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Alabama lost. That's right, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the team with more national championships (even discounting Piggly Wiggly) than any other FBS program, has lost. They led almost the entire game, but with one second remaining on the clock, a miracle happened: Deshaun Watson made a two-yard pass to Hunter Renfrow. There was no Clemsoning. Alabama lost. Had the Crimson Tide won, Nick Saban would have tied Paul "Bear" Bryant in NCAA titles in the poll era (1936-today). He might do it next year. Hell, Alabama's already the preseason number one (we'll get to that in a second). Had the Crimson Tide won, Alabama would cement itself as having the best 10-year period in the history of college football (going back to 1869!). Pretty much the entire D-Line of the Tide are getting drafted. And yet, Alabama lost. In less than 11 days, the United States of America will plunge into darkness, but for one night, we can say that things are going OK. Because Alabama lost. ESPN's Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25 1. Alabama 2. Florida State 3. Southern California 4. Penn State 5. Clemson 6. Ohio State 7. Oklahoma State 8. Washington 9. Wisconsin 10. Oklahoma 11. Auburn 12. Michigan 13. Georgia 14. Stanford 15. LSU 16. Miami (FL) 17. Kansas State 18. Louisville 19. TCU 20. South Florida 21. Florida 22. Pittsburgh 23. Washington State 24. Virginia Tech 25. Texas 227 days until kickoff. Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Bama hosed up by not holding everybody on the final play.
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# ? Jan 10, 2017 07:01 |
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So yea, the ACC is definitely the best conference.
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https://twitter.com/ChrisKirschner/status/818698009458470912 Must've been a real punch to the face
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Gonna have to be the one person here who disagrees heartily with the thread title.
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pillsburysoldier posted:https://twitter.com/ChrisKirschner/status/818698009458470912
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bama household was devastated but then said hey this was our rebuilding year so it's OK Clemson ran 97 offensive plays that game. that is absolutely insane
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# ? Jan 10, 2017 07:13 |
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good job Clemson tho they're probably losing a whole bunch of dudes to the draft/graduation
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With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:good job Clemson It was their last chance w/ this bunch. Good for them.
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R.D. Mangles posted:With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback? because there are much better places than alabama for a quarterback to showcase their talents
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I hope the Meth Tiger doesn't over do it tonight
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R.D. Mangles posted:With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback? He got their top one this recruiting cycle, from Hawaii
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gg no re
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R.D. Mangles posted:With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback? He was pretty good this year all things considered. His running carried their offense for a big chunk of the year, and as bad as he was passing in this one he still had a long TD run that easily could have been the game winning score. He's gonna be a monster in a year or two .
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# ? Jan 10, 2017 07:19 |
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I'd love to get the feeling of being in a big time bowl game back again after 7 years wading through mediocrity. Hopefully Herman is the guy to do it. We have oodles of talent. Anyways, I'm glad Bama lost. Saban will retire and Dabo will take over for him.
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My dog was hiding in the corner after the game trying to figure out why I was jumping up and down. Alabama delenda est Ps I need a Clemson hat
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R.D. Mangles posted:With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback? He only really struggles in passing and he has a few years to sort that out. He executes the zone read well as a true freshman which is honestly great. Also we just signed a guy named Tua Tagovailoa who is apparently a stud
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Cleveland won a pro sports championship. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Bama lost the national championship by the slimmest of margins. Notre Dame went 4-8. Donald Trump is about to become president. Someone wished on a monkey's paw, didn't they?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:good job Clemson The NFL Draft or the military draft for WW3 that's coming after Trump is sworn in?
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Remember you read it here first, but God Healer and Oracle J Leman predicted on the Big Ten Network that The Mighty Northwestern Wild-Cat is coming out of the West next year. See you chumps in Indianapolis.
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R.D. Mangles posted:With their insane NFL death juggernaut players at every position, why the heck can't Saban get a quarterback? If the almighty Bama defense doesn't choke, we're talking about the legend of Jalen Hurts until the end of time lmao those preseason rankings
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# ? Jan 10, 2017 07:23 |
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Just wanted to post on the first page here. I have a lot of emotions and beer in me right now but we loving did it. Dabo won the natty for us. He did it. He even called his shot during the post game presser last year. During his 3rd year, 2nd full, he went 6-7 and I was ready to fire him. I felt it was a lazy hire by our AD after Tommy Bowden for rightfully fired. I of course was wrong. He was laying a foundation. He was building a program. This wasn't a fluke. This wasn't just Watson. We will be back. Assuming Saban doesn't retire in the next couple years and he leaves for Bama of course.
