California vs. Texas: Pick 'Em & Open Thread
by Nico2.0 on Dec 28, 2011 6:00 PM CST
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Running kind of behind today so I'm not going to go into any detail here. I'm pretty much just getting the graphics up so y'all can vote. Two teams with identical records both overall and in-conference. Neither have any impressive wins. Cal beat a 7-5 Utah and a 6-6 Arizona State whereas Texas beat 6-6 Texas A&M and 6-6 Iowa State. They had a common opponent (UCLA) that Texas beat and Cal lost to. They both got slaughtered by a couple of teams. Vote and chime in with your rationale below.
Current Bowl Records by Conference:
| Conference | Record |
|---|---|
| ACC | 1-1 |
| Big East | 0-1 |
| Big Ten | 1-0 |
| Big XII | 1-0 |
| C-USA | 2-0 |
| Independents | 0-0 |
| MAC | 3-1 |
| Mountain West | 2-3 |
| Pac-12 | 0-1 |
| SEC | 0-0 |
| Sun Belt | 1-1 |
| WAC | 0-3 |
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Why the UT hate?
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 28, 2011 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
I've grown to hate them, mostly BamaThrasher has taught me...
He’s taught me to hate UT with as great a passion as possible, and to be a cocky prick about ’Bama.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
everyone hates us as it is
so make sure its earned. As to Texas, they are a large part of the reason for all this realignment.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
Aids face UT
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
by Tokeisch on Dec 28, 2011 6:47 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Dan Hawkins needs to be paired with Joe Tessitore
not this snooze fest announcer
Fumbles. It was always Fumbles
Texas by a bunch so they get
Top 15 ranking and Mack can ossify another in the putrescence that is Texas football
by sho' I stole on Dec 28, 2011 7:02 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Nice try
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
by Tokeisch on Dec 28, 2011 7:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
so, I leave and Texas has the ball inside the Cal 10, I return, they have zero points
how did they manage that?
We've had success runnin tween the tackles
So let’s go all WAC on them
by sho' I stole on Dec 28, 2011 7:47 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Major Applewhite still has a job?
How is that mackpossible?
by sho' I stole on Dec 28, 2011 7:49 PM CST via mobile reply actions
worse yet
I am pretty sure he is the qb coach
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 7:50 PM CST up reply actions
Not to king ago
my,my,my…..how far can a program fall in 2 short years. Texas is not very good, are they. Texas and Florida have been in a free fall since Bama kicked their ass.
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 28, 2011 7:51 PM CST via Android app reply actions
DAMN phone.!!!!! That is not long ago!!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 28, 2011 7:53 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
That’s a ″smart″phone for you.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 28, 2011 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
its funny because Brown basically admitted
that the curbstomp in pasedena put the whole program in a state of shock.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
yep!!! Saban has caused a few programs to fall face first since he arrived at Bama. Started with Tennessee in 2008....IMO
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 28, 2011 7:57 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Macky Boy is the highest paid coach....right? DAmn.....Mal Moore got a deal, didn't he!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 28, 2011 8:01 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
7 yards Texas is that mackpossible?
by sho' I stole on Dec 28, 2011 7:58 PM CST via mobile reply actions
How can the state flagship uni of what is
Basically a sovereign nation of almost 40 mill trot out such a pussy crap football team & get away wit it?
by sho' I stole on Dec 28, 2011 8:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions
They have their own tv network
and make eleventy-bajjilion dollars, that is what is important these days, no?
I think if they have to go indy to keep their precious network
they are going to be in for a rude awakening, as no one will play them. They have pissed off so many people thru this.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 8:15 PM CST up reply actions
just another way for us cheating bammers to claim another title
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 8:26 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Dammit! Could have got my vote in.
Cal wins this stinkfest.
by Acinum on Dec 28, 2011 9:00 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I pick UT
But only bc they’re my alma mater.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 28, 2011 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Why would anyone want to watch two 7-5 teams?
I’ll get interested in the “bowl games” when we get to the 10-2, 11-1 teams. Speaking of which BAMA is 11-1 and playing for the MNC.
ROLL TIDE!!!!
sorry people, that may have been a bit harsh, I noticed my comment was removed.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
some terrible play calling going on in this game, at least both teams have some intense talent, at least outta high school were intense talent.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
I would vote for Josef Stalin before I would vote for Craig James
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 9:29 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
because he doesnt know how to spell stalin's name?
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by Mr. Abe Froman on Dec 28, 2011 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
because everybody should hate Craig James.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
pretty sure stalin killed more than 5 hookers too...
