
Tossed Salad
July 22nd, 2011
5:06 pm
When Saban retires is he going to be thought of as a “Bama Man?” Hardly. He doesn’t give a flying flip about your school save for the fact that it’s cutting his massive checks. Sure, he can coach. He’s the coaching equivalent of Cam Newton – a hired assassin. The only difference between LSU and you Bama ‘tards is that LSU wasn’t dumb enough to build a bronze statue of a common job-hopper. What are you going to do with that pigeon roost once your hero moves on to Dallas or LA?
phillip
July 22nd, 2011
5:09 pm
I am a Bama fan. I appreciate what Saban has done. I believe he was completely, and totally burned out last year. I hope he gets his energy back. Personally I think Bama goes 8-4 this year. Young quarterbacks, and a coach that is too conservative, and tends to flame out in the midst of a mediocre year is not a good mix.
black sheep
July 22nd, 2011
5:10 pm
Tossed Salad Go play with your tinker toys and read your comic books. I know it sucks that your team and your coach does not get the press that Saban and Bama do but- what the heck ; life just isn’t fair- especially when your team sucks like yours does.
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
5:10 pm
Terry
Have you ever been South Central Florida? Go to Wikipedia and type in Trailer Park and see what picture comes up on the right side of the page. You will laugh.
I was just responding to the comment about 90,000 trailer park people filling up Bryant Denny Stadium. I thought it was a funny comment and have no ax to grind with anyone. The fact is all teams have great Alumni and we all have sidewalk fans who have a tendancy to embarrass our institutions that we actually attended. That is just part of life.
The Coaches at every school seem to be good stewards and provide so many unknown contributions that we can be proud of. Saban has “Nick’s Kids”, Richt does missionary work at home and abroad, Derek Dooley’s Children’s Charity, Dan Mullen’s clothing drive, Will Muschamp’s Scramble for Charity for the Boys and Girls Club, Steve Spurrrier and his charity work for the SC Cancer Society, Joker Phillip’s Swings for Soldiers, Gene Chizik’s Children’s Charity, Houston Nutt the Mississippi Boys and Girls Clubs, Les Miles Charity work for Leukemia and Lymphoma. The list goes on and on.
Our coaches in the SEC and at other schools(as well) do so many things to make us proud and unless a coach does something to hurt a kid, there is no reason to get personal about these fine men who spend their lives being dissected and magnified while we anonymously go about our lives.
Jim
July 22nd, 2011
5:10 pm
Lowcountry,
I like UGA and hope they run the table. I would say losing to la tech game would be the equivilent to UGA losing to vandy or central florida so I wouldnt be throwing too many stones. Anyway I hope we both have great seasons and it would be fun to play each other in the SEC Championship game.
Roll Tide
Dawg4Life
July 22nd, 2011
5:11 pm
bamaguy- get your facts straight, it was UF fans that beat up the disabled guy for wearing the UGA shirt. But have you seen the normal Alabama fan? You know the ones that threw trash on the UGA players when we came to your house and whipped your tails??? Richt is 3-2 against you tools, some come back when you have an argument.
keepinitreal
July 22nd, 2011
5:12 pm
Georgia has won 10 more games than Alabama over the last decade (including a 3-1 mark head-to-head), and that’s even after going just 14-12 over the last two years. Why do Bama think they’re all that? They peaked in 2009, but it’s not like other SEC schools haven’t had great years recently.
UGAKev
July 22nd, 2011
5:12 pm
BlackSheep- When you think of Tide..You think, aisle 7 next to Snuggle
Poopdawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
Sabah has 2yrs left max before his wife says enough(similar to Meyer.)
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:18 pm
Jim,
Wasn’t throwing stones. Again people are failing to follow the posts. I refered to that singular game because Bama fans continue to bring up our game where we got blew out by you guys. Teams fail to show up, it happens. As Herman Edwards says, “its why you play the game”.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:20 pm
O the post monster is eating my comments…
Jim,
I responed the way I did because so many Tide fans reference that one game three years ago where UGA failed to show up and you waxed us. My point was teams fall flat. Inexcusable times for that happen. So that was why I referenced it. Not throwing stones whatsoever.
Dude
July 22nd, 2011
5:20 pm
Keepitreal-
Please read what you just wrote. None of the comparsion stats happened after you went 14-12. I think you meant to say Georgia won 10 more…BEFORE (not after) going 14-12. Bottomline the only reason anyones down on UGA is that they had 2 sub-par years and winning can take care of that.
black sheep
July 22nd, 2011
5:21 pm
keepinitreal How many NC’s do ya have pal?? PLease do tell us how many of those puppies ya have in the case???
Jim
July 22nd, 2011
5:22 pm
Lowcountry,
No problem and good luck this season.
SEC Fact Finder
July 22nd, 2011
5:23 pm
Poopdawg,
I think you need to attend a speaking engagement Mrs. Terry Saban is giving in two weeks at the Galleria in Birmingham for her Charity. She just recently stated she could work many many more years on the charity and the only way she could do it was with Nick coaching and leaving the charity to her. She sounded like she wants at least 5 more from her latest comments. She stated her goals were to see the complete rebuild of “all” the tornado damaged areas across the south and she was working with other coaches wives throughout the conference to insure the people affected across the south were helped fully.
I think it is wishful thinking for anyone to speculate about a coach leaving unless it is for a better opportunity than what he currently has.
Don4654
July 22nd, 2011
5:23 pm
For everyone ripping on Saban for not wnning more than 10 games last year.How many teams that lose 10 starters on defense,their kicker,punter,long snapper,punt returner and only lose to the national champion by 1 point would say their team underacheived?
Terry
July 22nd, 2011
5:24 pm
Bama fans, Talk about UGA fans living in the past but the fact is since Georgia won their National Championship in 1980, Bama has only won two NC’s 1992,2009 this is a different time were living in with different rules if Bear Bryant would have had deal with what these coaches have to deal with now he would not have been so successful.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:27 pm
A team that had four 1st round picks and a team that has 7 players on ALL SEC teams this season. That is why it is fair to say that. Also you lost to the team by 1 point after blowing a 24 point lead. No spin zone here big guy….
black sheep
July 22nd, 2011
5:28 pm
Don4654 Don’t even waste your breath on the Saban haters. Sad when your team sucks so that you find it necessary to rip another winning team rather than tout your own pitiful look alike.
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
5:30 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg Tell about your wonderful dawgs and how swell they have been doing lately pal. Please do- you have the floor. And please tell us how many NC’s your guys have won lately???
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:32 pm
Our Dawgs have sucked monkey butt the past two seasons. I will not lie. I am not a rose colored glasses fan that will tell you the sky is not falling when clearly it is. Plenty of issues in Athens. I still though can give my opinion on the state of what I think is going on at Alabama you tool. Its called America. If you dont like it. Love it or leave it!
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
5:36 pm
Saban won 36 games the past three years- I will take that over the swell Dawgs record. Is that current enough for you?
