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[junkntrunk]

Come on Bama fans, remember Mouthy Miles last year and how he rallied that he deserved to play in the title game and he did!!! We are 12-0 in the regular season....the only BCS team, so that is what the BCS supposedly bases its system on and the rules also state that you do not have to win your conference title...with that said, do we not deserve more than Utah? Do we not deserve a shot to redeem ourself? Florida lost and got that chance...Texas and OU got that chance....why the hell are we sitting here and settling for Utah? Our guys proved themselves this year and we should rally behind them and fight for them in this joke of a BCS ranking system....we are what makes the BCS rich with every over-priced ticket...we should have a say and we should demand it!!!

 

[Guest]

I won't become Stoops and start complaining. You win 'em all, you get to play for the big one. You lose the last weekend of the season, you don't. Like I said in the other thread, we deserve a chance to play for the title as much as any 1-loss team, besides Florida. But that's not how it works. No matter how much campaigning we do for our team.

 

[TerryP]

Settling for the Sugar Bowl... :roll:

 

[junkntrunk]

The "complaining" worked for Miles!!! I am not saying lets act like sore loosers, because we are not, nor am I saying we should play for the Big One, but I think it is time that we all get together and get this entire joke of a ranking system changed. Honestly, this computer high-tech stat stuff is just stupid. They did not do all this years ago, you win you move on, you loose you don't. I don't care about yards, point spreads, etc....but there is no justification in automatic bids, #1 playing #10, etc....I am sorry to disagree with you, but changes will never be made if people don't start protesting and getting things changed!! Check out history...people do have the power to make changes in everything. I don't want to sit back and just take what I am handed, you will never accomplish or change anything that way!!!!

 

[Guest]

The "complaining" worked for Miles!!! I am not saying lets act like sore loosers, because we are not, nor am I saying we should play for the Big One, but I think it is time that we all get together and get this entire joke of a ranking system changed. Honestly, this computer high-tech stat stuff is just stupid. They did not do all this years ago, you win you move on, you loose you don't. I don't care about yards, point spreads, etc....but there is no justification in automatic bids, #1 playing #10, etc....I am sorry to disagree with you, but changes will never be made if people don't start protesting and getting things changed!! Check out history...people do have the power to make changes in everything. I don't want to sit back and just take what I am handed, you will never accomplish or change anything that way!!!!

#1 Florida vs. #2 Oklahoma, and your beef is what?

 

[junkntrunk]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

 

[junkntrunk]

Let me restate myself. Is Alabama not the only undeated BCS team in regular season? Did our guys not play their hearts out all season, and yet were not supposed to accomplish a lot this year? Basically, it behooves me that people think it is OK to settle for Utah and the Sugar Bowl. Yes, things can be changed if folks want them to. Florida was beat by Ole' Miss....Texas beat OU and OU is now in the running for the title....is anyone telling me that we don't deserve a shot to play for it all or to play a bigger team in a bowl game? Did these guys not give us an incredible season and yet we are just going to sit back and let the chips fall where they may!!! I don't like mouthy Miles, but I like the way he stood up and demanded respect for LSU last year and the fans did the same....and it paid off with the National Title belonging to them. We proved all season we deserve a shot at something bigger and we should stand behind these guys and be heard!!!!

 

[Swamptick]

I know what you mean but it isn't going to happen.

Sugar Bowl here we come.

 

[TerryP]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

USC, Pac-10 Champs. Perfect for the Rose Bowl.

Texas in the Fiesta Bowl? Perfect location for them.

Alabama in the Sugar Bowl? Perfect location.

If we go back before the BCS, we'd likely see much of the same in terms of locations with the exception of Alabama. We'd be in the Capital One Bowl.

You evidently don't like Utah getting the invitation. I, on the other hand, look at that team and have to say they've had a good season. They have played some teams that aren't that good, but on the other hand they've played some good teams and won as well.

Utah has the ability to give us a hard contest. I wouldn't discount this match-up as somehow being "unworthy" of Alabama.

Let me pose a question for you. West Virginia lost their last game of the year last season and it bumped them out of the NC game. Using your argument, should they have been given a shot last year instead of LSU?

FWIW, we aren't undefeated in the regular season. We are 12-1. The SECCG is part of the season.

