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Utah Utes @ Alabama Crimson Tide


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How will the Tide fare against the Utes?
Blowout
76 votes
Close...but never really in doubt
56 votes
Down to the wire win
12 votes
Too close to call
16 votes
Heartbreaking loss
92 votes
Please God, make the hurting stop
300 votes

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Good luck guys

Best of luck to our SEC brethren – let’s keep this ball rolling and show the nation what the SEC elite can do. Roll Tide. S-E-C.

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

SEC SUKZ LOL

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 7:40 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's

rich coming from a Big Ten fan whose teams are 6-15 in their last 21 bowl games.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:41 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So what?

Move that hyphen, and the Big Ten would be 61-5. Let’s see the SEC win 3 times per game.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 7:43 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ooh, that's some math right there

EMMM-DUBYUUUUU-SEEEEEE SPEEEEED!

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 7:45 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

By the way, Iowa owns the SEC

After that shitkicking we gave South Carolina yesterday, that’s 3 wins in the last 4 against your quaint little conference. Go ahead and put us on the schedule, SEC. We double dog dare you.

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 7:50 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you played a mediocre SEC team

and you are bragging about beating them?

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:52 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When Ferentz leaves...

I bet Auburn will give you Chizik.

Oh, and like Mattco said, beating my Gamecocks means you’re at least as good as Vanderbilt.

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 7:53 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please

If Ferentz leaves, we’re getting Carroll. Worst kept secret in the Big Ten.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 7:55 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Um, the Huminitarian in Iowa

Yeah, and S.C.’s next coach will be a reanimated Bear Bryant

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pete Carroll's heart has always been in Iowa City

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 8:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But...but...but...they're in the SEC

Even the worst of SEC teams are better than the Big Ten, right?

The point remains: Iowa could only own the South more if its middle name was Tecumseh.

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You got us Hawkeye

I guess your 5th best team is better than our 5th best team….but that’s a huge victory for the Big 10. If you could ever beat OSU (aka SEC whipping boy) maybe you could play one of the big boys in a real bowl instead of kicking off before most of America even wakes up on New Year’s Day!

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:05 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LSA

As much as it hurts as a South Carolina fan, well said

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 8:07 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gator, you don't wake up before noon on any other day...

It was kinda hard for us to beat OSU this year because they weren’t on the schedule. But if you’re going to base your entire conference supremacy argument on a team’s bowl record, you have to admit that, year in and year out, Iowa is much better than your entire conference.

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 8:09 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Again my point is

If you play in 4th tier bowls every year, your record in those bowls is….meh…who cares how many Sports Humanitarian Bowl trophies you have in the case??!?!?

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:11 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That would be zero

And, seeing as how we’ve played Florida twice in our “4th-tier bowls,” I suggest you reconsider your argument.

Of course, if my team was 2-4 in its last 6 bowls against the Big Ten, I’d ignore all logic and reason too.

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 8:13 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

PWN4D

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 8:14 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You played Zooker-era Florida once

That’s only slightly better than Vandy

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 8:19 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's hard to argue with that

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by Hawkeye State on Jan 2, 2009 8:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking of Zooker

Didn’t he beat your ass this season? That should count as 3 losses.

Now don’t you have some corn to shuck?

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:27 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Almost game time guys

let’s see a W and a 13-1 season!!!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!

That's the paradox of success. The moment you stop to enjoy it, you are in trouble. You have to keep moving forward. It's not what you have done that's important. It's where you are going.
— Alabama coach Nick Saban

by imaBamafan on Jan 2, 2009 6:55 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

woohoo national anthem !!

yay America!

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:02 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rock ‘n’ Roll

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 7:04 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ozzy, I thought that was you!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:08 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

only tonight, and only for BAMA

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 7:11 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Utes won the toss...that'll be the last win they see tonight!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:16 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh...I was just kidding...maybe...we'll see...wow.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:54 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pregame Traditions?

What were the Alabama players touching as they were coming out of the locker room? Is this a tradition at all the games? I’ve never seen it before.

by ALABAMAfootball on Jan 2, 2009 7:24 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well...let's see what our D can do.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:25 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

uh....not much?

"With a girl - I-HOP; with the guys - Waffle House; with a girl you are pulling wingman on - Taco Bell." Comer, on his favorite place to eat at 3 a.m.

by BamaReturns07 on Jan 2, 2009 7:26 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit

"With a girl - I-HOP; with the guys - Waffle House; with a girl you are pulling wingman on - Taco Bell." Comer, on his favorite place to eat at 3 a.m.

by BamaReturns07 on Jan 2, 2009 7:27 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gettin our shit kicked

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Are you f*ckin kidding me?

