View Full Version : A Late Congrats and Good Luck in 2014
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 10:21 AM
First, congrats on the Sugar Bowl win. Don't pay attention to many of the excuses being thrown around by many of my fellow Bama fans--Stoops came up with a magificent game plan, especially on 3rd downs. I believe that our team was VERY motivated to play, your guys just out-hustled and and out-played us, and something that doesn't happen often--we got OUT-COACHED.
Really looking forward to 2014. You guys deserve to be #2 in the preseason polls to me and I really hope we can meet again in the playoff. RTR and Boomer Sooner!
picasso
7/29/2014, 10:45 AM
I don't know if we're top 5. Yet.
Tell the aTm coach to shut up.
Appreciate the post, Sabanball....
SoonerMarkVA
7/29/2014, 11:03 AM
Everyone deserves some time to lick their wounds. :)
Welcome back!
He's alive!!!! Was wondering if the kick six and sugar bowl were to much to bear ;-)
Tell the aTm coach to shut up.
LOL ... all Sumlin did was reply to something Stoops said ... and basically just offered a home and home ... real inflamitory stuff, lol.
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 11:33 AM
He's alive!!!! Was wondering if the kick six and sugar bowl were to much to bear ;-)
LOL ... all Sumlin did was reply to something Stoops said ... and basically just offered a home and home ... real inflamitory stuff, lol.
Mac,
The kick six was a heartbreaker no doubt about it, especially when you lose on a play that has happened only 4 times in recorded college football history, all while your on the cusp of playing for a 3rd NC in a row. The Sugar Bowl was actually easier to take for me, we got our butts whipped and it is what it is. Just hope our young men(and our coaching staff) learned from it and maybe it will help get us motivated for this season.
badger
7/29/2014, 11:43 AM
Sabie, think you can mail me one of those Sugar Bowl champ t-shirts that are apparently floating around your fair state (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/tide-won-the-sugar-bowl-according-to-t-shirts-in/article_d87ad0cc-91a8-5b5d-a189-fa61f3c78a38.html)? :P
If not, good luck this season anyway. Please shut the rest of the SEC up. They're confusing your success with conference success. :mad:
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 11:51 AM
Sabie, think you can mail me one of those Sugar Bowl champ t-shirts that are apparently floating around your fair state (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/tide-won-the-sugar-bowl-according-to-t-shirts-in/article_d87ad0cc-91a8-5b5d-a189-fa61f3c78a38.html)? :P
If not, good luck this season anyway. Please shut the rest of the SEC up. They're confusing your success with conference success. :mad:
LOL...hadn't seen that before! And yes I agree about the conference. We'll definitely try to do our part and I think we have a chance to be very good, but I think we will have our work cut out for us replacing McCarron/ breaking in a new QB and fixing our O-line. FSU, Auburn, and you guys would all be rated preseason ahead of us if I had a vote in the polls.
cherokeebrewer
7/29/2014, 11:51 AM
I don't know. Seems like licking ones wounds for 7 months makey tongue sore...Better late than never. Welcome back!
Just hope our young men(and our coaching staff) learned from it and maybe it will help get us motivated for this season.
Oh ... I'd bet the squad is VERY motivated. The question is ... has Saban / Smart figured out the no huddle up tempo stuff yet? It's becoming more wide spread in the SEC now ... and Bama has had trouble with it, win or lose.
picasso
7/29/2014, 12:25 PM
He's alive!!!! Was wondering if the kick six and sugar bowl were to much to bear ;-)
LOL ... all Sumlin did was reply to something Stoops said ... and basically just offered a home and home ... real inflamitory stuff, lol.
He talked like a junior high/college kid on social media. Stoops wasn't talking to him.
I couldn't imagine Stoops saying that to anyone. I'd be embarrassed.
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 12:37 PM
Oh ... I'd bet the squad is VERY motivated. The question is ... has Saban / Smart figured out the no huddle up tempo stuff yet? It's becoming more wide spread in the SEC now ... and Bama has had trouble with it, win or lose.
That's the million dollar question, Mac. If recruiting is any indicator, then Saban does seem to be addressing it, signing more twitchy, light on their feet type guys that can fly from sideline to sideline, that and really going after some lockdown corners, something we really haven't had since Mark Barron and Dre Kirkpatrick left. We did struggle mightily against the HUNH last year, no doubt about it and it exposed some weaknesses.
