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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Godfather on January 07, 2010, 09:16:18 AM
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Hook'em Horns
27-24 Cowboys
If I was putting money on it....
24-14 spuat
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Earthquake and giant sinkhole 1
inbred nation 0
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UT Tumble weeds - 35
UA Sewer buds - 34
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Emotional Pick:
Tx 28
Bama 17
Realistic Pick:
Bama 27
Texas 12
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Alabama 27, Texas 14
I expect this thing to start wide-open and turn into a slug fest as the game progresses. Texas's offense isn't as bad as they looked against Nebraska; it's a bit short-sighted to think of Colt McCoy in the microcosm of that one game the same as it would be to judge Alabama's Mark Ingram for his performance against Auburn or Tennessee. Alabama's offense is going to surprise some people because they are going to match Texas big play for big play and score for score early in this contest. I won't be surprised to see the Crimson Tide with a slight lead at half. The third quarter is where it's going to turn. There's only so much Texas's offense will be able to do against the vaunted Alabama defense and a couple of negative plays (sacks, interceptions, fumbles) are going to swing the momentum to the Crimson Tide. Then, Alabama is going to do what no other team tried or successfully did against Texas - they are going to line up and road grate them with the tandem running of Ingram and Trent Richardson (Look for a screen pass from the shotgun to one of these guys that results in major yardage). McCoy's good but he's not Vince Young and this isn't going to be a repeat of their last trip to the BCSCG. Alabama is just better than Texas.
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Alabama 27, Texas 14
I expect this thing to start wide-open and turn into a slug fest as the game progresses. Texas's offense isn't as bad as they looked against Nebraska; it's a bit short-sighted to think of Colt McCoy in the microcosm of that one game the same as it would be to judge Alabama's Mark Ingram for his performance against Auburn or Tennessee. Alabama's offense is going to surprise some people because they are going to match Texas big play for big play and score for score early in this contest. I won't be surprised to see the Crimson Tide with a slight lead at half. The third quarter is where it's going to turn. There's only so much Texas's offense will be able to do against the vaunted Alabama defense and a couple of negative plays (sacks, interceptions, fumbles) are going to swing the momentum to the Crimson Tide. Then, Alabama is going to do what no other team tried or successfully did against Texas - they are going to line up and road grate them with the tandem running of Ingram and Trent Richardson (Look for a screen pass from the shotgun to one of these guys that results in major yardage). McCoy's good but he's not Vince Young and this isn't going to be a repeat of their last trip to the BCSCG. Alabama is just better than Texas.
I hope your're wrong....like last time:
Final Thoughts - UF/UA
This is appointment football television for college fans. It’ll be an epic battle at every position and will come down to the wire. In the end, I believe Florida’s defense can limit Alabama’s endzone opportunities forcing field goals and the Gators offense can get to the endzone often enough to win the SEC Championship.
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The thing that keeps coming back is that Alabama had to show their hand against UF. They came out with a little trickeration of their own that hadn't previously been seen from their O.
It could work in Texas' favor, because they have now seen most everything this offense can do, and have had several weeks to gameplan for it. Of course, it could also work in Alabama's favor, because they have had to plan for so much that they haven't necessarily been able to pinpoint in on one or two specific areas of their offense.
Ultimately, Alabama's defensive weakness (if you can call it that) is their pass defense. It just so happens that Texas' offensive strength is their passing game. If Texas can successfully spread the field and make some plays, this will be a very close ball game IMO, because I don't personally think Texas' defense will be able to stop every facet of the Alabama offense. In other words, Alabama will score their points...it is just up to the Texas offense and/or special teams to get them their points too.
All that being said, my real prediction is:
Alabama 31
Texas 28
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Alabama 28-13
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I hope your're wrong....like last time:
Final Thoughts - UF/UA
This is appointment football television for college fans. It’ll be an epic battle at every position and will come down to the wire. In the end, I believe Florida’s defense can limit Alabama’s endzone opportunities forcing field goals and the Gators offense can get to the endzone often enough to win the SEC Championship.
FWIW, I don't think anybody saw that ass whipping coming. Certainly not anybody here.
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why is there a thread to predict the score of a game that has already been played?
The Big Game :
Cal 34
Stanford 28
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football))
WAR EAGLE
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Horns 41
Raaa tards - 3
Go Horns!!!
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FWIW, I don't think anybody saw that ass whipping coming. Certainly not anybody here.
"ass whipping"? I wouldn't call it an ass whipping. UF made some mistakes and Alabama was very fortunate to get out of there with that big of a win. It was A LOT closer than the final score indicated...