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
5:37 pm
You certainly may- I most certainly have the right to call you out for your jealous nonsense. And I will.
SecFan
July 22nd, 2011
5:40 pm
The media hates Saban because he treats them like crap. They love Spurrier because he gives them quotes. But Saban doesn’t make fun of his opponents nor deliberately runs the score up every time he gets a chance. It’s just a matter of preference, but in my years of watching SEC football, Spurrier is the biggest douche I’ve seen.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:41 pm
You obviously have not followed posts. I have respect for Bama. The 10-0 game in ‘91? Good grief that was a crapper game to me! I just am sick and tired of Bammer fans! I only dislike Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee. I am indifferent to Bammer, Awbern and South Karoliner. Seriously dude lose the jealousy argument….
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:43 pm
Spurrier was and will always be a bigger douche! Saban will never be even close.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:45 pm
How fast can a Heisman trohy winner be forgotten? Only at Bammer. He returned last year, had Richardson, JJ, a couple stud OL according to Tide Roll. All those first team SEC studs this year on defense and you make excuses for blowing a 24 point lead to your largest rival. Seriously that is funny. Not jealous, just looking at the facts as a outside observer. Alabama had ZERO excuses for losing that game or the others.
Poopdawg
July 22nd, 2011
5:54 pm
Tell the truth, what contribution have you made to your team’s greatness? I’m a Dawg fan but I contribute 0 on game day . I prefer UGA to win but it doesn’t ruin my day when the Dawgs lose. Don’t understand your arrogant ass. Surely you have scored a few tds for the mighty Tide.
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
5:58 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg OK retard- I have not heard anyone including myself making excuses for losing 3 games last year. Three games- oh my lord. your pissant team lost that many before we got to Oct 15. Do you really think that I feel the need to defend Bama or any other school from your sophmoric posts? I did not even go there pal- but I have been a Bama fan for probably more years than you have been born. So go ahead and run your mouth and show your real self- the one that thinks he is making points by throwing stones at another school- one that by the way your school will NEVER catch in terms of football uccess. It sucks I know but that you go. Deal with it.
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
6:02 pm
Poopdawg Oh brother another voice from the peanut gallery- I did not go to Bama- my son did. I went to an ACC school. But you dawg fans just have this arrogance and love to run other teams down when your team continues to suck. Why not tell us about that great team you have in Athens instead of running your mouth telling us how bad other teams are – teams that clearly are better than yours, year in and year out. Sounds like some serious jealousy to me.
Terry
July 22nd, 2011
6:02 pm
Richt also knows all too well how important this season is for him as well as the Bulldogs. Richt laughed about the difficulty of being at an SEC school for more than a decade.
“It’s not difficult if you win nine, 10, 11 a year, win the Eastern Division every other year, win the SEC every three or four years,” he said. “It’s not a problem at all.
“It’s when you [finish] 6-7. That’s when it’s a problem. But greater days are coming. The best is yet to come.”
Those were Richt’s last words from Thursday’s SEC Media Days press conference session. But will it be his last appearance at the event?
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
6:09 pm
By the way I fully expect Richt to win at least 9 or 10 and probably win the East this year. I happen to like Mark Richt as a man and a coach. There are many times on this blog during the past years where it is apparent that he deserves better fans than many of you are. I think he has the schedule and the team to win again ths year. But instead of running down other teams why aren’t you touting your team? You obviously don’t agree with my assessment or you would be saying what I just said. But if it floats your boat have at it. And by the way no team in SEC history has been more hated over the years than the Gators. Especially under Spurrier.
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:16 pm
Saban is feared, because everyone knows he will stop at nothing to win. He runs the UA program like a pro club. Oversigning and cutting the players that don’t measure up. No respect for what college football is all about. He is at the perfect institution. Alabama fans are crazy and embrace him as if he’s a god.
jerry
July 22nd, 2011
6:19 pm
You have to give Alabama credit. Unlike UGA, they will go after the best coach they can get, while UGA will just as soon give the job to some unqualified ex Bulldog e.g. Griffith, Goff.
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:20 pm
Alabama fans are the craziest in the nation by far. They embrace Saban like he’s a god. He’s feared because everyone knows he will stop at nothing to win. Runs his program like the pros, oversigning and cutting players. No respect for what college athletics is supposed to be about.
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:21 pm
Mark Bradley is the best writer in the world. : D
LakeDawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:21 pm
Alabama fans are crazy.
tell the truth
July 22nd, 2011
6:40 pm
LakeDawg- Saban really gets your goat eh??? Wins too much does he?? This should be your year – I do so hope that your life seems better after this year.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:44 pm
Jerry bringing up hires from 20 years ago. Good job. Saban was th eright man for the job at Bama. Sometimes stars lineup and you get lucky. Good for Bama, but damn Jerry in 1988 who should UGA have hired. Jimmy Johnson? Steve Spurrier before he won the ACC at Duke? Bobby Bowden? What big name should they have gone after back then? That is a hilarious post Jerry…
Poopdawg
July 22nd, 2011
6:56 pm
Tell the truth , I slam no program my slam was aimed at your sorry ass.
Joey
July 22nd, 2011
6:57 pm
“Joey Or to compare the success of Bama to the success of Georgia.”
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Whew!
Good comeback, black sheep! Yeah!!
We’ll just forget about the cheatin . . .
Volspaws
July 22nd, 2011
7:12 pm
Love the Alabubba necks trying to dispel the state’s redneck image….sorry…you’re fighting a battle you can’t win….when I think Bama, I think permed mullets, guys in tanktops with gold chains around their (red) necks and Dale Earnhardt tattoos….the day that Saban has his inevitable stroke, Bama is back to irrelevance overnight…enjoy it while it lasts, because it won’t last much longer
ncaa compliance officer
July 22nd, 2011
7:41 pm
STFU Bradley
JB
July 22nd, 2011
7:50 pm
Whew…home and just ate a great steak off the grill. I checked in and some of you guys are going at it still. Go have a beer and watch a rerun of swamp People and chill out. Go dawgs
dawg4u
July 22nd, 2011
7:51 pm
Tide Rising -
I have to take exception to one of your comments. Those were not Milwaukee’s best beer cans littered around campus – they were Pabst Blue Ribbon and the wine bottles were not 20/20 but white port and Thunderbird. There – I got it off my chest. Feel much better now!
Timbo
July 22nd, 2011
8:32 pm
Roll Tide.
Timbo
July 22nd, 2011
8:43 pm
and Go Dawgs! We are not a natural rivalry. I pull for the Dawgs in the East. I’m a Bama fan because of my family and roots, but grew up in Georgia. I wish Mark Richt well. He is a good man. UGA’s schedule sets up nice this year. Many opportunities for them. Oh yeah, beat the hell out of Boise State. Represent us well! It does matter!
dawghater1
July 22nd, 2011
9:08 pm
you dont have a clue bradley, go deliver phone books
Angie O'Plasty
July 22nd, 2011
9:12 pm
For the record- I love Saban !!
cjb56
July 22nd, 2011
9:36 pm
Saban didn’t seem like such a genius at Michigan State, where he went 34-24-1 in five years, and only finished higher than 5th place in the league one time. He got really smart when he got to the SEC, though, and could oversign recruits.
