Jan 7 | BCS National Championship | Alabama

[loomis41973]

It's OFFICIAL...uhhhh

I'm going to

Will Smith - Miami (Official Music Video) - YouTube

 

[Rocky2820]

Just got the best news! I was supposed to have an evening work meeting on January 7th for which I'm critical and could not get out of. Wouldn't have gotten to see the game until 9:30 at the earliest (after planning every single Saturday for the past 4 months around ND football). Well, the meeting was just moved back a week. Some of you are excited to be going to Miami - I'm just excited to watch it from the start of TV.

 

[brandonnash]

Just got the best news! I was supposed to have an evening work meeting on January 7th for which I'm critical and could not get out of. Wouldn't have gotten to see the game until 9:30 at the earliest (after planning every single Saturday for the past 4 months around ND football). Well, the meeting was just moved back a week. Some of you are excited to be going to Miami - I'm just excited to watch it from the start of TV.

Right there with you man. Been watching on TV all season at my house. Don't want to risk a change of venue now.

Anyone in TN PM me. I will be having a small get together/party for the game. The more Irish fans the better.

 

[philipm31]

Watching the game with my dad in Memphis. Not sure if we will watch at the local Irish pub or not, but since it is DIRECTLY across the stress from my new job, I think we might

 

[Bishop2b5]

Wasn't it Bama however that had the four ball players that made some headlines when they felt they were "duped" into accepting medical scholarships? They were not told they could never play again?

Not that I know of. We had a guy who had some heart issues a few years ago and everyone from the team doctor to a couple of his own choosing told him to stop playing. A year or two later he found a doctor who OK'd him to play and he enrolled at a very small school, but he basically just kept going to different docs until he found one who finally said OK. We don't even use our team docs to determine if a kid is medically unfit to play. To make sure there's no conflict of interest, we use an independent medical facility to make those evaluations (same one some other schools use).

 

[Bishop2b5]

What can the pros offer him that college can't? Its not like he's flying all over the country looking for talent. He's a tireless recruiter but id imagine its much easier to do than in some other sec schools.. Money isn't an issue. Believe he makes over 5 mill a year in base salary... The work schedule is much more flexible in college than the pros... And he's top gun, whatever he wants he'll get.... I see no advantage to going pro

Anything's possible, but I seriously doubt Saban goes back to the NFL. He hated it before, saying he didn't have near the opportunity to affect players' and develop them as people as he does in college. I don't think his ego needs the boost of a new challenge at this point in his career. With what he makes now, money's probably not a big motivator. Most of all, his wife said in no uncertain terms this past weekend that Bama was their last stop on the coaching trail and Nick's next move would be to their lakehouse when he retires. Wouldn't be my first time to ever be wrong, but I'd be very surprised if he went back to the NFL.

 

[Irish#1]

Our lack of anything resembling a return game is the problem. It constantly puts us at a field position disadvantage, which really adds up over the course of a game. We've been able to overcome it thus far, but we're not going to be able to hang many points on 'Bama if we're constantly starting around our own 20.

Our lack of a return game is irrelevant if we don't let them return anything either. From what I remember, we haven't given up more than a couple decent returns all year and 0 past midfield.

IMO, this game comes down to Red Zone efficiency. Both teams are going to have goal-to-go situations. It will come down to who punches it in.

I think it's important for us to have one or two returns for about 30-40 yards. In games like these where it will be tight field position can be the difference. Good returns give an O a big lift.

 

[Irish#1]

Right there with you man. Been watching on TV all season at my house. Don't want to risk a change of venue now.

Anyone in TN PM me. I will be having a small get together/party for the game. The more Irish fans the better.

If my job required me to miss any of the game, I would have to call in dead.

 

[m-araim]

1973 Championship

1973 Championship

Both Alabama and ND claims the Championships for 73. they both were undfeated untill they met in the sugar bowl. Alabama lost to ND by 1 point yet alabama is still claiming a chapionship because the UPI had them No. 1 before the sugar bowl game and the UPI did their ranking before the bowl games. Alabama is not entitled to this claim.

