📡 Who ya got? Postseason scenarios for Alabama in 2018

[50+yeartidefan]

@TerryP
Remember it being a tense game.
Even in bama losses since 08. We have been in most right to the end.

 

[252BAMA]

Bama, Clemson, Michigan State, and Washington. MSU returns 92% of their Offensive Production and 91% of their Defensive Production from a 10-3 team that had to play tOSU and Michigan on the road. They get both at home in 2018.

2018 CFB returning production rankings: Clemson’s ready. Who else?

 

[TerryP]

MSU returns 92% of their Offensive Production and 91% of their Defensive Production from a 10-3 team that had to play tOSU and Michigan on the road. They get both at home in 2018.

I've considered them as well. I noticed their biggest road game is against Penn State and they don't pull Wisconsin this season.

 

[BamaFan334]

I've have plenty of self respect and I'm not swallowing a damn thing about LSU on a Saturday night in Baton Rouge. It's a trumped up bragging point.

As evidenced...and I've only taken five years. It doesn't change that much as you continue to go back. They schedule their lesser opponents at night. Always have. The only reason they see Bama at night is due to CBS contractual stipulations. That's a 3:30 game if they aren't having their double header.

Close games with Bama? Sure. Bama playing close to the vest? No doubt. The same has been said countless times describing those games.

What were you feeling in 2012 when AJ had to drive the length of the field, after not being able to generate any offense through the air vs the Tiger's defense, with 1:34 to go and trailing 17-14 with no TOs?

Do you recall the confidence level you were at in 2014 when Yeldon fumbled the ball on his own 8-yard line with 1:13 left in a 10-10 tie game and LSU recovered on our 5-yard line? Then getting the ball back with 50 seconds left, trailing 13-10, with no TOs and having to score from our 35 with Blake Sims at the controls.

Enough to make a Bama fan pucker up nice and tight.

It's interesting you bring that up because I addressed that very point after those games. I felt just like I did back when Coach Stallings was at the helm and we were looking at a deficit in the fourth quarters. I was comfortable then and I was comfortable when Bama faced those with Saban.

I wasn't puckering when the Tide was fighting their way back--even though they fell short--against OU a few years ago. Maybe it's my age. Maybe it's because of all I've seen throughout my life with Bama. I can't tell you which it may be. I do know I'm not freaking out during games or afterwards--win or loss. Hell. I barely carry a loss into Sunday any more.

I strongly suspect it's because I saw the crap happening inside of the athletic buildings under DuBose: up close and personally.

I was puckered up....
Fer sur.... and i have been around a long time also...
Still never figure how we survived the Yeldon fumble... a great run later by Sims.

I was in knots myself, because a week before I had already paid and booked my hotel and flight in Miami to hopefully pay less and while availability existed. Now the next weekend I felt my world imploded. But hey, it ended up all working out.

 

[PurlJam]

Alabama
Clemson
Philadelphia
New England

'Bama plays New England in the 1st round and squeaks out a close one
Clemson plays Philadelphia and comes away a loser
'Bama vs New England for the big prize...and we man-handle them, as expected, and DojovocCoach Saban hoists his 7th trophy, and takes his rightful place atop the college football world.

Thinking more like Us, New England, Yankees, Warriors, Capitols, Djokovic, Dustin Johnson, and whoever wins that soccer shit in an expanded playoff and we mop the floor with all of 'em. Throw in the CFL if you want......Bama don't care. :naughtydevil: