Niners Fan in CT Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Well, there's also going to be backlash any time a team gets in a Nat'l title game without winning their conference.
RandomAct Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 That's kind of how I feel. Also, those people who hate are fans of teams that never win shit.
Ryan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Miami(OH) is this year's Southern Miss. Yikes at 0-12.
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Yeah, people are always going to hate a dominant team. I don't take it personally. I promise nobody gave a shit when Mike Shula was coach. In that 60 Minutes piece on him, Saban said something to the effect of "high achievers don't like being around mediocre people," and I think the reverse holds true: Mediocre people hate seeing high achievers be successful.
Brian Fowler Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Well, there's also going to be backlash any time a team gets in a Nat'l title game without winning their conference. Especially when everyone arguing for them to get in were the exact same people saying that a rematch was unfair in 2006, and that they need a rule about not allowing a team in that doesn't win their conference. What? No, not bitter at all.
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Yeah, that's a real thing too... People can talk all they want about Saban's dominant run but they shouldn't have even been in the game against LSU in my view. LSU got screwed. They had already beaten Bama and won the SEC.. they shouldn't have had to go and beat Bama again. That's not sour grapes.. it's telling it like it is. Nebraska shouldn't have been in the Nat'l title game either after Colorado put a million points on them.
RandomAct Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 If I recall that year, there were no other teams that could legit say they were better than LSU or Bama though.
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Guys, get over it. The BCS is designed to pair the 2 best teams at the end of the year, period. The end. LSU and Bama were clearly the 2 best teams that year. The system worked.
Craig H Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I swear, it sounds like there are more Irish fans at this Stanford game than there are Stanford fans.
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 That's not surprising. Stanford gets no support despite being a really good team year in and year out.
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 If I recall that year, there were no other teams that could legit say they were better than LSU or Bama though. Oklahoma St. played a tougher schedule (Big XII was rated as the strongest conference that year) and were 11-1.
Brian Fowler Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Guys, get over it. The BCS is designed to pair the 2 best teams at the end of the year, period. The end. LSU and Bama were clearly the 2 best teams that year. The system worked. Which is fine, until you have people who just 5 years earlier were absolutely apoplectic over the idea that A.) there could be a rematch and B.) that a non-conference champion could get in, to the point where they were calling for a rule change to prevent that, turning around and saying Bama should go in. It's the hypocrisy. (And the bitterness.)
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 If I recall that year, there were no other teams that could legit say they were better than LSU or Bama though. Oklahoma St. played a tougher schedule (Big XII was rated as the strongest conference that year) and were 11-1. 1. You're high. The SEC West alone had 3 top 5 teams in it that year. 2. Regardless of who they beat, and they did beat some good teams (just like Alabama did), they had by FAAAAAR a worse loss. And before you play that weak "But it was on the road!" bullshit, let me go ahead and cut you off: When you lose to a team that would have been 5-7 and sitting their asses at home for the holidays if you would have handled your business, you don't get graded on a fucking curve just because you played at their turdhill of a stadium. You lost to a bad team. The end. Championship-caliber teams handle their business against bad teams. Ergo, you are not championship caliber. Enjoy the Fiesta Bowl. But seriously, dudes, it was 2 years ago.
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Guys, get over it. The BCS is designed to pair the 2 best teams at the end of the year, period. The end. LSU and Bama were clearly the 2 best teams that year. The system worked. Which is fine, until you have people who just 5 years earlier were absolutely apoplectic over the idea that A.) there could be a rematch and B.) that a non-conference champion could get in, to the point where they were calling for a rule change to prevent that, turning around and saying Bama should go in. It's the hypocrisy. (And the bitterness.) I am somewhat sympathetic to you on this point, but where was this groundswell of support for Alabama that you speak of? I mean outside of Alabama fans. As I recall it, and I remember it well, most people were not in favor of it and treated it as a horrific inevitability. There weren't many people championing Alabama for that spot. It was just the math that got them in.
Brian Fowler Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Every. Single. Person. On. ESPN. EVERY SINGLE ONE. The exact same talking heads that were on the exact same shows saying Michigan couldn't be allowed in were saying Alabama had to be, and dismissing the exact same arguments they themselves had made 5 years earlier.
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Every. Single. Person. On. ESPN. EVERY SINGLE ONE. The exact same talking heads that were on the exact same shows saying Michigan couldn't be allowed in were saying Alabama had to be, and dismissing the exact same arguments they themselves had made 5 years earlier. Yeah, I don't remember it that way at all. I believe our respective fan biases interpreted things very differently.
Burgundy LaRue Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 What? No, not bitter at all. Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness!
Ryan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Assholes are threatening the poor Alabama kicker like crazy on twitter it seems. I hate humanity. How dare he miss an insanely long kick and single-handedly allow the guy to return the kick for a touchdown.
Ryan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 What? No, not bitter at all. Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness!
Dewar Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 If I recall that year, there were no other teams that could legit say they were better than LSU or Bama though. Oklahoma State was 11-1 and won the Big 12 conference. Stanford was also 11-1, and didn't win their conference. There was teams with arguments for spot #2 against LSU, who was clearly number 1.
Craig H Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Tommy Rees is fucking awful. I think he just closes his eyes and chucks the ball half the time.
Brian Fowler Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Unrelated: Does anyone else have even the slightest case for National Coach of the Year besides David Cutliffe at Duke?
EVA Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I think Sumlin made a smart move in going ahead and signing an extension with A&M. With the way they're faltering down the stretch, I don't think he's going to be quite the commodity he thought he was a month or two ago.
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 If I recall that year, there were no other teams that could legit say they were better than LSU or Bama though. Oklahoma St. played a tougher schedule (Big XII was rated as the strongest conference that year) and were 11-1. 1. You're high. The SEC West alone had 3 top 5 teams in it that year. Check the conference strength. Big XII was tops that year.
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