"With a girl - I-HOP; with the guys - Waffle House; with a girl you are pulling wingman on - Taco Bell." Comer, on his favorite place to eat at 3 a.m.

by BamaReturns07 on Jan 2, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OMG

Utah is for real.

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by Gatorpilot on Jan 2, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow chill out with all that

lets not act like its deep in the third.

julio dropped an easy pass and put us in a bad way

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:29 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They went 12-0

in a conference that’s better than the Big East. What did you expect?

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:29 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so did we

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:30 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The point being

I don’t think this is Hawaii redux and that Utah is going to play a pretty good game.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:31 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So much for that.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I saw those

same faces 2 years ago in the Fiesta Bowl by Oklahoma. Not good.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:33 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is looking crappy fast

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 7:33 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i thought utah could win

i didnt think we would be getting punked

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:33 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

umm.

Who was JP throwing to on that? no one was within 5 yards

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:34 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i saw the route get blown

the guy he wanted was actually open where he was at too

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:34 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay! They ran the ball! Keep doing that!!!

Roll Tide!

by martincr70 on Jan 2, 2009 7:34 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so far

this is the least prepared Alabama has looked starting a game all year. Do you think they just under estimated utah or do you think that Smith being gone is having a mind effect?

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:36 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Utah

looks very well prepared. 4 weeks kind of gives you a lot of time to look at film.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:38 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The sack on Wilson

may have been Andre being gone. I can’t remember, but I think the blitzer got around the LT.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:38 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He did

but looked like confusion between LT and LG. LT got late start to get out to LB blitzing.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:40 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but

miss. went down 14-0 just like this

by alabamaanglican on Jan 2, 2009 7:37 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

true that

still doesnt make me feel good

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:37 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one pass was off

and i think the receiver blew the route

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 7:40 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

damn

2 feet off of a touchdown

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:41 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not good

Bama is a much better team playing ahead when they can use the run game and defense more then JPW.

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2009 7:45 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JP might not make it to end of the game

the line is doing nothing so far tonight for Bama. Not opening holes for the running game and not protecting Wilson to let him throw.

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:49 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not to mention the receivers are not helping either

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 7:50 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

honestly I just want to make it halftime and still be in it.

Roll Tide!

by martincr70 on Jan 2, 2009 7:52 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if he would have turn around it would have been an int!!!

by MDBSax on Jan 2, 2009 7:54 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel like I am a Georgia fan at the black out.

Roll Tide!

by martincr70 on Jan 2, 2009 7:55 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looks like our guys got lost in their own stardom.

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 7:55 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow, just wow

Utah is definitely dominating this one.
More heart, better game plan and winning on both sides of the line which is how Bama usually wins.

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2009 7:56 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that has been a popular pass today

I have seen that throw at least 5 times today and all of them have been for big yards. A stupid pass to the back shoulder like the one Crabtree caught against Texas.

by Mattco on Jan 2, 2009 7:56 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm glad i'm watching at home and didn't buy tickets!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously

Unless Arenas does something on special teams or the defense starts getting some turnovers, this is going to get worse

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JPW

this game is now on your shoulders…

Roll Tide!

by martincr70 on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whooo hoo first down!!!!

by MDBSax on Jan 2, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Finally

showing signs of life

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 7:59 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

question

is your name an homage to the number of points Utah is going to hang on the Tide tonight?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 8:03 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe

Walker (88) doesn’t play the rest of the game
just a thought

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2009 8:02 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think

we have bigger problems than Walker.

by TexasTideGirl on Jan 2, 2009 8:03 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why did we not run the ball on that play?

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:03 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3rd and 6??

Play call was fine. Didn’t pick up the blitz and nobody’s getting open in man coverage.

by DoubleB on Jan 2, 2009 8:04 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes

false start on Walker

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2009 8:05 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

brain fart I guess

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:06 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is this

the first game we ever play

by Fatback on Jan 2, 2009 8:04 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not

exactly the start we were looking for.

by Bamagrad on Jan 2, 2009 8:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TIFFIN FOR HEISMAN!!!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so it seems...

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:25 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We only need seven more of those and we'll be tied with them!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:06 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not if

our D can’t stop them

by Fatback on Jan 2, 2009 8:08 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We need

some defense…and perhaps a turnover!!!!

by TexasTideGirl on Jan 2, 2009 8:07 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I belive

Hey BCS- Thanks for the invite. This party has been real fun so far. GO UTES

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:09 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

These little dumps across the middle are eating up our defense.

