POLL: Who wins the Natty tonight?
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As a college football fan, we all lose because the game has been irrevocably changed into mercenary battles of financial and brand power.
But I think Bama wins the game. Saban just too smart for Smart, and that QB is a difference maker.
But I think Bama wins the game. Saban just too smart for Smart, and that QB is a difference maker.
Bama wins.
I'm gradually losing interest in college football as a whole. The only bowl I watched this year was Georgia-Michigan and I was done by half time. This is in contrast to 5-6 years ago when I watched all of the NY6 bowls, the playoff games, the National title game, and usually had the lesser ESPN bowls on in the background.
I'm gradually losing interest in college football as a whole. The only bowl I watched this year was Georgia-Michigan and I was done by half time. This is in contrast to 5-6 years ago when I watched all of the NY6 bowls, the playoff games, the National title game, and usually had the lesser ESPN bowls on in the background.
Very limited interest. See Washington Post Guest Editorial on how conferences should be aligned and teams chosen. I thought it was great.
The same teams contend for the CFP every year. NIL, transfer portal make no difference to the top teams tight now. Hopefully that changes, and both NIL and the portal bring in a few more contenders. It’s gets boring.
Georgia wins tonight and I collect my futures bet from the beginning of the year.
Georgia wins tonight and I collect my futures bet from the beginning of the year.
Alabama will probably win; if Georgia pulls off the upset than that could be compelling. But generally my interest is as low as could be.
Curious how CFB TV/online ratings are for 2021 compared to the past few years. I imagine few fans outside of Alabama & Georgia actually care to watch this rematch but who knows.
Curious how CFB TV/online ratings are for 2021 compared to the past few years. I imagine few fans outside of Alabama & Georgia actually care to watch this rematch but who knows.
I went with Georgia, but I don't know. I'm very excited for the game and have been since the SEC Championship game, because it's been obvious since then this was coming.
The top 2-4 programs in the SEC dominate the sport utterly. The rest of the conference... big fat meh.
Yep. Have to admit … great game. Bama’s OL couldn’t handle the Dawgs.
Saban to Smart at midfield after the game. “You kicked our *** in the 4th quarter.”
Very true.
Really great game. Fun to see a dominant defense rise up and dictate a game. Of course, Bama was down its top two receivers, and was playing a freshman QB. Wanny said Bama was a "young team." LOL. Not exactly great news for the rest of college football.
I thought Nolan Smith and Dallas Turner were everywhere last night. Smith's quickness is astonishing. Had not seen him play before. Wow.
I thought Nolan Smith and Dallas Turner were everywhere last night. Smith's quickness is astonishing. Had not seen him play before. Wow.
Phenomenal game the whole way. Any time Alabama's offense was on the field against that Georgia defense was a real treat to watch, and Georgia's offense managed to provide some drama in the second half.
Huge win for Georgia. Takes serious effort to beat Bammer. Loved it.
I share the resentment that many feel about the top teams hoarding the all top talent. The folks who rule college football need some of the Chicago soft sell to "persuade" them to change it. You can see how determined they are to do nothing as the proposal for expanding the playoffs to 12 teams is about to be lost again. These people can not be sufficiently despised.
I share the resentment that many feel about the top teams hoarding the all top talent. The folks who rule college football need some of the Chicago soft sell to "persuade" them to change it. You can see how determined they are to do nothing as the proposal for expanding the playoffs to 12 teams is about to be lost again. These people can not be sufficiently despised.
NIL may give you your wish of dispersal of talent. Not sure it will, but am pretty confident the top teams now will remain the top teams if the previous system remained in place. The final two teams were just significantly better than everyone else.
Maybe. My sense of doubt due to the pressure Young faced all night long.
Fun fact ... when was the last time a walk-on QB with no NFL future beat a Heisman winning QB with an elite NFL grade for the national championship? Says a lot about how far you can go with an elite defense and a strong OL.
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Perhaps. Bama really had trouble running against that fast and physical front 7. They moved the ball a bit by sending the wides deep and leaking the RB out underneath. But that won’t work in the red zone. Metchie and Williams would have helped there.
Everyone had trouble with Georgia’s D - until the SEC Championship. They are special
Agreed that the loss of Alabama’s receivers changed the game along with Georgia’s ability to run to start the second half
If most of the teams in the NFL were permitted to just swap their entire starting 11 for Georgia's and then wait 23 years for them to develop, they'd be very well served to do so, Absurd talent on that defense coached at an extremely high level.
I loved watching how Alabama did some things to still move the ball quite effectively on Georgia, then stalling in the red zone a lot. They did a lot to take the game outside and turn it into a field 3-on-3 matchup or use motion combined with speed to generate local numbers advantages in novel ways. I do think there's a pretty good chance it's a different game if their receivers all play healthy. That late dropped deep shot alone would very likely have been a completion with their main guys in.
Doesn't hurt when your QB can just duck the unblocked rusher Georgia schemed into the backfield and flick a pass 15 yards into the end zone on the run.
Young’s TD pass was just a spectacular play (aided by OPI, but what a throw).
Of course, the idea that we’re talking Young’s touchdown pass (singular) underscores how awesome UGA was defensively. The pass rush was absolutely relentless.
Alabama wins if their defensive backfield was healthy. But that’s football.
That one and a play early in the game where Georgia showed a 2 LB blitz into 5 blockers then backed the OLB out and it resulted in the DE coming in totally unblocked. An NFL caliber DE, mind you. Young just... dipped him entirely, then drilled his target. Pretty special.