BCS Championship Game

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WinterBorn said:
Bama beat the #2 and #3 teams in the nation. We scored against the #1 run defense and the #1 overall defense in the country.

Iowa played a great season and had a monster bowl game. But Bama would have scored against them too.
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Aaawww Don't rain on PiMP's parade. This was the second best season ever in Iowa's history. Only the 58 team under Eveshevsky has done better.
 
WinterBorn said:
I found this article on Sport Illustrated this morning. Its not another piece about the technical aspects of the game. Its a poignant piece that speaks to the Bama fans and their dedication. And to those of us who lost our Moms. Andy Staples penned this piece.

"PASADENA, Calif. -- Dear Mom,

Greetings from the Rose Bowl. I sure wish you could see it here. I know the view from where you are is supposed to be spectacular, but this has got to be pretty close. I always dreamed that you'd get to read one of my stories in Sports Illustrated someday, but that didn't happen. So this little note will have to suffice. I hope the Internet connection is good up there.

Maybe you and the other members of the University of Alabama Alumni Association's Pearly Gates Chapter assembled at Coach Bryant's place to watch the BCS title game, but in case you didn't, your Crimson Tide won. I tried to keep my mind on the game, but I couldn't stop thinking about how much you would have loved tonight.

It would have made you sad when Texas quarterback Colt McCoy injured his shoulder, because you would have wanted your team to win against an opponent at full strength. But you would have loved Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus, whose first-quarter hit knocked McCoy from the game and whose interception -- and spin-dried return for a touchdown -- sealed the win before halftime. You always had a soft spot for the big guys. Maybe that's because you spent almost every dollar you earned in the mid-90s trying to feed an offensive lineman.

The preacher at your funeral in December 2006 nailed it when he spent a hefty chunk of the service explaining your love for college football. You watched every game, every night. You adopted South Carolina, your husband's alma mater, except when the Gamecocks played Alabama. You adopted Florida, your son's alma mater, except when the Gators played Alabama. (And, tough as it must have been, you even pulled for Florida over Alabama in the 1996 SEC Championship game because you knew it would get me an SEC title ring.) You even adopted Toledo as your favorite weeknight team because you loved the Rocket on the helmet.

But -- and I wish I could write this as eloquently as that preacher boomed it -- your love for those adopted programs paled in comparison to the love for the program that made your blood run Crimson. I understand why, too.

A lot happened in Selma, Ala., in the 1960s. You watched history unfold before you. But no one expected much from you in the future. Mechanic's daughters from Selma weren't supposed to go to college. They were supposed to find a husband and start popping out babies. You wanted more.

So you went to work. You sold shoes, and you socked away the cash. You scratched and clawed for every available penny of scholarship money. And by God, when Ann Cook graduated from Albert G. Parrish High school in 1967, she was Tuscaloosa-bound. You never put on airs, and you were always kidding when you said it, but you couldn't hide that tinge of pride when you referred to Alabama as THE University -- a phrase coined by some of your snobbier classmates to differentiate the Capstone from that agricultural school in the Loveliest Village on the Plains.

While you received an excellent education at Alabama's College of Education, you didn't have a chance to enjoy the extracurricular experience that other Alabama students of your era did. Coach Bryant's Tide went 11-0 and won the SEC title the year before you arrived and 11-0 the season after you graduated, but the Bear went 8-2-1, 8-3, 6-5 and 6-5-1 during your undergraduate years. At least you shared a Folk and Square Dance class with Kenny Stabler your freshman year. Of course, a spotty attendance record on his part assured you wouldn't get to Do-Si-Do with the Snake.

In fact, Alabama wouldn't win another national title until the 1978 season. I imagine you would have enjoyed the Tide's Sugar Bowl win against Penn State that season if not for the colicky newborn who wouldn't stop screaming. Sorry about that.

I made it up to you, though. You always wanted to go to a Sugar Bowl, and I got you into the 1997 Sugar Bowl with a player's parent ticket. I've rarely smiled wider than when I saw you wearing my jersey in New Orleans.

I'll also never forget your last Alabama game. I got tickets for you, my dad, my aunt and two uncles to the 2005 Alabama-Florida game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Florida had a hotshot new coach, and Alabama finally had climbed out of an NCAA sanction-induced hole. One team was going to take a giant leap forward. The forecast called for sun that day, and you hadn't grown back all the hair the chemotherapy took, so I bought you a houndstooth hat the day before the game. You had a tough time getting up to your seat, but once you got there, you saw something amazing. The Tide rose that day. Alabama won, 31-3, and that win planted a seed of hope that a night like tonight might happen again.

We had a glimmer of hope that day, too. We thought the cancer had quit. Unfortunately, it still lurked in your cells.

You fought so hard. You never quit. In those final months in 2006, when that devil had spread through your entire body, we still sat together and talked football. You wondered if Mike Shula would make it through the season. (He didn't.) If I recall, you weren't particularly fond of the idea of replacing him with Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban.