He talked like a junior high/college kid on social media. Stoops wasn't talking to him.
I couldn't imagine Stoops saying that to anyone. I'd be embarrassed.
It was done at a coaches night function in Houston ... and in response to Coach Stoops deciding to rattle off our OOC schedule during the Big-12 media days.
We did struggle mightily against the HUNH last year, no doubt about it and it exposed some weaknesses.
Well ... I wouldn't bet against them ... and LSU has shown how to do it ... handling our offense two years in a row and dealing with Malzahn's version last year.
badger
7/29/2014, 01:29 PM
It was done at a coaches night function in Houston ... and in response to Coach Stoops deciding to rattle off our OOC schedule during the Big-12 media days.
He was asked about it at ESPN... BUT as long as you're here, oh mighty defeater of the Dukies in the mid-minor bowl you played in last offseason, loser of four regular season games and... I'll stop. Just say how you're going to do this upcoming season
picasso
7/29/2014, 01:35 PM
It was done at a coaches night function in Houston ... and in response to Coach Stoops deciding to rattle off our OOC schedule during the Big-12 media days.
Well ... I wouldn't bet against them ... and LSU has shown how to do it ... handling our offense two years in a row and dealing with Malzahn's version last year.
Ah ok. And he went and tweeted his response? Is he 12?
Just say how you're going to do this upcoming season
My guess is 7-5 ... sweep the OOC (not much of a feat I know) ... take down Arkansas and Miss. St. and steal one of the rest. This will be a transition year from JFF to the coming of age of our highly ranked recruiting classes.
Ah ok. And he went and tweeted his response? Is he 12?
LOL ... no ... he's a man .. he's ... oh wait ... wrong coach ;-) Of course ... the prime target of said tweets ... read teenagers who happen to be gifted athletes ... do tend to like twitter ;-)
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 02:25 PM
It was done at a coaches night function in Houston ... and in response to Coach Stoops deciding to rattle off our OOC schedule during the Big-12 media days.
Well ... I wouldn't bet against them ... and LSU has shown how to do it ... handling our offense two years in a row and dealing with Malzahn's version last year.
You're right about that--Chavous is probably the best D-Coach in the conference. He seems to be the only one that has figured out how to shut down the HUNH.
LakeRat
7/29/2014, 02:37 PM
LOL...hadn't seen that before! And yes I agree about the conference. We'll definitely try to do our part and I think we have a chance to be very good, but I think we will have our work cut out for us replacing McCarron/ breaking in a new QB and fixing our O-line. FSU, Auburn, and you guys would all be rated preseason ahead of us if I had a vote in the polls.
Not a chance for me... I have FSU, Bama, oregon top 3. I believe that Auburn was a little overrated and should have lost about 8 games.
Second, you don't have the top recruiting class 9 years in a row and fall off from dominating peops.
3rd, your schedule is very weak. When WVU is your toughest non conference by a long shot!! You have no problems in the first 3 games. You will win those by 30 each, the next 3 games are against people who will struggle to be .500 in the big 10. you have A&M without Johnny who IMO won't be ranked at this point, The vaunted volunteers of tennesee, LSU is down, and then the mighty BULLDOGS OF miss st...
At this point, your schedule gets tough!! Western Carolina!!!
Then the one tough and only ranked opponent of the year... AUBURN.
The third reason is why I believe you will be in the playoff. With only one ranked opponent all year, I think your average win margin will be in the high 20's.
Sabanball
7/29/2014, 08:59 PM
Not a chance for me... I have FSU, Bama, oregon top 3. I believe that Auburn was a little overrated and should have lost about 8 games.
Second, you don't have the top recruiting class 9 years in a row and fall off from dominating peops.
3rd, your schedule is very weak. When WVU is your toughest non conference by a long shot!! You have no problems in the first 3 games. You will win those by 30 each, the next 3 games are against people who will struggle to be .500 in the big 10. you have A&M without Johnny who IMO won't be ranked at this point, The vaunted volunteers of tennesee, LSU is down, and then the mighty BULLDOGS OF miss st...
At this point, your schedule gets tough!! Western Carolina!!!
Then the one tough and only ranked opponent of the year... AUBURN.
The third reason is why I believe you will be in the playoff. With only one ranked opponent all year, I think your average win margin will be in the high 20's.
