| Beautifully said, Textide. I'll just observe that Tua experienced the Sports Illustrated curse. He was the cover boy on last week's magazine. |
Posted on 01/08/2019 1:21:23 AM PST by C19fan
By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Nick Saban knew his seventh national title would not come on this night. He stalked the Alabama sideline as he always does, barking into his headset and at anyone within earshot.
There was nothing he could do. The greatest coach in college football history watched his team get outplayed, out-lucked — and, yes, outcoached. "I just had a feeling that I didn't do a very good job," Saban said. "I never really ever got comfortable with what we needed to do to win this game."
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I’d like to see someone ask Saban if the term should move from pulling a Clemson to pulling an Alabama when they choke.
“I just had a feeling that I didn’t do a very good job ...”
Whether winning or losing past games , I’ve admired Sabin summing up team’s performance by saying; “everyone did or didn’t do what they’re supposed to do”. No brag or excuse - just fact. In this instance, coach is first to stand up for his share of licks.
Roll Tide
Who cares. Football or sports in general both college and pro is the modern day opioid for the masses.
JoMa
So what? Societies need their opioids. Look at religion.
Sports can be an important part of a person’s development. A child will learn the value of team work, listening for instructions, dealing with failure, etc through sport. Adults appreciate the strategy, the stories and careers of players, and the energy of thousands of fans in a stadium and of millions watching along with them on television. Sport is a parent’s revisiting of their kids’ Friday night games, or of their own prowess in some bygone glory day.
There’s a little something more to it, just as there is something more in Marx’s quote about religion being the opiate of the masses that’s never quite expanded upon by the commies: It is the heart in a heartless world.
Yet here you are, along with your 'indifference'.
Please refer to #5 & #6 above for some insight.
| Beautifully said, Textide. I'll just observe that Tua experienced the Sports Illustrated curse. He was the cover boy on last week's magazine. |
Stay the person with no bone spur in their neck,
I guess Clemson did learn a thing or two from the OU Game last week.
Say’s
God despises religion.
Trevor Lawrence is a pretty good quarterback. When a good quarterback gets hot, things happen. Credit the Clemson defense and the offensive line.
(Gasp)
BWAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA!
(I HATE Saban.)
Credit to the receivers too for Odell Beckman-type catches. Incredible.
Dittos Textide.
We admire both teams and love Dabo.
better than watching lions eat Christians.
here here,
Well said.
It didn’t help that AL threw two interceptions right from the start.
This game damages Saban’s and Alabama’s reputation, but still the greatest coach and overall program in college football history and still at the top. Kudos to Clemson, but that program will fall back over time — and perhaps immediately after Dabo S succeeds Saban as AL head coach.
The big question of the night has to do with ratings. Ticket prices were stunningly bad, bad, bad; and if TV ratings were down even a bit there is trouble for the CFP. The NCAA now enters the half-way point of the current 12-year contract, and what we may see is that the Rose Bowl had more ticket sales and bigger audiences than the national championship game. I am a B1G fan and do not want the CFP renewed, whether it is 4 games or 8. The B1G and Pac12 together have most of the flagship state universities and cover the biggest markets and most of the US. I want them to exit the NCAA altogether, go back to having their conference champions meet in the Rose Bowl, and generally thumb their noses at the college football establishment. I’m not even suggesting that they play the same caliber football as the SEC. I just have no idea why they would sign up for a deal that is not in their financial, academic, or overall best interest.
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