OK, so even angels can't get everything right. Saban did take over, and he was the catapult that launched Alabama back into the nation's elite. You would have grown to like him, too. You smiled and laughed a lot more than he does, but he would have reminded you of yourself every time I brought home a B on my report card. You were sweet as cherry pie, but you demanded excellence just like he does.

You would have loved tonight, mom. You would have loved seeing sorority girls in houndstooth dresses flirting with wannabe cowboys in burnt orange cowboy hats in the concourses. You would have loved to hear the Million Dollar Band crank up the woodwind-and-brass version of a herd of charging elephants. As a child of the Bryant era, you would have loved to watch a young man in a Crimson jersey with a number on his helmet plow through the Texas defense.

But I know you're in a better place now. And I know what you're saying, too.

Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer, We're in heaven, Alabama!

Have fun up there tonight.

I love you,

Andy

P.S. Something else amazing happened this football season. You have a grandson. His name is Will, and he's beautiful."
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Yea, yea I feel like crying a bucket full of tears. :barf:
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Aaawww Don't rain on PiMP's parade. This was the second best season ever in Iowa's history. Only the 58 team under Eveshevsky has done better.
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Iowa played an amazing season. Had their QB not been hurt they might have been in Pasadena last night.

Their defense was one of the best of the year.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Yea, yea I feel like crying a bucket full of tears. :barf:
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LMAO!

Ok, so its an overload of saccarine. But I am surfing, reading and celebrating this morning. And I didn't get to sleep until 3am. The household was a little bit excited last night.
 
Well much as I hate to admit it the numbers bear it out. The SEC was the toughest conference this year. The Big 10 showed major improvement and was the next toughest conference. Based on post season play, here's how the conferences faired.

#1. SEC. 6 - 4 in Bowl play, Their top 4 teams were 3-1 and they were 2-0 in BCS play.
#2. Big 10 4 - 3 in Bowl play, Their top 4 teams were 4-0 and they were 2-0 in BCS play.
#3. Big 12 4- 3 in Bowl play, their top 4 teams were 2-2 and they were 0-1 in BCS play.
#4. Mountain West. 4 - 1 in Bowl play, their top 4 teams were 3-1 and were 0-1 in BCS play. (Big 12 and Mtn West were very close. I used Texas in the NCG as the tie breaker).
#5. Big East was 4 - 2 in Bowl play and their top 4 teams were 2-2 and they were 0-1 in BCS games.
#6. WAC, was 2 - 2 in Bowl play and 1-0 in BCS games
#7. Shockingly the PAC10 was awful at 2-5. None of their top 4 teams won and were 0-1 in BCS play. (Topper ate Carwako's lunch on this one!)

To put things in perspective the SEC/Big 10 won 80% of the BCS games and their top 4 teams won 87.5% of their games (7-1).

My top 4 preseason teams for 2010 are;
#1. Alabama
#2. Ohio State
#3. USC
#4. Boise State

Boise State is over due for a shot at the national title. If they go undefeated next year and dont' get an invite to the NCG then the BCS is wholly worthless. (it's pretty close to that anyways).
 
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Mott the Hoople said:
Well much as I hate to admit it the numbers bear it out. The SEC was the toughest conference this year. The Big 10 showed major improvement and was the next toughest conference. Based on post season play, here's how the conferences faired.

#1. SEC. 6 - 4 in Bowl play, Their top 4 teams were 3-1 and they were 2-0 in BCS play.
#2. Big 10 4 - 3 in Bowl play, Their top 4 teams were 4-0 and they were 2-0 in BCS play.
#3. Big 12 4- 3 in Bowl play, their top 4 teams were 2-2 and they were 0-1 in BCS play.
#4. Mountain West. 4 - 1 in Bowl play, their top 4 teams were 3-1 and were 0-1 in BCS play. (Big 12 and Mtn West were very close. I used Texas in the NCG as the tie breaker).
#5. Big East was 4 - 2 in Bowl play and their top 4 teams were 2-2 and they were 0-1 in BCS games.
#6. WAC, was 2 - 2 in Bowl play and 1-0 in BCS games
#7. Shockingly the PAC10 was awful at 2-5. None of their top 4 teams won and were 0-1 in BCS play.

To put things in perspective the SEC/Big 10 won 80% of the BCS games and their top 4 teams won 87.5% of their games (7-1).

My top 4 preseason teams for 2010 are;
#1. Alabama
#2. Ohio State
#3. USC
#4. Boise State

Boise State is over due for a shot at the national title. If they go undefeated next year and dont' get an invite to the NCG then the BCS is wholly worthless. (it's pretty close to that anyways).
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Wow, Mott you have my utmost respect. Whether the numbers bear it out or not, posting that info and your comments show class.

Kudos.
 
Mucho props, and as an atta boy Mott is feeling better with his bucks manning up big time.
How bout that mountain west, biggest surprise to me.

I totally dissagree with the USC at #3, based on What?
 
Topspin said:
Mucho props, and as an atta boy Mott is feeling better with his bucks manning up big time.
How bout that mountain west, biggest surprise to me.

