While I would love to beat UL, I'd take any one of the three.I'd take one of the three if you could guarantee the one would be Louisville.
Fair enough. I admittedly was switching back and forth between several games once Bama had thst one in hand. You actually serve to prpve my poiny anyway. If Kiffin ran the same two plays against Tennessee and obliterated them, these folks who think we "held" Bama to 34 need a reality check.Don't necessarily agree here. I would say Kiffin called the same two plays around 20% of the time yesterday: stretch zone to the boundary with the RBs and QB power to the field. They had over 200 yards rushing on just those two plays alone. UT couldn't adjust and Kiffin just kept running the same thing and UT was helpless.
Fantastic play calling by Kiffin the whole game.
This is the truth of the matter.Bama never tries to pour it on teams that they're clearly better than. They didn't cover the spread in our game or their game with Western.
And when our football team can't meet your own unjustified expectations, you will be calling for Stoops' scalp again.You heard it here first.
UL was a BS no fumble call away from losing to Duke, on top of a BS roughing kicker call that would've gave Duke ball with chance to score and win on final drive. 2 pivotal game changing calls that for toy effected the outcome of the game. I believe we're a much better team than Duke. I don't think FSU is that good. FSU got beat by UNC, who got smacked by VT 38-3, a VT team that just lost to SU. Miami has been the beneficiary of a terrible schedule until they met a not very good FSU team. I truly believe the only top 20 ACC team is Clemson. UL beat a very overrated FSU team who I honestly don't believe is that good. And what else have they done? Beat Duke by the skin of their teeth?
If our defense keeps this up, then by no means should you expect a continuation of last years UL game, because this defense is completely different and much better than the one that faced UL last season. If SJ gets in a groove passing the ball. Then we very well could beat UL. I truly don't think UL is good. Everyone thinks they're great because they beat a crazily overrated FSU team and needed help from the officials to beat Duke. And that's it? I just ain't buying the hype like everyone else. They've beaten one overrated team in a rebuild year. Now they're unbeatable? I just don't get it. I EXPECT a VERY COMPETITIVE game vs a SEVERELY OVERRATED UL team. I by no means believe they're close to the #7 team in the country. That's a joke to me.
Toast? Hardly..Two years their QB went down and they put in a sub and still beat us!So, based on your rationale, you must think Ole Miss sucks, since FSU beat them by double digits. And therefore, Alabama must not be the dominating team everybody thinks they are, since that sucky Ole Miss team outplayed them for 3 quarters in their game.
And the best of the SEC East, Tennessee? Yeah, they must be horrific, too, since they should have lost to Appalacian State, who was blown off the field by that overrated Miami team that lost yesterday to that crappy UNC team that was blown away by the Virginia Tech team that lost to Syracuse, and also lost to...that horrific Tennessee team...wait a minute, in my best Calipari voice "WHAT?" See how silly that all sounds?
It's fun to speculate about all this right now, but lots of football. Nobody really knows what's going to happen yet, and it's comical watching talking head opinions change weekly.
As far as Louisville is concerned, I know for a fact two things:
1) that Jackson kid is a freak, and as long as he is out there taking every offensive snap, that team has a chance in any game they play in; and
2) if that kid gets hurt, they're toast.
So, how do you interpret the fact that Bama pulled Hurts against Tennessee, but not in the UK game?This is the truth of the matter.
The closer you are to their caliber the more likely they are to want to make a statement..
They use games like ours to play 2nd stringers, work on plays / schemes they aren't very efficient with.
They have some injuries, but I wondered about that and looked up their defensive stats for all their games this year. The players that had their 1st start against Bama played very well and had better production than the injured starters they replaced. In fact, with a very few exceptions (singel games) that have been the case for UT all year. Backups and backups starting have outperformed the starters all season long. Butch Jones can cry all he wants about losing key players, but numbers don't lie.Tennessee is so beaten up right now, they may end up losing 3 more games.
You have to be a trollUL is SEVERELY overrated. Outside of the QB position and schedule. We're every bit as talented. They have a million times better coach, which does account for a lot. BUT, as I said, outside of the QB position I would take our roster of UL's and I'm very unbiased when it comes to sports. I'm not a big blue Homer with unrealistic expectations by any means, I just think that game is a lot more winnable than many believe.
Ala. Offense avg. @50 ppg...their defense has scored 11 tds..they have given up 11 yes...impressiveRight now Bama is the best team I've seen in many, many years! And I've watched many, many SEC games over the years!
Seriously, put down the pipe. And back away from the window.You heard it here first.
You are letting your bias get to you. The only place we are even a hint better might be running back and that is more of a push.UL is SEVERELY overrated. Outside of the QB position and schedule. We're every bit as talented. They have a million times better coach, which does account for a lot. BUT, as I said, outside of the QB position I would take our roster of UL's and I'm very unbiased when it comes to sports. I'm not a big blue Homer with unrealistic expectations by any means, I just think that game is a lot more winnable than many believe.
UL was a BS no fumble call away from losing to Duke, on top of a BS roughing kicker call that would've gave Duke ball with chance to score and win on final drive. 2 pivotal game changing calls that for toy effected the outcome of the game. I believe we're a much better team than Duke. I don't think FSU is that good. FSU got beat by UNC, who got smacked by VT 38-3, a VT team that just lost to SU. Miami has been the beneficiary of a terrible schedule until they met a not very good FSU team. I truly believe the only top 20 ACC team is Clemson. UL beat a very overrated FSU team who I honestly don't believe is that good. And what else have they done? Beat Duke by the skin of their teeth?
If our defense keeps this up, then by no means should you expect a continuation of last years UL game, because this defense is completely different and much better than the one that faced UL last season. If SJ gets in a groove passing the ball. Then we very well could beat UL. I truly don't think UL is good. Everyone thinks they're great because they beat a crazily overrated FSU team and needed help from the officials to beat Duke. And that's it? I just ain't buying the hype like everyone else. They've beaten one overrated team in a rebuild year. Now they're unbeatable? I just don't get it. I EXPECT a VERY COMPETITIVE game vs a SEVERELY OVERRATED UL team. I by no means believe they're close to the #7 team in the country. That's a joke to me.
So, how do you interpret the fact that Bama pulled Hurts against Tennessee, but not in the UK game?
Right now Bama is the best team I've seen in many, many years! And I've watched many, many SEC games over the years!
Here's an interesting question: If you had the choice of winning against UGA and UT and going to the SEC championship game OR beating Louisville to become bowl
Eligible, which would you pick?
As much as I hate Louisville, I think going to a SEC Championship (even knowing we have no chance against Bama) would help us more with recruiting and our program confidence as a whole.
Lane Kiffin poured it on Tennessee and Southern Cal. He went conservative on us
No he's a troll. He's the worst poster in the history of this board.You may not be a homer but you have a sever concussion & need medical attention.
Yeah I agree Chubb will play and he is the absolute key for that team in every aspect look at the games he has played vs the ones he hasn't with him they'll beat us by a couple tds or more but w/o him playing I think there's a chance it's somewhat winnable. Now Louisville at home last game of the year may be a different story.If UK keeps it within 21 of either UT or UL I'd be surprised. Who knows about UGA. I'm sure they will get healthy and Chubb will run for 250 on us or something knowing our luck.
Especially since the east is a train wreck this year I seriously believe if they were in the east they would finish top 2. Look at us were tied for 2nd with ut and have given up the second most points of any team from the east again (besides ut) even though they have scored the most but anyways. I think ul would have a very good chance to take the sec east this yearLouisville would be the one to lose.Win all others and play SEC CHAMPIONSHIP.