Saban Never Sleeps
July 22nd, 2011
9:48 pm
I see your puppies still have the bad taste in your mouths from the Black Out butt whooping
uhoh
July 22nd, 2011
10:00 pm
That’s why it’s so much fun to see the Bammers loser. Wound way too tight from the top down.
But, be sure to guard your stuff when you beat them-they don’t lose with a whole lot of class.
Bo
July 22nd, 2011
10:11 pm
“Sometimes it seems the sole difference between Saban and his near-namesake Satan is that the devil has a sense of humor.” – Good one
tex dog
July 22nd, 2011
10:12 pm
@ lowcountry dawg: Bama fans and a sense of humor do not go together. They take things much too seriously. After living in the state for three years, I can say in full belief, “There is nothing else in the state to get excited about, so why not cheer for football.”
Autiger83
July 22nd, 2011
10:40 pm
Bradley, you remain CLUELESS AS EVER. Auburn people have NEVER been scared of Saban. Not at LSU, nor at Bama. He’s a great coach and a great recruiter, but has never been able to dominate Auburn.
David Granger
July 22nd, 2011
10:53 pm
Coach Saban is the best college coach in the country because he’s a no-nonsense, hard-nosed coach who ALWAYS has his team ready to play. They NEVER take a half to get going. When they lose a game, it is usually very obvious that the other team is better than they are…and they often win a few of those, too. And you NEVER see Coach Saban popping up with this “new uniform” nonsense that…to my great regret…the coach of MY favorite team seems to live by.
And you will NEVER see players on a Saban-coached team dancing and boogeying on the sidelines in the fourth quarter of a game they’re losing…like we saw at Georgia three years ago.
Why be Scared?
July 22nd, 2011
11:02 pm
Got to love an Auburn saying they have never been scared of Nick Saban. The first 3 years he was at Alabama he ran off the Head Coach of Auburn, The BOT, and controlled the recruiting inside the state of Alabama. It took a “bagman” or several “bagmen” to even get Auburn off the mat. Now we all know Chizik is the puppet and the money being thrown around the south at high school players is at an all time high due to the money Auburn uses to get the highest rated players but poorest players to commit to Auburn. You can buy players but you cannot buy class. We as UGA fans have seen the players who were great players but bad characters come through our doors and run on the fields in Athens.
We are just now seeing the quality of players Auburn recruits with the mutiple arrest of a woman beater, and 4 armed robbers. It is just the beginning for the low character players who will make more headlines for their off the field antics than their performances on the field. But Oh! That is right the Preacher himself Gene Chizik is running a ministry down there and the prayer meetings he holds is going to keep those rogue players in line.
Go ahead and make your comments about CMR and our problems at UGA. The difference is that Coach Richt is now forcing players to attend class and be reputable student athletes, while at Auburn players do not go to class, but they get grades for classes not in attendance and collect their envelopes to help them with their nights at the sandpiper supper club.
steve
July 22nd, 2011
11:12 pm
I’m an Atlanta guy now living in Birmingham. Nothing prepares you for the intensity of fans over here. Saban is practically worshiped. I used to be a big football fan. But years of hearing about Alabama/Auburn 365 days a year has gotten old. I now dread football season. Saban is obviously a great coach, but in my opinion, he comes across as a complete jerk.
Paul
July 22nd, 2011
11:24 pm
Alabama didn’t blow the lead against auburn. Auburn just woke up. Anyone who watched that game knows auburn walked into a buzz saw that day. Alabama came out fired up and the au defense (two lineman suspended) gave up some big plays and blown coverages early. In the second half au got their lineman back and controlled both lines of scrimmage. Bama got their points on blown plays and coverages. Auburn got their points by methodically driving it down bamas throat and have key fourth down conversions. Bama is lucky auburn muffed the punt return or they would have been shut out in the second half instead of their little field goal.
As for saban the man can coach but he shouldn’t be feared. The man has losses to lousiana monroe and tulane on his resume. He also only has one second title in 4 seasons at bama which sounds about average and par for the course to me. His teams are coached well but they are beatable.
Joe Bob Thibodaux
July 22nd, 2011
11:41 pm
Independence Bowl Experience
Mark, Sabin is the kind of coach that can use a visit to the Independence Bowl as a learning experience, then go on to win National Championships. He did that twice already, first as coach of Michigan State then he went on to win the NC at LSU, then as Head Coach of Bama. Most of the Georgia teams that visit Shreveport don’t learn anything, and it is largely because of bad press which generatte low expectations and a gripe sessions instead of an opportunity to hone the team skills. Its just how you view your opportunities, Mark, and whether the experience is beneath your dignity or not.
JBT
Mobile Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
11:41 pm
Bradley, do you have a time delay on your posts?
Mobile Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
11:47 pm
Nick Saban is a football coach and is paid $4 Million Plus a year, he takes it seriously, Can you say the same thing about Mark Richt? Sounds like a lot of sour grapes are hanging low tonight.
Mobile Dawg
July 22nd, 2011
11:48 pm
OK, two posts disappear into the blogosphere. Good Night. Highly aggravating.
Ted Baxter
July 22nd, 2011
11:56 pm
Not feared as much as Dan Uggla in July. How about a freaking baseball article bredley. It is for crying out loud baseball season
Bama Rick
July 22nd, 2011
11:58 pm
Exactly Paul @ 11:24. So many on here have no clue.
Shawn
July 23rd, 2011
12:01 am
Sure glad uga doesn’t have to play them or lsu this year. But even a remote sec fan knows miss st or tenn will beat ga this year along with 3 other losses. It’s fun being a sec fan from another school and watching the pride and joy of the sec go down each year. This city has way toooo many uga homers.
Real bulldogs 34
your puppy dawgs 24
gcs
July 23rd, 2011
12:09 am
Some of you UGA fans just don’t get it. Instead of criticizing Alabama and Saban you should be learning from them.
There is a good reason why Alabama has 13 national Championships and UGA has one.
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RED DOG 77
July 23rd, 2011
2:25 am
Saban is one shady dude, no question about it!……….But those who would still pray to the alter of the late Paul “Bear” Bryant………folks I have proof…….and you can look it up. Coach Bryant used to run all atheletics at Alabama, thus, he used basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, track, vollyball, and basketweaving scholarships to load up his football teams with talent, if you couldn’t cut it, he’d cut you, and just simply replace you………more rules changes were the result of Bryants “cheating ways” than any other school or coach in college football……..I’m a Georgia boy, no Tech fan………But I don’t blame Bobby Dodd for leaving the SEC for this very reason……Bryant put fear in the media…….so does Saban……..But I’ll tell you one thing for sure, everyone in the SEC is gunning for some Alabama butt kicking this year………..by the time the final poles are posted I’ll be surprised if Alabama is in the top 25……….Regards to the Tide, RED
Black Beach
July 23rd, 2011
2:35 am
For those of us who vacation with Nick Saban, or “Rick from Arizona” as he likes to call himself, he is not that intimidating at all.