I totally dissagree with the USC at #3, based on What?
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Same reason for all 4 of them. They have a shit load of talent returning. USC may also have the best pure QB of the bunch and USC lost some of their best defensive and offensive talent to injury and they were a young team this year. Bama has that monstrous RB duo coming back and have the potential to be even better next year. Their Big question will be their QB but two NFL caliber RB's and an offensive line that could be mistaken for the southern end of the Appalachian mountains, there going to be fearsome. Ohio State is just one good RB away from being the best team in the nation and my guess is that Pryor will be the front runner for the Heisman next year. No team in Div I will be as deep as OSU on defense either. Watch out for Brandon Saine next year. He's matured a lot this year and he'll see more touches and he's got world class speed. As for Boise, Peterson is probably the best coach in college football right now.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Same reason for all 4 of them. They have a shit load of talent returning. USC may also have the best pure QB of the bunch and USC lost some of their best defensive and offensive talent to injury and they were a young team this year. Bama has that monstrous RB duo coming back and have the potential to be even better next year. Their Big question will be their QB but two NFL caliber RB's and an offensive line that could be mistaken for the southern end of the Appalachian mountains, there going to be fearsome. Ohio State is just one good RB away from being the best team in the nation and my guess is that Pryor will be the front runner for the Heisman next year. No team in Div I will be as deep as OSU on defense either. Watch out for Brandon Saine next year. He's matured a lot this year and he'll see more touches and he's got world class speed. As for Boise, Peterson is probably the best coach in college football right now.
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My only disagreement is concerning our QB. He was a question mark for this season. He isn't glamorous, but he plays smart football. He didn't turn the ball over last night. And he still hasn't lost a game he started since the 8th grade.
 
WinterBorn said:
Mott, a couple of your picks are in the newest pre-pre-pre-pre-season early picks.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1037628

#1 - Alabama
#2 - Ohio State
#3 - Oregon
#4 - Boise St.
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Well I had 3 of the 4 they did. I also have Wisconsin in my top 10. Would love to see the Badgers play Bama. They are very similiar. Monster offfensive line and a bruising NFL caliber back. Clay could be a Heisman candidate.

My team to watch our for is Pitt. Dion Lewis is my dark horse for the Heisman. He's the best back at Pitt since Dorsett and one of the most entertaining athleste in all of Div I. He's a human pin ball a la Barry Sanders.
 
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Mott the Hoople said:
Well I had 3 of the 4 they did. I also have Wisconsin in my top 10. Would love to see the Badgers play Bama. They are very similiar. Monster offfensive line and a bruising NFL caliber back. Clay could be a Heisman candidate.

My team to watch our for is Pitt. Dion Lewis is my dark horse for the Heisman. He's the best back at Pitt since Dorsett and one of the most entertaining athleste in all of Div I. He's a human pin ball a la Barry Sanders.
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Come on, Mott. Have a little faith in your Buckeyes. How about a Bama/Buckeye game for the BCS Championship?

Although, our schedule is gonna be a little tough.
 
WinterBorn said:
Come on, Mott. Have a little faith in your Buckeyes. How about a Bama/Buckeye game for the BCS Championship?

Although, our schedule is gonna be a little tough.
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To me the BCS Championship game is just another BCS Bowl game. At present. There is no such thing as a National Championship in Div I football. You just simply can't have a national champion by proxy, which is what the BCS Championship is (and I mean no disrespect to any program). I would certainly love to see OSU play the SEC champion in any BCS Bowl game though. :-)

I'm not taking it for granted though. OSU may be the front runner. Iowa will still have a monster defense next year but they've lost most of their offensive line. Wisconsin is probably the Big 10 team to look out for next year and what can you say about the Beast from The East? PSU is just simply a team that cannot be taken for granted and who knows what other team in the Big 10 will rear it's ugly head. Probably Michigan. It's do or die time for Rich Rod. Another loss to OSU and he's history (I'd actually would like to see that. Nothing against Rich Rod but I'd love to see Jim Harbough take over at Michigan). So I'm not taking it for granted for my Buckeyes. Hell who would have thought they'd lose to Purdue this year? Besides, OSU has had a dominant run at the Big 10 title for the last 5 years and that's not gonna last forever.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
I have. Considering pending sanctions against USC I'm ammending my list to

#1. Bama
#2. OSU
#3. Boise St.
#4. Nebraska.
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I only have one team different from your top 4.

#1 - Bama
#2 - OSU
#3 - Boise
#4 - Iowa

They will have to replace some O linemen, but their defense stays deadly. And if Stanzi stays healthy, they will be very tough.
 
WinterBorn said:
Wow, Mott you have my utmost respect. Whether the numbers bear it out or not, posting that info and your comments show class.

Kudos.
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Actually it shows he is trying to pretend the little ten is better than it is. Since when is a conference's 'toughness' based on the 'top four teams'????

Hint to Mott... a conference is judged by all of its members.

Side note... TX and Nebraska would have beaten Ohio State and Iowa, respectively. Our top two... your top two... by those standards Big 12 over little ten.
 
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Dear Colt,
I told you they hit hard.

Yours Truly, Tim Tebow.



Dear Tim,
I know you did. That's why I quit before they made me cry on national TV.

Thanks, Colt McCoy.
 
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