I see a lot of opposition and not a lot of answers. Let me see your top 10. Who is definitely better than Alabama?I guess your TV doesn't get any programming south of the Florida-Georgia line?
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I see a lot of opposition and not a lot of answers. Let me see your top 10. Who is definitely better than Alabama?I guess your TV doesn't get any programming south of the Florida-Georgia line?
I see a lot of opposition and not a lot of answers. Let me see your top 10. Who is definitely better than Alabama?
I see a lot of opposition and not a lot of answers. Let me see your top 10. Who is definitely better than Alabama?
Then we are screwed.The only problem with Chad Morris being the Texas Longhorns football coach is that the fan base will not allow this to happen. He is an Aggie and the fan base wants a liberal coach.
But, we did hire a Sooner....granted however he wasn't a lib.Then we are screwed.
The water to wine reference kind of bothers me, as well. I'd prefer not to have to rely on the existence of miracles to turn this around. It's really kind of simple. This was a step-up in class for Charlie, and he didn't react accordingly. He brought his guys instead of getting elite coordinators. The impact of this mistake has been most evident on the offensive side of the football because Charlie is a good defensive coach and because offense moves the needle in the Big 12. It is an ongoing two-year mistake that has probably precluded any chance of him being successful at Texas.Your quote, "Yes, there are few better in college football at turning water into wine like Strong,..." gave me pause. I realize CS had a few Louisville players that were drafted, but don't put him up there with the likes of Snyder, Patterson and Briles who over the years took 2 & 3 star players and made them competitive, year in and year out. If Patterson & Strong flipped rosters, who wins that game last Saturday? There you go...
You think Ole Miss is clearly better than Bama? How many times do they win if they play 10 times on a neutral field? Just curious.Ole Miss.. and Florida just smoked them
From a column earlier this year:Your quote, "Yes, there are few better in college football at turning water into wine like Strong,..." gave me pause. I realize CS had a few Louisville players that were drafted, but don't put him up there with the likes of Snyder, Patterson and Briles who over the years took 2 & 3 star players and made them competitive, year in and year out. If Patterson & Strong flipped rosters, who wins that game last Saturday? There you go...
I still haven't seen anyone make a strong case for a team being better than Alabama.Objectively, the difference between a victory over UGA and a Victory over Texas Tech, Az St, Oregon or West Virginia Isn't huge at this point.
Either way, I'm not the one ranking a team that already has a home loss on its schedule above a host of undefeated teams. There's no reason to believe a beat down of Georgia is so much more impressive than everyone else's resume that it should elevate Bama above everyone despite a home loss.
8 through 10, I'll buy the argument, but there's no reason to believe they should be ranked ahead of OU.
I disagree. It's performance this season is outside the norm for most top 10 classes from an impact standpoint.Texas did NOT have a 2015 Top 10 recruiting class (by August). It is time to start viewing that class in its reality and not in it's hype. It was a good class but it was not what it has been purported to be.
Re-read this article and tell me where I'm making excuses for Charlie. This post doesn't make logical sense.The Obama blaming Bush excuses from OB's is just pathetic at this point. Mack left here at 8-5 and Strong will likely have us at 4-8 two years later....that's acceptable? Not according to Strong. I seem to recall him specifically saying 6-7 is unacceptable here and vowing it will never happen again. Well it's gonna, and much worse. So why can't you hold him accountable for not living up this own vow? Weak apologists.
I disagree. It's performance this season is outside the norm for most top 10 classes from an impact standpoint.
I still haven't seen anyone make a strong case for a team being better than Alabama.
You think Ole Miss is clearly better than Bama? How many times do they win if they play 10 times on a neutral field? Just curious.
If one or two don't stick out I'm not sure you have an argument. I would argue his best game was the 2012 SEC title game, and he lost. That annual Georgia preseason ranking reminds me of Virginia Tech in the 2000's.Man, I'd have to look it up.
Name the win/performance that was better than the one that went down this weekend in Athens. Just one.
I still haven't seen anyone make a strong case for a team being better than Alabama.
Zero nuance in that remark. The offensive line situation was a disaster of his making. The recruiting along the defensive line was weak in the final years. The quarterback situation was mostly a disaster. Few playmakers on offense.
Seriously, let's not play like Mack's role in this is tiny. And this comes from a guy saying it's time to stop talking about Mack's failures.
Was Royal 7-11 after 1.5 years? DKR went 6-4-1, 7-3, 9-2, and he inherited just as big a mess as Charlie did. Think we're going to have a winning record this year? Next? Don't see it.Yes, he would obviously be Briles and Patterson good, because it took both those coaches five to six years each to make their programs competitive from crap, which is what Strong inherited from Mack. It only took Royal five years to win ten games at Texas. Heck, he lost three or more games in ten of his twenty seasons at Texas, and he was the greatest Texas coach in history.
No, it's overperformed against any fair expectations one could have for the class.So, with all of the talk of firing Strong....with whom do we replace him?
Bama had a meltdown performance and was still in a position to win it late.Bama lost at home. Ole Miss lost on the road. Big Big difference and Florida has some players and an offensive coach in the swamp donkey. Winning on the road in college football is hard and especially when you are playing at night in front of 85,000 plus . Ole Miss defense is every bit as good as Bama's and I will take Swag and Treadwell over what Bama is running out there even though I love Derick Henry. When you play the top tier teams you better be able to do both run/pass and Bama struggles with the forward pass.
a. The game right down to the end.They were up by 20+ points IN Tuscaloosa. They showed that night that they were clearly better. That was the same night Texas played Cal, so I'm assuming (and could be wrong) that you didn't actually watch the game. (Fluke onside kick, etc. kept them in the game)
I submitted my reasoning and it hasn't been countered well.Haven't seen a strong case that Bama is the #1 team in the country either...I'll submit the W-L record as reason #1 why they're not though.
a. The game right down to the end.
b. I did watch a lot of the Bama game.
c. Ole Miss caught a ton of breaks and won the TO margin 5-0.
You never answered the question. How many times would they win if they played 10 times?