A classic game? Nope, just classic Alabama domination
Touchdown, Alabama! And there were a bunch of those Monday night. (AP photo by John Bazemore)
UPDATED WITH NICK SABAN QUOTES
Miami Gardens, Fla. – For a minute, this felt like a real event. That was the minute before kickoff, when the stadium was alive and both sides lived in hope. Then the game began, and it got …
Ugly? If you’d hoped for a competitive BCS championship game, yes. But in another way, what came after was a kind of brutal beauty. A great football team played at the peak of its power, and how often are we privileged to witness such brilliance? If this wasn’t quite UCLA beating No. 1 Houston 101-69 in the 1968 Final Four, it was pretty darn close.
Alabama led by seven points after three minutes, by 21 four seconds into the second quarter. At that moment, the Crimson Tide had outgained No. 1 Notre Dame 203 yards to 23 and had scored more points than the vaunted Irish defense had allowed in four quarters this season. It’s easy to say now that Notre Dame stands revealed as a fraud, but this is what Alabama does. It takes big-shouldered No. 1 teams — LSU last January, Notre Dame this time — and renders them puny by comparison.
Again we were reminded that there is no other league like the SEC, which has won seven BCS titles in succession and might win the next 77, but now we know that, even among the SEC’s array of heavyweights, there’s no program like Alabama and no coach like Nick Saban. This was once seen as the least of the past five Tide teams – afterward, Saban said his men “certainly exceeded every expectation we had for them” — but it was again the best in the land.
Three of the past four BCS title games have been won by Alabama, and four of the past 10 championships have been taken by Saban. What began as domination by a conference has yielded to the singular excellence of one driven man. College football has its Krzyzewski, meaning a coach who isn’t just the best but the best by such a distance as to make it seem unfair.
Said Saban: “A world like ‘dynasty’ is not one I’m much interested in. I’m more interested in ‘accomplishment’ and ‘consistency’ and ‘performance.’ ”
SEC zealots will insists Notre Dame wouldn’t have gone unbeaten against an SEC-caliber schedule, and it probably wouldn’t. (Even Alabama didn’t.) But the Irish arrived as a proud and strong team that had beaten Stanford, which won the Pac-12, and Oklahoma, which finished tied atop the Big 12, and other Brand Names. But it was clear after one drive that Notre Dame at its best couldn’t touch Alabama, and rarely does Bama allow any opponent to look its best.
Eddie Lacy burst through holes as as broad as an airport runway, and those few times he encountered Irish resistance he shrugged it aside. The decorated Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was made to look ordinary, and the Irish lineman couldn’t lay a pinkie on AJ McCarron, who found receivers running free and easy. And when Alabama dazzles you with offensive footwork, you’re in for a long night.
Early in the second quarter, there came a moment when the difference in class was made manifest. The fleet Irish quarterback Everett Golson shook free on a third-down scramble and had a clear path to the first down. C.J. Mosley, whose tip of Aaron Murray’s final pass decided the hairbreadth SEC championship game, ran down Golson and stopped him short.
Only moments earlier, Irish coach Brian Kelly chose to try for a first down on fourth-and-five at the Alabama 39. The play failed, and it underscored how quickly Alabama can drive a sound coach to desperation. (Fun fact: When Notre Dame scored late in the third quarter, it marked the first points Bama had yielded in the 108 minutes and seven seconds in the BCS title game, a span over which it had outscored three opponents — Texas, LSU and now Notre Dame — 69-0.)
This game was 28-0 at the half — it would end 42-14 — and 28-nil wasn’t from the famous 31-0 halftime spread Alabama had amassed against No. 3 Georgia in Athens on Sept. 28, 2008. That game stands as the first watershed victory of Saban’s Bama, and almost everything since has been a consolidation of gains, and who out there seems apt to stem the raging Tide?
Said Saban, quibbling: “We got here by five yards. Georgia was five yards from scoring (to win the SEC title).”
Before Monday night, no school had repeated as BCS champion. Alabama now has two in a row, and three of four, and the belief in Tide circles is that next year’s team will be even better. Just as the SEC has lapped the rest of the collegiate field, Alabama has lapped the mighty SEC. Even within the only conference that matters, there’s only one team that matters. Nick Saban’s team.
“This was really special,” he said, “and someday when I’m sitting on the hill watching the stream go by, I might think even deeper thoughts. But what about next year’s team? Somebody’s got to think about that.”
By Mark Bradley
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Chris
January 7th, 2013
11:42 pm
Goes to show Georgia under Richt was a pretty good football team this past season.
Chris
January 7th, 2013
11:42 pm
and oh yeah FIRST btw lol
Chris
January 7th, 2013
11:45 pm
and Bradley, your prediction that GA would play in the NC game this season was pretty much right after all. That SEC championship game was the NC game.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
11:46 pm
Thanks, Chris.
HPDawg
January 7th, 2013
11:50 pm
I agree Chris, ND was not even close to competing with the Tide…..
NICK SABAN: The Most-Interesting Coach in the World
January 7th, 2013
11:50 pm
I don’t always play for the BCS National Championship…
Wait a second…
Actually, I certainly do.
Stay CRIMSON, My Friends.
jbill
January 7th, 2013
11:52 pm
Great job Mark all year long..Thanks!
BobDawg
January 7th, 2013
11:52 pm
….and Dawgs should finish well within the Top 5…. The Irish may drop out of the top 10…
SenoiaDawgs
January 7th, 2013
11:53 pm
Most certainly the NC game was played in Atlanta.
I think the proof is in the pudding with ND being a fraud. Just look how TXAM throttled OU.
Go Dawgs lets see Bama in Atlanta next year.
collins
January 7th, 2013
11:53 pm
cant wait for next year…uga, a&m, florida, clowney at usc, lsu, bama…should be an incredible 2013 season. congrats tide and go dawgs.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
11:53 pm
Thanks, jbill.
Nutnbutme
January 7th, 2013
11:54 pm
I nominate the Alabama – UGA (SEC Championship) as BCS Championship game. Irish, go home & hide beneath ur shamrocks
NICK SABAN: The Most-Interesting Coach in the World
January 7th, 2013
11:56 pm
If not for that laptop-stealing, special-ed, semi-pro, “athletic” quarterback at Auburn a couple of years ago, I would now have 4 BCS Titles in a row.
Stay CRIMSON, My Friends.
Roll Tide!
2013
January 7th, 2013
11:56 pm
well for all you uga homers, TA&M only had 2 losses and they beat bama so i think they are better than uga and should be ranked ahead of ga
Snoop Dawg
January 7th, 2013
11:58 pm
If UGA ever wants the crystal football, to win the NC, then Richt has to be as good as Saban.
Saban is several orders of magnitude superior to Richt, as is his entire coaching staff. It permeates the players.
UGA can never get there with Richt at the controls.
This is as good as it gets for UGA. Enjoy while you can, folks.
RGB
January 7th, 2013
11:58 pm
So where is the hygienically-challenged Moist Dawg complaining about how sorry Alabama is?
I hear the sound of crickets…..
Roll Tide Everybody!!!
Snoop Dawg
January 7th, 2013
11:59 pm
I love UGA, but the NC was played in Tuscaloosa, not Atlanta.
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:00 am
It is I who thanks you Mr. Bradley. Your predictions were spot on this season. Also, your article after the Georgia loss to Bama in the SEC (national championship game) helped me and many of my Dawg friends get through some tough days. Really have been impressed with your work this past year.
DawgDad
January 8th, 2013
12:00 am
Have to admire this Bama team and the way they play. Say what you may about Nick Saban, he’s a great coach and leader. Excellence was on display.
MarinerDawg
January 8th, 2013
12:00 am
Jawga should finished ranked # 2 no lower than #3 . But it make me sick that we couldn’t finish the drill against bama when we were up 21- 10. We would’ve killed ND
DILLIGAF
January 8th, 2013
12:00 am
Sweet Home Alabama….great song but I’ll take Gods’ country, Georgia, anyday!
UGA85′
GATA!
Bama15
January 8th, 2013
12:01 am
Where the hell is Lou Holtz?
Fake Steve
January 8th, 2013
12:01 am
GameCock Nation tips its hat to Bama…. Go SEC and Go Gamecocks
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:02 am
Why can’t UGA hire Saban away from Alabama? Alabama is a lousy state to live in.
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:02 am
Chris, BAMA won that game as well. Did you forget?
DawgDad
January 8th, 2013
12:03 am
“Saban is several orders of magnitude superior to Richt, as is his entire coaching staff. It permeates the players.
UGA can never get there with Richt at the controls.”
Several orders of magnitude? About five yards? Really, please go grasp some perspective.
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
January 8th, 2013
12:04 am
Get used to it boys.
oh brother!
January 8th, 2013
12:04 am
2013…sorry pal…that logic doesnt work..if it did…we beat UF and TAM didn’t..so we are definitely better and beat a higher ranked team in the bowl.
Bama15
January 8th, 2013
12:04 am
SportsCenter already has the Bama #15 helmet up!
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
January 8th, 2013
12:05 am
Notre Dame waited 22 years for a national championship game.
Man, that’s a long time…
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:05 am
Snoop Dawg…no coach is as good as Saban, so that makes your post silly. Saban won’t win every one. Richt was very very close to winning one this year as he has been a couple other times while at Georgia. No, Richt is not as good as Saban as a coach, but the problem with your statement is that it leaves out the fact NO other coach in all of college football is as good as Saban.
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:05 am
how about 3 NCs in 4 years, that is MAGNITUDE
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:05 am
Dawg Dad, don’t know what you’ve been drinking, but we can talk after you’ve sobered up…
SEC Dominance
January 8th, 2013
12:06 am
To the Real SEC fans and Fans of College Football, thank you for showing class while your SEC Brothers carry on the banner of the conference.
To the others who still have a harsh reaction to losing in the SECCG, YOU need to grow up!
Mora less Petrino
January 8th, 2013
12:06 am
Chris, agree with you about the SEC Championship!
Now Mark, write an article about how the Falcons need to figure out how to get Barrett Jones and Eddie Lacy, then send it to Tom Dimitroff.
Roll Tide! Roll Birds! Hope the Falcons keep it rolling in the South this Sunday.
dawgfan
January 8th, 2013
12:06 am
Notre Dame might go 8-4 in the SEC, if they’re as lucky as they were this year.
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:07 am
they are the only team to beat the NC, they should be #2
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:07 am
Chris, close doesn’t cut it. That is what Saban is all about.
Michael "The Dynasty" Vick
January 8th, 2013
12:07 am
Chris, said another way. GA fans have got to be hating Richt again. Even GA’s pathetic performance against Neb would have been enough to win the NC. No way did tonight define Alabama’s greatness. It defined ND’s weakness. Remember the Irish went to overtime with Pitt. At that point, they were exposed.
Another Richt almost, coulda, woulda, shoulda.
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
to “we steal ruin this state” … nope didn’t forget. Alabama is the best team in the land this year. No doubt about it. Not sure what your point is.
Lowcountry Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
UGA has a legitimate claim on the #2 ranking… Congrats Dogs!
Mr. Obvious
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
I just hope “The Great JiveTalker” doesn’t try to take way that BCS Title Alabama worked so hard to win on its own and redistribute it by spreading it around to lazy, worthless underachieving football programs such as Northwestern, Penn State or UGA.
KJ
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
Some of you need to stop using the word “magnitude” like you know what it means.
Buckeye - Not
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
Where is he? If Urban was so good; why did he leave the most competitive conference in the country for Delaney land.?
Can’t cut it nut boy?
El-Toro GATA
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
this tells you that Georgia is the second best team in the land. I dont think ND will have a chance against Georgia either.
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:09 am
And to think the 2013 BAMA team will probably be better.
You may want to kidnap SABAN. He is going to get alot of coaches in the SEC FIRED.
Mark
January 8th, 2013
12:09 am
Discipline on the Ala team is a hallmark for college football. My one complaint with Coach Richt is the lack of on the field discipline during the game. Way to much jaw jacking. Saban is indeed the standard for college coaches. Go Dawgs. Cant wait for next season….
Red Stick
January 8th, 2013
12:09 am
There’s no doubt Saban is the best coach in college football. I am one LSU fan who is thankful that he turned us around.
Congratulations to Alabama.
Geaux Tigers
Ted Striker
January 8th, 2013
12:10 am
Fine article.
(However I think even Saban would disagree that “there’s only one team that matters” in the SEC)
kreedham
January 8th, 2013
12:10 am
Mark and fellow bloggers….Where do you thinkg UGA will end up. I say Tide, Oregon, Stanford, GA, ND falls to 5th. If game had been close GA would be 5th.
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:10 am
agree Snoop…close doesn’t cut it…but I also think Georgia is in a very good position with Richt as the coach.
poof!!!
January 8th, 2013
12:11 am
Bama’s going to take two days off to celebrate this victory, so the Dawgs need to start today to get a two day jump on them.
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:11 am
and also Snoop…there aren’t many teams in the country who wouldn’t trade their entire team and coaching staff for Georgia’s entire team and coaching staff in a second. So let’s enjoy what we’ve got at Georgia. Then let’s try to win the whole thing sometime soon!
Deep Thoughts
January 8th, 2013
12:13 am
The main topic of conversation on ND blogs right now is comparing their SAT scores to Bama’s (just like the Tech guys always do).
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:13 am
Chris, bottom line is that Richt doesn’t have the”Eye of the Tiger.” Saban does, and other coaches do too.
Richt will never have a NC. This yearwas as close as it gets…
Sometimes the truth hurts, but try to assess the situation objectively.