 

[son of tradition]

As far as I am concerned the National Championship was played last night. If we where to get another shot at Florida and beat them what would that accomplish. It wouldn't be fair to Florida. If we losed it wouldn't be fair either. I say we beat the crap out of Utah.

 

[junkntrunk]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

USC, Pac-10 Champs. Perfect for the Rose Bowl.

Texas in the Fiesta Bowl? Perfect location for them.

Alabama in the Sugar Bowl? Perfect location.

If we go back before the BCS, we'd likely see much of the same in terms of locations with the exception of Alabama. We'd be in the Capital One Bowl.

You evidently don't like Utah getting the invitation. I, on the other hand, look at that team and have to say they've had a good season. They have played some teams that aren't that good, but on the other hand they've played some good teams and won as well.

Utah has the ability to give us a hard contest. I wouldn't discount this match-up as somehow being "unworthy" of Alabama.

Let me pose a question for you. West Virginia lost their last game of the year last season and it bumped them out of the NC game. Using your argument, should they have been given a shot last year instead of LSU?

FWIW, we aren't undefeated in the regular season. We are 12-1. The SECCG is part of the season.

First, I am not saying Utah is unworthy of playing Alabama...I just think we should be playing USC or Texas based on the rankings....and yes, that is my opinion. Second, I actually feel GA should have gone to the title game over LSU last year but the "don't have to win your title game BCS rule" went out the window. Third, I never condidered the SECCG part of the regular season because you have to earn the right to get there...it is not on the schedule. So, are you saying that you feel all is fair and honky-dorey in this wonderful BCS rankings system? Do you not feel Bama has a right to make some noise just as LSU last year? Settling will never get changes made, but noise will.

 

[Guest]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

USC, Pac-10 Champs. Perfect for the Rose Bowl.

Texas in the Fiesta Bowl? Perfect location for them.

Alabama in the Sugar Bowl? Perfect location.

If we go back before the BCS, we'd likely see much of the same in terms of locations with the exception of Alabama. We'd be in the Capital One Bowl.

You evidently don't like Utah getting the invitation. I, on the other hand, look at that team and have to say they've had a good season. They have played some teams that aren't that good, but on the other hand they've played some good teams and won as well.

Utah has the ability to give us a hard contest. I wouldn't discount this match-up as somehow being "unworthy" of Alabama.

Let me pose a question for you. West Virginia lost their last game of the year last season and it bumped them out of the NC game. Using your argument, should they have been given a shot last year instead of LSU?

FWIW, we aren't undefeated in the regular season. We are 12-1. The SECCG is part of the season.

First, I am not saying Utah is unworthy of playing Alabama...I just think we should be playing USC or Texas based on the rankings....and yes, that is my opinion. Second, I actually feel GA should have gone to the title game over LSU last year but the "don't have to win your title game BCS rule" went out the window. Third, I never condidered the SECCG part of the regular season because you have to earn the right to get there...it is not on the schedule.So, are you saying that you feel all is fair and honky-dorey in this wonderful BCS rankings system? Do you not feel Bama has a right to make some noise just as LSU last year? Settling will never get changes made, but noise will.

You weren't talking to me but I'll tell you what I think. Hardly anyone thinks the BCS is right system in place. But it is the system, so you have to live with it. Again, we have just as much right to play for the NC as anyone else based on win loss record. You lose early(Florida, Oklahoma) you have a chance to make it up. We lost late, very late. As for Utah, I'm very suprised the Sugar Bowl invited the Utes considering what happened to Hawaii last year. Nonetheless, that is who we're gonna play.

 

[TerryP]

First, I am not saying Utah is unworthy of playing Alabama...I just think we should be playing USC or Texas based on the rankings....and yes, that is my opinion. Second, I actually feel GA should have gone to the title game over LSU last year but the "don't have to win your title game BCS rule" went out the window. Third, I never condidered the SECCG part of the regular season because you have to earn the right to get there...it is not on the schedule. So, are you saying that you feel all is fair and honky-dorey in this wonderful BCS rankings system? Do you not feel Bama has a right to make some noise just as LSU last year? Settling will never get changes made, but noise will.

I would tend to agree that Georgia was the best team playing last year out of the SEC at the end of the season. But, I also feel that their early season losses have to be taken into account and since they didn't even win their division, much less the SEC title, they made the bed they were forced to sleep in.

