12-23-2012, 09:22 PM
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Heisman Winner
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Rooting for Bama.
Never had the hate for them as some.
They have an amazing football program and have been our most respectable rival - especially in the SEC Championship series.
There's also the SEC aspect - pride of our conference is at stake - and this year if we prevail over the Domers.....it will be epic!
I'm hoping it will be a competitive game though as I want the excitement.
One of the highlights for me will be the match-up of Eddie Lacy against Manti Teo. Both are game changers.
Just my 2 cents....
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12-23-2012, 09:55 PM
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All these people bitching about Notre Dame's schedule make me laugh. Notre Dame is one of the few schools that NEVER plays FCS opponents. Any team that schedules one of those losers should be automatically disqualified from participating in the National Championship Game.
Notre Dame beat Stanford and Oklahoma this year. That's a hell of a lot more than Alabama can say.
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12-23-2012, 09:58 PM
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Gator Country Silver
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Originally Posted by atlzamgator
I'm 100% for Notre Dame.
I'm good with ND having a shot ever 25 years or so.
They represent more good in the sport, in their athletes, in their program, than Bama. Regardless of the love that third parties give them. If you don't think Bama has a network, you've never heard 5 hours of Paul Finebaum. Bama has its own newspaper, aka Al.com. It has a whole fricking state.
Bama? Saban answers to no one. Not even the athletic director.
Bama - in the path of the gators each season - at least in theory - to get to a BCS game.
Bama- recruiting in the gator's backyard. And that means GA as well as FL, and the panhandle.
ND is good, Saban is evil.
I revel in the fact that my pure support for ND winning this game will - I hope - cause angst and perhaps backlash from those on this board. RELISH IT.
b/c at the end of the game, as the clock ticks down to zero, I'll still be a GATOR. a dyed in the wool graduate, with more than 250 games attended. And no one takes that away.
I'll have a toast, and say your names out loud - LOGARTOS - and then laugh.laugh I say!
Go irish!
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Put the crack pipe down brother.
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12-23-2012, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by GatorNorth
ND actually played a decent schedule this year for the first time in a while.
While I hate the media fawning over ND every year, I think there is a fair amount of jealousy over the media power they have.
They graduate more kids than anyone, rarely do they have any sort of scandal or run in with the law (although the tower death was tragic) and the kids generally play hard week in and week out.
I don't like them at all, but at least try to be objective about it. They do more that is good for college football than most other teams, including many if not most in the conference we root for each week.
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There's more trouble then you realize. They have the same cover up power that bama has.
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12-23-2012, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Dreamliner
Count me as another troll then. Bama ain't putting up 50 on anybody, let alone a team that can match it physically, like ND, and which has the kind of quarterback that can give it fits.
That said, Bama will likely win because officials refuse to call penalties on it. ND therefore has precious little margin for error.
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I've always counted you as a troll 
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12-23-2012, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Tebowism0823
There's more trouble then you realize. They have the same cover up power that bama has.
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Wow. Your cynicism is quite remarkable.
So there's no chance that they just run a good program with good kids up there huh?
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12-23-2012, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GCNumber7
ND played a bad schedule? Are you kidding? At OU, at USC, Stanford plus Michigan,MSU... That's better than Bama's schedule.
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Ill give you Oklahoma and Stanford. Michigan and Michigan State are jokes. Vandy could play with them.
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12-23-2012, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dreamliner
Count me as another troll then. Bama ain't putting up 50 on anybody, let alone a team that can match it physically, like ND, and which has the kind of quarterback that can give it fits.
That said, Bama will likely win because officials refuse to call penalties on it. ND therefore has precious little margin for error.
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This really puts the refs in a quandary. Without exception, ALL no-calls must go to the Gumps. This includes - of course - holding, late hits and other forms of personal fouls, blocking in the back, etc., etc.
Also without exception, any borderline judgment calls that possibly could determine the outcome of the game MUST be called, and of course, they MUST go to Notre Dame's favor.
This is a really big problem.
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12-23-2012, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jagervol01
What are you talking about? Was this just hypothetically speaking? 1) There is not an 8 team playoff even in the works. 2) There is a 4 team playoff but that won't begin until the 2014-15 season. 3) USC was the preseason #1 and their problem was coaching not talent and Notre Dame beat them in their place as well as Oklahoma and a win over Stanford (to complain about officiating is whining). ND played a good schedule.