UGA cannot raise it to a higher level. 5 yards are no better than 95 if you can’t cross the goal…
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:13 am
I gues NOTRE DAME can stuff those PEDIPHILES vs. SOUTHERNERS shirts up there @#!
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:13 am
think ND stays ahead of ga because they only have one loss and they got blowed out by bama while ga got blowed out by Sc
dawgfan
January 8th, 2013
12:13 am
I’d put us at #3 behind Oregon. We would have had a hard time beating Oregon with our defense.
Bear
January 8th, 2013
12:14 am
Can I get some ice water down here, please?
Eddie Long
January 8th, 2013
12:14 am
@DAWGDOG
I tell you what, why dont you go cry and polish ALL 3 BCS cystal trophies and complain to them about 5 yards. If not you can bring “moist towel dawg” and come over and take some pictures of the good bishop :}
WINK WINK
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:14 am
Chris,I over ten years, not a single assistant of Richt’s has been offered a head coaching job, or even a promotion.
What does that tell you?
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:15 am
chris,
It means your beloved thugas are not #1, they haven’t been since 1980 (thanks to Herschel) and they won’t be any time soon.
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:16 am
Alabama first team #1
Alabama second team #2
My-Guy
January 8th, 2013
12:16 am
Let’s not forget the FACT that the past 4 National Championship Titles have been bought into the STATE of Alabama. Do you know what that means!
2009: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2010: Auburn, Alabama
2011: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2012: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The STATE of Alabama has been dominating the college football world the past 4 years ladies and gentlemen!
Bear
January 8th, 2013
12:16 am
How about an ice-cold Coca-Cola?
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:17 am
Chris, did you pass out?
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:18 am
Well it means hats off to you Alabama fans. You are the best team in the nation. Don’t know how I can tip my cap any more clearly…however, Georgia was also a great team this year, and it has a chance to be even better in the next few years. Maybe sometime soon you’ll be tipping your cap to us Georgia fans.
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:19 am
My-guy, my thoughts exactly.
Big Crimson 75
January 8th, 2013
12:20 am
Amari Cooper looks a lot like AJ Green out there.
Much like Green, he’s not as physical as Julio, butt he’s very fluid with better hands & footwork.
Say what you will about McCarron, this is the 2nd consecutive BCS Title Game he’s brought his A Game.
Roll Tide
Go SEC
Snoop Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:20 am
Chris, UGA’s ability for the future is limited by inferior coaching. Period dot com.
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:20 am
Chris, don’t hold your breath.
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:21 am
Red Stick
January 8th, 2013
12:09 am
There’s no doubt Saban is the best coach in college football. I am one LSU fan who is thankful that he turned us around.
Congratulations to Alabama.
Geaux Tigers
I appreciate you stating your comments. Not many LSU fans will admit that SABAN turned the LSU program around.
Before SABAN there was CURLY HALLMAN and GARY DINARDO. They were terrible.
Thanks for staing the obvious. MILES is a good coach but he is almost guaranteed to make LSU lose 1-2 games a year with his coaching.
Here’s to LOU HOLTZ, URBAN CRYIN MEYER, and LEE CORSO……………………..Thanks for picking the PEDIPHILES.
Chris
January 8th, 2013
12:21 am
Snoop…not sure what your saying exactly. I’m saying Saban is better than Richt. I’m saying Bama is better (at the moment) than Georgia. Then I’m adding that Georgia under Richt has been very good. I feel we are on the verge of a national championship. Maybe it will never happen under Richt as you seem to think, but I think it will.
wreckmaniac
January 8th, 2013
12:21 am
As millions of TVs shut off at 9:15 the BCS proved yet again that they cannot get it right while millions of ad dollars were flushed. Oh well, the same suckers will be back at the Notre Dame scripted college
nat champ system next year and networks will grope for the typical excuses. This game might have been competitive if Lacy had to run with 5 teammates while ND had their first and second team defenses on the field at the same time. How was such a bunch of BS sold ?
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:22 am
Big Crimson,
I can dream…would love to see Amari and Julio as Falcon teammates…
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
January 8th, 2013
12:22 am
Definition of a second-tier program: A program that believes it can win a title based a series of what-if’s after watching a real team win won.
Joe Cox
January 8th, 2013
12:23 am
Where’s GTBoob? all that whining about ND having a shot? can we all agree this (doesn’t) know-it-all is probably just some kid in his parents basement? and if that’s not true and that mentality actually belongs to a grown man, well… god help him.
CT_Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:24 am
If only we had a system that allowed the winners of the biggest post season games to play one another…
Lowcountry Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:25 am
I like going back to the Pre-BCS polling system. It was bad, but not nearly this bad.
Bama15
January 8th, 2013
12:26 am
OK, Holtz showed, and got his story straight. I’m hitting the sack. Pleasant dreams, all.
OVentbrel
January 8th, 2013
12:26 am
Its not going to get any easier for the rest of college football. With a pretty easy schedule, and a deep and diverse 2013 recruiting class with some HUGE wide receivers, Texas A&M may be the next team to hoist the crystal ball. They have to play Alabama at Kyle Field and LSU in Baton Rouge, but thats pretty much it.
wreckmaniac
January 8th, 2013
12:26 am
If ND dosn’t derop out of the top 20, we will see again the fraud that goes on in the “ranking” system.
The problem with the BCS is that it dosen’t have a person with a name who claims to be in charge.
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:26 am
watching bama win another NC, fantastic
listening to ga fans wallow in what ifs………………….priceless
TheTruth
January 8th, 2013
12:27 am
Whether Alabama will be good, as good, or better next year all lies in who comes back and who steps up in their offensive line. But, their line will not be as good next year. And, that is the heart and soul of Saban’s teams.
Alabama vs Oregon would've been better
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
A&M should be ranked higher than UGA, Stanford too.
Oregon as well, obviously Alabama. Ohio State in the AP should stay above.
South Carolina should leap over Georgia too. Notre Dame will probably fall above Georgia.
So right where Georgia is now is where they should stay. Or maybe down 1.
Ranking UGA higher is kind of like saying Notre Dame is #1 and Alabama is #2, it’s just not a reality.
BTW, 4 yards short of a chance at Notre Dame. 4 yards.
wreckmaniac
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
The official final rankings are:
1. A and M
2. Bama
3. Oregon
4. UGA
5. Kansas St
Bama15
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
Enter your comments here
Mutley
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
I see post saying, “Well Georgia is number 2″ and we are all satisfied and patting ourselves on the back and saying how proud we are but are we? Let me quote a great football coach on his feeling about being number 2.
There is only one place in my game and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers. As Dale Earnhardt once said second place is just first loser. Georgia must develop this attitude if we ever expect to see another national championship.
tell the truth
January 8th, 2013
12:29 am
Great season Mark-thanks for all the blogs and articles. Another great year for Alabama.
Lowcountry Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:29 am
It’s great to see Clemson and UGA play again… That was once a great rivalry, and the schools are only a few dozen miles apart, and so it makes sense. That rivalry is a lot like the Tech-Auburn rivalry… We don’t get to play very often anymore, but those are fun games.
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:30 am
NOTRE DAME should not be ahead of GEORGIA and they will not be. I believe it will end this way
1. BAMA
2. OREGON
3. STANFORD
4. GEORGIA
5. TEX AM
6. SOUTH CAROLINA
7. FLORIDA STATE
8. CLEMSON
9. LOUISVILLE
10. NOTRE DAME
we steal ruin this state
January 8th, 2013
12:31 am
But come April, thuga nation will be convinced they will be the perennial pre season #1
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:32 am
wreckmaniac
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
The official final rankings are:
1. A and M
2. Bama
3. Oregon
4. UGA
5. Kansas St
You must be admitted to a mental health program. You are really sick.,
HAN
January 8th, 2013
12:35 am
Even if Saban wins the next 20 BCS Championships, if my son were recruited by this coach, I would never give him my blessing to play under a man who broke his word so cleary and publicly. He is a liar, period! Honor is worth far, far more than football. An honorable man’s life will still shine long after trophies are dull & collecting dust on a shelf, and the stats are long forgotten.
Fyle
January 8th, 2013
12:37 am
The Final Rankings
1. Bama
2.UGA
3.Oregon
4.Texas A&M
5.Stanford
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
January 8th, 2013
12:40 am
The SEC has won 9 BCS titles.
Thanks for nothing UGA….
southern white boy
January 8th, 2013
12:43 am
great column mark, except you defamed saban by comparing him to a coach whose team lost to a 16 seed in the first round of the ncaa last year. a saban type coach would not allow that to happen. and saban isnt as self promoting as deity coach k.
DelServ Dog
January 8th, 2013
12:43 am
Six teams in the SEC could have beaten Notre Dame tonight or any other weekend this fall. Alabama (which did), Florida, Georgia, LSU, Texas A&M, and South Carolina. The SEC is so dominant as a conference that the polling system no longer makes any sense not to mention the BCS system. And, until we get a bona fide play-off system like the NFL or any other division in college football, it will always be suspect. Did you ever wonder why they don’t have polls for the NFL?
marseilles mutt
January 8th, 2013
12:44 am
Hard not to believe that UGA might not compete with either UA, the odds on Favorite, or TAM, whichever comes out of the west next year…and I am not a homer, nor prognosticator.
I think as most Dawg fans do- the operative word is think, although using ‘think and ‘Dawg fan” in the same sentence might be a bit of a stretch- that with AM returning, along with his entire OL, that there is a legit reason for optimism in 2013. If the defense can only play as good as it did this past year- which was certainly not great- we should be able to stay competitive within a much tougher and improved schedule. Didn’t say we’d win them all, but if we come out of September 3-1, we should remain in the hunt until season’s end.
Biggest question is how good are the defenses we will face in our first three or four games. However, to that end, for the month of September alone, I am pleased to see AM returning. Experience counts for something in this league!
I would also be remiss if I did not offer congrats the Techies in the crowd on the USC beat down. The Dog’s game, Tech’s and the lumps laid on the “Lizards’ by Louisville, along with this game tonight made for a most satisfying bowl season.
Well, on to recruiting season and spring practice…and the doldrums. Hope I live til next season; seriously!
Go Dogs!
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:47 am
dont understand ga logic, they should be ranked ahead of everybody because they “looked good” in losing to bama, but look down on the team which actually beat bama this year???
Torrey W
January 8th, 2013
12:48 am
Not only was Bama revealed as the work of Sabanic genius it is, but the BCS as the utter failure it represents. How else can you describe a system that not only billed this as a matchup between the 2 very best teams in the land, but prior to the NCG, ranked ND higher than Bama, UGA, TAM, LSU, etc.? This was a game of boys v. Men – toy soldiers v. Titans – wannabe’s v. The Truth. All hail the end of the BCS experiment! Cast it upon the junk pile of history’s utter failures and bring on the new playoff system.
Congratulations Bama! Job well done. May God Bless you & see you all in Sept of ‘13!
2013
January 8th, 2013
12:49 am
ala
texam
oregon
stanford
SC
ND
Ga
WillinRoswell
January 8th, 2013
12:49 am
Congratulations to the SEC, which had an outstanding football season. Only a couple of stumbles in the bowls. Even my sentimental favorite, Vandy, did well. How sweet it is.
cmac22
January 8th, 2013
12:53 am
Once again, a soft schedule land notre damn in a bcs bowl & once again, they get hammered!!! Just another reason for a real playoff system … like every other sport!
Left Coast Dawg
January 8th, 2013
12:56 am
Just in, final BCS rankings (top 5):
1. Alabama 1.000
2. Oregon 0.9215
3. Georgia 0.9086
4. Stanford 0.8995
5. Texas A&M 0.8485
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
January 8th, 2013
12:59 am
Actually, we’re not sure if ND is a Top Ten team ?
older1
January 8th, 2013
1:11 am
NCAA will be sniffing around BAMA before long wait and see, to much winning going on.
woooo
January 8th, 2013
1:26 am
Congrats UGA fans! You can now latch on Alabama’s win like a parasite and chant $EC!
Just remember, you got beat by Bama just like Notre Dame.
I guess when you haven’t won a title in 30 something years you just lower your standards and consider winning when someone from your conference wins.
captguitarman
January 8th, 2013
1:29 am
Just to be polite before the game, it was just good manners to say something like . . . yeah, ND is a good team and under dogs have won before, and anything can happen, etc. . . . but who really believed that for a second. ND should have lost to Pitt (were they ranked at all?) and escaped because they missed a field goal. They should have lost to Stanford, but they also missed one or two field goals. And USC gave them a hell of a game, with USC’s starting quarterback on the bench the entire game.
But, it was the mighty Notre Dame, and Knute, and the Gipper, and the luck of the Irish and touchdown Jesus, and the national love of recognition of the Fightin’ Irish etc. and well . . . here is a very good live lesson for everyone about what can happen to your when you ignore reality and start to believe your own legend, your own hype, and your own BS. ND and their fans bought it all hook line and sinker, and the results are never good.
They might have noticed that Bama won a league that is a whole lot different than when they last played in the 80’s. It is easy to immediately recognize two better teams than Notre Dame right off the get go – Texas A&M and Georgia. And again the college football world will have to grit their teeth once again as Bama of the SEC is rated number one for 2013-2014, and with Texas A&M and Georgia in the top along with them 5 with them. And then Oregon (who will do great and then crater as they always do, and Ohio State coming off probation, which might be real with a former SEC coach now running the show. So. Bama, A&M, Georgia, Oregon, and THE Ohio State University in the top 5 to start the year. It could happen. Notre Dame may make it into the top ten, but that is a maybe. LSU, beaten by a great team in a tough one point loss is still hanging in there. Clemson is certainly a top ten team. And Florida is still n the picture, but the Gators, who sleep walked through their bowl game, will have to prove themselves all over again with victories. Prediction: Unless A&M and Georgia really step up and stop the Tide, Bama will will 3 in a row next year.
woooo
January 8th, 2013
1:37 am
Guitarman, I assume you have never heard of the term “brevity is the soul of wit”.