He is a fun guy even let us film him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVtEX1J7tXQ
Ramma Bama
July 23rd, 2011
3:14 am
auburn fans—terrified of Saban and Alabama and are counting down the days till the ncaa takes their tainted title, bought and paid for with cam cash newton.
National Champs
July 23rd, 2011
4:02 am
There is no fear from Auburn fans just enjoyment. We are loving our National Championship! We are especially enjoying the bitter tears of envy from the Bammers, Pups, et al. We get a real kick out of your whining and hating.
Auburn fans will start worrying when the NCAA actually servers Auburn with a LOI or someone shows up with some actual evidence other than some story a guy heard from a friend of a friend who has connections.
Keep up your whining Bammers, it is very entertaining.
War Eagle! National Champs!
reality
July 23rd, 2011
4:37 am
I am a Georgia fan——-or am supposed to be——–but —I have to say after Media Days for the SEC======I liked Saban and Dooley the best. Richt is just too layed back and overconfident. And when asked If he worried about his future Richt replied —I’m not—I am just here for the ride———Well, we already know that———-duhhhh. Look at what Saban did at Bama in just a few years—–success speaks for itself.
Whopper Dawg
July 23rd, 2011
4:40 am
Interesting Mark, certainly Mr. Richt will not withstand that kind of fury. We saw that not too long ago, still fresh in my mind. It looked like bait fish thrown to the sharks.
To sum it up, Chuck Norris is scared of Nick Saban.
The Gamblin' Man
July 23rd, 2011
4:49 am
The most objective fan is the gambling fan. All I know is that I had the ML and Bammer last year against the Scamster and at 24-0 I was counting my $$$. The last 3 quarters Bammer looked scared and Saban looked like he was coaching against Louisiana Monroe.(lost that ML as well) He can be a great coach, but he also can sux with the best of ‘em…..Hold off on another statue….
Buckeye
July 23rd, 2011
6:49 am
NCAA won’t hit Ohio State with failure to monitor – AJC Headline
Read it and weap all you naysaying SECville-ites and dogs.
Death penalty? Nope.
Dagny
July 23rd, 2011
7:15 am
It’s a joke to include Mark Richt in the same sentence with Nick Saban. Saban is a coaching genius in the prime of his career. Richt is waaaaay over-the-hill, and even in his prime, he was third-rate at best.
And there’s the slime factor. Saban is clean; Richt is covered with the stuff.
Phil
July 23rd, 2011
7:38 am
Saban is 1 and 3 verse Mark Richt! God is more powerful than satan!
BAMA dude
July 23rd, 2011
7:56 am
Paul
July 22nd, 2011
11:24 pm
Bama got their points on blown plays and coverages. Auburn got their points by methodically driving it down bamas throat and have key fourth down conversions.
Boy, if that isn’t some revisionist history. Four plays turned the “tide” so to speak:
- The most ridiculous bounce I’ve ever seen when Ingram had the ball poked out from behind at the Barn 20, the oblong ball then somehow staying in bounds rolling all he way to the end zone right down the sidelines.
- Trent dropped the easiest TD pass you’ll ever see.
- The McElroy fumble/injury replacement OG Steen being completely oblivious to his surroundings.
- The long pass to Zachery where one-armed Mark Barron tried to swat at the ball with his good arm instead of using the sideline as his friend, turning a decent gain into a TD.
As far as Bama’s lack of offensive production in the second half, folks forget that Julio sprained his knee in the first half of that game and Hanks bruised his ribs. Then, of course, McElroy went down late. Seeing as how the Barn’s weakness all year was pass defense (Julio had 199 yards in basically half a game), I’d say it was pretty lucky that injuries derailed that part of Bama’s game. Combine that with the lightning-in-a-bottle-maybe-purchased-maybe-not-one-year-wonder-juco-transfer Heisman winner and you just have to say it was their year.
» Shabazz shines, Tennessee self-imposes, Bama rules John Clay’s Sidelines
July 23rd, 2011
7:57 am
[...] Alabama’s coach can scare you, writes Mark Bradley of the AJC. [...]
Birmingham Tide
July 23rd, 2011
9:09 am
the barners—still living under an inferiority complex to the elite UA in Tuscaloosa. That tainted title will not last–they know that. The NCAA will find all that money they paid to newton before long. In 2011: Bama wins the SEC — #24, then plays FSU for the national title — #14. Bet the house!
UA_Dome_in_Atl.
July 23rd, 2011
9:22 am
The truth is that Alabama recruits Georgia youth better than UGA does and that incites jealousy, We need too and these Chick Filet Classic Kick offs give us even more of a boost.
Alabama is a household name in CFB, and is the flag ship of the SEC fleet. I wish we were ranked in the second ten of the top twenty and allow is to earn the rank on the field, Our kids got caught reading the papers before the USCe game last season and I oicked that game as a stumbling block for the Tide as well. We came back on them but it was way to little and late to change the outcome.
We don’t run up the score on teams when the outcome is decided, don’t have to and Saban and staff never seem to get credit for that and it is unfortunate.
I guess it doesn’t fit the persona grata of the villian…
KR
July 23rd, 2011
9:25 am
Mark, you have it all wrong:
Respect for his accomplishments as a recruiter and coach? Sure.
Fear? Absolutely not.
Ellis Island
July 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
$aban deserves another Statue at SEC headquarters in these tricky economic times.
loel
July 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
How can you dare to say we “fear” Saban. He has been beaten and will be many more times. He gets recruits not necessarily because of himself but because Alabama, the school, has a long legacy. If he coached some no name school, who would care and who would go. I personally have zero fear of any man.
SEC FAN
July 23rd, 2011
10:03 am
Alabama wins because they have a coach who wants to win more than anything and has the intelligence, ability and determination to do so. UGA doesn’t win because it has a coach who would rather be beating the bushes in some God-forsaken third world country then winning football games and whose ability to win games from a coaching standpoint is questionable at best. Therein lies the reason Saban has two NC’s to his credit and Richt will never have so much as one.
LSU4LIFE
July 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
Here we go,Bama overrated hype wage,this gets so old when schools like Bama and Ohio S. are way over rated every year.
Warm Springs, Georgia
July 23rd, 2011
10:21 am
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” We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” —- F.D.R.
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Napoleon Complex
July 23rd, 2011
10:26 am
Alabama was in “4th place” in the six team SEC West last year.
Shorty Saban has a lot of work to do.
KINGDAWG
July 23rd, 2011
10:36 am
I ran into Coach Saban at the marina on Lake Burton last summer and politely greeted him with a hello Coach how are you…..he just sneered back and my friend and myself…it confirmed what a horses a** he is.