:popcorn:
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Texas - 27
Alabama -24
Hook'em.
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The thing that keeps coming back is that Alabama had to show their hand against UF. They came out with a little trickeration of their own that hadn't previously been seen from their O.
It could work in Texas' favor, because they have now seen most everything this offense can do, and have had several weeks to gameplan for it. Of course, it could also work in Alabama's favor, because they have had to plan for so much that they haven't necessarily been able to pinpoint in on one or two specific areas of their offense.
Ultimately, Alabama's defensive weakness (if you can call it that) is their pass defense. It just so happens that Texas' offensive strength is their passing game. If Texas can successfully spread the field and make some plays, this will be a very close ball game IMO, because I don't personally think Texas' defense will be able to stop every facet of the Alabama offense. In other words, Alabama will score their points...it is just up to the Texas offense and/or special teams to get them their points too.
All that being said, my real prediction is:
Alabama 31
Texas 28
I agree somewhat, and I was worried that we may have shot our wad against UF. But then again, if we came out with some totally new shit for UF, I would think we still have some stuff left in the playbook. With a month to put it in, I would imagine if its in there, we had enough time to put it in. But then again, we may want to minimize any kind of fuckups and go with a normal game plan. It works both ways, so who knows. But like you said, I think giving them alot of things to prepare for might be part of the plan. At some point, you prepare for too much. The players start thinking too much instead of reacting to a play.
Even though the pass defense is technically the weakest part of our defense, we rank #2 in the country in pass efficiency defense and #9 in overall pass defense. I would hope that if we can totally own QBs like Mallett and Tebow, that we wouldn't do too shabby against Colt McCoy. The fact that we handled Tebow, even though he isn't as good as a passer as McCoy, makes me feel good as well. They are both dual-threat guys, but Tebow is better on the ground, and McCoy is better through the air.
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why is there a thread to predict the score of a game that has already been played?
The Big Game :
Cal 34
Stanford 28
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football))
WAR EAGLE
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You are so right Carl.
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WAR EAGLE
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Horns - 27
Bamers - 13
The Heisman wannabe, Ingram, gets shutdown again. Bamer's offense is shutdown too because McElroy is put on his back too many times (courtesy of a former Auburn DC). McElroy starts to get a little gun shy after this game. Texas shows the Bammers how to properly tattoo babies. Buckfama.
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"ass whipping"? I wouldn't call it an ass whipping. UF made some mistakes and Alabama was very fortunate to get out of there with that big of a win. It was A LOT closer than the final score indicated...
:popcorn:
Yeah, OK.
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Earthquake and giant sinkhole 1
inbred nation 0
^^This is what I am hoping for^^
As with GH my emotional pick would be:
Steers-28
Queers- 21
but unfortunately I think it will be more like this:
Queers-35
Steers-14
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Alabama - 38
Texas - 14
But on another note, I've been uncharacteristically wrong in a lot of my predictions this year. In fact, I can't really think of a time when I predicted a game correctly.
Some notable mistakes -
I thought...
Florida St would hang tough against Florida.
Alabama would blow out Auburn.
Florida would blow out Alabama.
Texas would beat Nebraska by 20 points.
USC would annihilate Ohio St.
LSU would win the West (preseason prediction).
Auburn would blow out Arkansas.
Auburn would beat Georgia.
GA Tech would blow out Georgia.
Tim Tebow would win the Heisman (preseason but not really a bad prediction).
Alabama would lose two-three games this year (preseason).
So there's hope. My gut feeling is that Alabama's offensive line will control the line of scrimmage. Bama's pass defense is too much for Colt McCoy. Texas needs a running game to slow down the blitz. Javier Arenas, Marquis Johnson, and Kareem Jackson will all have at least 1 tackle in the backfield some of which being sacks. Arenas will give Bama good field position. Texas will return a kickoff for a touchdown. Colt McCoy will have a bad game.
In the end, Bama uses Ingram to wear Texas down. Julio catches a few curl/slant routes to keep the defense honest. Halftime - Bama 17 -Texas 7. All hell breaks loose in the 2nd half.
I've been wrong a lot. Let's hope I'm wrong again.
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Texas 32
Alabama 21
I really can't even entertain the notion of the cousinfuckers winning. I just can't.
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Texas 32
Alabama 21
I really can't even entertain the notion of the cousinfuckers winning. I just can't.
For my wife's sake, we better. I have to work overnight tonight (6p-6a), and I don't want to have to beat her right before she leaves for work.
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For my wife's sake, we better. I have to work overnight tonight (6p-6a), and I don't want to have to beat her right before she leaves for work.