BBQ MAN
January 8th, 2013
2:13 am
uga fans are so delusional ..
RTideR
January 8th, 2013
2:13 am
sec coaches better pray that Saban takes an nfl job in the next few years—if not, he’ll be dominating the SEC with a bunch more SEC and BCS titles. Nick may end up with 10 titles before he leaves alabama—RTR—-#15. #16 coming in 2013—that bama team will be even better!
Malco
January 8th, 2013
2:15 am
if ND played in the SEC, they would have 2-3 losses easy. Size, speed, coaching—no comparison.
Creaky
January 8th, 2013
2:53 am
All the rest are just SEC wannabes!!!
Creaky
January 8th, 2013
2:55 am
and don’t the rest of the nation hate it!!!
Fair n Balanced
January 8th, 2013
2:56 am
The whole Bowl Season was useless an uninteresting. The two best teams played in Atlanta for SECC and the real interesting part of college football this season was over. Hats off to Bama, Saban and the fans. They were best in the land this season……..but only by 5 yards!
Bali
January 8th, 2013
3:35 am
Mark….I’m sure you or other writers have done this before, but I’d be cuious as to how many GA fans would take Saban over Richt? Either for the long hall……..or just to win a National Chaanpionship? I think GA fans hate Saban cause he winds up winning wherever he goes.
In lieu of this game….I’d like to hear some rational discussions on this matter. And this is from a 40 year dawg fan.
Dawg1
January 8th, 2013
3:54 am
The National Championship was played a month ago..
Otherwise known as the SEC Championship Game…
Dawg1
January 8th, 2013
4:00 am
woooooooooooooo
Your an idiot…
Dawg1
January 8th, 2013
4:02 am
Life long UGA Fan…
I don’t hate Saban…
Proud of our team.
Proud of our coach
Proud of the SEC
Dawgnation
January 8th, 2013
4:29 am
Hey 2013 Texas A&M lost to Florida
Dawgnation
January 8th, 2013
4:30 am
At least Ga showed up to play Bama
zbulldawg
January 8th, 2013
5:31 am
R-O-L-L Tide Roll SEC. “NEXT”
Tucker
January 8th, 2013
5:48 am
Atlanta already has the national championship game every year.
Ricky Bobby: "You're either 1st or you're last."
January 8th, 2013
6:09 am
I don’t understand people’s obsession about where they end up in the polls. You’re either first…or you’re not. Who cares who’s 2nd, or 3rd, or 10th, or 50th. I love how the deluded UGA fans think that ‘bama’s beatdown of ND makes them #2…really…some interesting math going on there. Congrats to ‘bama on another great season. And to hell with the BCS and UGA.
steveo
January 8th, 2013
6:09 am
I said all along that Notre Dame was living on the “luck of the Irish”….they couldnt have beaten any of the top 4 teams in the SEC….what a joke!!!
Silver Fox
January 8th, 2013
6:11 am
Who can argue that Saban’s not the best coach in the world, the universe? But he’s not our coach and I wouldn’t trade what we have at UGA for Saban or any other coach or any other players for that matter. I feel sorry for those of you who don’t understand the pleasure of rooting for family, loving them for trying hard to do their best, forgiving them when they make missteps.
As for me I thank God for UGA and for a program that puts character first.
Bama Fan #2
January 8th, 2013
6:14 am
ROLL TIDE FOLKS!!!
15TH NC’S
HOPE TO SEE THE DAWGS IN ATLANTA IN DECEMBER!!!
Jim
January 8th, 2013
6:15 am
Good article Mark. I am a UGA fan, but I have never seen my Dawgs play with this precision. Well coached and well prepared. As Vince Lombardi said, “There is no second place. There is only one place and that is First Place.” Maybe we can get Alabama to move to the ACC.
Congradulations to Saban and Alabama. Go Dawgs and hope for next year.
I told you alabama would win it all
January 8th, 2013
6:33 am
Hey Lou Holtz and the rest of the sportscenter clowns who Pick Notre dame did you cry foul again….did Lou Holtz Fart after sayin Irish would win 24-10 yesterday 30 mins before kick off….I bet he just crap in pants…Ha Ha I guess next they claim Bama had better rest then Notre dame are someone ate bad food…Hey i got better 12-1 Notre dame from No1 to Not in top 25 after Lost…That right no Poll rated here….If Georgia was Rated 1# and lost they be in 25 spot….Bias here at espn who still feel seattle will win easy i say No atlanta will beat seahawks 41-17 sunday afternoon and Play SF here sunday for NFL championship at Ga Dome Makin espn cry and Fox sick and CBS seein Us in superbowl….vs some one …
Jim
January 8th, 2013
6:34 am
ND 4th in AP. GIVE ME A BREAK.
Old Dog Class of 80
January 8th, 2013
6:37 am
“As for me I thank God for UGA and for a program that puts character first”
Fans like these are the reason we have mediocrity at UGA.
Clowney is KIng
January 8th, 2013
6:52 am
You UGA fans who says UGA is #2 in the land, how do you explain 35-7 on October 7th, 2012? UGA fans have convenient amnesia when it comes to that game, like it never even happended!
dap01
January 8th, 2013
7:02 am
Why was ND even playing in the game? ESPN hype machine! That Teo linebacker was weak but he is hyped to be the best. ESPN can be trusted.
te29wr
January 8th, 2013
7:04 am
Congrats to Bama But for once Bama fans please have some class when you win It is bad enough to be classless when you loose but worse when you win. Good job Mark
GOO DAWGS
te29wr
January 8th, 2013
7:06 am
Clowney
Did you forget your bad days in Gainsville and Red Stick?
Iluvnutella
January 8th, 2013
7:11 am
The hated Dawggies wda CRUSHED that team too. Oregon woulda spanked their behinds…..My beloved jackets beat the snot out of USC, who scared the ND team and shoulda won…..ALA, ORE, UGA, in that order imho. Go Jackets!
geoargiadawg70
January 8th, 2013
7:19 am
Georgia was five yards away from being NC.or if Murry was 6 feet two instead of six feet one.
FLA DAWG
January 8th, 2013
7:20 am
I wouldn’t call an SEC loss and a 4 yard win vs another SEC team “lapping” the SEC.
But Bama dismantled every part of ND.
Nativebird
January 8th, 2013
7:21 am
ESPN, Now can we PLEASE stop with all this Big10, Pac12 and NOtre Dame non-sense? Football players from the south are better, pure and simple. They are Tougher, meaner, bigger and faster, period. Truth hurts. Don’t like it? Do something about it.
Tim Dawg
January 8th, 2013
7:23 am
Congrats Bama job well done ND overrated. CMR please take notice on how to win championships!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the senator
January 8th, 2013
7:27 am
LSU was just as close to the NC game as Georgia…if not for the screen pass, they win the west, dump UGA in the SECCG, beat ND…but close means nothing. If it did, I would have won the Powerball lottery a dozen times by now.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
7:32 am
dogs will be extrapolating
dogs still lost
dogs still cryin’ and a humpin’
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
7:33 am
but fear not, dogs,
The off season begins today and you are next years NC and ranked #1
The Plain Truth
January 8th, 2013
7:33 am
A few comments about UGA:
1. Four different SEC teams have won the last seven BCS championships.
2. UGA was NOT one of those teams.
3. During that period, UGA did not even win an SEC championship.
4. Red panties and Damon Evans.
5. 85% of UGA football recruits would not be admitted to UGA based only on grades and SAT scores. These clowns are called “Special Admits.”
In other words, UGA has sunk into total irrelevancy both regionally and nationally.
So why is UGA still paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
papadawg
January 8th, 2013
7:35 am
I can think of several SEC team who would have beat the Irish. They are average at best.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
7:39 am
buckeye not
Patience doghopper parasite.
jeffrey d
January 8th, 2013
7:40 am
Atlanta already has the national championship game every year.
So then LSU is the 2011 National Champion?
jeffrey d
January 8th, 2013
7:42 am
So why is UGA still paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
So you’re saying the hundred or so coaches who didn’t win National Championship deserve to be fired or be paid minimum wage?
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
7:42 am
Plain Truth,
Amen. And the dogs are total parasites for chanting SEC! SEC!
They’ve done nothing to earn the right.
Even the Lady Gym dogs lost last weekend.
Hal
January 8th, 2013
7:43 am
Great for Bama, great for the SEC, but bad for rest of college football.
ck hall
January 8th, 2013
7:46 am
How about the state of Alabama with 4 straight National titles! Bama 2009-Auburn 2010-Bama 2011-Bama 2012———————-7 straight for SEC——-MIght never see this again!!!!!
1969 Graduate
January 8th, 2013
7:48 am
1969 Graduate of University of Georgia here to congratulate Bama on a very impressive game, another national championship, and a classy representation of the SEC on a huge stage.
Notre Dame looked like they didn’t belong. I found myself wondering which SEC teams would have also beat them besides Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt! I would think that after this exposure Notre Dame should drop out of the top 10 in the BCS poll.
Alabama was – as they should be – the big winner. The SEC was also a big winner. Georgia was a big winner. Texas A&M was a big winner.
BCS poll should end up with Alabama, Georgia, and Texas A&M in the top spots. That won’t be likely, but that’s how it should be. Does anyone doubt they are the top 3 teams in the nation.
The real National Championship Game was played in Atlanta after all.
Go, Alabama! Go, SEC! Go, Georgia Bulldogs!
The Tide has Rolled!
NCDAWG
January 8th, 2013
7:48 am
I guess all the folks who thought Georgia’s run defense sucked soooo badly have to re-evaluate a bit now. Notre Dame was supposed to have a great defense but Bama did to them pretty much exactly what they did to UGA for half of the SEC championship game. The difference was Georgia got stops on several occasions and Notre Dame did not. They were dominated. Notre Dame did not belong on the field with Bama.
The real National Championship was played in the Ga Dome. It is just a shame that the BCS poll was so skewed. Unfortunately for ND, they will have to dominate everyone on their schedule to get a whiff of the Top 5 for years to come. Nobody like being made a fool of and everyone who bought into “the Irish are back!” found out the hard way that they aren’t.
Shug
January 8th, 2013
7:48 am
Which of the following coaches is the only one in the group to have a team blow a 24 point lead: Rockne, Leahy, Wilkinson, Osborne, Switzer, Royal, Paterno, Bowden, Hayes, Saban.
IrishJoke
January 8th, 2013
7:52 am
The same sports reporters push Nortre Dame, USC and the Yankees no matter if they stink. Look who they voted #1 this past preseason. How did the Irish score during the season. They had a good tight end but that was about it
Cecil34
January 8th, 2013
8:03 am
It amuses me to see where some northern teams in northern conferences are ranked and much fawned over, knowing full well that these much-hyped teams have not played a SEC team and certainly have not played Alabama.
Then when they do, they and their conference are exposed as weak and non-competitive to the SEC.
ND had no chance, as much as the press would have you believe they did.
Coach Kelly knew they were beat at half-time. His team looked foolish.
I don’t ever want to hear anything about the great Notre Dame ever again. Or anyone from the other patty-cake conferences in college football.
Bama15
January 8th, 2013
8:05 am
Hey Shug. Another ugly day on the plains, huh?
DOGFORCE
January 8th, 2013
8:11 am
ROLL TIDE
Number 1 and deserved from one dawg
made the sec proud
ramguy68
January 8th, 2013
8:12 am
You gotta hand it to Saban he gets it done. Have you ever seen a more prepared team? While I think the Dawgs would have beat ND too, I don’t think CMR would have them as prepared. I noticed there wasn’t a whole lot of trash talking or players getting in each others face…..Ala played a class game….now their fans….well that’s a different story.
DOGFORCE
January 8th, 2013
8:14 am
No cut at notre dame at all but they are the 8th best team if they were in the sec behind vandy.
Chi-town BBaller
January 8th, 2013
8:14 am
Not a big fan of the college football, but congrats to Alabama for winning. I still don’t understand the concept of every other teams in the SEC bragging like they won the championship. Only Alabama won it. The funniest sign that I saw was Roll Tide was a detergent, not a mascot……lol
jim davis
January 8th, 2013
8:15 am
Observations:
1. Hope the tide fans will be graceful winners…they are not known for that
2. ND’s defense was average, certainly below average in the SEC
3. Tao would be sitting on the bench in the SEC with all the missed tackles..very average
4. Following teams would beaten ND: UA, UGA, TAMU, LSU, USC, Florida, and probably Old Miss and Vandy on a good day. Did I miss anyone?
5. ND’s offense average at best
6. Best matchup would have been UA and Oregon, but UA would clamp the ducks the same way Auburn did a couple of years ago.
7. Well played game but routine SEC type game
DOGFORCE
January 8th, 2013
8:16 am
Notre Dame would be the 8th best team in the SEC. Them and Miss state would be close but ND ahead by a nose right behind Vandy, number 7.
No cut intended.
DOG1982
January 8th, 2013
8:18 am
Saben is the best in the business of college football.
No one comes close.
No one prepares the way the man does and his program.
That is what it takes to win at that level.
Impressive.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
8:24 am
hey dogs,
USAToday has you ranked # 7 for 2013.
The Ohio State University is ranked # 2 behind Alabama.
dogs are #7
SEC! SEC!
WDE
January 8th, 2013
8:25 am
Congrats to Coach Saban his team and the Tide Nation great game!
