whitesoxfan99 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Wonder if Saban has the balls to bench Hurts for Tua. With decent QB play Bama would have this one wrapped up already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Looks like AL has this one safely in hand at the moment... Oklahoma had plenty of chances, their offense just couldn't get it done in crunch time. But Riley's play calling didn't always go to form. Late in the game, there were two critical calls that didn't work. First, on third-and-2 from the OU 45 with 29 seconds left in regulation, the Sooners designed a wheel route to Rodney Anderson. That pass fell well incomplete and the Sooners were forced to punt and play for overtime instead of challenging for a potential game-winning field goal. Oklahoma still had one timeout remaining. Then in overtime, once again with third-and-2, the play call was an end-around to senior receiver Jordan Smallwood. Smallwood had scored touchdowns against Ohio State and Kansas on 3-yard plays earlier in the season but it didn't work this time, as Bulldogs' all-everything linebacker Roquan Smith finished off Smallwood short of the first-down marker and the Sooners had to settle for a game-tying field goal that sent the game into a second overtime. dailyoklahoman.com Edited January 2, 2018 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Alabama's defense decided not to leave it up to the offense and put this one away themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Yeah Riley got too cute in OT and took the ball out of the hands of his best players. I’d have run the QB a couple of times at least to equate numbers. Too much bulls*** outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 10:23 PM) Alabama's defense decided not to leave it up to the offense and put this one away themselves. Turns out it’s tough to score on Bama without Watson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) If Venables was defensive coordinator instead of Mike Stoops....they would have at least been respectable. Hopefully Riley at age 34 learned never to squib kick right before halftime ever again, and never to get so conservative with a national title shot like that in your grasp. Hard to understand what he was thinking, unless Mayfield wasn’t playing at 100% after taking that hit in the third quarter. At least OU finally showed up in a game with national title implications. The last time was all the way back in Stoops’ second year, with Heupel and Roy Williams leading the way against FSU and Weinke. Just thought we’d be there every year when Adrian Peterson showed up on campus. The fact is that they haven’t had a truly balanced team (equal parts offense and defense) in nearly two decades. But that first 29:54 was a thing of beauty, at least. My #1 team, University of Iowa, has ZERO chance to ever play for a national championship. 2015 was the closest they will ever get...and they would have been smoked anyway like MSU was. I would say it’s actually less than zero with Frost at Nebraska now and an outdated offense that would take half a season to do what OU does in a half. Edited January 2, 2018 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 09:11 AM) If Venables was defensive coordinator instead of Mike Stoops....they would have at least been respectable. Hopefully Riley at age 34 learned never to squib kick right before halftime ever again, and never to get so conservative with a national title shot like that in your grasp. Hard to understand what he was thinking, unless Mayfield wasn’t playing at 100% after taking that hit in the third quarter. At least OU finally showed up in a game with national title implications. The last time was all the way back in Stoops’ second year, with Heupel and Roy Williams leading the way against FSU and Weinke. Just thought we’d be there every year when Adrian Peterson showed up on campus. The fact is that they haven’t had a truly balanced team (equal parts offense and defense) in nearly two decades. But that first 29:54 was a thing of beauty, at least. My #1 team, University of Iowa, has ZERO chance to ever play for a national championship. 2015 was the closest they will ever get...and they would have been smoked anyway like MSU was. I would say it’s actually less than zero with Frost at Nebraska now and an outdated offense that would take half a season to do what OU does in a half. This is how I have felt about Michigan's offense all year and then watching that GA/OK game was like walking out of a dark room and looking into the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 09:23 AM) This is how I have felt about Michigan's offense all year and then watching that GA/OK game was like walking out of a dark room and looking into the sun. The weird thing is how a relatively one dimensional team like Iowa could dominate Ohio State and Penn State for large stretches yet still lose to Purdue at home. Iowa has run the same exact offense (run on first and second down, jailbreak screen) for the entire Ferentz Era. I almost wish at this point he’d take his son and finally go back to the NFL. Then I remember what happened to Nebraska football...or Iowa basketball when Steve Alford was brought in to replace Dr. Tom Davis