🏈 Michigan State vs Alabama

[Max]

I'll be there in section 301.

I'll be here with 151.

@rick4bama I'm just guessing here but I think you missed a joke.

 

[TerryP]

FWIW, the team touched down at Love a few minutes ago ...

@rick4bama @12gage is correct, it was a joke. I won't be drinking 151.

 

[TerryP]

Since I've got a little time on my hands this afternoon (and I'm seeing cross-eyed on some of the stuff here) a little in-depth look:

I know you've heard all the Conner Cook talk. So, for your consideration ...



A little deeper:

Completion percentages:

Allen, on the season 65.1%. Versus Bama, 46.9%
Kelly, on the season 65.2%. Versus Bama, 54.5%
Stockstill, on the season, 66.7%. Versus Bama, 52.4%
Prescott, on the season, 66.9%. Versus Bama, 51.2%
Lambert, on the season, 64.4%. Versus Bama, 41.7%.

Cook has been completing 56.9% of his passes on the season.
Bama has faced five QB's with better completion percentage and efficiency ratings. Yet, when these guys faced Bama their average dropped (combined) by over 15 percentage points.

Yes, Cook very well may be NFL ready. But, if we look at this from a statistical point of view, based on results we've seen this year ... does he complete 45% of his attempts? Or less?

 

[rick4bama]

@rick4bama I'm just guessing here but I think you missed a joke.

I did miss it, I thought you had a seat! @TerryP funny things about 151, I don't drink. I was stationed in Germany. One of the guys was having a birthday, the first night I got into the country. I was told I had to drink a shot because it was Germany thing. So I did, yes, my first hard drink was 151. Burn all the way down. :shock:

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Easier said than done, section 300 won't be so bad. There isn't an easy way to walk between the endzones, you have to get up in the 300/400 section to walk around...HORRIBLE design if you ask me. You can't do it on the lower level it's all blocked off.

I'll give it a shot.

 

[rick4bama]

Charles, Spike, Samuel the Captiol One Ad Men is going to the Orange Bowl, All I got to say is THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! I know that one wouldn't be caught dead at the Cotton Bowl, and I wouldn't want him to come either.

 

[Bammerboy321]

I like our chances at CB vs their receivers. Humphrey has quietly had a solid year and plays the ball pretty well. Cyrus is very instinctive and has closing speed to break the ball away.

 

[planomateo]

A high school in Texas has a better indoor facility than Georgia...let that sink in.

Coppell High is about 5 miles north of the DFW airport and not known as a football powerhouse.

 

[TerryP]

a better indoor facility than Georgia

UGA should probably thank Pruitt for raising hell about the facilities. I'm sure that rubbed McGarity the wrong way.

 

[planomateo]

Wouldn't expect a tennis guy to understand the needs of a football program.

 

[252BAMA]

Hey! is BamaDelta still flying with the guys?

Yes, she is!

Love these buses. The Cotton Bowl Board of Directors did a great job welcoming the team (and flight crew) today.

Even the State of Kuwait 747 was on hand to witness the arrival of the mighty Crimson Tide.

 

[rick4bama]

Now that what I call flying!! For a Bama fans!!!! RTR!!!

 

[rick4bama]

I saw how Big Al came in. I posted a video in a new thread about it. :bamadance:

 

[bamaledge]

Nice

 

[TerryP]

The author of this article slips a little blurb in that seems pretty benign; easy to read over. It caught my eye and made me pause for a second. It's true more often than a lot of people realize.

(There's more than a few little tid-bits in the snippet I'm quoting. One phrase I'll highlight.)

Rested Michigan State QB Connor Cook says adrenaline trumps shoulder pain

Alabama ranks first in the nation in run defense, second in the country in total defense, third among FBS teams in sacks and fourth in pass efficiency defense.

The Crimson Tide is as much as a 10-point favorite over the Spartans in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl at 8:10 p.m. on Thursday night at AT&T Stadium.

The sprained shoulder Cook suffered on Nov. 14 in the first half of a 24-7 win over Maryland could be part of the reason why the Tide is such a heavy favorite.

Cook has not demonstrated the ability to throw with the same velocity as prior to the injury, and in a 17-14 win over Iowa in the Big Ten title game on Dec. 5, he missed on several throws that he usually makes look routine.

Cook indicated there's still pain, but he did not seem to think it would affect how he plays against Alabama.

"It's one thing playing with an injury, and it's one thing playing with pain," Cook said. "Yeah, there's a little pain, but you go out there on a big-time stage and there's so much adrenaline going into it where you really don't feel it a whole lot.

"It's more when you're on the sideline, down time, it kind of aches and you go back on the field and you don't notice it until you're back on the sideline."
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How often is Vegas right on thing like injures, bits and pieces that mean something but aren't widely reported?

 

[jdpas29]

Since I've got a little time on my hands this afternoon (and I'm seeing cross-eyed on some of the stuff here) a little in-depth look:

I know you've heard all the Conner Cook talk. So, for your consideration ...

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A little deeper:

Completion percentages:

Allen, on the season 65.1%. Versus Bama, 46.9%
Kelly, on the season 65.2%. Versus Bama, 54.5%
Stockstill, on the season, 66.7%. Versus Bama, 52.4%
Prescott, on the season, 66.9%. Versus Bama, 51.2%
Lambert, on the season, 64.4%. Versus Bama, 41.7%.

Cook has been completing 56.9% of his passes on the season.
Bama has faced five QB's with better completion percentage and efficiency ratings. Yet, when these guys faced Bama their average dropped (combined) by over 15 percentage points.

Yes, Cook very well may be NFL ready. But, if we look at this from a statistical point of view, based on results we've seen this year ... does he complete 45% of his attempts? Or less?

After replaying tape on all the games, I think Stave (wisc) was the best QB we faced as far as passing goes. He did some damage, too. Cook is quite similar in how he plays so I would expect him to make some plays. The problem MSU will have is the same problem every other team has had.. running the ball.

 

[TerryP]

I think Stave (wisc) was the best QB we faced as far as passing goes.

It could be argued, easily, it may have been his best game of the year. But, the best we've faced? Having more INT's on the year than TD's is a pretty solid piece of evidence against that especially when you look at Prescott (just to name one) at 25:4.

 

[OldPlayer]

Since it's the Capital One Orange Bowl, I think there's a connection.

 

[jdpas29]

Hard to compare with such different offensive approaches. Wisc asks a lot of their qb passing with MSU using the threat of the QB run to make passing more effective.

Of course it was the first game but Stave made our secondary look quite "fresh".

 

[Bammerboy321]

A high school in Texas has a better indoor facility than Georgia...let that sink in.

Coppell High is about 5 miles north of the DFW airport and not known as a football powerhouse.

No surprise. I've been to Southlake Texas and have seen their facilities, been to Trinity High, Martin High in Arlington, and some in the Dallas FT Worth area. They have boosters that just pour money into their facilities to support their programs. I haven't been to Allen TX yet to see theirs, but High School football there rivals CFB here. They have such an awesome set up for stuff like that. In Austin I know there is a huge support for High School basketball when the tournament starts.