Hard to disagree. I think we have a 3 game schedule--AM, LSU, and auburn. We win those three then yes we are probably in.....
picasso
7/29/2014, 10:06 PM
My guess is 7-5 ... sweep the OOC (not much of a feat I know) ... take down Arkansas and Miss. St. and steal one of the rest. This will be a transition year from JFF to the coming of age of our highly ranked recruiting classes.
LOL ... no ... he's a man .. he's ... oh wait ... wrong coach ;-) Of course ... the prime target of said tweets ... read teenagers who happen to be gifted athletes ... do tend to like twitter ;-)
So it takes Bob Stoops comments for your school's program to grow a sack and play a decent OOC opponent?
So it takes Bob Stoops comments for your school's program to grow a sack and play a decent OOC opponent?
LOL ... the OOC mess is a result of our transition into the SEC and Arkansas (10 yr OOC contract) becoming a conference game. Next year we play Arizona St. in Houston, we also have a home and home lined up with Oregon and UCLA coming up. Same thing happened to us in the mid 90's when the Big-12 formed ... we had OOC contracts with Colorado (95 and 96) followed by Nebraska (97 and 98) as well as a contract with LSU thru 97. LSU broke contract following 1995 and the others became conference games which killed our OOC for most of the decade ... really didn't get back on track until 2000 with the start of the Notre Dame home and home. We have generally followed the same OOC template as most schools ... one marquee OOC with the rest being more "buy" home gates. Out "marquee" game, though, got messed up in the change of conferences.
badger
7/30/2014, 08:37 AM
Nyuck nyuck nyuck Arkansas is a marquee game. Only in the minds of the truly SEC brainwashed and Arkansas also of course... which itself is SEC brainwashed so they're doubly dumb on that side of the Illinois River.
I get that you scheduled them before Bobby Petrino crashed his motorcycle, but when you scheduled them, you scheduled them for Jerryworld, not even a home and home. That produced the likes of this (and I know its edited):
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1830499/FAT-NAKED-ARKANSAS-FAN.gif
A year of "smile" John Smith got them two conference wins and a year of Bret Bielema got them zero. Send them to the Sun Belt
I get that you scheduled them before Bobby Petrino crashed his motorcycle, but when you scheduled them, you scheduled them for Jerryworld, not even a home and home.
Arkansas was quite good when the contract was done ... although the whole Jerryworld thing sucked and still does suck. So yes, it was considered a marquee OOC game ... plus it was a throwback to the SWC era which was fun.
LakeRat
7/30/2014, 09:17 AM
Nyuck nyuck nyuck Arkansas is a marquee game. Only in the minds of the truly SEC brainwashed and Arkansas also of course... which itself is SEC brainwashed so they're doubly dumb on that side of the Illinois River.
I get that you scheduled them before Bobby Petrino crashed his motorcycle, but when you scheduled them, you scheduled them for Jerryworld, not even a home and home. That produced the likes of this (and I know its edited):
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1830499/FAT-NAKED-ARKANSAS-FAN.gif
A year of "smile" John Smith got them two conference wins and a year of Bret Bielema got them zero. Send them to the Sun Belt
Don't forget that when this was signed, A&M wasn't a great team. Arkansas was up and A&M was down which made this look like a very competitive series. So knocking Arky, is like us knocking the fact that we signed Tennessee as our marquee game. Not A&M fault that ARKY fell and same for us.
BoulderSooner79
7/30/2014, 10:33 AM
I'm just thankful that Sabanball is safe and sound. The search party had long disbanded and the missing persons report had been filed as a cold case with soonerfans investigators.
:cocksure::friendly_wink::tranquillity:
picasso
7/30/2014, 12:06 PM
Don't forget that when this was signed, A&M wasn't a great team. Arkansas was up and A&M was down which made this look like a very competitive series. So knocking Arky, is like us knocking the fact that we signed Tennessee as our marquee game. Not A&M fault that ARKY fell and same for us.
How about some context here? We just finished a series with Notre Dame. Knock away at Tennessee.
badger
7/30/2014, 12:27 PM
Btw Sabie... it seems Coach Satan has found a worthy apprentice to his dark world operations. An interesting read on the day he left Tennessee. (http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/story/the-night-lane-kiffin-bolted-tennessee-an-oral-history-072914?cmpid=paid:fscom:ad:outbrain:trend)
LakeRat
7/31/2014, 02:24 PM
How about some context here? We just finished a series with Notre Dame. Knock away at Tennessee.
