Alabama vs. Florida [SEC Championship 2008 Breakdown]

It seems as though everyone is saying, for all intents and purposes, that the SEC Championship game this year is a National Championship semi-final. Alabama is ranked #1, Florida #2, and the winner will undoubtedly advance to play in Miami for the title. They’re also ready to hand Florida the crown before the game is even [...]

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Can Alabama Beat Florida?

Sure they can. Remember 1992? Going to play Miami in the Sugar Bowl the media pronounced the game over before it even began. Alabama had a “second rate defense and a one-dimensional offense.” Miami had the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and were the defending national champions. And then Alabama plowed them under, 34-13.
There are plenty of [...]

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One Hundred Years of Domination

Alabama’s been playing football since 1892. They won their first Rose Bowl and National Championship under Coach Wallace Wade in 1925. Over their 100+ year history, they’ve amassed 12 national championships and have been to more bowls–and won more–than any other team. In the history of college football, only Notre Dame has been nearly as [...]

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Kiffin Has Plenty To Prove

Lane Kiffin is a good guy with a good pedigree (his father is heralded defensive guru Monte Kiffin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), he’s had good coaching experience as a coordinator (SoCal Offensive Coordinator), but as a head coach his only job was with the Oakland Raiders, where he was fired.
Granted, the Raiders are a train wreck, [...]

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FIX IT

Once again, voters’ opinions have thrown the national championship race into turmoil. How it’s possible that Oklahoma is ranked ahead of Texas, who beat them, is beyond me. And again, as I wrote last week, no way does USC deserve to be ranked ahead of Texas Tech.
The NCAA has always been a duplicitous beast. It [...]

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USC Leapfrogs Texas Tech?

AP voters, you’ve really screwed up this time. With USC leapfrogging Tech in the most recent polls, the BCS picture–still not reliable due to its dependence on voters’ opinions–is once again screwed up.
Let’s look at the losses these two teams have suffered. Both have one loss; USC’s to Oregon State, a 7-3 team with a [...]

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Les Miles Sucks

Hey, one more note on the Houndstooth front, and nothing that should surprise anyone: LSU’s Les Miles is a big, fat boob. I know you LSU fans are tired of hearing it, but it’s about to be said again: Les has won with Nick Saban’s players. He won the national championship with Nick’s players, and [...]

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11-0

Not much else to say. Roll Tide Roll and keep on Rollin.

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Alabama Will Break You

When the season began, Alabama had one of the toughest schedules in the country. 5 teams in the top 20, 4 in the top 10, including the #1 team in the country. But now, in week 11, the strength of schedule has dropped dramatically to #71 out of 120. Why? Well, because Alabama breaks the [...]

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Shades of 1992

Is it just me, or does this year’s Alabama squad resemble 1992’s team in a lot of ways? Dominating defense, workmanlike offense with a QB who’s not statistically great but is managing the offense brilliantly…but the similarities don’t end there. The scenario in which the team finds itself is also very similar.

Alabama has a relatively [...]

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