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The two best teams are playing for the title. As stated OK state blew it against Iowa state. I do think the Tide will roll past LSU, but 13 points no way!! The SEC dominates the college football scene, thugs and gangsters maybe.... however they do make for some damn good football on Saturday
Alabama has earned the right to play in this game. Rember its the body of work that you have done.When Bama's only lose is to LSU and OKSU get blown out by a nobody what do you expect. Other teams had their chance but pissed it away. I mean come on do you really think LSU wanted to play BAMA. Hell no. They were praying for anyone but them. Roll Tide all the way!!!!!!!!!!
Couldn't be more right. All I prefer to watch on Saturdays is SEC football. Watching ND and some of the other teams or confrences sometimes looks like a high school game most of the time. I always hear ND fans talk about how their academics are outstanding. 15 years ago when ND was good at football nobody ever talked about their football players academics? All you heard about was ND football. All of this academic talk began about 5 years ago and I crack up when I hear it. They aren't saints either. Dont forget Michael Floyd's 3 DUI/alcohol related charges, or the basketball player Harongody(spelling) getting busted for marijuana twice. Bottom line is every school has top notch scholars and boneheads on the same team. I give anyone credit for continuing the education after high school. Better to be on a campus attending classes rather than on the streets. ROLL TIDE!
Dont forget Michael Floyd's 3 DUI/alcohol related charges, or the basketball player Harongody(spelling) getting busted for marijuana twice.
I'm with Waxy here. The BCS is a joke, until college football starts playing for an actual title that is awarded by winning a tournament i will never be able to agree with the elected teams that are in the top game. They ought to start paying the kids openly as well, even if its set salary caps. Everyone acts like it doesn't happen, but there isn't a division one football player out there that isn't "on the take" in one way or the other.
Good read Waxie. I am a Tennessee fan, and you have hit the nail on the head. Some of you out there might remember the old SWC(Southwest Conference). It was basically all the D1 schools in Texas plus Arkansas. Corruption was their demise. Hopefully the SEC gets with the proper program or I am going to have to throw away alot of orange! But I will say this......with what has been going on with Ohio St and Penn St......are we the pot calling the kettle black?
It was actually McAlarney, not Harangody, who was the pot smoker. But that's beside the point. I agree with Rico. They lost in overtime, only a few days after the tragic plane accident that killed four people from their womens basketball team. And people may say that they barely beat Stanford, but that is just how they play. They win shootouts. Stanford can hang with anybody, they have proven that several times. Just something to consider.
that plane crash had nothing to do with that is some BS..we had a players mom die 6 days before the LSU game but we didnt blame it on that..we got beat fair and square at the time just like OKSU got beat..Just our loss was less harsh as losing to a sub 500 team..
I beg to disagree swamp. You cant compare the two. OSU lost their Women's coach and top assistant and the University cancelled everything except that football game, prolly cause a lot of money was involved? Seems like a lot people forget about that missed FG call at the end of the OSU-ISU game. Had that been deemed good we wouldnt even be having this discussion right now.
Right you are Rico...and if I might add...As long as the NCAA and the schools/conferences are generating huge revenues for this "business", little is being done about infractions, inappropriate/illegal behaviors, etc. That is, until too many people outside these institutions start blowing whistles and they become totally exposed of their actions. Look how long the Penn State thing had been going on before it became public knowledge...my God!These people have been greasing each others palms forever and a day, all the while pointing fingers at each other to try and create an "illusionary diversion" for us.We can only hope that these latest findings may lead to those magicians finally running out of rabbits to pull out of their hats...and maybe get back to why colleges are really there for...brains, not brawn.I dunno...
Amen bro......All I know is that it is about the almighty "Buck". It goes across the board, just some schools hide it in different ways. Boosters, alumni, giving recruits parents University jobs......the list is never ending. It aint just about football.......it is what ever a particular institution's major income comes from..........Why do all the Duke basketball players major in sociallogy? Like I said, I dont have the answers or really even a solution. I just know what we got out there is broke and needs fixing.
Sure you do...you (we) just don't have the dirty money to compete with those guys to change it. And another thing, it's not so much what these kids are learning inside the classroom...it's what they are being taught/shown outside of it...very sad.
I dont know about the money part, but society does have its priorities out of skew. The money chain is vast. It seems to be never ending.........Reggie Bush, Cam Newton, Marcus Camby, even the "Fab Five". I just dunno.
CMON MAN!!!!! Its football there are way too many teams for it to be "fair" every year!! Somebody always gets the shaft....it happens! If all the schools just had kids that were outstanding scholars then the game would SUCK! We would be on here crying the blus cuase all the teams suck and cant move the ball ten yards in 4 Qtrs. It is what it is, I hope we get some ice soon because everything on here turns into a great debate, because we are all EXPERTS on everything..................................
One step that can be taken is to force univeristies to obtain a graduation rate that is acceptable or they don't go to bowl games. Set the bar at 80% for ALL sports not just football or you don't go to bowls or play for titles until you meet that standard. 80% is not a hard to achieve if you put the people in place to help these kids actually learn something that will be of value to them after football. Just like you have to pass certian tests to graduate HS, the same should be put in place for college athletes so you prevent colleges from just giving them grades to move them along. Depending on the year in school (frosh, so, jr, sr) they take a standardized test that has to be passed by that 80% benchmark or you don't go bowling. This would force some colleges to put more money into tutors and actually helping the kids learn something for their future instead of just using them for their athletic ability and then tossing them aside when they get hurt or their eligability is up. It is embarrassing to the NCAA to see kids after their Jr. year in college unable to put a sentence together better than some 4 and 5 yr. olds. It is a shame where college FB and hoops have gone as far as just looking at the money to be made and not caring about the kids or their futures.Did anyone watch the under armor all american game last night on ESPN? They had 6 live committments on the show and of the 6 only one of the kids could put complete sentence together. Guess which conference, got 5 of the 6 commits? The SEC. The kid that could actually speak went to Eastern Carolina, even though he had SEC offers.
CMON MAN!!!!! Its football there are way too many teams for it to be "fair" every year!! Somebody always gets the shaft....it happens! If all the schools just had kids that were outstanding scholars then the game would SUCK! We would be on here crying the blus cuase all the teams suck and cant move the ball ten yards in 4 Qtrs. It is what it is, I hope we get some ice soon because everything on here turns into a great debate, because we are all EXPERTS on everything............ ......................