 

[ACamp1900]

1934, 1941, 1964 and other years that aren't on the top of my head right now all tell 1973 to get in line... and yet they have the nerve to cry about years they don't claim.

 

[ACamp1900]

I know it's Bleacher Report, but it runs it down quite well... It's important to note the only school that consistently has to defend their claims is bama... there's a reason for that.

Alabama's 12 Mythical National Championships | Bleacher Report

 

[cody1smith]

way way off subject but a while back someone was making some awesome pics for wallpaper and stuff, could someone point me in that direction please. Thank you very much.

 

[Irish#1]

I would love to see Saban go to the Cowboys! I can see Jerry Jones throwing a ton of money at him and promise him control on player personel decissions; Only for Jerry to constantly interfer with what Saban wants to get done and who he wants to bring in. Saban in the end will just end up really pissed off.

Note: Jerry Jones thinks he is a football expert.

That's why I posted that. The clash of two huge ego's. As long as Jones owns the Cowboys they will languish in mediocrity. BTW....italics = sarcasm on this board.

Dead on. It is only a distraction as long Saban says nothing and more people begin to see it as a possibility.

So tell your friends that it is a sure thing. Feed the media trolls!

I know know if any of this is true, but I did hear his wife on Mike & Mike and she basically said what was already posted here about unrealistic expectations and more of relief than happiness when each season is over.

 

[chicago51]

That's why I posted that. The clash of two huge ego's. As long as Jones owns the Cowboys they will languish in mediocrity. BTW....italics = sarcasm on this board.



I know know if any of this is true, but I did hear his wife on Mike & Mike and she basically said what was already posted here about unrealistic expectations and more of relief than happiness when each season is over.

Some Bama fans think they are entitled to an automatic national title every year now. They forget their own decade of mediocrity between Gene Stallings and Saban.

 

[chicago51]

What whatever its worth whatifsports.com (a computer simulation site) simulated all the bowl games 1000 times and had Alabama winning the national championship 52% of the time by an average of score 16 to 13. Whatif has an 80% accurracy in college football top 25 games this year.

Although they where wrong about ND@Okalahoma (gave OU a 55% chance to win by an average of 27-24). So with that, I think it is important that ND still shows up for the game and doesn't forfeit.

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

I hope they carry Kelly off the field after he coaches a masterpiece. I pictured it in my thoughts today and it felt right.

 

[Greystoke]

All I want to see is Manti lifting that crystal football...

 

[Irish#1]

Some Bama fans think they are entitled to an automatic national title every year now. They forget their own decade of mediocrity between Gene Stallings and Saban.

I've been on one Bama site for a couple of weeks now and have had really good discussions about the game until today. One mod is all worked up because Holtz was on TV comparing Golson favorably to Manziel and how he will give Bama problems. They also were complaining that ND was getting all the love from ESPN.

I reminded them that Lou is a homer and not to get too worked up about it. If Joe Namath was on ESPN and talked about McCarren being comparable to Andrew Luck it wouldn't bother me. If you watch the games you don't need for someone to tell you what you've seen. Do you?

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

Scouting Alabama: An Opponent's View

 

[Whiskeyjack]

FEI projection:

53.8% PWE :: Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23

Projections in the 50-55% PWE bracket have been right 62% of the time this season. I'll take a 62% chance to win outright.

 

[irishtrain]

What whatever its worth whatifsports.com (a computer simulation site) simulated all the bowl games 1000 times and had Alabama winning the national championship 52% of the time by an average of score 16 to 13. Whatif has an 80% accurracy in college football top 25 games this year.

Although they where wrong about ND@Okalahoma (gave OU a 55% chance to win by an average of 27-24). So with that, I think it is important that ND still shows up for the game and doesn't forfeit.