If your wife was at all interested in football, which you have said she is not, I would say fuck it, beat her. She's a bammer and deserves it.
As it is, she's married to you, hasn't she suffered enough?
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I am going with:
Cowboys 20
Eagles 17
I think the Cowboys pull out the win since they are playing well, but I do look for the game to be closer this go around. I think McNabb hooks up with his speedsters on at least 1 occasion and scores from over 40 yards out. I still the the Boys are playing to good right now though on the OL and DL's to lose this one at home.
It should be a good game though and I am looking forward to the start of the play-offs...
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I am going with:
Cowboys 20
Eagles 17
I think the Cowboys pull out the win since they are playing well, but I do look for the game to be closer this go around. I think McNabb hooks up with his speedsters on at least 1 occasion and scores from over 40 yards out. I still the the Boys are playing to good right now though on the OL and DL's to lose this one at home.
It should be a good game though and I am looking forward to the start of the play-offs...
I see what you are doing and where you are going....................And I like it! :thumbsup:
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Steerfuckers - 34
Sisterfuckers - 28
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I've been wrong a lot. Let's hope I'm wrong again.
Pick on then, frien.
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cows 27
terds 26
My wet dream for the night is Bama gets screwed on an officials call that cost them the game.
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My wet dream for the night is Bama gets screwed on an officials call that cost them the game.
:thumbsup:
Only in a perfect world.
Horns-10
Trunks-14
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:suicide: :suicide: :suicide: :suicide: :suicide:
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:doh: :doh: :doh:
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What I hope: Texas 17 Alabama 16
Likely: Alabama 27 Texas 17
Back in 2005 I picked Texas 38 USC 35. The final was Texas 41 USC 38.
I picked that based on Texas doing everything they needed to do, and Vince Young being Vince Young, in spite of the fact that the USC defense was supposedly going to contain him.
If Texas does that again (everything they need to do), they can pull the 17-16 win.
OFFENSE
- Texas is #3 in the country in red zone offense....if they get in there, they have to score (that's what she said).
- Colt McCoy needs to make some plays with his feet (he did lead Texas in rushing last year), making Alabama pay when playing man down field on receivers.
- Jordan Shipley needs to find some space across the middle, and one of Texas' other wide receivers has to use that to get down field a little.
- The very, very experienced offensive line has to hold up....at least delaying the pressure on McCoy. If they can make the pressure come from linebackers, and not from the front 4, then McCoy will have the time he needs to find Shipley or a back out of the back field. (I think Texas will make sure McCoy has a safety valve option to dump to when pressured). I also think McCoy is good enough to handle a corner blitz and make Bama pay.
DEFENSE
- Defensively they have to at least stifle the run. Not even stop it completely, but stifle the rhythm and keep big plays to a minimum. Ingram had a few games this year where he had averaged 30 yards on his two longest carries and then 2.2 yards on his other 16 carries. Texas has to avoid the two 30 yard runs.
- The special teams have to do what they've done this year, which is make plays and score points. Texas has 4 punt return TDs (most in the country) and 3 kickoff return TDs.
- Alabama is #35 in red zone offense....when they get in there, Texas has to force FGs.
And in a game with two good defenses, 3rd down may play a big role in keeping alive drives.
The 3rd down defense by both teams is excellent....Alabama allowing 3rd down conversions only 29% of the time (#3 in the country) and Texas allowing 3rd down conversions only 27% of the time (#2 in the country).
Offensively, Alabama converts 3rd downs only 40% of the time (#57 nationally), while Texas converts at 46% (#15 nationally). Alabama faced better defenses on average over the year, so that conversion rate is probably pretty even in reality.
So on 3rd downs, statistically, no one has a clear cut advantage. I look for McCoy-to-Shipley to be at least as reliable as Ingram, if not more, on 3rd downs.
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Bama 31
Texas 17
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I just hope that there are several in game weather related interruptions. Also, if the power has to go out in our state due to severe weather, please let it happen during the MNC game. The thought of Bama fans statewide being unable to watch the game due to a weather related power outage is almost too hilarious for me to bear.
UT - 37
UAt- 30
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Texas 24
Bama 22
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I just hope that there are several in game weather related interruptions. Also, if the power has to go out in our state due to severe weather, please let it happen during the MNC game. The thought of Bama fans statewide being unable to watch the game due to a weather related power outage is almost too hilarious for me to bear.
UT - 37
UAt- 30
Shit. Half of them are still wondering why their rabbit ears aren't workin' on the tube right now.
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Tejas 28
bamatards 21