College Football Thread

striker42 said:
I'm kind of surprised Pruitt would be willing to take the Tennessee job right now. He'd be stepping into a mess of a situation with only a couple weeks until the bulk of the best recruits are gone in the early signing period. If I'm Pruitt, I know that working with Saban I'm not going to have any trouble fielding tremendous defenses. I just sit back and wait until a better situation arises.
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4-5 million per year is hard to turn down, no matter the situation. You never know when you'll get that opportunity again. Also rumors that Saban may be offered the NYG job, so it's possible he could leave (but I rather doubt it at this stage in Saban's career)
 
Carp said:
4-5 million per year is hard to turn down, no matter the situation. You never know when you'll get that opportunity again. Also rumors that Saban may be offered the NYG job, so it's possible he could leave (but I rather doubt it at this stage in Saban's career)
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I will say that it will never shock me if Saban goes back to the NFL. Guys like Saban can't stand failing at something. He failed in the NFL. He might blame the situation he was in, but the fact remains that he never succeeded there. So it will never shock me if his ego spurs him into heading back to the NFL.
 
The only thing I don’t understand is why would Saban throw away his King’s Throne in Tuscaloosa for being just another coach in the NFL.

Does he view Pete Carroll as an example of giving it another try?
 
Forever Fredi said:
The only thing I don’t understand is why would Saban throw away his King’s Throne in Tuscaloosa for being just another coach in the NFL.

Does he view Pete Carroll as an example of giving it another try?
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Only thing I can guess is that this would be his last shot at making it work in the NFL. Who knows, may be it's his dream to coach a SB winning team. If it doesn't work out and he still wanted to coach, he would have an offer from literally every school in the nation.
 
Forever Fredi said:
The only thing I don’t understand is why would Saban throw away his King’s Throne in Tuscaloosa for being just another coach in the NFL.
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I mean, ego, right? He's already accomplished about everything a coach can in the college ranks; but his legacy will always include failing in the NFL unless he gives it another go and succeeds. Maybe if he'd never gone the NFL route he could just justify staying at Alabama and making his case for greatest CFB coach of all-time. Now that he has that stink of failure, though, I'd have to think it singes his ego.
 
Only thing about the Giants job is, who is going to be their QB? Seems like a mess to be getting into if you are trying erase the stink of failure
 
Carp said:
Only thing about the Giants job is, who is going to be their QB? Seems like a mess to be getting into if you are trying erase the stink of failure
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Yea I'm not really speculating on whether Saban should/will take the NYG job; just thinking through why he'd desire another shot in the pro ranks.

But hey, Alabama wasn't in a good way when he stepped in there. An offer from NYG might be more contingent on a multi-year commitment to him and his process, versus the roster right now.
 
50PoundHead said:
tOSU got absolutely shellacked by Iowa and I think that is the big difference. I think if any 2-loss team would have been a legitimate pick for the championship tourney, it would have been tOSU. The problem is they are a 2-loss team.
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Two losses because they played Oklahoma. Take off Oklahoma and replace them with Mercer, The Citadel, or whatever cupcake team the SEC regularly schedules and there is nothing to say.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Two losses because they played Oklahoma. Take off Oklahoma and replace them with Mercer, The Citadel, or whatever cupcake team the SEC regularly schedules and there is nothing to say.
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Bama's only loss was on the road at Auburn. That's comparable to the Oklahoma loss. If that was OSUs only loss, they go to playoffs.

The problem is they lost to Iowa, badly. That's a really, really bad loss. It's the worst loss of any playoff contender by far.

If Bama's one loss was getting stomped by Vandy, does Bama make the playoffs?
 
If the Tide's one loss had been to the Commodores, tOSU would be in the playoffs even with two losses.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Two losses because they played Oklahoma. Take off Oklahoma and replace them with Mercer, The Citadel, or whatever cupcake team the SEC regularly schedules and there is nothing to say.
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I give Mercer a decent chance against Rutgers and UNLV.

It’s been shown year after year it’s not about SOS. It’s about wins and losses
 
Tapate50 said:
I give Mercer a decent chance against Rutgers and UNLV.

It’s been shown year after year it’s not about SOS. It’s about wins and losses
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Sure if that’s the way they want it to be then they need to even the playing field. SEC has 8 conference games and at least one “bye week” towards the end of the season. Teams need to be punished for playing teams like Mercer, UNLV, and so on.

Instead it all comes back to SEC bias and money. The playoff is and always will be a joke.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Sure if that’s the way they want it to be then they need to even the playing field. SEC has 8 conference games and at least one “bye week” towards the end of the season. Teams need to be punished for playing teams like Mercer, UNLV, and so on.

Instead it all comes back to SEC bias and money. The playoff is and always will be a joke.
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You think Bama loses to Iowa by 30+?
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Sure if that’s the way they want it to be then they need to even the playing field. SEC has 8 conference games and at least one “bye week” towards the end of the season. Teams need to be punished for playing teams like Mercer, UNLV, and so on.

Instead it all comes back to SEC bias and money. The playoff is and always will be a joke.
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Every big team schedules cupcake games. It's good for the big school to have a game where they can work on stuff and the small schools get much needed cash. It's how things work. Bama scheduled no more cupcake games than is usual.

Also, let's not forget that Bama played FSU in the season opener. FSU wasn't good this year but that couldn't have been known when the game was scheduled. So it's not like Bama is avoiding tough, out of conference matchups.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Sure if that’s the way they want it to be then they need to even the playing field. SEC has 8 conference games and at least one “bye week” towards the end of the season. Teams need to be punished for playing teams like Mercer, UNLV, and so on.

Instead it all comes back to SEC bias and money. The playoff is and always will be a joke.
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OSU played UNLV. Your team Michigan State played a Bowling Green team that won 2 games and Western Michigan.
 
Carp said:
OSU played UNLV. Your team Michigan State played a Bowling Green team that won 2 games and Western Michigan.
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They had to scramble to get someone on the schedule this season because big bad Saban backed out of a home and home which was scheduled to conclude this season.
 
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