Well its time-time for my illustious prediction- of which I have been WRONG 8 times this year. Gotta give me a break as I said they'd be 1-1 by week 2. And I would not try to be silly about Wake/BC/Pitt. Before I give my all knowledgeable GUESS I want everyone to know down here they say Notre Dame simply has no shot. Listen to the Finebaum show and get a load of these folks and the hatred. If I am wrong for the 9th time this year there will be a lot of words that will be hard to digest for the next 12 months. 'How could I pick Notre Lame/not even a top 10 team/overrated/call my guys losers/couldnt beat 6 teams in the SEC/wouldnt be 500% in the SEC/how do you explain Pitt almost beating you (by the way Pitts pretty good and was great that day ) etc.' Well here it is -I think Notre Dame will lose to Alabama. Furthermore its all on Golson because the other parts can neutralize Alabama and Notre Dame is going to surprise people with their athletes. I also think Notre Dame will play their best game of the year. I would make these practices as hard as I could for Golson because Alabama certainly will. College boys against semi pros and college football needs the college boys to make a statement. Please make me wrong again-'Go Irish'.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Some Bama fans think they are entitled to an automatic national title every year now. They forget their own decade of mediocrity between Gene Stallings and Saban.

Trust me, we haven't forgotten the decade between Stallings and Saban. Too many bad coaching hires, too many rich boosters who thought they knew as much about how to run a football team as they knew about how to make money, and more bad seasons than we'd experienced in the previous 40 years. It makes us appreciate the last 5 years just as you guys are appreciating finally being back. We don't think we're entitled to a NC every year, but we are glad to be back in the hunt on a regular basis again.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I've been on one Bama site for a couple of weeks now and have had really good discussing the game until today. One mod is all worked up because Holtz was on TV tomparing Golson favorably to Manziel and how he will give Bama problems. They also were complaining that ND was getting all the love from ESPN.

I reminded them that Lou is a homer and not to get too worked up about it. If Joe Namath was on ESPN and talked about McCarren being comparable to Andrew Luck it wouldn't bother me. If you watch the games you don't need for someone to tell you what you've seen. Do you?

Every fanbase has a few unrealistic zealots who are too sensitive. I'd be surprised if Lou didn't pick ND if they were facing the NFC All Star team. Lou's great! Gotta love him, and he & Mark May are hilarious battling with each other. I've enjoyed discussing the game with you guys so far and just about all you seem reasonable and knowledgeable. You probably have your lunatic fringe too, but I haven't met any of them so far.

 

[ACamp1900]

FEI projection:



Projections in the 50-55% Projected Win Expectation have been right 62% of the time this season. I'll take a 62% chance to win outright.

24-23... wasn't that the same score as the 73 classic???

 

[Crazy Balki]

Can anyone tell me why they scheduled this game on Monday!? Really they couldn't have picked a more inconvenient day. Why not Friday or Saturday?

 

[ThePiombino]

Can anyone tell me why they scheduled this game on Monday!? Really they couldn't have picked a more inconvenient day. Why not Friday or Saturday?

People do things on Fridays and Saturdays. Most everyone is home on a Monday night.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

People do things on Fridays and Saturdays. Most everyone is home on a Monday night.

^ This is the only thing I can think of as well.

I might have to avoid all forms of media until late night and watch the replay online.

 

[ThePiombino]

^ This is the only thing I can think of as well.

I might have to avoid all forms of media until late night and watch the replay online.

Oof! Good luck with that, bro.

 

[chicago51]

It might be for TV ratings that they make the NCC game on Monday. Not sure but I think TV ratings are better for Monday Night than Friday and Saturday. Sunday would be best for TV but for better or worse NFL is king and rules Sunday.

 

[greyhammer90]

It's bullshit that it's on a Monday. The ratings would be even better on a Saturday. Anyone who is "out" on that Saturday is going to be watching at a NCG party.