As to the SECCG, to win the conference you have to win the game. I see it as part of the regular season and a good example is how basketball is done. We have a regular season champ in B-ball and a tourney champ. Probably not the best example, but to claim a SECC you have to win that last game. If you don't, you don't get it.

No, I don't fall into the category that the BCS is the right system. About the only thing I did agree with Roy on was the SECCG game. I thought that was a brilliant move. I am in the segment that likes the plus-1 game...but, I digress.

You are making two different points here. One, you are saying that making noise will change who we play and now you are saying making noise will change the BCS.

Neither is true. It is what it is.

If we were under the old system (pre-BCS) we'd likely not see OU, TX or USC in the Sugar. What is in place now, versus what used to be in place...still the same story.

Fact is, the agreements in place now go through 2014. If people want to make noise, make it then. Pick and choose your battles...when and where they take place, ya know?

 

[Guest]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

Do you have a night job writing "bulletin board" material for our opponents? I'll tell you right now, if go into the Sugar Bowl with our asses on our shoulders and look past Utah, we'll get raped.

 

[nomercypercy]

Let me restate myself. Is Alabama not the only undeated BCS team in regular season? Did our guys not play their hearts out all season, and yet were not supposed to accomplish a lot this year? Basically, it behooves me that people think it is OK to settle for Utah and the Sugar Bowl. Yes, things can be changed if folks want them to. Florida was beat by Ole' Miss....Texas beat OU and OU is now in the running for the title....is anyone telling me that we don't deserve a shot to play for it all or to play a bigger team in a bowl game? Did these guys not give us an incredible season and yet we are just going to sit back and let the chips fall where they may!!! I don't like mouthy Miles, but I like the way he stood up and demanded respect for LSU last year and the fans did the same....and it paid off with the National Title belonging to them. We proved all season we deserve a shot at something bigger and we should stand behind these guys and be heard!!!!

I agree with most of what you say, but do you honestly think that you have an original thought? This type of post can be seen on hundreds of message boards this time of the year. The BCS is the system that we are stuck with for now. I wish there was a playoff too.

 

[tidenumber1]

My beef is the entire BCS system. I was using an example by saying #1 vs #10...like the BCS would match them to screw with us!!! I think Bama is better than playing Utah...why not Texas or USC...a game with another high ranked team. Are you not tired of the stupidity of this system?

USC, Pac-10 Champs. Perfect for the Rose Bowl.

Texas in the Fiesta Bowl? Perfect location for them.

Alabama in the Sugar Bowl? Perfect location.

If we go back before the BCS, we'd likely see much of the same in terms of locations with the exception of Alabama. We'd be in the Capital One Bowl.

You evidently don't like Utah getting the invitation. I, on the other hand, look at that team and have to say they've had a good season. They have played some teams that aren't that good, but on the other hand they've played some good teams and won as well.

Utah has the ability to give us a hard contest. I wouldn't discount this match-up as somehow being "unworthy" of Alabama.

Let me pose a question for you. West Virginia lost their last game of the year last season and it bumped them out of the NC game. Using your argument, should they have been given a shot last year instead of LSU?

FWIW, we aren't undefeated in the regular season. We are 12-1. The SECCG is part of the season.

First, I am not saying Utah is unworthy of playing Alabama...I just think we should be playing USC or Texas based on the rankings....and yes, that is my opinion. Second, I actually feel GA should have gone to the title game over LSU last year but the "don't have to win your title game BCS rule" went out the window. Third, I never condidered the SECCG part of the regular season because you have to earn the right to get there...it is not on the schedule. So, are you saying that you feel all is fair and honky-dorey in this wonderful BCS rankings system? Do you not feel Bama has a right to make some noise just as LSU last year? Settling will never get changes made, but noise will.

I really do appreciate your enthusiasm. You have to look at the big picture here though. If we deserve another shot at Florida then so does every 1 loss team.

We lined up with them yesterday and went toe to toe. We never quit. Our boys played their hearts out.

We were just beat by the better team. True I don't really like the Utah matchup. I see it as a no win situation. If we win well we were suppose to. If we lose, OMG you guys lost to Utah.
But this is the BCS and we are stuck with it. No need to complain about it because it won't it.

Plus it is not like that was our last chance at a SEC or NC. Our future is very bright and we will back fighting for it again.