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MourningView posted:He was pretty good this year all things considered. His running carried their offense for a big chunk of the year, and as bad as he was passing in this one he still had a long TD run that easily could have been the game winning score. He's gonna be a monster in a year or two I dunno, I think it skews mightily to what Sarkisian (or whoever calls the plays in the next two years) wants to do. I'm not sure Saban really cares for this style of offense with Kiffin, and Hurts can easily be replaced by a much less wild-armed game manager running a pro style, like Saban traditionally liked before Freshwater. Lane Kiffin broke Alabama records with Blake Sims doing weird stuff
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R.D. Mangles posted:Remember you read it here first, but God Healer and Oracle J Leman predicted on the Big Ten Network that The Mighty Northwestern Wild-Cat is coming out of the West next year. See you chumps in Indianapolis. Michigan and Northwestern would be fun.
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pillsburysoldier posted:I dunno, I think it skews mightily to what Sarkisian (or whoever calls the plays in the next two years) wants to do. I'm not sure Saban really cares for this style of offense with Kiffin, and Hurts can easily be replaced by a much less wild-armed game manager running a pro style, like Saban traditionally liked before Freshwater. Well they just recruited the top-ranked Dual Threat QB in the country so
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god bless cfb and god bless tff. let the bourbon flow. see y'all in september
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Alaois posted:Well they just recruited the top-ranked Dual Threat QB in the country so I know, I said that earlier https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/818700963192172548 https://twitter.com/BW_Jones/status/818704743832965123 pillsburysoldier fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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I'm currently in a taxi back from Raymond James and oh my god watching grown men in houndstooth hats cry was a sight to behold. I can't wait to see what happens with that Clemson roster in the NFL because that's the first team in 2 years that just stood there and kept punching bama back in the mouth. I also would not want to be jalen hurts or an early enrollee tomorrow. Also Bo Scarborough is the truth and might have won them that game if healthy. He's Henry with mobile hips. And knees of glass
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Alabama was an average team that creamed a below-average overrated conference, got a couple of lucky breaks in the semifinals, and was rightfully humiliated and dismantled by the team that was the better of the two on the field last year. Alabama Was Always Bad.
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pillsburysoldier posted:I dunno, I think it skews mightily to what Sarkisian (or whoever calls the plays in the next two years) wants to do. I'm not sure Saban really cares for this style of offense with Kiffin, and Hurts can easily be replaced by a much less wild-armed game manager running a pro style, like Saban traditionally liked before Freshwater. Lane Kiffin had never coached a hurry up offense with a running QB before Bama, I have no idea why so many of y'all think going that direction was solely his decision and not something Saban wanted to do. Saban recruited Hurts for a reason, Lane didn't sneak him in when Saban was out of town or something.
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all-Rush mixtape posted:25. Texas Hahahhahahaahahahahhhahahahahahahhahaa *deep breath* hahahahahahahhahahaahha
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all-Rush mixtape posted:13. Georgia
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PostNouveau posted:Hahahhahahaahahahahhhahahahahahahhahaa This is the ranking before football starts.
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pillsburysoldier posted:I know, I said that earlier well you dont have an avatar so its not as easy to identify your posts on sight!!!!!!
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Bip Roberts posted:This is the ranking before football starts. Yeah, you'll never get rid of us. We can lose 8 games next year and get a top 25 ranking in the preseason next year.
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What did Cowherd do to piss off Dabo?
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Jack Del Huevos posted:What did Cowherd do to piss off Dabo? does colin cowherd not piss you off just by existing and having a platform?
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Emron posted:He only really struggles in passing and he has a few years to sort that out. He executes the zone read well as a true freshman which is honestly great. Also we just signed a guy named Tua Tagovailoa who is apparently a stud To be fair if your quarterback sucks at the one thing quarterbacks are supposed to be good at it's probably fair to say he's not a great quarterback
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah, you'll never get rid of us. We can lose 8 games next year and get a top 25 ranking in the preseason next year. Georgia excels at this, too.
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