WDE
January 8th, 2013
8:26 am
Buckeye Bama would beat your bunch by 40 a
Leonard Pickens
January 8th, 2013
8:28 am
This is the SEC all you Nore Dame Fans and we play southern football. Georgia Bulldogs should be No. 2 in ramkings.
auburn grad
January 8th, 2013
8:28 am
After watching that game, I truly believe any of the SEC bowl teams, with the possible exception of Mississippi State, would have beaten Notre Dame.
dawgfandanno
January 8th, 2013
8:29 am
For all the A&M homers believing their team is 2nd best in the SEC, how did two offensively inept teams in LSU and UF manage to outscore the great Johnny Football?? Wait your turn, son
Peter
January 8th, 2013
8:29 am
Silly game to start with…….. ND barely beat Pittsburgh, should have lost that game.
Exactly why a playoff system should be in place, and needs to be more than just 4 teams, cause anyone in the top 10 could have beat ND.
College football was a joke this year.
93 dog
January 8th, 2013
8:30 am
How is Urban Myer allowed to commentate for ESPN while he is coaching OSU?
Ty Webb
January 8th, 2013
8:34 am
“Only conference that matters”?
Mark, you are part of the problem with college football. What a piece of garbage you are.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
8:36 am
dogs,
Nice AP finish: T5
The Ohio State University #3
AltamahaDawg
January 8th, 2013
8:36 am
Maybe not all the bowl team, but certainly there were a half dozen SEC team that would have beaten Notre Dame last night. And probably a few other teams from around the country, too.
Now, Alabama would have beat any one of them, so lets make that clear. But how bad was that ND defense? I haven’t read the national media take yet today, but is THAT the ND team they have been braggin on?
I don’t think Georgia should have been #2. They were the second best team in the country one night, but they were also the 99th best team one night a few month ago. #5 is probably a fair spot for the season.
93 dog
January 8th, 2013
8:36 am
Mcgarity needs to sit down with Ricth and explain to him that he must choose between coaching and god.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
8:36 am
WDE,
Agree, this year.
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
8:36 am
Chi-town BBaller
January 8th, 2013
8:14 am
Not a big fan of the college football, but congrats to Alabama for winning. I still don’t understand the concept of every other teams in the SEC bragging like they won the championship. Only Alabama won it. The funniest sign that I saw was Roll Tide was a detergent, not a mascot……lol
You do not understand and probably never will.
BAMA has been doing that for years
When antena’s were popular on cars they would put a tide washing detergent box in between 2 rolls of tissue.
GET IT ?
ROLL…………………………..TIDE………………………..ROLL.
Northerners……………………………….WAKE UP
The Hammer
January 8th, 2013
8:40 am
Anybody care to explain why Florida finished ahead of Louisville?
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
8:41 am
Giving SABAN over a month to prepare for any team is hazardous to any team’s health.
Watch out TEXAS A&M…………………………………BAMA will have a BYE WEEK before they go to COLLEGE STATION.
They will shut JOHNNY FOOTBALL DOWN this time.
But on another note…………………………………..TENN had a chance to hire Kevin Sumlin and they GOOFED and hired DEREK DOOLEY.
That set them back 5-10 years.
HawksFanSince'89
January 8th, 2013
8:42 am
How are you considered a Dynasty when one of your championships was played against a team in your same Conference and Division.
#ALABAMAPRIVILEGE
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
8:45 am
URBAN MEYER talked like he wanted no part of playing a NICK SABAN team.
He seemed just as afraid as he always has been.
The northern and eastern schools will be coming hard to try and recruit in the south more and more.
Notre Dame players stated the speed and strength were so much greater.
AltamahaDawg
January 8th, 2013
8:46 am
So it was Richt’s faith in God, that keeps him from outscoring Nick Saban in a football game?
rcb
January 8th, 2013
8:46 am
Since the 2008 game in Athens, who has gotten relatively better, Alabama or Georgia? Saban knows time does not stand still. Georgia did not beat Alalbama, but there is a reason why Saban is mentionng Georgia rather than the team that did beat alabam in the regular season. I would not diss the reference to UGA. Saban meant it as a compliment and he will use Georgia as motivation for next year. Who knows, if UGA shows up with a defense that can stop the run on 3rd and 3, we could see a change in the score board.
4thGenerationDawg
January 8th, 2013
8:47 am
Those ridiculous talking heads at ESPN, who happen to think so highly of themselves, built up ND. They put them on a pedestal which resulted in the ND nation and the sports media thinking ND is a college football god– just because they are Notre Dame. Give me a break! They either don’t know what they are talking about or just enjoy watching how much influence they have on the sports journalism world. What joke. No one who watches or knows anything about college football thought that ND stood a chance in this ball game. It was a butt whoopin before it ever happened. ND was a poser. OMG– Ole Miss clobbered Pitt, and ND squeaked by with that win. And where was the great Manti TE’O? — his presence was totally inconsequential. He was exposed as an fraud as well–Heisman Trophy candidate my butt! (This is not a criticism of Te’o, it IS a criticism of ESPN! I think that young man gave it his all.) All the while during the NC game, ESPN was still calling him the number one LB in the country– whatever! Even his stats don’t give him that status– he is an image created by ESPN and how sad they set this poor young man up for such a hard fall. They should assume the responsibility for all of the nonsense they perpetuated around this young man and ND. I feel really terrible for Te’o because he was never as great as ESPN built him up to be and for what ever reason, I just don’t know. Jarvis Jones and Clowney (at SCar) are far better than Te’o and really did not get the recognition they earned because those pin heads spent all of their time building up a paper tiger in Te’o & ND. For crying out loud, JJ missed two games this year due to injury– just think where his stats could have been. ESPN has far too much influence than they deserve and most all of their talking heads think more highly of themselves than they ought. They owe Te’o, ND and the ND nation an apology.
Real Talk
January 8th, 2013
8:49 am
“Goes to show Georgia under Richt was a pretty good football team this past season”
Georgia has put more players in the NFL than Alabama over the last ten years. It goes to show how coaching is the reason UGA continues to fall short.
observer
January 8th, 2013
8:49 am
The game wasn’t about uga or the SEC..uga and the SEC wren’t playing. This game was about how good the Alabama program is…where does the “reflected glory” show up on the uga record?
AltamahaDawg
January 8th, 2013
8:54 am
The only thing McGarity is going to sit and explain to Richt is when he can go ahead and deposit that bonus check.
Vastly over rated was ND
January 8th, 2013
8:57 am
Notre Dame was way over rated. ND would be 6-5 in the SEC.
That MNC game was OVER within 10 minutes after kickoff. Florida, A&M, LSU, SC and UGA and one or two other sec schools would stomp ND.
5 yards short
January 8th, 2013
8:57 am
UGA doesnt deserve a # 2 ranking…UGA blew it when it got walloped by SC. UGA’s Run defense is a joke.
DawginLex
January 8th, 2013
8:59 am
Congrats to the Bama folks.
Just as I predicted, a blowout.
Thankfully, maybe the end is near of sending an overmatched northern team to get curb stomped by the SEC in these BCS title games.
How is Notre Dame still even in the top ten, much less top 5?
They would be 7th or 8th in the SEC.
Good year for the Dawgs, not great, but good.
Tide looks loaded for next year but I imagine there will be others in the mix, including us. They won with a great offense and a young defense that got better as they year went on. Maybe we can us that formula in 2013
Congrats to the Tide.
AUGUY
January 8th, 2013
9:00 am
“If not for that laptop-stealing, special-ed, semi-pro, “athletic” quarterback at Auburn a couple of years ago, I would now have 4 BCS Titles in a row.”
That’s not true because Alabama lost 3 games that year. It would have been Oregon vs TCU.
Congrats to Bama nation. Great dominate game and you all showed the rest of the college football world why the SEC is the greatest.
Here’s to SEVEN years in a row and I’m glad Auburn is a part of that run.
Chi-town BBaller
January 8th, 2013
9:00 am
@01Hawk –
College football is big in this part of the country. I’m not knocking it, congrats to Alabama. I just don’t understand the concept of other SEC teams braggin like their college team just won. That doesn’t make sense.
By the way, we Northerns like a little thing called the NFL…………….where the men play a real playoff system.
Once again, congrats to Alabama and the Bama Fans. Now all of the SEC fans can go back to kissing their sisters until the fall.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
9:00 am
Buckeye – Not
January 8th, 2013
12:08 am
Where is he? If Urban was so good; why did he leave the most competitive conference in the country for Delaney land.?
__________________
And if Urban was so smart, why did he pick ND to win the game?
Can’t cut it nut boy?
AUGUY
January 8th, 2013
9:01 am
” Best matchup would have been UA and Oregon, but UA would clamp the ducks the same way Auburn did a couple of years ago.”
I don’t think it would have been as close. I’d pick Bama by two touchdowns over Oregon. Auburn should have scored at least 2 more TDs in that game.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
9:02 am
Oops–”Can’t cut it nut boy?” was part of Buckeye — Not’s post. My bad.
Doesn’t change anything–Meyer’s still a jerk.
DawginLex
January 8th, 2013
9:04 am
Meyer had to be throwing up in his mouth a little thinking “How in the world am I ever going to get a team to beat these guys”??
Probably planning his next “retirement illness”
WDE
January 8th, 2013
9:04 am
You look at how Notre Dame beat teams in the Big whatever 10/12 the Pac whatever and went undefeated you can’t help but be impressed. Unless you watched last nights game and then you have to wonder how many of the SEC teams could have beaten them 2 out of 3…not sure which teams could have but there are more than 2 of them..hat’s off to the Crimson Tide for another stellar season !
Gene
January 8th, 2013
9:05 am
Did Dr; Lou really say that ND would win the game? He is in the category of McCarver and Buck, only older.
AUGUY
January 8th, 2013
9:06 am
DawginLex
I thought the same thing. I remember in 2011 at the BCS champ game he kept talking about how AU ran a fluke offense etc. The guy is bitter because he knows he wouldn’t be able to compete with the big boys from Alabama. Oh, and he never could beat Auburn.
Justin Johnson
January 8th, 2013
9:06 am
Alright…Bama scrimmaged some team with green jerseys last night…when does the real NC game come on???
Gator
January 8th, 2013
9:06 am
Does anyone find it humerous that Ga fans spend so much time talking about how the polls suck, then spend so much time worrying about how they will finish in the polls? You lost the SEC championship and didn’t play for the national championship. What difference does it make?
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:06 am
Pretty ugly game and sad to watch. Nick Saban proved what he is best at last night. Preperation. If you gave Nick Saban any team in the country and a month to prepare, he could probably beat any other team in the country. He truly is well above any other coach out there.
RxDawg
January 8th, 2013
9:08 am
I say the rankings should be
1 Bama
2 aTm/UGA
3 UGA/aTm
You could make an argument for either aTm or UGA to be #2
DawginLex
January 8th, 2013
9:08 am
gator
I find it funny that you are worried about Georgia. I guess you should, considering we now own you again and you have an APB out for a QB.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:09 am
Did Dr; Lou really say that ND would win the game?
He says ND will win every game. At least he was right 12 times this year.
fayncdawg
January 8th, 2013
9:15 am
HEY CHRIS (FIRST) IF THE SEC TITLE CHAMP WAS THE NC GAME, THEN WE SHOULD BE #2 NOT #5 IN THAT FINAL AP POL!!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
January 8th, 2013
9:18 am
Many years ago when Nick was a Sparty, he asked the Woman AD for a modest raise. She told him she needed the money for new curtains…..she was fired later but it was to late…..sad ending for Sparty.
old dog
January 8th, 2013
9:19 am
Notre Dame should never have played this game. They were not deserving of it, and the way the teams are picked is a joke. ‘Bama would stomp them 100 out of 100 times….this was not a contest. The yahoos who thought the Irish were good enough to be in the NC game just show how inefficient things are. They were undefeated, sure, but other than a fair-to-middlin’ team or two they had a milk-toast schedule. A and M, UGA, LSU, Oregon and yes, probably Georgia Tech would have beat Notre Dame, and that is just to name a few. They were totally overmatched playing ‘Bama and it would be a blowout every time. And yet, they played for a National Championship? Ain’t beatin’ up on the kids too badly, but Notre Dame is not in the top fifteen….period! They could not compete (much less beat) any of the top tier teams.
nobody
January 8th, 2013
9:22 am
Mark: did you notice the clock operator allow the clock to continue running on out-of-bounds plays?….or maybe it is supposed to continue running?….I don’t know…if you or anyone else noticed, would appreciate a response…thanks…
nate from detroit
January 8th, 2013
9:22 am
Since Atlanta wants to be in the rotation to host the MNC game that begins in 2014, now they can claim that they hosted the MNC game this year on Dec 1. Notre Dame… what a freakin’ joke. Did anyone see the Amber Alert that was issued for Te’o last night?
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:24 am
The yahoos who thought the Irish were good enough to be in the NC game just show how inefficient things are.
The whole system at this point is setup for the SEC to pummel an overachieving team every year. It will probably be Ohio State next year. They play a weak schedule, and tend to win close games. Then we get the 4 team playoff which will probably be 4 SEC teams every year. College Football is getting kind of boring.
DawginLex
January 8th, 2013
9:24 am
nobody
I think he was trying to do the mercy rule like a basketball game where 1 team is ahead by more than 35, clock runs
Roll Turd Roll
January 8th, 2013
9:24 am
Contatulations Texas A & M……..for defeating the “presumed” national champions….!!!
Go Aggies….!!!!
pbt
January 8th, 2013
9:27 am
Mark
Alabama Discipline players, did you see the hit, Dial put on Aaron Murray, Man that was really discipline.