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ND beat two decent teams in Stanford and Ollahoma. USC does not fall into that category. It was the talent that let them down, not the coaching. Then again you're a VOL fan so it'd be both for you!
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12-23-2012, 10:13 PM
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Fotre Dame.
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We actually agree on something.
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12-23-2012, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GatorByte
Count me in as someone who despises Bama, but will be hoping that ND gets annihilated in stunning fashion.
To be more specific, I'm hoping that the game is out of hand mid-way through the 1st quarter, with Bama going on to win the most lopsided game in championship history. Hopefully it can be enough to humiliate the ND fan and media faithful, and personally embarrass everyone that assisted in the climb from unranked to #1. Something like 63-3 Bama.
This way, Bama has little to crow about having won a championship that doesn't appear to some as hard-earned (and knowing they dodged a bullet)... Saban perhaps leaves for the NFL, and ND ruins enough reputations that their national perception returns to Bob Davie levels.
It is most assuredly sour grapes for me as a Gator fan, but I'm considering not watching the BCS championship for the first time ever... and I am a rabid fan of the college game. I'm pretty much hoping that the game turns out to be a complete joke for everyone involved. A snoozefest.
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2nd that!
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12-23-2012, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Headshot
All these people bitching about Notre Dame's schedule make me laugh. Notre Dame is one of the few schools that NEVER plays FCS opponents. Any team that schedules one of those losers should be automatically disqualified from participating in the National Championship Game.
Notre Dame beat Stanford and Oklahoma this year. That's a hell of a lot more than Alabama can say.
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Laugh away. Their schedule is always weak! Even without fcs opponents their schedule is normally weak. That says a lot.
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12-23-2012, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Lawdog88
This really puts the refs in a quandary. Without exception, ALL no-calls must go to the Gumps. This includes - of course - holding, late hits and other forms of personal fouls, blocking in the back, etc., etc.
Also without exception, any borderline judgment calls that possibly could determine the outcome of the game MUST be called, and of course, they MUST go to Notre Dame's favor.
This is a really big problem.
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I've thought about this as well. No SEC refs means Bama's coaching staff is no doubt planning on getting called for holding. They will be prepared for it I'm sure, as they are quite aware that they regularly get away with it. In fact, I believe they coach to use the pads to hold until they are forced to stop.
Game will come down to line play on both sides of the ball. Even with penalties in their favor, ND is going to get flat out worked. They have no chance in this regard imo.
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12-23-2012, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Headshot
Wow. Your cynicism is quite remarkable.
So there's no chance that they just run a good program with good kids up there huh?
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Well seeing how my wife and brother both graduated from there ill stick with my comment. They get the good boy treatment just as much as bama does. If the GPD was up there you'd hear a lot more about it.
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12-23-2012, 10:56 PM
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I was hoping for a 3 - 2 game going late into the fourth quarter after several turnovers for each team, with Bama winning when the alien ship abducts both teams. Lots of probing for the two coaches if you know what I mean!
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12-23-2012, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by OB1
I was hoping for a 3 - 2 game going late into the fourth quarter after several turnovers for each team, with Bama winning when the alien ship abducts both teams. Lots of probing for the two oaches if you know what I mean!
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lol....as long as espn doesn't air the highlights of the latter I'm cool with that.
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12-23-2012, 11:45 PM
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Can't ever cheer for Bama. Go Notre Dame.
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12-24-2012, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by GCNumber7
ND played a bad schedule? Are you kidding? At OU, at USC, Stanford plus Michigan,MSU... That's better than Bama's schedule.
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Which one of these teams do you think was good? There are 15 - 20 losses on that list and in weak conferences too!
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12-24-2012, 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by jagervol01
What are you talking about? Was this just hypothetically speaking? 1) There is not an 8 team playoff even in the works. 2) There is a 4 team playoff but that won't begin until the 2014-15 season. 3) USC was the preseason #1 and their problem was coaching not talent and Notre Dame beat them in their place as well as Oklahoma and a win over Stanford (to complain about officiating is whining). ND played a good schedule.
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Didn't OU lose 3 games? USC 5 games? I lost count with Michigan and the others too! ND played the has been schedule tyhis year. No quality to speak of....
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12-24-2012, 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Graygator
I see Bama wearing ND down as the game goes on and scoring a couple of times in the fourth to put it away. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of Nick Saban's, but it's hard to pick against a guy who has a lot of BCSCG veterans on his team and knows how to get his team ready for these games.
Bama wins 31 - 17.
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You see it correctlt. This could turn into a blowout as ND breaks down!
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