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Huckleberry

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  1. Scott Frost honeymoon apparently hasn't ended. And to be fair, they were much better in the second half of the season. 4-2 in their last six with the two losses by 5 to Ohio State and 3 to Iowa. Heck, you could even include the 6th loss in the "good" stretch as they lost in overtime on the road at Northwestern.

  2. 1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

    To be fair how many four loss teams also had ten wins? That being possible is a recent development.

    There have been 33 teams in college football history with at least 10 wins and 4 losses. All finished exactly 10-4, unsurprisingly.

    2002 Colorado St.
    2002 Virginia Tech
    2006 Central Michigan
    2007 Central Florida
    2007 Tennessee
    2007 Tulsa
    2009 Nebraska
    2010 Miami (OH)
    2011 Clemson
    2011 Georgia
    2011 Ohio
    2012 Central Florida
    2012 Nebraska
    2013 Arizona St.
    2013 Bowling Green
    2013 Duke
    2013 Marshall
    2013 Rice
    2013 Southern Cal
    2014 Arizona
    2014 Utah St.
    2015 Bowling Green
    2015 Florida
    2015 Temple
    2016 Colorado
    2016 Navy
    2016 Temple
    2016 Virginia Tech
    2017 Auburn
    2017 Fresno St.
    2018 Buffalo
    2018 Texas
    2018 Washington
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  3. 4 minutes ago, Surlybastard said:

    It was embarrassing just to watch. Those players completely followed Nick's lead in how they answered questions. They can't fathom that they just got outplayed and outcoached and so have to think of all these other ways to answer questions that don't allow them to just admit that Clemson was better in every way, shape and form. ie they are pussies.

    I was actually thinking about this while I was watching it. To me it shows something that helps their success and that's the fact that they appear to evaluate every failure based on what they didn't do and should have done better. When reviewing film this is absolutely the right way to look at failures even on a single play basis. At first glance this may be obvious but lots of people in sports like to repeat the cliché of "just tip your hat he is a great player and made a great play" and not analyze what the player who was beat did wrong or could have done better. This kind of attention to detail and constant focus on self-improvement is how you maintain a high standard of performance.

    The problem is when you're in a post game press conference after a loss it sounds really shitty and like you're a sore loser who won't give the other team credit. And that's when you have to consider that Alabama players aren't exactly experienced in giving credit after a loss because, frankly, they don't lose very often.

  4. Yeah, they expect the ballots so soon after the game that I assume pretty much every voter had the entire thing filled out except the #1 and #2 slots just like McMurphy announced on Twitter. So nobody bothered to reevaluate their ballots even if they suddenly realized the SEC hype was destroyed.

  5. To be honest if I were Joel Klatt I would hate Texas, so I respect his efforts to treat us fairly since he's become a broadcaster. In his last high profile game as a player we beat him 70-3 and Drew Kelson knocked him into the next week on a hit that would now be called targeting. 

  6. 9 minutes ago, Greg Davis Apologist said:
    I don't think A&M beat Ohio State.

    Shit, you're right. I'm old and was just trying to come up with a team who probably shouldn't have been Top 10 the next year all things considered and conflated the Big 12 title game against Kansas State with the Sugar Bowl.

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  7. 10 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

    when was the last time a program of Texas' stature won a BCS-level bowl and didn't start the next season in the Top Ten?

    That's a really good question. Obviously my first instinct would be that it has never happened. Even A&M (not our stature) was #7 in the 1999 AP preseason poll and #8 in the Coaches Poll after beating Ohio State and finishing 11-3.

  8. 32 minutes ago, elguapo said:

    You've definitely convinced me now.

    And what logic do you have behind "Texas is too big a job"? 30 minute LHN shows each week make calling plays on gameday a daunting task?

    It's a strange take, and I use the word strange to be kind.

  9. Louisville
    Arkansas St.
    Louisiana-Lafayette
    The Citadel

    That was Alabama's regular season non-conference schedule. Now in their defense Louisville would normally be a decent opponent. Not great but decent. But this year they were fucking terrible. The Crimson Tide's non-conference schedule had the following ranks in a standard power rating out of 130 FBS teams:

    #117, #89, #94, #123*

    * - The Citadel would slot in somewhere around 123

    Why wasn't this discussed all season? Why wasn't this mentioned as part of the CFP selection process? I mean I know the answer and let's be serious it's not like Alabama didn't deserve a top 2 playoff seed based on the season, but the SEC gets a pass for this kind of bullshit every year.

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  10. Which begs the question, will Herman bring on a play caller or is he content filling that role again next season? Texas HC is too big a job to continue handling playcalling responsibilities, but Herman may believe he can do it all.



    No it's not. What a strange take.
  11. 3 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    Po po bama having to play good teams (right now, I'm also assuming "gas" is UGA):

     
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    Bama looks exhausted. Basically playing their second national championship game whereas Clemson is fresh and hungry after not having to run a gauntlet like bama does every year. 

    Of course gas had no interest either. Can't blame them really

    Yeah, weird how normal they look when they have to go against two good spread offenses in back-to-back weeks. It's almost like the shitty boring SEC offenses that lack creativity are easier to face week-to-week than a schedule like, say, the Big 12.

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