Roll Tide!

by martincr70 on Jan 2, 2009 8:10 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think that was..

officially the longest first qtr. in the history of football.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:14 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You obviously didn't watch the Sugar Bowl last year

That was the longest football game in the history of football. It started at 9 EST, and didn’t end til nearly 1AM EST.

http://hobnailboot.blogspot.com/

by AuditDawg on Jan 2, 2009 8:17 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JUUUUULLLIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:18 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was a great play.

by formerlyanonymous on Jan 2, 2009 8:20 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which is best

I don’t know which I enjoy the most- these post threads or the Alabama radio announcer pissing his pants on the air.

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:27 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't be an ass. Alabama fans have been pretty reasonable so far.

And there’s a lot of game left. We couldn’t have asked for a better start, but since the first quarter we’ve been out-scored and out-gained.

Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.

by displacedute on Jan 2, 2009 8:29 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

It’s good to root for your team, but there’s no need to be a jerk.

by Bamagrad on Jan 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not an Ass just tired of assumptions

Easy. All I said is I am enjoying this. I live in the South. A military transplant, and I have lived with plenty of ‘bama ass like attitudes for the past three weeks. I have no beef with ‘bama, just the BCS. Do you know how hard it is to get respect outside the WAC or MT West??? This should be an eye-opener for the whole country. Besides you just scored, so relax.

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:34 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think the eyes that are opening are Bama's

They were apparently sleepwalking through the first quarter…..but if you saw the SECCG, you would know how well Bama adjusts at the half and you would be very nervous right now…..

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:36 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think there's a big difference though

UF could match up to Bama talent-wise. I don’t think Utah is in the same arena athlete-wise.

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:38 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dude, as an SEC fan, I have the MWC as better than the Big East and the ACC

So chill. You’re not as disrespected as you seem to think.

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 8:42 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What's wrong

Utah’s radio crew didn’t make the game?

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:29 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey guys

Ignore this troll. If you look at his profile, he just joined SB Nation and RBR like 10 mins ago to get a rise out of you. We had a Techie do it at DawgSports. Pick it up guys, plenty of time left.

http://hobnailboot.blogspot.com/

by AuditDawg on Jan 2, 2009 8:30 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you were saying?

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:31 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JAAAAAVVVVVVYYYY!!!! woot!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

theres the momentum shift

buckle in kids

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GONE

Bama is coming back bitches~

Yall make good adjustments at halftime

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ute guy eat it

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Smile it is only a game

Easy. All I said is I am enjoying this. I live in the South. A military transplant, and I have lived with plenty of ‘bama ass like attitudes for the past three weeks. I have no beef with ‘bama, just the BCS. Do you know how hard it is to get respect outside the WAC or MT West??? This should be an eye-opener for the whole country. Besides you just scored, so relax.

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:37 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just dont come here and start stuff bro

thats all anybody asks.

my alumni is in the freakin sun belt so. yeah i hate teh bcs too

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:39 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Javy said “get off me you utes”

by MDBSax on Jan 2, 2009 8:35 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

defense has to step up

it wont matter if our offense scores every posession here on out if we cant stop em

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:37 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who's Tim Tebow?

I only know militant Muslim warrior Khalid El-Amin!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 8:41 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy crap

thats a really bad spot to be honest

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:39 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

defense

u haz nun

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:39 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

our enemies shooting themselves in the foot FTW!!

WOHOOO

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:40 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

don't

give them any ideas!!!!

by TexasTideGirl on Jan 2, 2009 8:44 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm

E-maiing the coach’s balckberry right now :). Now are we freinds?

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:45 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No need...he's reading the thread.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:46 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy hell how about some blocking?

if your gonna hold at least make it worth while

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:46 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This much is certain.....

the Superdome locker room will need a new coat of paint after Saban’s tirade.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:49 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holllllyyyy crap

sucks to be a bama player for the enxt few minutes

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:50 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nick seems like a mellow guy

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 2, 2009 8:50 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guys...

slow down on the blame for JPW. He’s trying hard and not getting alot of help. Can you blame him for trying to do everything?!

by TexasTideGirl on Jan 2, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel ya.

Point the blame Mr. Smith’s way first.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:52 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is true,

but he’s playing like the 2007 incarnation again. He knows better than to do half the stuff he’s messing up out there.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:53 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

playing the Utes

at the half with 3 offensive points? Senior QBs need to lead

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:54 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed,

but, the D deserves a little of this bile as well. JPW should not be playing behind right now, either.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:56 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Definitely,

but they scored zero points in the second half. The D has made some adjustments…where’s the O?

