Congratulations
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Congratulations to the National Champions of College Football:
North Dakota St., Mt. Union, Valdosta St. The teams that won titles through real playoffs.
Congratulations to the large school national champions: THE Ohio State University Buckeyes.
No one says they can't claim the mythical national title. After all, they are the only undefeated FBS team.
And until they get a full 8-16 team playoff...it is still mythical.
(note...if OSU hadn't been on probation Alabama would not even played in the game)
But, in reality. Congatulations to Alabama and the GDR...err SEC.
They are on another HiGH from winning another national title.
They are the best money can buy. Better living through chemistry.
But, I digress.
Actually, this is congratulations to Nick Saban, who is proving that a flim flam man never dies....he just keeps collecting checks.
And, by the way....he continues to say "college is for me" "I won't coach in the NFL".
I will believe that only when ALL the NFL HC positions for next year have been filled.
But, if its true: Happy Retirement Nick.
(because if you stay where you are you will have proven you are just a waste)
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Oh, yes, and per records going back to the start of college football, Alabama is now 5th overall in number of national titles won, behind Princeton, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
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If OSU hadn't been on probation, they would have choked it away in the regular season like they normally do Hahaha.
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If OSU hadn't been on probation, they would have choked it away in the regular season like they normally do Hahaha.
If OSU hadn't been on probation, they would have choked it away in the regular season like they normally do Hahaha.
LoL,true!
But one has to admire and respect what Urban Meyer has gotten out of those kids. Anyone That follows OSU knows thats not exactly a great team put together thus far. The fact that the kids have bought into his program speaks volumes. I cant wait to see what this upcomming recruiting class yields.
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Oh, yes, and per records going back to the start of college football, Alabama is now 5th overall in number of national titles won, behind Princeton, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
Oh, yes, and per records going back to the start of college football, Alabama is now 5th overall in number of national titles won, behind Princeton, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
Unless you go to claimed national titles...
the you'll see all the mythical titles that Bama claims to get them up to 15 lol
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Oh, yes, and per records going back to the start of college football, Alabama is now 5th overall in number of national titles won, behind Princeton, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
Unless you go to claimed national titles...
the you'll see all the mythical titles that Bama claims to get them up to 15 lol
Unless you go to claimed national titles...
the you'll see all the mythical titles that Bama claims to get them up to 15 lol
If we are talking "claimed" National Champions, then look no further than The Rock.
Slippery Rock, in 1936, finished 6-3 against a small (division II) schedule, but laid claim as champions using the following logic:
they won 14-0 over Westminster, who won 7-6 over West Virginia Wesleyan, who won 2-0 over Duquesne, who won 7-0 over Pittsburgh, who won 26-0 over Notre Dame, who won 26-6 over Northwestern, who won 6-0 over #1 Minnesota.
This year, let' see: Bama lost to A&M who lost to Florida who lost to Louisville who lost to Connecticut who lost to South Florida who lost to Pitt who lost to Youngstown St. ... folks, there is your 2012 College Football National Champions ... The Youngstown State Penguins.
Zombo
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If OSU hadn't been on probation, they would have choked it away in the regular season like they normally do Hahaha.
If OSU hadn't been on probation, they would have choked it away in the regular season like they normally do Hahaha.
They played their regular season and went undefeated. WTF are you smoking?
You could have said maybe they would have lost the Big Ten Title game...or the BCS title game. But they won every regular season game. For what its worth...this year.
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Oh, yes, and per records going back to the start of college football, Alabama is now 5th overall in number of national titles won, behind Princeton, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
Unless you go to claimed national titles...
the you'll see all the mythical titles that Bama claims to get them up to 15 lol
Unless you go to claimed national titles...
the you'll see all the mythical titles that Bama claims to get them up to 15 lol
Well, OK, like I said, Ohio State can "Claim" another national championship this year.
Who knows if they will. If they do, who can blame them. Again, only undefeated team at FBS level.
Obviously I am being a bit facetious...but only a bit.
I will think things will be more legit when we can get rid of this stupid 6 week layoff between the end of the regular season and the title game.
That is absofrakinglutely absurd. And yes, somehow it gives the SEC schools an advantage. Not sure how or why, but I think it does.
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Personally I think it sucks that you can be a head the whole damn game and still lose in Final Jeopardy.
WSS
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Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
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A lot of stuff behind the scenes no one talks about
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Alabama would've beaten the shit out of us.
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Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
Only 7?
The Ivy League won like 20 National titles in a row.

OK, so, call me a skeptic. It is the method by which they are better that I am skeptical of.
I mean, Barry Bonds after he turned 34 was by far the better player in the major leagues as well.
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The ancient Romans had sport dead on. Hire gladiators, give them staus, women, pussy, money and comfort. Then, when they lose a step, feed them to the lions as part of the entertainment
We sorta do that now, to a point, don't we? Not quite as literal, but figuratively.
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Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
Corrrect to a point Ballpeen- yes, 7 in a row is impressive.
What is not impressive is how the conference gets a free pass on their scheduling. The SEC has always had this arrogance of not traveling outside of their region, because the conference games are so brutal. I agree that the conference schedule is tough, but so are MANY conference schedules. I don't have a schedule on hand to verify this, but I remember reading about how Florida hadn't gone west of Arkansas or north of Kentucky in 25 years.