Bartow Falcon
January 8th, 2013
9:27 am
Reckon we can get Arthur Blank to buy Coach Saban for Georgia Tech and build a new stadium there?
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
January 8th, 2013
9:27 am
Ohio may be a pre-season #1…but they’ll never get past BAMA in the end.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:28 am
Mark: did you notice the clock operator allow the clock to continue running on out-of-bounds plays?….or maybe it is supposed to continue running?
The clock starts back up on out of bounds plays when the ball is placed except when the clock is under 2 minutes in each half.
DP
January 8th, 2013
9:28 am
Urban Meyer, who picked ND to win a low scoring game, looked nauseated last night at halftime and after the game. I think he was having flashbacks to the beatdown Saban put on him in the 2009 SEC championship game that put him in the hospital and made his a$$ quit. After watching the season beginning ending bookend annihilations Alabama put on his fellow Midwest plodders Michigan and Notre Dame, Urban has to feel a little sick realizing how far THE Ohio State University is from Alabama’s level.
ramguy68
January 8th, 2013
9:28 am
@Gator 9:06 am Does anyone find it humerous that Ga fans spend so much time talking about how the polls suck
I find it humorous that a Fla fan has the cojones to talk smack after the Gators embarrassed themselves and the SEC by getting destroyed by a very mediocre Louisville team…..lol
Dave
January 8th, 2013
9:30 am
I agree. I turned the game off at halftime and that was a quarter longer than it should have been. Notre Dame would have been hard pressed to beat T A&M, USCe and UGA for sure. LSU and FL might have had a difficult time because they have no offense. In fact, their offense is something similar to Notre Dame’s. Alabama is clearly the best team and I don’t think T A&M would have been nearly as successful if they played Bama again.
Five yards…..just five dang yards……….
GO DAWGS!
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
9:33 am
Every team in the SEC beats NOTRE DAME except maybe Kentucky and AWBARN.
globeflyer
January 8th, 2013
9:35 am
Bama fans have been waiting on that game since 1973. UGA can take solace in the fact they almost played in last night’s game, but it just didn’t happen. It’s a game of inches and the SECCG showed that. What last night did show is that, although the gap might not be as wide as it used to be, the SEC is still considerably ahead of the rest of the country.
Paul Willard
January 8th, 2013
9:35 am
The only problem here continues to be the BCS system. If Ohio State had been eligible the championship would have been Notre Dame and Ohio State. But I would venture a guess that Ohio State would have not faired any better against Alabama then did Notre Dame. Alabama has certainly been very fortunate to even had the opportunity to play for the championship the past 2 years. And look at what the sports world would have missed.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
9:35 am
Mutley
January 8th, 2013
12:28 am
Let me quote a great football coach on his feeling about being number 2.
There is only one place in my game and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers. As Dale Earnhardt once said second place is just first loser. Georgia must develop this attitude if we ever expect to see another national championship.
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You’r right about UGA. By the way, that same football coach also said, “Winning isn’t everything–it’s the ONLY thing.” And, “Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”
And he’s right on all of it. It’s called “winning mentality” vs “losing mentality.” Sadly, it’s pooh-poohed by too many–especially the everyone-gets-a-trophy crowd–but it’s a huge factor in building a championship program, like Bama’s. And it’s equally important in the development of teams that never seem to be able to take that final step up to elite status–all ATL pro teams over the past half-century, for example (except the ‘95 Braves). Hopefully the Falcons will help the city shed its “Losersville” label beginning this Sunday. We’ll see.
And hopefully UGA–after a 3-decade drought–will finally take the same step in 2013.
Bucksot Falcon
January 8th, 2013
9:35 am
Cheer up NOTRE DAME down the road the NCAA will probably just nullify this game and act like it never happened like they did to PENN STATE.
Just want to say this was the worst College football season ever. Horrible bowl matchups. Pathetic season all together. NCAA You suck!!!
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:36 am
The BCS was robbed last night. So were the sponsers who had ads in the second half when 75 % of the folks East of the Mississippi went to bed. It was over. And just think what an injustice if OSU would not of been on probation and the country would of watched Ohio St. and ND play at 12-0 each, a wet dream from the NE press. Yawn.
Woooo
January 8th, 2013
9:38 am
I wonder if Mark Richt got a Gatorade shower last night for almost beating Alabama. Hey uga fans, I hate to ruin the celebration, but Georgia didn’t win anything last night so please stop acting so pathetic and latching on to Hamas win like a parasite, you are embarrassing yourselves.
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:38 am
Thank the lord Ohio St was on probation, or the Press and ESPN would of had them and ND playing, while the BEST team ( Bama) watched.
Swampfrog
January 8th, 2013
9:39 am
Ohio State=Cheaters of the NCAA
PROBATION TEAM WHO CHEAT
They dont exist in the eyes of the NCAA and are not relevant to any conversations. Urban will run this program in the ground just like he
did UF. Muschamp had a mess to clean up.
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:40 am
Bama will be back next year unless A&M goes 12-0 with a win over Bama….and that could happen.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
January 8th, 2013
9:42 am
Hard to believe that Te’o was second in the Heisman race, did he even play last night!
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:42 am
Thank the lord Ohio St was on probation, or the Press and ESPN would of had them and ND playing, while the BEST team ( Bama) watched.
The best team did watch. (Texas A&M).
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:43 am
Urban picking ND last night? His mental breakdown at UF must of been worse than we thought. If he could not look at the games ND played and thought they had a prayer against Bama. Me thinks he HAD to say that.
old dog
January 8th, 2013
9:43 am
Once again, anybody who thought Notre Dame could match up with ANY top team is a nut! You do not have to be some voting pollster to see this. Did anybody watch them play this year??? Front seven???? Sure, ‘Bama has a great o-line, but N.D did NOT have some great front seven as advertised….period. None of them could have started for many top teams. This is not about the SEC, or any other conference. It is simpler than that. It is about TRYING to get the two best (or the closest to the two best) in the N.C. game. And, from Coach Holtz on down, anybody, even the casual fan, who thought that Notre Dame should have been in that game is at best dreaming and at worst not too football knowledgeable!
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:44 am
true dat old dog
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:45 am
Oregon and Bama would have been a game.
Dave
January 8th, 2013
9:46 am
No one wants to win as badly as I do, but I’m not one of those “If you don’t win the National Championship, you had a failure of a season.” We fans don’t know the feeling of the players that left it all on the field during the season. Heck, most of us never even put on a set of pads after high school. All we do is second guess the coaches after the game, lament how “so-and-so” didin’t run harder on a particular play or proudly proclaim that we can call plays better than the coordinator. We can’t. If we could, we wouldn’t be on this blog. That SECCG just left me reeling, but I don’t bad mouth the Dawgs or think someone should be fired. Bobo (who most of you crush under foot), just had the most successful offensive performance in UGA history…HISTORY. We dang well almost beat the Bama jugernaut in the most exciting SECCG ever played. We weren’t the better team, but we almost beat the better team, anyway. I’m proud of the Dawgs, proud of UGA and the rest of the SEC teams that won their games. But this morning, it’s Bama’s turn to crow…again. GO DAWGS!
JB
January 8th, 2013
9:47 am
Misrepresented was that LB from ND who finished second in the Heisman….LOL…. Miss St has better LB’s……That’s a press field promotion.
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
9:51 am
Dave
well said
Jimbo
January 8th, 2013
9:52 am
Nick could have taken his boys to the beach and sent Auburn to take care of his light work. The SEC would still sent ND packing. ESPN just keeps promoting the wrong teams!
Dirty Dawg
January 8th, 2013
9:52 am
Come on…Notre Dame number three in the final poll? Folks there are, at least, five SEC teams, not including Alabama, that would beat ND just as bad as Bama did, and if those that do these polls had any cajones at all would have voted em ahead of The Irish – Ga, Fla, SC, A&M and LSU.
the senator
January 8th, 2013
9:54 am
whoever can win the west between Bama, LSU, and TAMU will rep the SEC in the NCG…period.
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
9:56 am
GTBOB
heck the insects and ND would have been a war
old dog
January 8th, 2013
9:57 am
@JB,
You are right…..playing against a bunch of slow teams he is okay…..he would not even start for an SEC team, except possibly Kentucky. I admire the tough times the kid had this year. But, he is typical of press annointed (not field annointed) players. We (UGA) did not win the championship the year, and the N.D Heisman candidate (once again, a great kid) would not have started for us, or South Carolina, or ‘Bama or………….
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
9:57 am
LSU cannot play with the tide or a&m next year.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
9:57 am
GTBOB
heck the insects and ND would have been a war
The way ND played last night I think we would have had a pretty good chance.
LM
January 8th, 2013
10:03 am
Notre Dame officials are still trying to provide information to the authorities regarding the brutal attack and beating that took place last night in Miami. The reported persons identified were last seen wearing crimson and white at Sun Life Stadium and said to be headed north toward Alabama. They are considered to be very skilled and dangerous. A large piece of crystal was identified as being in their possession after the beating.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
10:04 am
Lowcountry Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:29 am
It’s great to see Clemson and UGA play again… That was once a great rivalry, and the schools are only a few dozen miles apart, and so it makes sense. That rivalry is a lot like the Tech-Auburn rivalry… We don’t get to play very often anymore, but those are fun games.
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Couldn’t agree with you more. Given their proximiy to each other and the colorful series history (albeit dominated by the Dawgs), there is NO excuse whatsoever for UGA or Clemson EVER to play the ridiculous OOC schedules we’ve seen in recent years without playing each other.
Big Gator
January 8th, 2013
10:05 am
Mark Richt would be fired at UF, Ala, LSU by now all whom have won BCS titles, Muschamp has 1 more year to lose to UGA or not play for NAT and he is out, no other school lets a coach hang around 10 to 15 years like Georgia and never play for NAT.
Sportsrwriters in Florida are all ready putting the heat on on Muschamp not like Mark Bradley who praise Georgia for being average and wining the east.
Dave
January 8th, 2013
10:06 am
And T A&M is going to be a hand full next year against anyone, Bama will be their usual self, USCe (and particularly Clowney) will be a beast, if UGA can get their D to jell early, we will be in the mix. Then there’s the “Jekyl and Hyde” Florida and LSU. They can beat anyone on a given day, but they can also lose to anyone as well. I’m dreading Saturdays without football and looking forward to August of 2013 already. Now, if I can only get through boring baseball season to make it there….
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 8th, 2013
10:06 am
We’re all lucky we will have 4 teams soon because once Urban gets OSU back in the hunt along with the useless Irish you will see the northern MSM place those two at the top each year. Only a fool couldn’t see the difference in the physical size of Bama and the children from Notre Dame yet the media would tell you ND is top shelf!!!! Manti would get to play at Bama but only late in the 4th QTR against Miss State and other Little Sisters of the Poor. The only time AJ got a good lick was when Barrett hit him.
Alabama will be a great football team in 2013 since we have some pass rushers coming and that has to happen. We made Murray look like Joe Namath since he had all day. It is strong to win one NC but 3 in 4 years with 85 limits is really strong. Congrats to the team ,coaches, and us redneck fans.
Note to the elite and sophisticated Irish fans….The Mobile Homers beat the feck out of the Golden Domers! Roll Tide…..word is Alvin Kamara committed to Bama after the game.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
10:08 am
Lowcountry Jacket
January 8th, 2013
12:29 am
It’s great to see Clemson and UGA play again… That was once a great rivalry, and the schools are only a few dozen miles apart, and so it makes sense. That rivalry is a lot like the Tech-Auburn rivalry… We don’t get to play very often anymore, but those are fun games.
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Couldn’t agree with you more. Given their proximity to each other and the colorful (albeit UGA-dominated) series history, there’s NO excuse whatsoever for UGA and Clemson to play the shameful OOC schedules we’ve seen in recent years without playing each other.
Louie
January 8th, 2013
10:08 am
I’m an SEC guy all the way, but #2 clearly belongs to Oregon. They lost only 1 game (in overtime to a top 10 team). I’d argue that A&M should be #3 and Georgia #4. No way, Notre Dame should be ranked above any of those teams.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
10:08 am
Come on…Notre Dame number three in the final poll?
When are people going to realize that polls have nothing to do with how good the teams actually are? Florida is ranked above Louisville after Louisville blew them out and they have the same record.
Joey
January 8th, 2013
10:09 am
“Oregon and Bama would have been a game.”
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I don’t think so, JB.
Not with Saban having a month to prepare for that offense.
Remember, even Auburn’s lousy D held down Oregon’s 60 point a game O in the ‘10 Big Game, and LSU did the same last year.
drsoul
January 8th, 2013
10:10 am
As a BAMA alum and faithful fan living in Georgia, I watch Georgia closely and after the TIDE, always want them to show up, too. This was a good season for Georgia…great SEC championship game…went down to the wire….two great teams on the field that day represented their schools, the SEC and the college game at the highest level. In my humble observations of programs, going back to the BEAR days in college, I think that Georgia will always have the opportunity to recruit great athletes and have great programs. The one large missing factor is the lack of real effort of organization and discipline by the head coach and his staff. There are glaring pluses with elements of this staff, but I truly think that Richt, while being a real Christian guy, is just not what it takes to be a college coach in the SEC. I do not think that he has personally, nor demands a strong work ethic of his staff and the disciplinary governing of his team is weak. Not to say certain coaches on his staff do not have a different work habit and stronger, but without the leader it does not show. There are too many elements of distraction today for athletes and ‘faith words alone’ does not make a leader…you have to be ‘hands-on’ 24/7 to make it work. I do not think that Richt is that kind of coach and relies to much on the ‘individual commitment’ from the athlete, without the constant monitoring of the coaching staff to make it work.
