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Did Nick Saban run up the score on Jim Harbaugh in Alabama football's win vs. Michigan?
Montgomery Advertiser ^ | January 1, 2020 | Adam Hensley

Posted on 01/01/2020 6:57:11 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

ORLANDO, Florida — They say elephants never forget. Well, neither does Nick Saban.

In No. 9 Alabama's 35-16 Citrus Bowl win over No. 17 Michigan, Saban's Crimson Tide scored a touchdown in the game's final minute. At the time, the Crimson Tide commanded a 12-point lead.

Football fans were quick to debate whether or not Saban ran the score up on purpose, digging up an old rivalry between the five-time national champion and Harbaugh.

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TOPICS: Education; Sports
KEYWORDS: adamhensley; alabama; bama; cameronmcgrone; citusbowl; crimsontide; deaconblues; florid; jimharbaugh; michigan; michiganstate; ncaa; nicksaban; orlando; sheapatterson; spartans; uofmichigan; whinyjim; wolverines
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To: Karl Spooner

Lol!


21 posted on 01/01/2020 7:40:39 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

If I remember correctly a football game has 60 regulation minutes. Therefore, playing the game to the best of your ability for 60 minutes seems to me to be the only way to play the game.
In baseball it is not uncommon for a team to win by say, 13-1. No one ever to my knowledge has ever criticized the team with 13 runs as running up the score on the team with 1 run.
In hockey a team will continue to try to score even with mere minutes remaining even when they are up by several goals and it is impossible for the other team to ever hope to catch them. This is never an issue in hockey.
Why does this seem to come up fairly often in reference to football?


22 posted on 01/01/2020 8:02:22 PM PST by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: Repeal 16-17

See post #13.


23 posted on 01/01/2020 8:04:08 PM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

18 points is hardly “running up the score”, that’s basically three possessions of scoring ...


24 posted on 01/01/2020 8:10:46 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I like coaches that make their players give 100% every minute of the game...

That said, there’s a time to pull your starters out.


25 posted on 01/01/2020 8:18:38 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: allendale

It was definitely out of character for Saban. I’ve been a Bama fan for over 40 years. I have never seen Saban score under similar circumstances. That said, I think it was personal for Saban. It wasn’t like they ran a gimmick play to score- just a hand-off up the middle.


26 posted on 01/01/2020 8:19:47 PM PST by GAGOP
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Dunno about the lead’s question, but one things for sure > Wisconsin was robbed by a ref in the fourth quarter.

Deep down, Oregon’s gotta know it too, and it oughta bother ‘em.


27 posted on 01/01/2020 8:30:39 PM PST by tomkat
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To: ping jockey

” Minnesota on the other hand WAS VERY READY. Whipped the fire out of a pretty good Auburn U team.”

Crap. Auburn is always idiotic in post season play. A couple of years back they (Auburn) beat BOTH number one rated teams in the nation (Alabama and Georgia), then lost their bowl game to West Apopka State University, or whatever that Florida team was. Auburn is just Auburn. I love them and pull for them every time they play anyone but Alabama, but they are HARD to love.

Big 10 ball is the most overrated stuff out there.


28 posted on 01/01/2020 8:33:29 PM PST by mostly_lies
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Good. Harbaugh Is a whining classless jerk.


29 posted on 01/01/2020 8:34:17 PM PST by boycott
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Let's see... Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't fans pay big money to see excitement/scoring in a football game?

Maybe there should be surrender flags used in college football... We'll just have to learn to call it faggot football...

30 posted on 01/01/2020 8:35:11 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: All

I hate Bama and 19 points is NOT running up the score. Especially in college where margins of victory are routinely over 50.

Question is silly IMHO.


31 posted on 01/01/2020 8:41:12 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Bill Belichik and Nick Saban are long lost brothers with the same trait - no sympathy for anyone. A wounded Grandma in the street, kick her out of the cross walk.


32 posted on 01/01/2020 8:45:44 PM PST by Rembrandt (-)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

You teach your kids to execute your job, play hard and never quit. Sometimes subs are used. Do you tell these kids to quit just because the other team did not do their job?
If Michigan doesn’t like it, they can stop them.


33 posted on 01/01/2020 8:45:59 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: ping jockey
a pretty good Auburn U team.

5th best - in the SEC.

34 posted on 01/01/2020 8:52:29 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Bryan24

Correct. Najee Harris was running angry and Michigan didn’t stop him. The play calls on the last drive were nothing fancy, just straight runs up the middle. It wasn’t our fault that Michigan couldn’t stop Najee.

I do believe, though, that the last TD was a subtle middle finger to Harbaugh for Harbaugh’s childish off the field antics and slander against Alabama. Despite that, Michigan still had the chance to stop Najee on the last TD but they didn’t.

I admit that I was laughing after Najee’s TD. I laughed even harder when we intercepted Michigan’s Hail Mary pass.

It’s also worth remembering that Bama and Michigan fought a bitter recruiting war for Najee.


35 posted on 01/01/2020 8:55:50 PM PST by CrimsonTidegirl
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It is running up the score, there is no way they could last and it’s not stop playing , it is slowing down for what was once considered class and good sportsmanship


36 posted on 01/01/2020 8:57:06 PM PST by TECTopcat (TopCat)
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To: Rembrandt

So I guess that’s why Saban and Miss Terry (his wife) recently donated over a million dollars to build a children’s center in Tuscaloosa. They also built a Catholic Center on the UA campus. Saban also donates his time for helping to construct homes for “Habitat for Humanity”.

Oh, I almost forgot, the Sabans also founded their own personal charity, named “Nick’s Kids” which raises millions for local children in need. Yep, he’s a horrible person.

Your jealousy is extremely amusing.


37 posted on 01/01/2020 9:07:18 PM PST by CrimsonTidegirl
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To: where's_the_Outrage?; All

All this over one touchdown? Scored by running the ball?

You’ve got to be kidding.


38 posted on 01/01/2020 9:18:09 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Donald Trump is the George Patton of politics.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

If the clock is ending the game you just let the air out and sit on it.

Something personal here with the coaches.


39 posted on 01/01/2020 9:28:30 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

No jealousy here, I like Saban and I like Belichik.


40 posted on 01/01/2020 9:42:39 PM PST by Rembrandt (-)
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