I'm not dissing our scheduling. All I am saying is that we schedule the best we can. You can't predict where OU will be in 5 years and you can't predict where our opponent will be. IF you scheduled us in 88 for the 1995 season, you would have thought big time team coming to town. Same as if you scheduled us in 1995 for 2000... Cupcake coming to town that year...
picasso
7/31/2014, 02:33 PM
I'm not dissing our scheduling. All I am saying is that we schedule the best we can. You can't predict where OU will be in 5 years and you can't predict where our opponent will be. IF you scheduled us in 88 for the 1995 season, you would have thought big time team coming to town. Same as if you scheduled us in 1995 for 2000... Cupcake coming to town that year...
I was kinda directing that towards anyone wanting to dog Tennesse(cough aTm person).
badger
7/31/2014, 03:06 PM
How about some context here? We just finished a series with Notre Dame. Knock away at Tennessee.
I'm sure Texas A&M thought their OOC was filled with the next Boise States???
I was kinda directing that towards anyone wanting to dog Tennesse(cough aTm person).
To quote that great American sage of wisdom Bugs Bunny ... "He don't know me very well .. do he?" lol
I'm looking forward to the OU-Tenn game.
I'm sure Texas A&M thought their OOC was filled with the next Boise States???
Hey ... Rice was 3-0 last year against teams on OU's schedule this season ... including wins over two of the Sooners OOC opponents. Ok ... that's all I got, lol. Our OOC sucks this year ... all my point is there is a reason for it. Next year we at least have Arizona St and then the home and home with UCLA.
Well I speak for myself when I say fool me 50 or so times, shame on me. So go suck an egg, Sabanball.
Hey ... AggieAggieJohnnyJohnnySwaggerCopteruncoverblahblah blahwhoooooooopgigthem
Congrats on your new athletic facilities, by the way. Now you can be just like the Texas Longhorns.
Ok Badger ... to quote my teen daughter ... "uh ... worst, like, misquote EVAR!!!!!" ;)
and we can just what like the sips????? :-/
KantoSooner
8/1/2014, 10:12 AM
two options:
1. "You can just 'be' like the longhorns." Probability? 90%
or
2. Now that you have comparable facilities, you can allow your natural affection for the horns to manifest. Probability: 10%
Pay the receptionist on your way out. You're welcome.
Ok Badger ... to quote my teen daughter ... "uh ... worst, like, misquote EVAR!!!!!" ;)
and we can just what like the sips????? :-/
It was admittedly a typo, but you COULD just like the "sips" if you wanted to stop disliking them :rcmad:
Stoops has inspired me to Aggie-knock at every opportunity. I think these new fangled facilities puts you in the same category as Oregon's Death Star, or Michigan's newly renovated Big House stadium.
Every conference needs a perennial underachiever. Texas is ours, and you're now the SEC's. Now... bark so you can get out of work early like a good Aggie! :P
It was admittedly a typo, but you COULD just like the "sips" if you wanted to stop disliking them
Nahhhh ... what's the fun in that? ;)
Stoops has inspired me to Aggie-knock at every opportunity. I think these new fangled facilities puts you in the same category as Oregon's Death Star, or Michigan's newly renovated Big House stadium.
Every conference needs a perennial underachiever. Texas is ours, and you're now the SEC's.
See ... just a few years in and we're already tops in the conference ... TAKE THAT! ;-)
Now... bark so you can get out of work early like a good Aggie!
I work in Austin ... it doesn't work ... I've tried ... [censored] TEA SIPS!!!! (which circles back to the first part of this post!) ;-)
KantoSooner
8/1/2014, 11:31 AM
Tops in what conference? I must have missed it.
BEST DARNED UNDERACHIEVER IN THE SEC!!!!! WE'RE #1 BABY ... AND THEY SAID WE COULDN'T COMPETE IN THE SEC!!! TAKE THAT MIZZOU .. TENNESSEE .. OLE MISS! ;)
Oh dear all caps posting he's going full-on Aggie. Quick, someone remind him that Duke isn't supposed to be in a bowl game, let alone nearly beat an SEC team in one.
Oh dear all caps posting he's going full-on Aggie. Quick, someone remind him that Duke isn't supposed to be in a bowl game, let alone nearly beat an SEC team in one.
Aw come on ... Coach K has Duke around the top of the ACC every year! And full-on Aggie? The proper Aggie term is being a "red-***" Aggie ... but thank you for the compliment anyway! ;)
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