I may be a little unique, but again, I wish Georgia the best (except when it comes to the Tide) and do believe one of the best championship games this year was played and seen right here in Atlanta.
JB
January 8th, 2013
10:11 am
Big Gator….I agree about Muschamp. Losing to Dawgs twice and laying an egg in that Bowl and no real depth at QB after TWO years is wearing thin in Gainesville. Let him lose to Dawgs again and not win the East and Foley will be smitten.
old dog
January 8th, 2013
10:13 am
And last, but not least, Notre Dame will end up ranked 4th or 5th, and THEY ARE NOT A TOP FIFTEEN TEAM…..PERIOD!
JB
January 8th, 2013
10:15 am
Lordy, I hope that’s not true about Kamara. He’s a stud.
Smug
January 8th, 2013
10:15 am
BCS National Championship, what a mismatch. Anybody who follows the SEC knew this was going to be a blowout. Notre Dim should have never been in this game. The only decent team they played was Stanford & they went to OT. I guess the Irish can go back into hibernation for another 15 years before the liberal northern press can dust them off again. The SEC continues to rule.
Woooo
January 8th, 2013
10:15 am
I hate to rain on your parade Dawg fans but if saban had a month to prepare for uga the dawgs wouldve gotten blown out too.
Now go back to celebrating bama’s win as if uga actually won something. You people are pathetic and are embarrassing yourselves.
old dog
January 8th, 2013
10:16 am
Enter your comments here
old dog
January 8th, 2013
10:17 am
And, last but not least, Notre Dame will be ranked 4th or 5th, and they ARE NOT A TOP FIFTEEN TEAM….PERIOD!
JB
January 8th, 2013
10:18 am
What’s real world, and we can say it’s not all we won’t, but recruiting wise, Bama is at a point where they pick who they want, fill the numbers, and let everyone else fight over the rest. In fact, most that sign with the other football schools had Bama #1, and just didn’t make the cut. Now, that’s not 100%, but it’s not far off.
Dave
January 8th, 2013
10:19 am
When do the final BCS rankings come out? I’ve seen the AP. Just curious……
JB
January 8th, 2013
10:20 am
Wooo… don’t think so.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
10:22 am
The SEC continues to rule.
More like Alabama continues to rule.
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
10:22 am
WOOOO or auburn fan
get a job
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
10:23 am
GTBOB
bama’s scout team would win the acc.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
10:24 am
Clowney is KIng
January 8th, 2013
6:52 am
You UGA fans who says UGA is #2 in the land, how do you explain 35-7 on October 7th, 2012? UGA fans have convenient amnesia when it comes to that game, like it never even happended!
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Same way you SC fans explain 44-11 on Oct 20, 2012. SC fans have convenient amnesia when it comes to that game, like it never even happened!
By the way, do you think Clowney would appreciate your calling him a “Klng”–whatever that is?
stendek
January 8th, 2013
10:26 am
Hi Mark. Those supposidly unbeatable northern teams become highly beatable when they play someone from the South worth a damn! Notre Dame would be fortunate to break even in Southeastern Conference. What a bunch of overrated losers they are! SHEESH.
Bubba
January 8th, 2013
10:27 am
Final standings will have 1 Bama, 2 Oregon, 3 TAM 4 Ga.
DawgDad
January 8th, 2013
10:29 am
AP now has Oregon and Notre Dame ranked ahead of Georgia and Texas A&M. Fox power rankings are worse. This is why the new playoff system will be just as big a travesty as the current system, quite possibly worse on an expanded scale. Anybody paying even passive attention knows, I mean knows, Georgia and Texas A&M would rip Notre Dame to shreds, and I have a strong sense Oregon is essentially — Clemson.
The only “fair” system is to devise a playoff of conference winners (forget the independents, if they want to play for a championship they need to affiliate with a conference). This restores the integrity of the conferences and conference championships, but it would totally destroy a lot of the pagentry and tradition of college football.
Bama Mike
January 8th, 2013
10:30 am
In my opinion the 3 most dominate teams at the end of the year which carried over into their respected bowl game. In no particular order
1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Texas A&M
If we are number one then Georgia should be number 1.5
Congrats to all on great seasons
Big Gator
January 8th, 2013
10:30 am
Once you win the SEC championship any team after that is a joke, people talking about Org would gave Bama a run, this is the same looking Org team Auburn crushed with Cam, the SEC is a semi pro conference.
In the SEC its almost impossibe to go undefeated, teams like Ohio State, USC, Okl would be 4th or 5th best in the conference, Louville had what over 20 players from Florida imagine if those players had of stayed home and played at UF, the south rules college football”””””’
Bull Butter
January 8th, 2013
10:31 am
Bama will be back in it next year,make no mistake about it!
Orlando Dawg
January 8th, 2013
10:33 am
Go Dawgs! Roll Tide! SEC Baby…Uga and Bama in Atlanta in Dec. UGA takes it this time!! But it is going to be a kick arse season! Clemson, LSU and the SEC East schedule is brutal!!! Go Dawgs!
JB
January 8th, 2013
10:33 am
Thanks Bama mike…..and congrats. It was over at 14-0.
stendek
January 8th, 2013
10:34 am
Give Nick Saban twice what he is making! Let him bring all his assistants. Get that winner to Athens. NOW! Even if the stay is a brief one. Dawg fans hunger for a TRUE sideline leader! Notice how he was all over those biased officials? Even up by plenty of points? True passion for winning. Long absent in Athens. Sigh.
Scott
January 8th, 2013
10:37 am
“7 IN A ROW!!!” – Fans of teams that haven’t won 1
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
10:37 am
GTBOB
bama’s scout team would win the acc.
Bama’s scout team would probably win the SEC.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
10:40 am
If we are number one then Georgia should be number 1.5
South Carolina beat them by 28 points. They almost lost to Kentucky, and Tennessee and struggled against a bad Nebraska team. Just because Alabama laid an egg in the SEC championship doesn’t mean UGA is a great team.
crimson1
January 8th, 2013
10:41 am
I think we can get the number one lineman and the the best pass rusher with this win. Let us face it. Everybody wants to associate with a winner. Nick Saban is a winner. The man is becoming a living legend. Roll Tide!
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
10:41 am
GTBOB
retraction:
Bama’s scout team’s girlfriends could win the acc and blow uour the bees.
DAWGTOWN
January 8th, 2013
10:42 am
your bees
Moist Dawg
January 8th, 2013
10:42 am
After reading these comments I am disgusted to be a Dawg fan. You Dawg “fans” are running around like a bunch of fairies celebrating nick satans win when the realty is that our recruiting just got harder. You people make me sick. The truth is we have a long way to go in the offseason if we want to be that good. I really hope CMR was game planning last night and not celebrating some other teams victory like some of you losers. Sickening
Ben an SEC fan
January 8th, 2013
10:43 am
Bob Dawg; I agree ND should have dropped out of the top 10. They received the same biased support for a final ranking of #4. This represents the same type votes that put them in the BCS NC game. Do the voters really think ND is better than UGA?
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
10:44 am
@ 5 yards short
UGA doesnt deserve a # 2 ranking…UGA blew it when it got walloped by SC. UGA’s Run defense is a joke.
The same can be said for Alabama’s defense. Considering how we and GA shredded it…. lol
Enjoy your championship…..
WOOF
January 8th, 2013
10:44 am
GTBOB
I am sorry you were so bullied in your private school….truly….. or home school.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
10:44 am
LSU 14 while ND 4?
That’s pathetic! ND doesn’t have chance against LSU even with Les at the helm.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
10:46 am
93 dog
January 8th, 2013
8:30 am
How is Urban Myer allowed to commentate for ESPN while he is coaching OSU?
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How is he allowed to “commentate” for anyone anytime? After all, he’s no more than another of the “experts” who predicted a ND victory last night.
old dog
January 8th, 2013
10:46 am
Bottom line: SEC fan or not, ‘Bama fan or not, Tech fan or not, even FOOTBALL fan or not, Notre Dame is not a top-tier team…..period!
Wooooo
January 8th, 2013
10:48 am
The way you UGa fans are acting maybe Saban will let you put UGA on the bottom of the trophy, or maybe Saban will send you a chip from the crystal that you can put in the trophy case. You Dawg fans need to wipe off the drool and stop acting so pathetic, you’re making fools of yourselves.
monty
January 8th, 2013
10:50 am
All the ESPN pundits gave such man-love to the Irish all year. It was sickening. Everyone who knows SEC football knew they would be exposed. And is Tao really better than say Ogeltree or Jones? Or Bama’s best players? Sorry, I didn’t see it. But he does play for Notre Dame who just happens to play alot of teams who aren’t SEC caliber. For all the pundits and algorithms they got it wrong. Everyone knew except the BCS that Bama was number 1 and Notre Dame was perhaps a #8-12 team.
D man
January 8th, 2013
10:51 am
I almost nailed it. My prediction was Bama 42-13, missed it by one point. Also, Dawgs should be ranked ahead of Notre Dame. We should be ranked number 2…
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
10:53 am
We should be ranked number 2…
What did UGA do to earn a #2 ranking?
shankit
January 8th, 2013
10:54 am
Bama should give thanks to Baylor for upsetting Kansas State
and the team that beat Oregon. Else, they would have been
playing Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, who is a much better team
than Notre Dame.
Title 15
January 8th, 2013
10:54 am
in 2013, bama will be even better—mark it down, title #16 is on the way!!! RTR!!!
crimson1
January 8th, 2013
10:54 am
You Jawja fans need to stop fooling yourselves. You are not that close. At your very best you could not beat Bama. News flash, Bama will be much better next season. This year was our luck year. Number one and number two losing on the same weekend. Now these number one recruitment classes will start having serious playing time. Roll Tide Roll!
monty
January 8th, 2013
10:55 am
There are 6 SEC teams that could handle Notre Dame on any given Saturday.
shankit
January 8th, 2013
10:56 am
Like the comment on another blog, “Kentucky AD is trying to schedule Notre Dame for their homecoming next year.”
monty
January 8th, 2013
10:57 am
“You are not that close”
What game were you watching? 5 Yards is pretty close. Ask ole Lou.
Peter
January 8th, 2013
10:57 am
Where the hell is Lou Holtz?
Great comment……. guy lisps his way to baloney each week.
Notre Dame is not a top 10 team.
shankit
January 8th, 2013
10:59 am
@Title 15 – Bama needs to be better next year, cause they open up against “Johnny Football” at
A & M, who also will be better next year. NC championship may be played first game of the year.
Peter
January 8th, 2013
10:59 am
All the ESPN pundits gave such man-love to the Irish all year. It was sickening.
I agree and the guy who finished #2 in the Heisman…. Wow he was wonderful last night !
Tech Fan
January 8th, 2013
11:00 am
UGA will be third in BCS ratings behind Bama & Oregon. There are at least a dozen linebackers in the South better than Te’O, and that many Southern teams better than ND. Heck, Tech beat Southern Cal worse than ND did. Tech would beat ND if the defense played half way decent.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
11:01 am
Alabama’s 42-14 rout over Notre Dame drew a 15.7 overnight rating Monday on ESPN, the network said Tuesday. That’s up 14 percent from last year’s game, another blowout Crimson Tide victory, 21-0 over LSU. But it’s down from the 16.1 for ESPN’s first BCS championship two years ago, Auburn’s win over Oregon that was decided in the final seconds.
The matchup between traditional powerhouses in Alabama and Notre Dame created the potential for a record-setting audience. But once the Crimson Tide went up 28-0 by halftime, viewers had reason to skip the second half.
The first half had an 18.2 overnight rating this year, significantly higher than the 16.6 for Auburn-Oregon. Typically viewership increases throughout a game if it is competitive. But on Monday, the rating peaked between 9 and 9:15 p.m. EST – midway through the first half – and decreased from there as Alabama pulled away.
Dawg77
January 8th, 2013
11:02 am
Dawgs should go after Bama’s OL line coach and make him the highest paid OL coach in the conference. Besides excellent instruction, he nows how to pick them.
Dawg77
January 8th, 2013
11:04 am
knows
DawginLex
January 8th, 2013
11:04 am
Bama comes to Lexington in 2013
That should be pleasant
Nick Superior
January 8th, 2013
11:06 am
Saban is wired differently than 99% of college coaches. He is a respected leader and expects excellence from himself and everyone he works with. Players know if they do what he asks that he’ll take them to the promised land and in the process, he’ll work harder than they do to ensure success. When asked what he’s most proud of after last night’s game, Saban said the way his team represents the school and football program both on and off the field.
Other coaches- including Richt- don’t have the same drive and passion to win NCs that Saban has. Saban showed more passion and moxy last night in the 4th qtr up 30 points than Richt showed all year.
Additionally, you rarely hear about off-field problems with Saban’s players yet Richt’s players find trouble at every turn. This shows that Saban’s players respect him while Richt’s players like him. Big difference.
In the end, Nick Saban is in a league that Richt and most other coaches will never know. While Saban seeks his 5th title, Richt still trying to connect the dots on his first. I’d be willing to bet that Saban could have won multiple titles with the talent Richt has had at UGA. Richt’s mismanagement of UGA’s talent is very similar to Cox’s mismanagement of the Braves in the 90’s. Difference being Cox lucked into one title.
crimson1
January 8th, 2013
11:08 am
Hopefully next season we can avenge our lost to the Aggies by running the damn ball between the tackles. Keep Johnny Football off the field. LSU is a program that is going down with the nutty professor as its coach. Jawja will have problems with the Gamecocks. Florida is back. Bama and the Gators in the SEC Champinship.
shankit
January 8th, 2013
11:10 am
Good thing Bama lost their game earlier than Oregon or Kansas State,
else A & M’s thrashing of Bama, would have put Bama in Sugar Bowl.