Answers.com
July 23rd, 2011
10:44 am
How tall is Nick Saban?
Nick Saban (like Tom Cruise) wears inserts in his shoes to add a couple of inches to his height. My brother worked out at the same gym as Nick many years ago.
My brother is 5′9″ and he said he was looking down on Nick. He guessed him to be no taller than 5′ 6″ without shoes.
Answers.com
July 23rd, 2011
10:46 am
Nick Saban is 5′6″ tall without shoes.
Wladmir Klitschko
July 23rd, 2011
10:59 am
I would be scared to death if I met Nick Saban in a dark alley.
Timbo
July 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
What I’ve noticed over the years, is that Bama fans are indifferent to UGA while Georgia fans hate Alabama. This is very telling when considering the successes of the two programs. Hate Saban all you want, but the man isn’t distracted about what his mission is. He want’s Alabama to win, and i appreciate him for that.
uhoh
July 23rd, 2011
11:17 am
If I was recruiting against Bama I’d take pics of all those Bammers hanging out trying to “touch” Nicky and ask “This who you want to “hang with” for the next 4 years?”
Billy Peeler
July 23rd, 2011
11:31 am
@ Buckeye
re: 6:49 a.m. post
You’re right, the NCAA didn’t hit OSU with a “Failure to Monitor”…and they shouldn’t have, because OSU did not fail to monitor.
OSU knew EXACTLY what was going on. The head coach KNEW…beyond doubt…that several players had committed violations that made them ineligible. Yet he played them anyway, and covered it up with that “they’ve promised to return and serve a five game suspension” BS. What OSU did was worse than “Failure to Monitor”. The coach monitored the situation like he was supposed to…found out that certain players’ actions rendered them athletically ineligible…and continued to play them.
OSU is trying to contain the damage by blaming it all on Tressel, and he probably deserves the lion’s share of the blame. In my opinion, that fact should be the ONLY reason OSU doesn’t get the death penalty.
JB
July 23rd, 2011
11:34 am
At the end of the day, glad I’m still a Dawg fan
RGB
July 23rd, 2011
11:38 am
From Wikipedia:
LSU enters the 2011 season with 721 victories, the 12th most in NCAA history, and the 4th most of any SEC team, behind only Alabama (792), Tennessee (783), and Georgia (731). LSU entered the 2010 season with a 0.641 all-time winning percentage, the 14th best in the NCAA, and the 4th best in the SEC, behind only Alabama (0.707), Tennessee (0.692), and Georgia (0.646).
LSU officially claims three national championships (1958, 2003 & 2007). In their 121-year history, the Buckeyes claim seven national championships, but were consensus national champions six times. (7-3 = 4)
Since beginning play in 1892, the Crimson Tide program has claimed 13 national championships.
LSU vs. Alabama
Overall Record Against Alabama: 24-45-5
Source: tigerdroppings.com
Lesson for “LSU4LIFE”: Keep your mouth shut if you can’t even come close to backing it up.
Bryant
July 23rd, 2011
11:45 am
LAST!!!
dawg150
July 23rd, 2011
12:15 pm
Saban is a great football coach……..a given. But to say (jay) he built two programs, LSU, and Alabama, into national champs from “the ground up”, is a bit condesending to the players and coaches before him, at both universities mentioned. Also, any coach, or individual for that matter, who requires a button to open or close an office door is……well……let it speak for itself. As a UGA fan and avid follower for 40 years, respect for Mr. Saban is warranted. But football certainly exsisted at both UA and LSU before he arrived and damn sure will continue after his departure…….
ClinchPanther
July 23rd, 2011
1:56 pm
the runt may scare you mark but no US
RED DOG 77
July 23rd, 2011
2:49 pm
@JB At the end off the day I’m still a DAWG fan too……..cheers………..GATA………Regards, RED
Wladmir Klitschko
July 23rd, 2011
3:08 pm
gotta beat boise state in the GEORGIA dome
DMAN
July 23rd, 2011
3:48 pm
What was to fear about Bama last year,coach acts like a friggin JERK!
Concern
July 23rd, 2011
4:08 pm
Is the NCAA continuing to investigate Alabama over text book selling. Has been couple of years and have not heard the outcome?
If anyone knows please share.
LSU Rules
July 23rd, 2011
4:37 pm
Who’s shorter: Nick Saban or Terry Bowden?
Red Elephants Run Wild
July 23rd, 2011
5:02 pm
We are going to crush the competition in the SEC like Sherman burned South GA. The next three years are ours, and you low born teams will all be howling at the moon in envy before our run is completel
Alabama is better than LSU, owns Tennessee, stronger willed than Florida, aand fears no chicken team as we are back now at full strength.
We don’t care what you do, wear or pray too.
We only care about Alabama and what we do and we do it well…
We are the SEC and the SEC is Alabama the rest of you are just fluff.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 23rd, 2011
5:07 pm
Run through the South like Sherman A? Well I know one team that will be like the ole Lewis Grizzard story about the lome rebel on Stone Mountain. I damn sure can tell ya that one of the teams will be the U.. G..A Bulldamndawgs. So go suck on a roll of toilet paper you trailer loving ingrate.
wild one 13
July 23rd, 2011
6:34 pm
At Alabama, Coach Saban is given complete control of the program, the best facilities to train his men, and he is paid the highest salary of any college coach. The reason for this is simple. The fans of the Crimson Tide demand championships and will not settle for anything less.
As a life long Bama fan living in south Ga. I can tell you there is a huge difference in the fans of the Dawgs and Crimson Tide. That one huge difference is EXPECTATIONS!
wild one 13
July 23rd, 2011
6:35 pm
Enter your comments here
wild one 13
July 23rd, 2011
6:42 pm
As a life long Bama fan living in Ga. I can tell you one thing. There is one huge difference in the fans of the Dawgs and the Crimson Tide. It’s called EXPECTATIONS!
At Alabama they expect to win titles and win them often. The fans,alumni and boosters provide the tools and we expect the staff and players to deliver.
Corndogs rule
July 23rd, 2011
6:45 pm
Who’s dumber Less Miles or Gene Chizik?
ME
July 23rd, 2011
8:22 pm
Enter your comments here
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 23rd, 2011
8:35 pm
Wildone13 but they still do not have the internet as it took you 3 posts to barely get you point across. Typical Bammer!
Another Moron dawg fan
July 23rd, 2011
9:09 pm
This is a bunch of bull. A few years ago Saban had fear in his eyes during our black-out game.
Another Moron dawg fan
July 23rd, 2011
9:09 pm
Oh, never mind….bad example.
Old soldier
July 23rd, 2011
9:16 pm
Very nice article. I am an old Bama fan and have been all my life. I bleed crimson. BUT as an old soldier serving overseas I remember getting all excited about SEC football and most especially Bama football AND most especially Auburn week. I noticed in all those years overseas no one seemed to get excited as I did. BUT when the Super Bowl was played everyone tuned in. Even the folks that lived in the countries I was serving in. You Georgia fans at least have the Falcons and the Braves. Over in Bama this is all we have.
jarvis
July 23rd, 2011
9:53 pm
Dick Saban’s a nick. Karma has a way of sorting out such things in the universe.