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by Mr. Abe Froman on Dec 28, 2011 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
If I remember reading it right, he killed more than 30 million of his own people, including military.
No where near 5 hookers, James is a terrible person….jk
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
when you can only guess as to how many people you have killed, you are in a league all your own
sometimes making a joke includes a reach of reality.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
Which is crazy.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
ah, you are right
for some reason I thought he was a Joseph with a an f like I spelled
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 9:45 PM CST up reply actions
Well...
…he was ethnically Georgian and ruled the Soviet Union. Neither used the Roman alphabet, so it probably doesn’t matter how we render it.
all I know is
that he sure didn’t care for that Trotsky fella
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 10:42 PM CST up reply actions
Well, to be fair...
unless you’re spelling it Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин or იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე სტალინი, I imagine the way he wrote it is good enough.
Thirteen.
Late but now green.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
ftw!
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
by gibbygoat on Dec 28, 2011 10:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d
for signature.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 28, 2011 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
*yawn
/soexciting
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
by Tokeisch on Dec 28, 2011 9:51 PM CST via mobile reply actions
terrible throw
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I just turned the sound up for the first time.
Turned it back down. Those guys are annoying.
reece davis is a bama boy
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by Mr. Abe Froman on Dec 28, 2011 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
He shows it during BCS countdown, that's a fact.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
HEY! I caught you misspelling his name, RECE BRAH, RECE!
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
damn!
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by Mr. Abe Froman on Dec 28, 2011 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
It's okay since he's a 'Bama grad.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
If Texas can get their shit together on offense
they couldl compete with an SEC champion. Manny Diaz continues to show he is a solid dc.
Cal is shooting themselves in the thigh.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Plaxico Burress finds this interesting
In all seriousness, I think Mack has figured out that defense is critical, and I beginning to understand what his thought process is, ball control and defense first; just like us. Has he had immediate results, no, but I think he is actually pointing the ship in the right direction. I liked it better when no one in the Big 12 payed any attention to D.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 10:33 PM CST up reply actions
Ya they're headed in the right direction for sure, even though they're hard headed.
As we speak, Cal just lost another fumble and was also sacked the play before.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Texas ran the ball and played D under Mack Brown in the past.
And while they had QB’s like Major and Sims, they had running backs like Ricky and Cedric. Vince was great with the option. Then they got Colt, went to te spread and bye bye bye running game. When Mack couldn’t get Joe Kines, he got Will Muschamp. After Alabama beat Texas, Mack said he wanted to get back to running out of the pro style offense for balance and to get his D used to defending it.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 28, 2011 10:46 PM CST up reply actions
Its interesting to me
the number of spread teams at the elite level desperately trying to get away from that offense. That seemed to be only way to win from about 2002 to 2008. However, after we whipped Florida, it sure seems that a lot of people got back to what has always won; ball control offense and great defense. I liked it better when most of the teams were seemingly ignorant to this concept. After viewing the great defensive play by Texas this evening, and begining to understand their offensive struggles mainly due to getting away from the spread, its disconcerting that they are actually coming to terms with how to win at the elite level. They aren’t there yet, but with decent qb play next year, they win 10 games.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 10:53 PM CST up reply actions
They just showed aTm's SEC schedule on our local news....
and was going through the schedule, then shouted ALA-BAAAMA really loud, ohhhh little do they know.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:35 PM CST via mobile reply actions
personally, I think A&M is going to be a disaster for a few years adjusting to the style
however, I think Missouri could actually contend for the east next year.
by BamaThrasher on Dec 28, 2011 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
That's actually my gut feeling...
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 10:55 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Well, this is worrisome about Duron Carter:
Duron Carter has not participated in Alabama’s bowl practices. The former Ohio State wide receiver transferred from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College and was eligible to practice but not play this season. He has practiced with the scout team, sometimes as a quarterback. He played the role of LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson earlier this season.
When asked Wednesday if he could give an update on Carter’s status, Saban responded with one word: “No.”
by PharmacyBob on Dec 28, 2011 11:31 PM CST via mobile reply actions
ehhh
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 28, 2011 11:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Well his history says it all
He sounds like he has a silver spoon shoved up his ass, he leaves, Ohio St, for some reason, then to JC , then here , if he left for a good reason then it could have been talked about. He is another example of someone who has ability without the desire.
Maybe for the game
Blake can simulate Jordan. But I was always skeptical of Carter playing for us.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
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