They have the significant advantage of weather conditions over all the other conferences. Just about all the Bowl games their representatives play in are in their own backyard. I know it's not the conference's fault on those two important facts, but they are big factors in their conference's success.
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Nick Saban, I believe, makes like $5.45M/yr, that's among the highest paid coaches of the NFL. College coaches don't have to put in the same hours that an NFL coach does and with Saban's national championships he is basically a god amongst the Alabama campus. Were he to come to the NFL, his shelf-life may not be too long as past history has shown. So why leave college? Saban can get the players he wants to keep the college championships rolling in and further cement his god-like status as long as he wants... There is no longer anymore effort required on Saban's part to continue to earn a top coaching salary and be revered as the greatest college football coach who ever lived.
Why anyone would think Saban would ever want to coach in the NFL again is beyond me. The only reason he'll interview with an NFL team is to why Chip Kelly interviewed...that's to get the university to increase his salary...nothing more, nothing less.
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Nick Saban, I believe, makes like $5.45M/yr, that's among the highest paid coaches of the NFL. College coaches don't have to put in the same hours that an NFL coach does and with Saban's national championships he is basically a god amongst the Alabama campus. Were he to come to the NFL, his shelf-life may not be too long as past history has shown. So why leave college? Saban can get the players he wants to keep the college championships rolling in and further cement his god-like status as long as he wants... There is no longer anymore effort required on Saban's part to continue to earn a top coaching salary and be revered as the greatest college football coach who ever lived.
Why anyone would think Saban would ever want to coach in the NFL again is beyond me. The only reason he'll interview with an NFL team is to why Chip Kelly interviewed...that's to get the university to increase his salary...nothing more, nothing less.
Endymion said:
Nick Saban, I believe, makes like $5.45M/yr, that's among the highest paid coaches of the NFL. College coaches don't have to put in the same hours that an NFL coach does and with Saban's national championships he is basically a god amongst the Alabama campus. Were he to come to the NFL, his shelf-life may not be too long as past history has shown. So why leave college? Saban can get the players he wants to keep the college championships rolling in and further cement his god-like status as long as he wants... There is no longer anymore effort required on Saban's part to continue to earn a top coaching salary and be revered as the greatest college football coach who ever lived.
Why anyone would think Saban would ever want to coach in the NFL again is beyond me. The only reason he'll interview with an NFL team is to why Chip Kelly interviewed...that's to get the university to increase his salary...nothing more, nothing less.
Everything you say is correct....but you miss a key point: EGO.
Saban is a failed NFL Head Coach. The question I have always said is can his ego handle that. I say his Type A personality dissallows that.
I think it would be simply his inner drive that would compel him to come to the NFL.
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Come on Gipper.....just give it up...7 in a row. I mean 7 in a row man.
At what point will it be the SEC is just better??
Really....7....I say SEVEN....that might never be beaten.
Come on my friend....that's impressive
Corrrect to a point Ballpeen- yes, 7 in a row is impressive.
What is not impressive is how the conference gets a free pass on their scheduling. The SEC has always had this arrogance of not traveling outside of their region, because the conference games are so brutal. I agree that the conference schedule is tough, but so are MANY conference schedules. I don't have a schedule on hand to verify this, but I remember reading about how Florida hadn't gone west of Arkansas or north of Kentucky in 25 years.
They have the significant advantage of weather conditions over all the other conferences. Just about all the Bowl games their representatives play in are in their own backyard. I know it's not the conference's fault on those two important facts, but they are big factors in their conference's success.
Corrrect to a point Ballpeen- yes, 7 in a row is impressive.
What is not impressive is how the conference gets a free pass on their scheduling. The SEC has always had this arrogance of not traveling outside of their region, because the conference games are so brutal. I agree that the conference schedule is tough, but so are MANY conference schedules. I don't have a schedule on hand to verify this, but I remember reading about how Florida hadn't gone west of Arkansas or north of Kentucky in 25 years.
They have the significant advantage of weather conditions over all the other conferences. Just about all the Bowl games their representatives play in are in their own backyard. I know it's not the conference's fault on those two important facts, but they are big factors in their conference's success.
Other conference schedules aren't that tough. The SEC pits top 10-15 team against top 10-15 teams for weeks until some lose and finally drop in the rankings. In other conferences, guess what?? They wouldn't be dropping because they would keep winning most of the games.
As for the weather....who cares....both teams are playing in the same conditions. One wins, one loses, 80 degree temps or a ice field.
You can't tell me that OSU as an example is at some disadvantage playing in 75 degree temps in Dec/Jan.
It sounds like you are wanting teams to play in crappy weather to possibly gain your team some possible advantage.
Good weather doesn't handicap any team.....sorry, it doesn't.
You weather guys kill me.
The Big 10 is a storied conference with a ton of power 100 years ago. Bowl games would have been played in Cleveland had the Big 10 insisted. They didn't because they wanted good weather and didn't want weather to fuck up their plans....yes, I cussed. I do every now and again.
Face it, nobody wants to play in crap weather unless they know they are at a disadvantage and seek some sort of advantage. In good weather, it's all equal.
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