Gen Neyland
July 23rd, 2011
10:32 pm
Saban has put The Brick Brigade is out of work…
Bill
July 23rd, 2011
10:33 pm
Lowcountry Dwag, we are from that low country you described the other nite, right there in Charleston across the bridge, and knew a long, long, time ago to, step other the citadel, say no to the gamecocks, say hell no the dwags, and join the best program in the country, Alabama Crimson Tide football.
Paul
July 23rd, 2011
11:59 pm
@Bama Dude…
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I will give you that Auburn’s second TD to open the second half was a big play and your safety did not cut over properly which could be considered a blown coverage. But the rest of the game was either one of two things…either bad plays by Auburn or good plays/domination by Auburn. It didn’t matter what Bama did on that day, it was what Auburn did, as evidenced by our 14-0 record. Surely, you saw that Auburn had problems with wide receivers all year and saw the stats they kept posting about how all the teams in the SEC big receivers had big games against us, Green, Jeffries, Jones etc. It didn’t matter all year. We continued to find a way to win. The Mark Ingram fumble was indeed a fortunate bounce for Auburn but a great defensive play nonetheless and a forced turnover, so was Fairly’s near the goal line. The rest of the game was controlled by Auburn on both sides of the ball and the rest of our drives were calculated drives with good decisions and play calling. After Lutzenkirchen scored the last TD they put the camera on Saban and Smart and they are arguing and they clearly were upset about the defensive play calling or schemes. They simply got outcoached in the game.
I respect Alabama but you have to understand it gets a little old always having to hear you guys make excuses every time you lose to us. It’s a little insane since the past 30 years we have held the advantage. Thats a long time and many fans can’t wrap their head around the concept that just because Alabama won a lot of game and “voted” national championships 40-50 years ago, that it somehow should erase what is going on in the present I understand that tradition is important and should never be taken away, but you must realize that the present is just as important and should also never be taken away.
If any Bama fans tries to suggest that they laid down, or gave up, and some have gone as far as to say that Slive called Saban at half time and told him to blow the game so Auburn could stay in the national title hunt for conference money is just downright comical and disrespectful. The bottom line is Alabama was trying and playing hard to win that game, they just didn’t this year.
Bamababe1980
July 24th, 2011
1:08 am
Don’t you just LOVE SEC football? We’re all so dedicated, supportive and intense about our teams! I was sooooo fortunate to attend U of A when Bryant was our coach, but am always respectful and supportive of the Spurriers, Meyers, Miles and Richts of our generation. I hope these traditions continue to please us for years to come. I have been very fortunate to have personally witnessed 3 National Championship games and look forward to many more! RTR and go SEC!
Street and Smith
July 24th, 2011
3:44 am
Why is the national press so excited
about an Alabama team which finished in 4th place last year ?
*(out of six teams in the SEC West)
zulucanibal
July 24th, 2011
4:42 am
PRISON WARDEN = NICK SABAN
The Voice of Reason
July 24th, 2011
7:28 am
It’s amusing – and very ignorant – to perpetuate the notion that somehow SEC teams or any FBS school are “scared” of Alabama and its midget coach, Osaban Bin Lyin. Last year, SC, LSU, and Auburn didn’t get the memo, just like Utah a few years back in the Sugar Bowl, blowing out a double-digit favorite while playing two time zones and 2300 miles away from home.
Da Coach
July 24th, 2011
7:54 am
Yeah, yeah, Nick Saban both invented and mastered the art of coaching. Wait a minute: Is this the same Nick Saban that went 15-17 as a head coach in the NFL; where all the talent is equal? The same guy that also was an assistant coach in Cleveland and Houston as well, where no Lombardi trophies appeared in those teams’ glass case during his time in those cities? The same guy who wasn’t even considered the best college coach in the state of Michigan when he was at MSU? Must be somebody else…..
Outside looking in
July 24th, 2011
8:00 am
Alabama had four first-round NFL draft picks last year…and lost three games. Must have been the coaching!
Newnandawg
July 24th, 2011
8:38 am
Oh, there are tons of other coaches besides Saban out there who have taken two struggling programs and won national championships with them. Wait, no there aren’t….
michael
July 24th, 2011
8:53 am
alabama cheats and we ALL know it. hell, i live on alabama street, go figure…..
Paul N Destin
July 24th, 2011
9:06 am
Yes Saban cheats …by working 24/7/365 with football. He ran Tubbs and FatFulmer out of town becasue both were to damn lazy to recruit (even the Nick Saban rule didn’t help those two). Many of you don’t understand that Alabama replaced almost the entire defense last year with some freshmen and many many soph’s thus we weren’t ready for primetime. Well the youth isn’t a problem now sport and we don’t have 6 teams with open dates to contend with either and I bet your team doesn’t as well!!!! Bama might not win the NC but it will be in the hunt each and every year that Nick Saban is at Bama. The one thing you must know is that your HC is working hard because they must in order to stick with Nick and Bama so you can thank Nick for that. Red…you don’t know sheet about Coach Bryant. Stick with UGA and your one trophy.
Barf
July 24th, 2011
9:34 am
I didn’t know Bamana fans could read or write, all I know is we went almost an entire decade and never heard from one on these blogs. Oh I know, computers finally made it into the Alabama 3 years ago, or was it electricity?
RAB1482
July 24th, 2011
9:45 am
Um, Mark, I think you and the other sportswriters are the only ones that “fear” Alabama. The rest of us know that they put their pants on one leg at a time…..
Roll Turd
July 24th, 2011
10:01 am
Louisiana-Monroe fans are neither impressed nor intimidated…!!!! We are still laughing…!!! Tide will be the butt of our jokes for many years to come…!!! Thanks bama…
UTee
July 24th, 2011
10:12 am
Gen Neyland
Dooley years = Shula years
Enjoy!
Ryan D.
July 24th, 2011
10:19 am
Hey did Ya’ll hear what happened at the last Bama – UGA game? The UGA fans threw fireworks at the Bama Fans. What did the Bama fans do? They picked them up and lit the fuses and threw them back.
Snoop Dawg
July 24th, 2011
10:29 am
Saban is orders of magnitude better than Richt. So no matter how much recruiting we do, we will be perennial losers. We are literally wasting three million dollars a man with Mark Richt who impesonates the Dali Lama while in transcendental meditation on the sidelines during games. Why doesn’t the Bulldog Nation demand better?
Snoop Dawg
July 24th, 2011
10:34 am
UGA’s football program has much more money than Alabama’s, and the school’s academic reputation is much, much better. So why don’t we demand that UGA’s senior leadership find and pay for a world class coach like Alabama has done? See, Alabama is smarter than Georgia in this regard. UGA is jealous of Saban. If Saban or Spurrier or Petrino or Mullins or almost any other SEC coach were head coach of the Bulldogs, they would immediately attain immortal status among the fan base. How long must this bs with da Preacha Man go on?
