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**THE 2009-10 BCS National Championship Game Live Thread**

Posted on 01/07/2010 12:10:45 PM PST by GOP_Raider

Well, here it is, the final game of the 2009 college football season. For much of the bowl season, I've had to work, get my car fixed, and Google search any insignificant question and computer problem my grandparents call me about. (You would think with their age and guile they'd have the answers to various things readily available. You would think). So needless to say, this has kept me from my assigned college football commenting duties. For that I apologize, but tonight I will get the festivities going. So without further ado...

The BCS National Championship Game: Alabama vs. Texas (8:00 pm) From the moment this matchup was set, I've been pondering what the key to this game should be and ultimately what it will be. Could it be the Longhorn offensive line having a chance to contain the legendary Mt. Cody? How about the Tide secondary and what they'll have to do to contain Jordan Shipley? And let us not forget the mystery of chessboxing that could occur between Nick Saban and Mack Brown. But I keep hearing that the Tide are going to make mince meat of the Horns, and that kind of ignores recent history. What did we learn from the last time we saw Texas in a title game? We should have learned not to count them out, right? So keep this in mind before we coronate a team in a game like this. In my usual neutral third party kind of observational style though, that doesn't necessarily mean that the Tide aren't every bit as good as advertised. I happen to think so, for whatever that's truly worth.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: alabama; bcs; collegefootball; crimsontide; hookemhorns; longhorns; rolltide; secrules; texas; ut
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To: Richard Kimball

But they are also the luckiest team I ever saw and that is from 50 years of experience.


321 posted on 01/07/2010 8:51:36 PM PST by AUsome Joy
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To: Richard Kimball
what a game!
322 posted on 01/07/2010 8:52:27 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: chesley

If they can hold them to 3, they’ll get the ball back with about 1:20 left.


323 posted on 01/07/2010 8:52:32 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: AUsome Joy

We gotta hold em to three. If we do, we’re not dead.


324 posted on 01/07/2010 8:53:18 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: AUsome Joy
LongHorns blow. NO offence at all they look like a Div III school w/o McCoy. Mack Brown's fault; zero contingency plan for loss of a QB. He rolled the dice all season and lost big time in the big game.

And he makes 400K more than when at UNC. HA!

325 posted on 01/07/2010 8:54:08 PM PST by Swanks
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To: Richard Kimball

TD ‘Bama. Fat lady is singing.


326 posted on 01/07/2010 8:54:22 PM PST by C19fan
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To: GOP_Raider

TOUCHDOWN BAMA!!!


327 posted on 01/07/2010 8:54:32 PM PST by chesley (Lib arguments are neither factual, logical, rational, nor reasonable. They are, however, creative.)
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To: Richard Kimball

Great game!


328 posted on 01/07/2010 8:54:39 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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I know the UT players are disappointed but they should be very proud of their effort and not giving up when it would of been very easy too especially after the pick6 before halftime.


329 posted on 01/07/2010 8:56:05 PM PST by C19fan
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To: Swanks

And yet even without McCoy they managed to pull within three points of the number one team in the nation.

Yeah, they blow.</s>


330 posted on 01/07/2010 8:56:24 PM PST by TXBlair (Hook 'em Tide and Stick it to 'em, Leach.)
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To: GOP_Raider

TD Alabama! Mark Ingram may have just cemented his legacy as a legend in Alabama football history with that second effort for his 2nd score of the game.
Alabama 31
Texas 21
2:01 remaining


331 posted on 01/07/2010 8:56:53 PM PST by GOP_Raider (You can now check out GOP_Raider on Twitter at twitter.com/RaiderUte)
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To: Liberty Valance

Came down to a rookie QB saw it coming but didn’t tuck it in.


332 posted on 01/07/2010 8:58:01 PM PST by AGreatPer (Impeach Obama)
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To: GOP_Raider

333 posted on 01/07/2010 8:58:58 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: C19fan

Well, it was cool Gilbert got some skin in the game.

Although we (Austinites) need to feed him.... he’s about 50 lbs down.


334 posted on 01/07/2010 8:59:16 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Swanks; Wyatt's Torch

You gotta be kidding me. They gave Bama a good game even with a kid who hasn’t played. I don’t know if you are an Alabama fan or not, but you are showing the type of class that we Auburn fans expect from them!No wonder we can’t pull for you.


335 posted on 01/07/2010 9:00:20 PM PST by AUsome Joy
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To: AGreatPer

INT.

GD.


336 posted on 01/07/2010 9:01:07 PM PST by txhurl
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To: txhurl

He did a great job on the fly. GREAT!! He will have so much experience for next year. He’s got so much to be proud of tonight!


337 posted on 01/07/2010 9:01:07 PM PST by TXBlair (Hook 'em Tide and Stick it to 'em, Leach.)
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To: GOP_Raider

interception. I will not gloat Roll Tide

Texas played a great game.


338 posted on 01/07/2010 9:01:17 PM PST by chesley (Lib arguments are neither factual, logical, rational, nor reasonable. They are, however, creative.)
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To: AUsome Joy

Why is ‘Bama not taking a knee?


339 posted on 01/07/2010 9:01:18 PM PST by C19fan
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To: AUsome Joy

Are you saying AU fans are classy?


340 posted on 01/07/2010 9:01:46 PM PST by chasio649 ( Palin 2012...'nuff said!)
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