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:58 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, a big part of it is in B'ham and on the sideline with an injury.

We’ve always played great O while we’re ahead. This is something new for us. I’m hopeful that we will show some “pluck and grit” and make this a game we can brag about.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

very true. we have gotten almost no pressure on their qb. he’s had time to set up a table and serve tea and crumpets back there all night.

by kleph on Jan 2, 2009 8:58 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on 3rd and long with no timeouts

the one thing you CANNOT do is take a sack, which is basically what that was

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:52 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly,

going to the left where our at-home-on-his-comfortable-ass All-American should be at this moment.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:54 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

after being down 21-0 in the first, 11 points at the half isn’t the worst it could be by far.

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:52 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Roll Tide!

I’m pulling for you guys. A local in Brandon Deaderick from my town plays for the Tide. SEC rules!

" I believe in pipedreams"

by Magnoliacat on Jan 2, 2009 8:52 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

u gotta to admit

It has been an exciting game so far. if the Utes win it would be earth shattering, and if they loose- expected

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:52 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your guys have played out of their mind, man.

Congrats! We’ve each owned a qtr. The second half should be a good one.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 8:57 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True

Trust me- my gloating is only covering up my insecurities

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 8:58 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You got nothing to be insecure about, my friend!

You guys had as good an offensive plan to start this game as any team all year! I’m just glad we could give you a game after that 1st qtr.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:03 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Plan for the second half

Get back to what you do best….run the ball. If you turn into a Big 12 team and pass every play, you have no chance. There is plenty of time – a 14-0 second half wins the game for you. That is Alabama football.

by skigator93 on Jan 2, 2009 8:56 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As a Bama fan im not TOTALLY shocked. you lose the best o-lineman in the country, AND his back up, and thats gonna kill your running game. when your running game gets pwnt, it really sucks when 50% of your passing game comes off of the play action.

Thank you Andre Smith

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 8:58 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sorry, this has been a breakdown in just about every aspect of our game. you gotta lay that at the feet of the coaches.

by kleph on Jan 2, 2009 8:59 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

weve adjusted well as far as play calling offensively

as evidenced by the fact that we’re on an 11-0 run right now. furthermore it could be 21-17 if tiffin made his kick and whats his head didnt pull a false start. thats on the players, i know theyve been coached better

defensively we’ve yet to see a whole lot to give me any confidence coming out of half time

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:02 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cody

will not be a factor in this game simply because Utah doesn’t run the type of plays Cody defends. Using their spread scheme, Utah and Florida actually make a player like Cody a disadvantage for our defense.

We need to keep our focus and not panic. Eleven points is not a terrible deficit. Skigator93 is right. We have not had any success this season passing when the other team expected us to pass. If we drop back and throw it forty times, we will lose.

by Bamagrad on Jan 2, 2009 8:59 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait until Utah goes into ball control

They’ll feed Asiata right and left. Cody will eat that up.

by formerlyanonymous on Jan 2, 2009 9:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cody to LT?

heh…just a thought.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 9:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's actually not a bad idea, from what I've seen

I don’t think y’all are dead at this point. Just need to have someone other than Arenas and Tiffin score. (I know, I know, that’s not a revelation … but the rest of the SEC is pulling for you. Except maybe Auburn.)

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 9:04 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

exactly. force jpw to carry the o on his shoulders and the pick sixes are sure to follow. keep feeding coffee and ingram the rock and good things will follow.

by kleph on Jan 2, 2009 9:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And that was just amplified 10-fold by

the injury to Mike Johnson. He’ll definitely be going pro after this debacle.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:05 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We just didn't take them seriously and it shows.

"You're Dixie's Football Pride, Crimson Tide - Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"

by Whistlin' Dixie on Jan 2, 2009 9:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed

Situations like this do lend themselves to the underdog

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 9:06 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hold it together, we were not supposed to be here. Enjoy and rejoice, thr second half is coming. Next year is near, and then we will be where everyone thought we would be two years from now. RTR from CA. I BELIEVE

Jim Brown

by calabama on Jan 2, 2009 9:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not suppose to be here?