Confused
July 24th, 2011
10:39 am
Because Bama has the highest salary cap in the SEC. We just can’t afford to pay our players like they do, so they attract the top tier talent
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
10:43 am
Hey GEORGIA, Congrats on landing 3 players (out of 37) on the offensive and 3 players (out of 37) on the defensive preseason All SEC teams. Likewise congrats on having the number 2 rated recruiting class in the entire NCAA over the last 10 years. Something doesn’t add up.
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
10:45 am
Saban doesn’t cheat. He simply outworks everyone and demands that his coaches and players do too. That’s why he wins EVERYWHERE he goes. Its really, really simple.
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
10:49 am
I still like that 31-0 “black eye” we gave you at half time when you pulled that “black out” stunt on us a few years ago. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. BWAHAHAHAHAHA…HAHAHAHAHAH…hahahah.em
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
10:51 am
gimme some of that Georgia koolaid! hahahahahhahaha…
Ryan D.
July 24th, 2011
10:51 am
Enter your comments here
Ryan D.
July 24th, 2011
10:54 am
Did ya’ll here what happened at the last Bama-UGA game? The UGA fans threw fireworks at the Bama fans. What did the Bama fans do? They picked them up, lit the fuses and threw them back. And they call us trailer park dwellers!!!!
Really?
July 24th, 2011
10:58 am
“He (Saban) wins EVERYWHERE he goes.” Let’s ask the Dolphins for confirmation of that absolute statement, preferably with the two SB trophies “He” delivered with that sparkling 15-17 record. To quote CFB HOF’er Jim Mandich, an All American at Michigan who played for Schembechler in college and some guy named Don Shula in pros at Miami. “Nick Saban? The biggest phony, fake, two-bit lyer I’ve ever come across.”
Snoop Dawg
July 24th, 2011
11:06 am
If Nick Saban were coach at UGA bringing in championships and number one recruiting classes, he would be put on a pedestal and worshipped by these same Richt zombies in the fan base. Pure and simple, they are just jealous of Alabama’s success and too stupid to make the changes necessary to compete.
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
11:06 am
I stand corrected Really? I was referring to college football. Everything else look pretty accurate to you?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 24th, 2011
11:08 am
Bammer Stan 3 posts to try the old worn out humor. Good job you get a pledge pin for your efforts, you tool.
Altamaha Zombie
July 24th, 2011
11:08 am
If Saban were head coach at UGA winning championships and bringing in number one recruiting classes every year, he would be hoisted on a pedestal and worshipped by the same Richt zombies who criticize him today. Truth is that it is nothing more than old fashioned jealousy. They are jealous of Alabama’s success and too stupid to make the necessary coaching changes to remain competitive.
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
11:12 am
Revised:
Saban doesn’t cheat. He simply outworks everyone in the college game and demands that all his coaches and players do too. That’s why he wins EVERYWHERE he goes. Its really, really simple. Now this “out work everyone” philosophy doesn’t pay dividends in professional football. Ask Spurier and others. But it sure as heck does in college football on down. And it is why he will dominate not only Georgia but every other SEC team as well.
BAMA STAN
July 24th, 2011
11:15 am
worn out humor? Truth hurts don’t it mr dawg? Wish you would have been kinder and gentler to us when you were on top. Enjoy your view down there for a few more years ole big man when things are going well. hahah.. hahahahahahahahahahah,,,hahahaha..ahem
Dublin Dawg
July 24th, 2011
11:16 am
Hey BAMA STAN. why don’t you alabama inbreds stay on your own blogs?
buzzer
July 24th, 2011
11:20 am
Dublin Dawg:
“alabama inbreds”. “stay on your own blogs”. Really? Really? Now THAT is the pot calling the kettle black if I ever heard it. Can anyone say “double standard” here? Sheeze!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 24th, 2011
11:31 am
Yep that 31-0 half really chaps my skin. I think about it daily, counting down the days till we can have a shot at redemption. Really….? Please I am just doing this to have fun with tools like you. You know the ones that name themselveS….Bama Stan.
Tide Rising
July 24th, 2011
11:35 am
Dublin Dawg,
Maybe being a dawg fan you need some help with your critical thinking skills. This is not a dawg blawg. Go over to the guy with the beard that looks like grizzly adams for that. The subject of this blog is Bama. Are you really just that stupid?
Tide Rising
July 24th, 2011
11:39 am
Lowcountry,
I noticed you asked earlier about Tide Roll. I don’t even think he’s a Bama fan. I think he’s a Tech fan that posts only on that one dawg site and does it just to needle you guys. Hell the guy doesn’t even know its roll tide. I’ve never seen him post on blogs about Alabama football. I think he’s just some disturbed dude that just posts the same drivel over and over and over and just chooses another team’s handle because with a Tech handle he doesn’t really have any bragging rights over the dawgs.
Tide Rising
July 24th, 2011
11:40 am
Lowcountry,
One of these days ya’ll are going to figure out that tideroll is really probably a Tech fan posing as a Bama fan just to needle you guys. I’ve never seen the guy blog on an article about Bama football or on the general sec blogs. Never seen it.
Bill
July 24th, 2011
11:48 am
When you blow a 24 point lead on your home field against your arch rival it tends to remove the fear. Great coaches don’t let this happen.
RedandBlackDAWG
July 24th, 2011
11:50 am
I believe the key to UGA’s success lies with the players, playing like a team, not losing to those they should beat, and pulling off a game or two where they are not favored. UGA should be able to pull out 9 wins this year, if the players work hard, believe in themselves and work as a team. No great mystery to all that.
You can respect Saban but he is just a human, just like any other mortal man. He has to motivate his players just like any other coach. He has done it better than CMR for a few years, but don’t allow him to be the 12th man on the field.
I guess the same could be said about Spurrier, if we are looking at how coaches teams have been when they played UGA. CMR has a favorable record against S.C. and held his own, in face to face meetings with AL. If he has truly gotten some fire in his gut, and his other coaches step it up, there is no reason for UGA to fear either coach or school. Coach up the players and hope they perform on the field.
Bill
July 24th, 2011
11:50 am
@bamastan-Your quote of winning every where he goes is in error. Check out his success with the Miami Dolphins.
AU Liberal in ATL
July 24th, 2011
11:54 am
Get real. That old bastard doesn’t scare me, not even a little bit. War Damn Eagle!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 24th, 2011
11:59 am
Agree 100% Tide Rising.
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July 24th, 2011
11:59 am
ONE MORE TIME (FOR THE IGNORANT DOG FANS ONLY)………..THIS IS NOT,I REPEAT NOT A DOG BLOG ONLY!!! CHIPPER & BILLY HAVE THOSE BLOGS FOR YOU GO THERE & YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY ALL THINGS PUPPY DOG……….YA GET IT NOW NIMROD!!! THIS IS A BLOG FOR ALLLLLLLLL TO COMMENT ON & OR ABOUT THE SUBJECT AT HAND……….PERIOD!! ANY SCHOOL,ANY CONFERENCE,ANYTIME!!!!
