I think I lost all interest in the Bowl games this year. I think it might have been somewhere between the Beef O’Brady’s bowl (That’s sadly a real thing. And I’m sure they spent a lot of money for me not to give a damn what a Beef O’Brady’s is.) and the two piece Spicy chicken extra hot sauce on the side bowl. (Which is not a real thing, but should be. Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafeyette vs. the Gamecocks of South Carolina…everybody wins.) But this National Championship was a complete debacle.
I fell for it too. The undefeated record. The gold helmets. I really convinced myself that Notre Dame was going to be able to stay on the field with a damn semi-pro team. Notre Dame was good when again? Late ’90′s? And they are STILL getting national attention off of that. Despite the fact they pick and choose their own schedule every year and like to keep it close. They could have easily lost to Michigan, Stanford and obviously Pitt. I give them credit for winning those games (and hope I’m not making the same argument about my Falcons this Monday) but did anyone think it was going to actually be a game after Alabama scored three minutes into that game? I know…I know…you can’t panic. I know Notre Dame just wanted to get out there and run the scripted plays they have been practicing for the last month and a half. (Yeah they got a long time off because they have no Championship game because they HAVE NO CONFERENCE.) Too bad it was already too late. The Alabama-Georgia game for the SEC Championship was better, WAY BETTER. It’s sad.
There was only one dude who thought Notre Dame still had a chance to win when they were down 28-0 at the half. Lou Holtz.
He also predicted they were going to win back in 2007 when they went 3-9. I’m sure he thought Notre Dame just wanted to wear down the Alabama offense by keeping them out on the field for the entire first half. Which, why doesn’t anyone ever point that out. They are always saying the defense gets worn down, but there were a lot of Alabama players making a lot of long runs yesterday. It’s hard to put up 320 yards in a half.
The only highlight of the night was everyone getting introduces to Katherine Webb. Alabama Quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend and 2012 Miss Alabama.
She went full on girl next door status in a jersey and just enough makeup to look like she doesn’t REALLY care about it, but looks good as hell on camera. She picked up a clean 100K twitter followers last night after Brent Musburger talked for a good minute about how Quarterbacks get all the good tail on a nationally televised Championship game. Dude really didn’t want to let it go. He essentially advised young men to make sure they concentrated on their footwork and follow through if they want to pick up a Miss Alabama of their own. Of course once #TeamUs picked up the fact she was Miss Alabama, they mentioned it guaranteed there were pictures of her in a bikini on the internet.
And there is. #TeamUs also said I should but the interns on determining her position on the WGTS. But we know the answer to that question from the picture above, don’t we? Not as many as you would think, but enough for govt. work. AJ better watch his back though. I’m sure she’s content to hook her hitch to the two time National Champion quarterback for now, but he better learn how to play some damn good defense, otherwise there are a lot of dudes who are already in the league who put Katherine on their personal watch list last night. Including LeBron James who learned that he needs to be a little slicker about who he follows on Twitter. Caught you bro.
I’m happy the BCS is going to the playoff system because Notre Dame did not belong on the same field as Alabama last night. no one wants a national championship game that is over at the end of the first quarter. It’s crazy when a game is a blowout at 42-14 and the GAME WAS NOT THAT CLOSE. It could have easily been 60-0.
I know Notre Dame is a little upset right now. But don’t worry, for some reason people automatically give you guys the benefit of the doubt, so you will be able to ride at least a good 8 years off of this National Title appearance. So that should hold your candy arses for a few years. At least Notre Dame stopped the “wearin o’ the green”. That was turrible.
-Brock
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Hah! Notre Dame got what was coming to them, but those boys didn’t deserve it. They were put there by a corrupt system. Props to Coach Saban to taking his foot off the gas (and ND’s neck) and coasting it on in for the win.
I may be a little biased as an ND alum, but I read this article last night about “oversigning” and it definitely put things into perspective. The article is here http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsAcademicPrograms/sportslaw_index.aspx?id=16571&terms=scholarships if you wanna check it out.
Basically the article talks about how they get more players on their team than the legal limit of 25 new scholarship athletes per recruiting class. Everyone also talks about Alabama’s depth, and being 3-4 deep at positions most schools would enjoy having just one good player at. And obviously those other schools don’t have that luxury because they stay within the legal loopholes and don’t oversign players.
This was clearly on display during the title game because out of our 4 starting defensive backs, 2 of them were converted running backs and one was a converted wide receiver. That means only one player in our secondary was recruited to play secondary at the collegiate level. However, due to having an injury crisis Notre Dame had to switch some players and do the best we could. This would never happen to an institution like Alabama because for every recruit that doesn’t pan out or gets injured, they get replaced by a “grayshirt” athlete who is already on campus waiting for a scholarship spot to open up. If that sounds like a competitive advantage to have, it is.
College football isn’t about coaching. It’s about which coach can recruit the most talented players to his school. Which is why Oregon scores 70 points a game running 8 plays. Do they need an extensive playbook? No, not when they’ve just accumulated way more talent on offense than you have on your opposing defense. Which is why oversigning and grayshirting will lead to a lot more SEC championships in the future.
Good looking girl, obviously, but she’s like four pizzas and a big mac away from being just right.
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Man….you crying about grey shirts? Fugg outta here. It’s an option so coaches uses it. Its an option for all NCAA schools. I am an old school ND fan. When they put that portrait up over looking the field I shed a tear, but them boys are not ready to run with the big dogs. Purrid. Oh and for all you thinking “the playoffs with fix the SEC’s stranglehold on the NT…..AHNT! Get ready for 3 SEC teams & Oregon or Ohio State just about every damn year.
Oh and Ms. Webb is perfect as for as I am concerned. Would she look good with more tail and J’s? Yep Does it detract from how 1 she is now? Nope.
That Musberger comment was perfect too. You want fine bitches? Learn to be the QB at any school in any state. Props to the old pimp for showing young kids the road to a life full of 1′s.
Can you believe he had to issue an apology for that bullshit? He basically just got forced to apologize for being a man and saying some man shit, during a football game, on ESPN . . . he didn’t go on the view and tell a host she had great tits. He wasn’t even ungentlemanly. What the fuck. Feminists have succeeded in neutering the world. You can’t even be a fucking man anymore, it’s ridiculous.
@Ian don’t blame feminist for that shit..blame ESPN for lacking balls or their legal dept./communications dept doing some cya. He did not say anything crude. She did not take any offense. Leave feminist out of this.
What Rosy is saying is it ain’t dat bitch Be’s fault.
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Yeah, complete bullshit. He has clout. He should have said fuck you. Dude was preaching the truth to youngin’s everywhere. I am so tired of this PC bullshit.