and lead them to a championship. Ugh. We’d even be happy to take back Oliver Martin! Every great Iowa athlete ends up playing for Michigan in football or Roy Williams in basketball, lol. Iowa has had some really good tight ends, but our last NFL running backs were Shonn Greene and Tavian Banks/Sedrick Shaw...and receivers, you have to go back to Tim Dwight and Danan Hughes. So jealous to watch all that offensive firepower on one team. Edited January 2, 2018 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 10:04 AM) The weird thing is how a relatively one dimensional team like Iowa could dominate Ohio State and Penn State for large stretches yet still lose to Purdue at home. Iowa has run the same exact offense (run on first and second down, jailbreak screen) for the entire Ferentz Era. I almost wish at this point he’d take his son and finally go back to the NFL. Then I remember what happened to Nebraska football...or Iowa basketball when Steve Alford was brought in to replace Dr. Tom Davis and lead them to a championship. Ugh. We’d even be happy to take back Oliver Martin! Every great Iowa athlete ends up playing for Michigan in football or Roy Williams in basketball, lol. Iowa has had some really good tight ends, but our last NFL running backs were Shonn Greene and Tavian Banks/Sedrick Shaw...and receivers, you have to go back to Tim Dwight and Danan Hughes. So jealous to watch all that offensive firepower on one team. Iowa broke all tendencies against OSU at home and completely blew up the defensive game plan. You cannot do that every game because then they become your actual tendencies. The coaching ability is clearly there, I just wonder how much its controlled by KF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 ND D-Coordinator Mike Elko leaves for Texas A&M after only one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I hope you Northwestern people enjoy your new RB coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 7, 2018 -> 08:43 PM) I hope you Northwestern people enjoy your new RB coach. Congrats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 7, 2018 -> 09:31 PM) Congrats? He's as good as it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Georgia dominating Bama right now. Jalen Hurts f***ing sucks. Missed 2 wide open TD throws and 0 pocket presence. Any pressure at all and he automatically runs out to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 7, 2018 -> 08:43 PM) I hope you Northwestern people enjoy your new RB coach. Seemed like only a minor upgrade for him school wise, must’ve been a big pay increase? Fitz did well though, hate saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 8, 2018 -> 10:00 PM) Seemed like only a minor upgrade for him school wise, must’ve been a big pay increase? Fitz did well though, hate saying that. Probably attractive because Fitz is unlikely to ever leave and rarely changes assistants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Bama kicker with an incredible choke there. Can't leave it up to the kicker in college football, Bama should have played for a TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Tua is going to be a college football legend when is done. That kid is going to be unreal. Throws a gorgeous ball and latest string in the pocket with good footwork. Plus he's a great athlete and will be playing with awesome supporting casts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Mel Tucker sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 8, 2018 -> 11:17 PM) He has Russell Wilson written all over him. He looks small to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Am I wrong in thinking that was one helluva football game? As somebody with no ties to either team and no hatred for either school I thought it was a compelling comeback victory. Let's rate ourselves as sports fans, what type we are. When the game ended did you think: "What a choke job by Georgia?" Or "What a comeback victory by Alabama?" I chose the latter. I really did see a team completely wear out another team. Alabama even overcame the missed FG. It seemed like Alabama was playing a high school team the latter portions of the game. Georgia has nothing going offensively or defensively during a long long period of time that constituted the comeback. Kudos to Bama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Fitting it was Mel Tucker as the d-coordinator for the Bulldogs who called a cover 2 on a 2nd and 26. We Bears fans are use to his incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 There's probably a lot of Georgia and Falcons fans that have had a roller coaster 11 months. I guess having your heart ripped out in the championship twice is better than winning 7 total games combined like us fans in the Orange and blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Was there a game on? I was celebrating UCF's national title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 8, 2018 -> 11:20 PM) He looks small to me. Russell Wilson is also small Anyway can't wait to see what Hurts can do next year when he's reunited with Kiffin Edited January 9, 2018 by soxfan49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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