We’re Alabama. I always expect to be here. A 12-1 team should be here, correct? I believe, as well, but I also don’t believe we’re playing up to the level we’re capable of playing…

"You're Dixie's Football Pride, Crimson Tide - Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"

by Whistlin' Dixie on Jan 2, 2009 9:07 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we bought into the hype with everyone else

I wouldn't piss off the boys from Alabama . . .

by I hate UT on Jan 2, 2009 9:06 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

UTE FAN: FUCK OFF

I wouldn't piss off the boys from Alabama . . .

by I hate UT on Jan 2, 2009 9:06 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey hey language

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:07 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thouhgt

I was playing nice. Geez. Whats the deal dude? Read above. I said this is all about the underdog and not being respected. Everyone jumped on me earlier for gloating so I backed off and had nice exchanges with iother bama fams. Please, don’t sink to that level. Really the F- bomb, bec uase I said the Utes shocked u???

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 9:10 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

like I said

I am military and this is the only way I can get the game. The Utah feed crapped out fro some reason? When you lower yourself to that level you only open the door for more trash talk if the utes win. I’ll get a life if you grow up

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 9:13 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not cool...settle down.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 9:11 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dont believe the 'we bought into the hype' BS

maybe we just got our butt whooped for a few minutes? is that SO hard to believe?

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:07 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

On a positve note.....

I can’t believe how long ago it seems that Utah scored!

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:07 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Alabama sticks to the game plan

they can still win by 7, assuming their D can stop Utah.

Time for a playoff.

by Hook'em13 on Jan 2, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think we bought into it

we didnt come in with the same intensity we saw in Atlanta or Athens. Our intensity looked much more like Tulane or UK.

I wouldn't piss off the boys from Alabama . . .

by I hate UT on Jan 2, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly!

"You're Dixie's Football Pride, Crimson Tide - Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"

by Whistlin' Dixie on Jan 2, 2009 9:10 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

probably UK?

were still not giving them credit?

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:12 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're right

UK is better. I was just trying to be nice to the Wildcats, given their win today,

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Jan 2, 2009 9:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This game reminds me

of the West Virginia and Georgia Sugar Bowl from a few years back. We look complacent. Like Barry Switzer said, “Alabama looks like they want to be in the Orange Bowl, while Utah looks like they want to be in the Sugar Bowl.”

I was pissed from the very beginning because I thought this was a bad draw for us. Utah had everything to gain, we had everything to lose. Utah could come in with a chip on their shoulder, play the us against the world angle, and pull out all the stops.

The one thing we couldn’t do was make mistakes: starting with Andre’s suspension, we’ve made many.

Look at the bright side. We’re only trailing 21-10. Not an insurmountable deficit, but we need to come out like gangbusters in the second half. Utah has our attention now. We have to play like it’s a 0-0 game and Utah pissed in our corn flakes last year.

by Bamagrad on Jan 2, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just remember.....

wouldn’t be a Sugar Bowl without our D scoring. Just putting it out there.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:10 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We need offensive TDs...period! The 2nd half is ours! ROLL TIDE!

"You're Dixie's Football Pride, Crimson Tide - Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"

by Whistlin' Dixie on Jan 2, 2009 9:10 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll take that too.

But, the D seems more poised for a TD than the O right now. Let’s hope for both!

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:12 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Roll Tide! Let's giv'em hell in the 2nd half!

"You're Dixie's Football Pride, Crimson Tide - Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"

by Whistlin' Dixie on Jan 2, 2009 9:12 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Halftime adjustments

I’m sure Bama will make them, but I don’t think Utah showed everything yet (they didn’t have to) so they will likely still catch us off guard a time or two. We have to dominate to win,.

by Bama_95 on Jan 2, 2009 9:13 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that being said

the big play was there for us several times and we missed it when JPW couldnt deliver the rock or protection broke down or a receiver missed the play.

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

small plays

work just fine as long as we string them together like that. :-)

by Bama_95 on Jan 2, 2009 9:25 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

*Sniff*

Sadly, the last half time we’ll have until next fall.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

at this rate

that may be a blessing.

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Best of Luck Bama

Seriously- may the best team win

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 9:16 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks!

And….may that be us!

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:17 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

idk how either of us got to a bowl

without tim tebow (peace be upon him)

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:17 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wasn't

speaking to you before, but now I like you.

by TexasTideGirl on Jan 2, 2009 9:24 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

maybe

U can speak to I hate UT :). U guys are fun

by UTE FAN on Jan 2, 2009 9:26 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

INT!!!!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 9:17 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ooops...fumble recovery!!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 9:17 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy frick yes

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 2, 2009 9:18 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on O!

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jan 2, 2009 9:19 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's ok, man.

I’ve a feeling that after that half-time someone on the D may do that for you.

by TiderInTN on Jan 2, 2009 9:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs