Posted on 12/05/2021 7:28:25 AM PST by blam
Edited on 12/05/2021 8:39:14 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
ATLANTA (AP) — Underdog is an unusual role for Alabama.
Turns out, it suits the Crimson Tide just fine.
Now, Nick Saban’s team is in a much more familiar position: getting ready to play for another national title.
Bryce Young carved up the nation’s top-rated defense, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another as the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide rolled over No. 1 Georgia 41-24 in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.
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I think it is a mental thing now, as if Georgia just knows they cannot beat Saban.
I would still say either the 71 or 95 Nebraska teams were the best I’ve ever seen.
Auburn sacked him 7 times. Just copy that defense?
Auburn came closer that Georgia to bumping Alabama from the playoffs that Georgia did. The harry dogs need to let that set is. It is as if Smart’s DC didn’t look at the first price of film from last week. This ass kicking is on Smart. Glad to see it.
Georgia is close to its high water mark. Players are going to get tired of Smart’s in your face dress downs on national TV and go somewhere else.
The sooner the better. RTR from an Auburn fan.
I will never root for Harbaugh or any team he is leading. He is the a-hole that unleashed Kraepernick on the country, and for that I will never forgive him. My favorite team will forever be whichever team is playing a Jim Harbaugh coached squad.
Dawgs got smacked around.
Will be interesting to see if that woke them up and will now motivate them.
“”Dawgs need to figure out how to pressure Young...IF they meet again. “
Auburn sacked him 7 times. Just copy that defense?”
Auburn kept young in the pocked by bringing pressure from the corners. Auburn ate Bama’s right offensive tackle for lunch the whole game with quick lateral spin moves from the corner and Kirby kept trying to bring pass rush up the middle with four big guys against 5 and sometimes 6 Bama blockers in pass defense. Stupid is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
Gator..the Harbaugh situation was really kinda puzzling...hes had decent teams the last 5 years yet they were very erratic...especially defensively in big games...he stubbornly stuck with Don Brown, the def co-ordinator the last 5 years...he finally dumped Brown after last year...brought in all new younger coaches...and man!!..they are firing on all cylinders now...Michigans back!
Mullen never learned that lesson and that’s why he’s gone.
I love the Napier hire.
Will be interesting to see if a rematch occurs in the final championship game between Georgia and Bama and see if Kirby actually learned how to pressure Young and NOT HAVE DEFENSIVE BACKS LINE UP 15 YARDS OFF THE LINE.
Some continue to blame Stetson but he did not play defensive back but did throw a couple of interceptions.
You place the blame of America's decline on hunters?
This past weekend my son and I spent six hours in the woods, killed two deer, gutted them, took them to my garage, hung them, skinned and butchered them and put the cleaned meat away the next day.
I was in the Army and my son spent 25 years in the Navy and retired as a Captain, both voted for Trump and the fact that we put our caps on backwards {to use the scope} makes us the problem.
Piss off, mate.
BTW, I put the "dead animal skins in the garbage".
Google up pics of legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembeckler - Harbaugh is trying to look just like him - same hat and sunglasses- disgusting really.
rammerjammeryellerhammergiveemhelleralabammer
—> The bama TEAM did not beat the DAWG TEAM
True. Great talent without a great coaching staff doesn’t achieve consistency.
“Michigan is a complete team....peaking at the right time...i say they win it all...”
They will get to prove it, unlike the years when the press voted for their favorite team.
Oh, that’s harsh (but it made me laugh nevertheless!)
Then, there were four. Let the battle begin.
The College Football Playoff revealed its final rankings Sunday following conference championship weekend. Two schools will be making the return to the CFP, while two newcomers are hopeful of making history.
Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati were the committee's selection to make the cut. The Crimson Tide will face the Bearcats in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl while the Wolverines will take on the Bulldogs in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Both games will take place on Dec. 31.
Alabama (12-1) proved once again they remain the team to beat in the SEC with a 41-24 over then-No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship. Quarterback Bryce Young delivered a Heisman-worthy performance, throwing for 421 yards and scoring four total touchdowns on the way to clinch the top seed.
"You guys gave us a lot of positive rat poison," Alabama's Nick Saban told reporters postgame. "The rat poison you usually give us is fatal. But the rat poison you put out there this week was yummy."
Michigan remains at No. 2 following its 42-3 victory over No. 13 Iowa in Indianapolis. The Wolverines (12-1) relied on defensive play and the run game to carry the load through four quarters. Running back Hassan Haskins led the way on the ground with two touchdowns while five different runners tallied 20-plus yards on the ground.
"We defied all expectations," Wolverines defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said postgame on ESPN. "Nobody ever thought we could do this, especially this season and we did it — in dominant fashion."
The Bulldogs (12-1) fall short of a perfect season in large part due to quarterback play and their defense. Georgia allowed a season-high 536 yards against its No. 2 ranked defense, and a high in points against Young and the offense. Stetson Bennett IV, who had been the leading man for the offense, threw two interceptions, including a pick-six to safety Jordan Battle in the fourth quarter.
Kirby Smart, who served as the defensive coordinator under Saban from 2007-15, is now 0-4 against his former boss. Saban improves to 24-1 against former assistants all-time.
Cincinnati (13-0) made its own history with a 35-20 win over No. 21 Houston in the AAC Championship. The Bearcats become the first Group of Five program to make the College Football Playoff since the its inaugural season in 2014.
Luke Fickell, who was rumored to become Notre Dame's next head coach following the departure of Brian Kelly to LSU, improves to 21-1 over the past two seasons. Quarterback Desmond Ritter close out his final game at Nippert Stadium with 190 yards and three touchdowns.
"The resounding statement is what we did on that football field," Fickell said when asked about making the CFP. "Nobody is going to call and ask us what we think. I don't think these guys can be denied that opportunity. It would be a shame."
Alabama returns to the CFP for its seventh time. Georgia returns for its second while Cincinnati and Michigan make this season its debut. The 2021-22 CFP will mark the second time that two schools from the same conference make the final four.
Several New Year's Six Bowl game teams were also decided on conference weekend. No. 17 Utah (10-3) which took care of No. 10 Oregon for the Pac-12 title, will play in the Rose Bowl. They are expected face No. 7 Ohio State (10-2) as the Big 10's representative.
No. 15 Pittsburgh (11-2) which handled No. 16 Wake Forest in the ACC Championship, will head to the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. They are set to face an at-large bid.
No. 9 Baylor (11-2), who held on to defeat then-No. 5 Oklahoma State for the Big 12 title, will head to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. They will face Ole Miss, who will act as the SEC's representative in place of both Georgia and Alabama.
Chesterton said something to the effect that we can't just expect things to carry on as they are even if they work well. Everything is subject to social, political, economic and technological changes. To expect that we could put 50's America under glass and preserve it ad infinitum is a pipe dream. A few great warriors like Schlafly were able to put the brakes on some progressive nonsense, but unless and until conservatives actively and continuously oppose the left we are doomed to a Marxist future.
More of our children needed to be cajoled or encouraged into becoming English professors, journalists, constitutional lawyers, etc. to directly engage the woke nonsense.
Instead they became developers and realtors inviting Californians to screw up Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, and now Idaho.
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