Good team, but luck played a good part in their championship this year,
and McCarron’s passes to Cooper against LSU and Georgia after they
were down.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
11:11 am
Gene
January 8th, 2013
9:05 am
Did Dr; Lou really say that ND would win the game? He is in the category of McCarver and Buck, only older.
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And Corso, who also picked ND–then disgraced himself by prancing around in that leprechaun get-up.
Johnny Football
January 8th, 2013
11:12 am
Can’t hardly wait til the opening game next year. National Championshp played first game of the season.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
11:13 am
01HAWK
January 8th, 2013
12:21 am
Here’s to LOU HOLTZ, URBAN CRYIN MEYER, and LEE CORSO……………………..Thanks for picking the PEDIPHILES.
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Corso looked like a “pediphile” in that absurd leprechaun outfit.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
11:15 am
I am afraid once playoff is in place, the NC games will always feature 2 SEC teams.
Flo- Ri - Duh
January 8th, 2013
11:15 am
Simplify the BCS Bowl system – make the SEC championship game be for the BCS championship and get it over with. Notre Dame was an over hyped over rated embarrassment.
Mad Dog One
January 8th, 2013
11:17 am
Did anyone else see granny clampet last night I thought he was going to cry. Congrats Bama one heck of a good old fashion (SEC) but kicking. I hope those —- ——– on Fox sports saw this game and saw what a real team can do to a fair team ( 3 OT TO BEAT PITT.????)this wasn’t the P12 this was the SEC. GO DOGS & GATA
rat man
January 8th, 2013
11:19 am
not much to say from a dawg fan———except—-Roll Tide——-
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 8th, 2013
11:20 am
#shankit…suck it sport….there is much luck in football and if your team has none then you will be on page 2 football news! Notre Dame was nothing more than the yankee MSM doing what they do best and that is talk a good game.
Mobile Homers 42 Golden Domers 14….Lou Holtz,Mike Golic,Tim Brown, and Regis…Humble Pie being served warm just for you. As Lou says ….Come Home Catholics and hurry before Bama takes the wife and children!
This just in….Obama has requested congress allocate 10 million to build an addition to the White House for the Bama football team.
Flo- Ri - Duh
January 8th, 2013
11:22 am
Notre Dame would be a 14 point dog to Vandy. And I am serious!
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
11:22 am
I am afraid once playoff is in place, the NC games will always feature 2 SEC teams.
That will eventually kill college football.
Jaw Jaw Idiot
January 8th, 2013
11:25 am
I’ve hated Jaw Jaw since my 8 year old son had a beer thrown on him in Athens years ago while wearing a Bama shirt. I want them to lose bad every game. But…… this years team was great, they had Bama by the nads, up by 11 in the 3rd qt, and almost shocked the world. I was very proud of the way the played Neb., and feel different about them now. BUT, Bama is a team the whole SEC fan base should be proud of, and Saban is the standard for excellence.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
11:31 am
Bob,
I think if that happens, NCAA will come up with some parity formula, in recruiting or scholarship or facilities etc. to force an equal playing ground among all colleges.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
11:34 am
Dave
January 8th, 2013
10:06 am
I’m dreading Saturdays without football and looking forward to August of 2013 already.
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Co-sign!
AltamahaDawg
January 8th, 2013
11:41 am
I’ll tell you what is not fair.
After the gators let them down, the tech trolls have found comfort in being Bama fans now…..and THEN some of you go and ruin that by stating complementary things about Georgia.
I mean, come on. Do you know how hard it is to find a home team at another man’s school.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
11:43 am
Alabama’s 42-14 rout over Notre Dame drew a 15.7 overnight rating Monday on ESPN, the network said Tuesday.
So a third straight year of poor ratings. Yeah, everyone loves what is happening to college football.
Wooooo
January 8th, 2013
11:46 am
After reading the comments here I can feel comfortable saying that uga fans are the most pathetic and delusional in America.
I guess when you haven’t won a title in 30 years you just start rooting for the entire south. You fans, especially the graduates should stop it, you look like morons and devalue your uga degree.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
11:46 am
Bob,
NCAA can restrict the # of scholarships when a school wins an NC in the previous year.
NFL assigns draft picking order based on previous year’s accomplishment, NCAA can do something similar.
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
11:46 am
Moist Dawg
January 8th, 2013
10:42 am
After reading these comments I am disgusted to be a Dawg fan. You Dawg “fans” are running around like a bunch of fairies celebrating nick satans win when the realty is that our recruiting just got harder. You people make me sick. The truth is we have a long way to go in the offseason if we want to be that good. I really hope CMR was game planning last night and not celebrating some other teams victory like some of you losers. Sickening
____________________
Disgusted? Sickening?
Your pitiful comments have fast elevated you to your unenviable status as one of the most disgusting and sickening posters on these blogs. Give us all a break, and make yourself scarce. You’re an embarrassment.
HawksFanSince'89
January 8th, 2013
11:47 am
Alabama 2009 Champions
Auburn 2010 Champions
Alabama 2011 Champions*
Alabama 2012 Champions
Notice the asterisk, next to Alabama 2011 Champions*, you can’t play a team from the same Conference and Division, and call that a National Championship game, sorry Tide you are not a real Dynasty.
WOOF
January 8th, 2013
11:51 am
Wooo….sorry your soccer team lost and you are upset at everyone or you are a GT guy/boy.
LawDawg
January 8th, 2013
11:54 am
The Richt haters are relentless (and relentlessly stupid). We got one joint on Moseley’s middle finger away from playing for the NC (and likely winning) and somehow the #4/5 team in the country is a “failure”? Good lord you people are insane.
Half Century Dawg
January 8th, 2013
11:55 am
Jaw Jaw Idiot
January 8th, 2013
11:25 am
“I’ve hated Jaw Jaw since my 8 year old son had a beer thrown on him in Athens years ago while wearing a Bama shirt.”
It’s ashame your son had to endure that, as a Georgia fan for over 50 years, I apologize for ignorant portion of our fan base.
drsoul
January 8th, 2013
11:55 am
so call ‘HawksFan’… it is the team that matters, not the conference… if it so happens all of the good teams are in the same conference, then that is where you find the NC… a dynasty is based on consistent winning programs; has nothing to do with conference reference…. pretty shallow…stay a basketball fan…???
DawgNole
January 8th, 2013
11:57 am
crimson1
January 8th, 2013
11:08 am
Florida is back.
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Back where?!
After that Sugar Bowl display, you have to wonder.
LawDawg
January 8th, 2013
11:57 am
The best thing about the game last night: Not having to hear 9 months of how the SEC is overrated after UF and Les Miles baffling decision to pass at the end of the game made that a real possibility.
LSU is going to be way down next year with all its talent leaving early.
GTBob
January 8th, 2013
11:59 am
NCAA can restrict the # of scholarships when a school wins an NC in the previous year.
Hmm. That is an interesting idea.
LawDawg
January 8th, 2013
12:00 pm
Jaw Jaw Idiot: I have a hard time believing that someone old enough to have an 8 year old son uses the term “nads”. I have a hard time believing that happened anywhere outside of Baton Rouge.
LawDawg
January 8th, 2013
12:01 pm
“NCAA can restrict the # of scholarships when a school wins an NC in the previous year.”
And then the NCAA will lose an anti-trust lawsuit.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
12:11 pm
LawDawg,
don’t we have lots of rules in place in the name of parity with similar effect?
HawksFanSince'89
January 8th, 2013
12:11 pm
drsoul,
A dynasty is a Team that wins at least 3 championships out of a 4 year time period, and the point I was trying to make that the 2011 championship was an illegitimate championship, due to the fact you cannot have a team from the same Conference and Division in a Nat’l Championship game and call that crap a National Championship game, that is like having the Falcons play the Saints in the Super Bowl.
DERP
January 8th, 2013
12:17 pm
I’m just glad I’m not banned.
drsoul
January 8th, 2013
12:44 pm
HawkFan…I can understand your argument, but I do not think that it is logical… the Championship is about the top 2 teams, perceived by the current rules of play today. The fact that they both come out of the same conference does not really mean anything… and, especially if from the SEC …they are the best conference today.. does not take away anything… If the Falcons and Saints had the best records in the NFL, I would welcome a Super Bowl match.. There are no real rules that support your argument…
bullwinkle
January 8th, 2013
12:57 pm
2013, logic has nothing to do with it. It’s just wishful thinking. The Dawgs had a big lead against Bama that they could not hold, even on an off night for Bama’s QB. (Except for one bomb he was awful in that game.) The fact is Texas A&M is the second best team in the SEC right now and should be ranked higher than UGA.
azdawg
January 8th, 2013
1:01 pm
Saban and AL won the NC and will win in recruiting the best GA HS talent the state has to offer. Cannot blame these kids for wanting to go there. They get the best players in the south and a few from planet Mars and make them better. Their S&C program is the best in the country. What Saban has forgotten about coaching and how to make a winner CMR hasn’t learned yet. Not that CMR is a bad coach, he just isn’t the winner Saban is or wants to be. So, say so long to the 5 star HS recruits from GA because they’re going to play 4 AL.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
1:07 pm
@ Nick Superior
Now that you have explained his college superiorty. Can you explain his lack of success in the NFL… Thats the league you really prove your coaching ability. The talent is drafted and not recruited…. I will save your the response. Nick Saban is a great recruiter and has more superior atheletes than other programs. There was only one guy on ND that could have made the second string depth chart…. Imagine if the NFL would allow teams to recruit players versus drafting. The Cowboys and Steelers would win every championship…. Simple put he was not able to coach up the the talent in the NFL.
TexUGAfan
January 8th, 2013
1:08 pm
Congrats to Bama. But for all my fellow dawg fans: PLEASE stop gushing over Bama. We did not win – BAMA won. They are who we need to strive to be, need to strive to BEAT. A NC for Bama is not an NC for us – an NC for an SEC team is not an SEC for us. We have to stop trying to live through the SEC wins and actually win one for OURSELVES. That is all. Go Dawgs!
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
1:10 pm
@ Nick Superior
Now that you have explained his college superiorty. Can you explain his lack of success in the NFL… Thats the league you really prove your coaching ability. The talent is drafted and not recruited…. I will save your the response. Nick Saban is a great recruiter and has more superior atheletes than other programs. There was only one guy on ND that could have made the second string depth chart…. Imagine if the NFL would allow teams to recruit players versus drafting. The Cowboys and Steelers would win every championship…. Simple put he was not able to coach up the the talent in the NFL.
@ azdawg
I agree with the desire part….
old dog
January 8th, 2013
1:15 pm
I think the point people are making is NOT SEC dominance, but just how bad Notre Dame was. Anybody that watches football, from corso on, should have had no doubt…..wtf were they thinking? The most undeserving team to EVER get a #1 ranking: this years Nostral Dames.
HawksFanSince'89
January 8th, 2013
1:19 pm
@TexUGAfan, you’re right, I don’t know why are Georgia fans relishing in Bama’s Nat’l Championships, when our team is at home with mudd on our face from the disrespectful Capital One Bowl!! Cheering for a conference is for people who are fans of teams that suck, like Ole Miss, Miss St., and Kentucky.
WDE
January 8th, 2013
1:29 pm
Hey Bama just scored again….
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2013
1:39 pm
Notre Dame should not have been playing in a BCS Championship as they did not have to play in a conference championship game to get there. Very unfair to everyone that did. Very unfair to the television audience to have to been subjected to all the ridiculous ND hype….
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
1:40 pm
D O M I N A T E ! Its what we do. Its how we roll. And the mighty crimson tide rolls on. And on. And on.
Get ready folks. Cause with only 9 seniors on this squad we’re coming after you all over again in 9 months.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
1:43 pm
“The most undeserving team to EVER get a #1 ranking: this years Nostral Dames.”
I wouldn’t be that tough on Notre Dame. They were the nation’s only unbeaten bowl eligible team. And they did it by beating Michigan State, USC on the road, Oklahoma on the road, and a very good Stanford team. They beat Michigan and probably 1 or 2 other decent teams as well.
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2013
1:44 pm
Notre Dame should never have been playing in the BCS Title game as they did not have to play a conference championship playoff game like everyone else. It is grossly unfair to all that did and unfair to the television audience that subjected to all the over rated ND hype…
7576DAWG
January 8th, 2013
1:44 pm
I mentioned this on another blog topic but if Ohio State had not been on probation they would have played Notre Dame for the National title and Alabama would have ended up ranked 2ND to the winner , how pathetic would that have been?
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2013
1:48 pm
Maybe, but Ohio State would still have had to win their conference championship first
7576DAWG
January 8th, 2013
1:49 pm
Tide Rising
Georgia is losing two receivers on their Offense, the same offense that scored 28 points against Alabama. See you in the SEC Championship in 2013. Bama may be loaded but so is Georgia.
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2013
1:51 pm
Also, Bama is losing Lacey…Yeldon is good but Yeldon plus Lacey is better…
7576DAWG
January 8th, 2013
1:51 pm
He Hate Gator
There wasn’t any team in the big ten that good this year. 2ND best was Northwestern ranked 16TH with 3 losses and it got worse after them.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
1:52 pm
“and the point I was trying to make that the 2011 championship was an illegitimate championship, due to the fact you cannot have a team from the same Conference and Division in a Nat’l Championship game and call that crap a National Championship game,”
Sure you can. Happens occasionally in NCAA basketball. So when Villanova of the big east, which had lost 2 or 3 times in the same season already to Georgetown, then beat Georgetown and Patrick Ewing in the 1985 NCAA championship title game did that national title not count??? And if I’m not mistaken that isn’t the only time that teams from the same conference have played for a national title in basketball. You’re point is silly and irrelevant.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
2:00 pm
“Georgia is losing two receivers on their Offense, the same offense that scored 28 points against Alabama.”
7576 dawg,
Allow me to correct you. Georgia’s offense scored 21 on Bama. The other 7 was scored on a lucky blocked field goal returned for a td which is a 10 pt swing on just one play.
“See you in the SEC Championship in 2013. Bama may be loaded but so is Georgia.”
You really think you’ll be there? You pick up LSU next year and that’s a loss right there. Fla may have had a hiccup against Louisville but they will be back. And S. Carolina owns you.
And you’re not as loaded as Bama by any means. You may lose all 11 defensive starters. To say you are as loaded when losing all 11 defensive starters is nothing short of absurd. You guys are as delusional as always. There’s a reason why you guys are considered the most delusional fan base in college football.
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2013
2:01 pm
Point is, OSU would still have had to play a conference playoff game to get to a Natl title game (who thought Wisconsin would take out Nebraska like they did?) and the risk that goes with that due to injuries and unexpected loss…ND did not have to do that…
TexUGAfan
January 8th, 2013
2:03 pm
Tide Rising:
You are correct on some points. I am concerned about UGA next year, particularly with the sked and the D. But there are no world beaters in the SEC East – UF has a good D, but worthless offense. USCe may beat us, but they are good to trip up a few times every year. UGA back in the SEC Champ would not be surprising.
pbt
January 8th, 2013
2:05 pm
So you are average if you win the east, WOW!
Hey their are plenty of coaches that coach for more than 10 years and didn;t win a National championship.(Bo at Michigan, Pat dye at Auburn) college football has change i guess, if you don’t win a NC in three years you get fired!
Alabama will start 2013 as No. 1, but who’ll give chase? | Mark Bradley
January 8th, 2013
2:05 pm
[...] his Crimson Tide crushed Notre Dame 42-14 Monday night, Saban spoke of how difficult this latest journey had been. “We got here by five yards. [...]
WOOF
January 8th, 2013
2:14 pm
Tide rising
are you faxing this in or do you actually have the internet?
pbt
January 8th, 2013
2:15 pm
Tide Rising,
We can say the same for Alabama. You play TA&M second game of the season in College Station, you also have to play LSU which almost beat you last year. The delusional lives in Knoxville, not in Athens. Bama fans talk about Georgia schedule being easy this past year. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW ALABAMA DOES NOT PLAY GEORGIA, FLORDIA, NOR SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH ARE THE THREE BEST TEAMS IN THE EAST. you should be there next because your schedule is easy as H*ll.
WOOF
January 8th, 2013
2:18 pm
Tide Rising….
I think you got too excited over the last episode of duck dynasty.
Take a deep breath, have another schlitz, and relax.
Roll Tide and Go Dawgs!
Chicago Typewriter
January 8th, 2013
2:23 pm
The Sec went 6-3. Pretty good year.
Congrats to the NC bama crimson tide.
ADMan
January 8th, 2013
2:25 pm
Tide Rising you have got to be the biggest assh-le on here. You act like your the one who calls the plays for Bama when its clear to everyone that you couldn’t wipe you azz without help.Talk about being delusional….you suck off other teams wins and losses and gloat about it…..your nothing more than a want-a-be who thinks he knows it all…I’ll bet you didn’t go to Alabama and have never even been to college….how’s that lawn mowing business working out for you?
WDE
January 8th, 2013
2:26 pm
Tide Rising lets review after I give you my congrats on the win last night ….now back to the review LSU beat hell out of the Tide everywhere but the scoreboard….UF beat hell out of LSU running all over them…we beat hell out of UF so you can stuff all that LSU is a automatic loss for us. Face it no one in the SEC has it easy oh and don’t you guys have A&M again think we should chalk that up as a loss too?
Chicago Typewriter
January 8th, 2013
2:27 pm
The rumor out there is that Tide Rising is acutally Forest Gump.
Hedges
January 8th, 2013
2:33 pm
Tide Rising
Congrats on a well deserved NC.
Alabama deserved it fair and square.
Quit making your ignorant remarks after being congratulated and let it be what it is.
UGA won 12 games and that is not shabby in the sec and todays world.
Jaw Jaw Idiot
January 8th, 2013
2:34 pm
LawDawg, thank you kind Sir. I’m over it. I naturally hate Allbarn, and Jaw Jaw fan has had a long wait for another NC. Dawgs actually played like Bama for 40 mins in the SEC Title game. Keep it up
LawDawg, I could care less what you believe. My son is a slot reciever going in to the 11 grade and loves The Falcons as much as he loves Bama. We have gone to dozens of college and pro games together for years and he would tell you to stick it Jaw Jaw Idiot
LM
January 8th, 2013
2:41 pm
The Tide really exposed the very over-hyped Notre Dame team last night. The Irish and their fans quickly realized they were not playing against an so-so average team like they had faced during some of their previous twelve games.
Roll Tide!
Jaw Jaw Idiot
January 8th, 2013
2:41 pm
LawDawg, thank you kind Sir. I’m over it.( That was for Half Century Dawg ) I’m 1/2 century Falcon-Bama Fan…
LawDawg… any drunk redneck fan in any town is able to be an idiot
HawksFanSince'89
January 8th, 2013
2:59 pm
Alabama wins with Georgia’s talent.
drsoul
January 8th, 2013
2:59 pm
T&AM….I think that if you really go in and consider ALL of the issues in Miami at the time that Saban was there, no one can really label him a failure.. This has been acknowledged in ESPN and other NFL observers… his record there was not indicative of his ability… there were a lot of problems when he got there with personnel, etc and other issues beyond his control… even the owner has said as much.. if you go totally by a W-L record, you are not a very good analyst of situations…
7576DAWG
January 8th, 2013
3:01 pm
L.S.U. will lose 3 to 5 games in 2013. Everybody is leaving for the NFL. Mettenberger is not very good and it would not surprise me at all if Jennings is not the starter by the 5TH game.
GT
January 8th, 2013
3:01 pm
Brent Musburger looks like a guy having to tap dance for his dinner. The networks surly can’t like delivering such a boring game where after the first quarter 15 teams sitting at home were saying we can do better than that.
I remember Lee Trevino once said they will still come and buy tickets if they think what you do is better than what they could do. Last night a lot of viewers were thinking I could be playing in this game, I’m better than this. And they would be right.
Hedges
January 8th, 2013
3:05 pm
Satan failed as a NFL coach.
Spurrier was the worst ever NFL coach.
Satan is the best in the NCAA.
Cuz
January 8th, 2013
3:06 pm
I was wrong about Florida and Louisville but I was spot on about BAMA over the Dames.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:14 pm
@ drsoul
T&AM….I think that if you really go in and consider ALL of the issues in Miami at the time that Saban was there, no one can really label him a failure.. This has been acknowledged in ESPN and other NFL observers… his record there was not indicative of his ability… there were a lot of problems when he got there with personnel, etc and other issues beyond his control… even the owner has said as much.. if you go totally by a W-L record, you are not a very good analyst of situations…
So if I read this correctly.. You are saying Alabama did not have any issues before he arrived. Also see “Pete Carroll and Steve Spurrer”. Its not easy coaching drafted players versus recruited players who wants to someday be “drafted players.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:20 pm
HawksFanSince’89
January 8th, 2013
2:59 pm
Alabama wins with Georgia’s talent.
Kinda funny hearing that from a Georgia fan considering that Georgia’s top players in recent years were all from out of state- Stafford(Texas), Moreno(New Jersey), AJ Green(South Carolina).
On this year’s Bama team none of the premier players AJ McCarron, Lacy, Yeldon, Cooper on offense or on defense CJ Mosely, Jessie Williams, Damion Square, etc. are from Georgia. Bama has one really good player guard Chance Warmack who is from Georgia. The rest of the players on the Alabama team that hail from Georgia tend to be the non impact players- backups, lesser role players.
Hedges
January 8th, 2013
3:23 pm
Thanks Dick Tracy or tide rising
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:25 pm
T&AM,
When Saban took over Miami if I remember correctly they were 1-15 the year before. It was a franchise in ruins and no serious observer disputes that.
In Saban’s 2nd year he had the team on a roll and they had won 6 straight games when the news broke that Bama was pursuing him. The team then hit the skids and went on a 4 game losing streak to end the season and miss the playoffs.
Looking at the situation he took over to say that he was a failure when he started with the worst team in pro football is to ignore the realities of the situation. There is a reason why the Dolphins owner plead with Saban to stay. And there is a reason why so many pro teams still want him. The reason is that they understand these things. You clearly do not.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:27 pm
Hedges, You’re welcome. Now come shine my previous BCS trophies for me loser.
Hedges
January 8th, 2013
3:29 pm
I am sure that is what you do for a living, polish trophies or something. Please punch your card and go back to work. I am sure your cowardly self has never put on a pad in your life of any kind.
Loser! or Super fan!
mike
January 8th, 2013
3:33 pm
Mark, I am the guy that wrote you several years ago when you were bashing Alabama, how terrible they were,they were washed up, The Bear is dead and it is a has been program. I am glad you are now convinced after 3 more National Championships we are better than ever. Are you a Bama fan yet? Ha Ha! mike d
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:34 pm
“now back to the review LSU beat hell out of the Tide everywhere but the scoreboard….UF beat hell out of LSU running all over them…we beat hell out of UF so you can stuff all that LSU is a automatic loss for us”
Aaaah. Nothing like the so and so beat so and so who beat so and so so we are better than you. BTW we went into LSU and beat them in a night game on their turf after they had 2 weeks to prepare for one game. We also had more turnovers and we still won. Matter of fact if AJ and Yeldon don’t have a fumbled handoff exchange near the LSU goal line then that game would have essentially been over early. Forgot about that did ya?
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:34 pm
@ Tide Rising
Alabama best bet is that he stays. Saban is no better than Petrino… Look for the easy out and take it. No NFL team is knocking down his door right now. It’s alot easier to recruit than coach up talent….
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:37 pm
@ Tide Rising
We are waiting on you at College Station in 2013… Remember we got “Johnny Football”…..
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:37 pm
Hedges, After you shine all my trophies you can scrub the toilet. I’ve put on plenty of pads. That’s how I knew we were going to run over you in the seccg. Because I understood that its won and lost in the trenches. And we manhandled your boys on the line of scrimmage. You’re not in our league son.
Hedges
January 8th, 2013
3:40 pm
you have never been in any trenches….sure you might be a cheerleader of some kind.
Dont think you have been on any team of any kind in your life…..
maybe cub scouts.
loser
Notre Dame
January 8th, 2013
3:43 pm
What the hell happened?
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:44 pm
TAM,
Obviously you haven’t seen Saban’s record in revenge games.
BTW we have an open date before playing TAM. And so we won’t be coming off an emotional letdown game vs LSU, we probably won’t be -3 turnovers again vs TAM, and we won’t be passing the ball so much. We’ll line up and ram it right down their throats just like we did to uga and ND. And I say they and not you because its obvious you are a dawg poser living vicariously through someone else’s win. Must suck to be you.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:45 pm
@ Tide Rising
Teams tend to manhandle other when holding is not being called. Your boys held us on almost every play at your place. But you still caught a beat down. I NEVER SEEN A TEAM run for over 350 yards and never get called for holding once like you did in the SEC championship game.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:46 pm
Hedges,
You must be omniscient- sorta like God that you know exactly if someone has or hasn’t played high school sports. WOW.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:48 pm
@ Tide Rising
Born and raised in Tyler Texas. Home of Earl Campbell. Live in GA.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:50 pm
“Teams tend to manhandle other when holding is not being called. Your boys held us on almost every play at your place. But you still caught a beat down.”
Aaaaah. So its the refs fault huh? Only a sissy and a poor sport blames the losers. Face it sonny. Your D flat out got ran over.
Speaking of holding I guess you missed where our linebacker CJ Moseley got tackled by a uga offensive lineman on Gurley’s last td run. The replay showed it and Danielson commented on it.
At least you had it in you to man up and admit to being a dawg fan posing as a TAM fan. Sad. Pathetic too.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:52 pm
“Born and raised in Tyler Texas. Home of Earl Campbell. Live in GA.”
Sure ya were.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:53 pm
It was the refs fault we lost! Waaaaaaaaaaaa. The laments of the poster after watching Jarvis Jones and company get steamrolled by the Bama O-line.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
3:55 pm
@ Tide Rising
I have the best of both worlds. Something you small mind cannot handle. Now which small hick town did you grow up in BAMA.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:56 pm
Gotta go. Been fun razzing the loser dawg fanbase. Hey poser TAM. If you’re not a poser enjoy your win over Bama this year. Meanwhile I’ll enjoy my 3rd bcs trophy in 4 years. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
3:58 pm
TAM,
I’m from NY. Then moved to Bama then Atlanta. Gotta go. See ya in September Johnny Football.
Tide Rising
January 8th, 2013
4:00 pm
“I have the best of both worlds”
What TAM really meant was the best of 2 teams that never win champioships. Must suck to be him. Toodles!
TexUGAfan
January 8th, 2013
4:05 pm
That explains why Tide Rising is such an a hole – he is from NY.
Alphare
January 8th, 2013
4:05 pm
There are 2 highlights worth mentioning about last night’s game:
1. McCarron’s girlfriend
2. Jones pushing McCarron
J.B. Robert
January 8th, 2013
6:03 pm
As soon as Saban loses the SEC, color him GONE. Just like the Dolphins.