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July 24th, 2011
12:03 pm
@ A.L. in ATL……..Q: DOES THE NCAA SCARE YOU YET??!
Buddy El (Dawg For Life)
July 24th, 2011
12:11 pm
Alright! I’ve waited long enough during all this name calling and disparaging of the other teams fans. How can you really, really lower the boom on SEC fans without bringing up the National, Dumba$$ Fan of The Year(NDFTY) without mentioning the BAMA TREE-KILLER. Maybe Bama will win 2 National Championships this season. One in football and one in NDFTY. What a school.
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July 24th, 2011
12:23 pm
@ BUDDY EL………….GO HUG THAT FULMER TROPHY B/C THAT’S THE ONLY ONE YOU’LL HAVE THIS YEAR,CHUMP!!!
Title 24
July 24th, 2011
12:32 pm
Saban’s roster is loaded with talent—the only team that will give Bama a game is South Carolina in the SEC title game, but bama wins that by 13+. Bama plays fsu for the BCS title—take it to the bank!
Tall Order
July 24th, 2011
12:35 pm
Nick Saban is taller than Terry Bowden—I have that from some people who know both!
D man
July 24th, 2011
12:38 pm
I wish we had Saban at Georgia. He is an amazing coach. Great recruiter, leader, motivator and seems to be a great guy too. my son goes to Bama so I am a simi-Bama fan too.
Roll tide…..
D man
July 24th, 2011
12:40 pm
Saban is a great coach…
Buddy El (Dawg For Life)
July 24th, 2011
12:50 pm
Bama Dude: Thanks for the blow by blow description of Bama’s 3rd loss of the 2010 season to Awbarn. Given a dozen “ifs” and the avoidance of dozens of Bama injuries we could have had another Bama NC. Maybe if we all petition the NCAA we can have a replayed AU – Bama game. I’m surprised we haven’t already tried this. Everyone knows that no teams other than Bama had injuries so lets get moving on this appeal. May as well ask for your dozen “ifs” also. Don’t expect any assistance from The Barn though. They have developed an allergy to anything NCAA related.
Buddy El (Dawg For Life)
July 24th, 2011
12:59 pm
Dublin Dawg: You may be on to something. They jumped all over you about this not being a UGA blog but nary a word of denial about them being “inbreds”. Just sayin.
Just Me
July 24th, 2011
1:21 pm
Great one bunch of inbreeds from one redneck state calling another group of inbred rednecks names. This is Our Blog. No, no it isn’t. It is our blog.
Alabama 41 uGA 30 Sanford & Son Stadium
July 24th, 2011
1:25 pm
Hey Bulldog!
Hey Bulldog!
We just Beat The Hell Out of you!!!
Rama Jama Yellow Hammer Give them Hell Alabama!!!
Real Problem
July 24th, 2011
1:32 pm
Nothing like SEC football to get everyone fired up:).
Just some thoughts……….
I wish Nick Saban was coaching Georgia. The Gator losses would stop, period. I am sick and tired of loosing to that bunch.
I have a hard time throwing Saban under the bus when I see the likes of Julio, Mark, Marcel and Greg. Great kids and true role models…
I think Bama’s defense is going to as close as one can get to NFL quality. Look for several shut outs….
Last, Saban is not just recruiting snot nose kids…he is selling a whole entire package that is turning on the parents of these talented players. He has a saying I love ” We have good people doing good things at Alabama “. Does not sound like SATAN to me.
Buddy El (Dawg For Life)
July 24th, 2011
1:38 pm
I know Paul In Destin: He couldn’t find his a$$ with both hands in his hip pockets.
Buddy El (Dawg For Life)
July 24th, 2011
1:57 pm
INDISPUTABLE FACTS:
During Mark Richt’s 10 years at UGA he has beaten Saban 3 out of 4 meetings.
LA Monroe has a better record against Saban than does Mark Richt
LA-Monroe kicked Tide and Saban butt.
Tide finished in 4th place………..IN THE SEC WEST…..in 2010
Harvey Updyke Jr.
July 24th, 2011
2:14 pm
Fear ‘Bama??? Do you remember the old ‘no fear’ slogan? Well, here in Alabana it’s known as ‘ain’t skeert’.
Bill
July 24th, 2011
2:17 pm
Low Country dawg: we are from that low country you described the other nite, right across the bridge in Charleston and knew a very long, long, long, time ago, to step over the citadel, say no to the gamecocks, say %*^*# no to the dwags, and join the very best program in the “country” Alabama Crimson Tide football.
Tony Geinzer
July 24th, 2011
2:36 pm
I, Mr. Tony Geinzer, would say the days of Bama Bashing ended years ago and the days of competing with and around Bama have restarted. I feel that Auburn can’t try to win without cheating and a lot of us Central Iowans want Chizik canned in Auburn and LSU and Ole Miss can’t win no more and Mississippi State and Arkansas is on Bama’s Level, but, the only ones who can hang with Bama is Kentucky. I think the average Georgia Man wants his Coach Dooley back as he is the State’s John Wooden.
AU in Milton
July 24th, 2011
3:09 pm
Saban is a good coach but bammers are a little odd how they worship coaches.. They really showed up at 6am at a mall in Hoover to just see him? WTH? .Saban does have a 3-4 record against AU for his career and is 2-2 while coaching at bammer.. yet bammers think he “owns” AU? Maybe beause he is 5 ft 6 inches people fear him? Who knows? He will always be one of my favorites…he blew a 24-0 lead at home to us and I will be grateful forever..I love you Saban..
Ron Zook
July 24th, 2011
3:50 pm
Buddy El by that logic I am better than Richt
ga gator
July 24th, 2011
3:51 pm
Until Spurrier wins a NC at South Carolina, Saban is the only one that I know of who can claim it at 2 Universities. Another thought to ponder; if you are a player who steps in his own stuff, who would you rather explain it to Saban or Richt and Meyer?
Score Check
July 24th, 2011
4:34 pm
Fear Satan because he will throw his boys under the bus in a heartbeat for “the good of the program”
Can you spell “M-E-D-I-C-A-L H-A-R-D-S-H-I-P”
BAMA STAN
July 25th, 2011
7:18 am
Nick Saban is without a doubt the best college football coach of all time.
Atlanta87
July 26th, 2011
1:14 pm
Testing….
amau2009
July 26th, 2011
1:14 pm
Ok sorry everyone. It wouldn’t let me post on another blog so I didn’t know if it was me or what.
Whiskey Breath
July 26th, 2011
4:04 pm
Did you make Jeff happy? When are you going to figure out, you have more talent than he does but apparently he knows more about ratings. When it doubt, tell the home crowd what they want to hear.
Saban is the devil and Mark is a saint! Not sure that counts on the win loss record.