A Team Worth Hating

There’s your flair.

Let ’em have their ONE conference title ;-)

They give Princeton credit for an MNC in 1869, ie, the first year college football was ever played. In other words, they beat Rutgers. Crown em!

Georgia and Ole Miss are trailing that powerhouse Lafayette of Pennsylvania.

I used their count to intentionally sidestep the counting issue, and it happened anyway. I do like their count, because we have 4 “Recognized” Titles, which I think is right, even though we don’t claim 1908. I like that because I live in Texas and any time a Horn fan gets uppity about their place in the college football hierarchy, I like to remind them they have just as many titles as LSU — and LSU fans are honest enough to admit that Alabama is on a level above, historically speaking.

I think if a legit third party with a vested interest in fairness and accuracy can give Bama 12 titles, then I’m good with that count. Which doesn’t mean we can’t make fun of them, because that’s what we do.

we all know Auburn, despite many reason, aren’t self-loathing. I think the rest of us make up for it with our loath. or loathing.

Because if it was a second offense, they’d be out for the UA-T game as well, by NCAA rule. But they aren’t.

That’s cool, just admit it.

im pissed about this. I think we need to hold our players to a higher standard. One game isn’t enough IMO. Failed drug test = 2 game suspension. 2nd fail = 6 games 3rd = you’re off the team.

if a player steps out of line, they have a far better chance of getting straightened out inside the program than being kicked out of it. and a coach who has made a commitment to a player is obligated to give them every possible chance within reason. unless a coach has given reason to question their judgment in such cases – and it seems clear that neither miles or saban fits in that category – they deserve the benefit of the doubt on the matter no matter how upset some sanctimonious columnists wants to get over it.

And in the end, no matter what any of us think, coaches are ultimately hired to win games, and they’re going to be pragmatic in weighing that against discipline. Eveyr coach. No. Matter. What.

Besides, we’re talking about football. While its one thing to joke about another team’s problems, in the end if all you can do is point and laugh at what happened to an opponent off the field, chances are you couldn’t do it about what happened ON the field.

we like to think of ourselves as a resource for anyone interested in the team. not just the crimson tide fans.

but hey….you did play the “if you look up ______ in the dictionary” card…so I assumed foolish was acceptable.

Regarding the 4th down end around – no doubt, that was a great call. Couple that great call with Bama not expecting it at all (hence, the articles reference to coaching being alseep) and it worked to perfection. Furthermore, it probably gives LSU a bit of an edge this year as a similar situation will undoubtably arise.

I think the completion on the 3rd and long that sealed the game is the best example of a mental lapse. Bama’s secondary left one of LSU’s best (if not the best) receivers uncovered. This type of thing sealed our fate in our three losses, and almost did in the Arkansas game.

I don’t think USCe, LSU, and auburn all had success against Bama simply because of Bama’s mental mistakes. However, Bama’s mental mistakes in these games absolutely did pave the way to making success a little bit easier. But, that’s the difference between a good team and a great team. Last year, Bama was very good, probably not great. This year – I guess we will find out in a little over 4 days.

I’m with you – I’m hoping for a well played, injury free game. Good luck to your Tigers as well. I’m hoping when all is said and done, you guys are the ones on here playing “homer” and not us ;-)

The linebacker/end player responsible for contain, pinched in too much and should have held his position. You could also say (as Saban/Smart didn;t consult with me first ;-) it was a bad defensive call where they just got outcoached on that play. To me it just looked like the guy on the edge got sucked in and sealed off as a result by LSU.

Now calling that play is a GREAT example/analogy to show the different coaching styles between Saban and Miles. There’s NO WAY Saban makes a call like that late in the game – too much risk of a negative play. And just perhaps…Miles knew that which is why he called it.

To me Saban and Co. got outcoached on that play.

Now we got back in the game only to have a true freshman corner get caught out of position on the 3rd and a billion to go. That was a mental mistkae that proved to be a back breaker for us.

LSU won because of no other reason than X’s and O’s. I would say that mental lapses by our secondary and coaching mistakes caused the game to end in a loss. Is that homerism? Sure, is it wrong? No.

I overreacted a bit. RollBamaRoll is my 2nd home. I am just ready for this game to kick off. My apologies.

Difference is I’m commenting about your homers to my homers…not your homers. Well, except for your homers that are showing up on our blog.

/headexplodes

1+2+1+1…

i wasn’t talking about you. you’re one of the good guys, by far. but damn you are sensitive.

You seem a tad on edge this morning. You must’ve been looking at some of Bama’s game tapes this morning.

do you really want to go there?

Saint Nick was 48-16. Miles is uh….miles beyond Saban.

Can he goof up or appear to be a goof? yes. But he almost always hires the best coordinators and does an excellent job of recruiting and then getting the most of out his kids. And those kids love him and play their ass off for him.

I will now await my fine from the SBNation offices regarding my pun to the head of a defenseless poster.

Some of those late game time management issues could’ve easily worked against him, as well as the Tennessee game last year, and the perfect bounce on the over the shoulder fake fg.
Must be living right.