Will anyone even challenge Alabama this year (YES, Texas AM)....or next ? (Yes, Auburn & Oklahoma)

[Rick]

What planet are you from? A win most certainly does mean one team is better and they proved it by being better when they played

silly wabbit.

ohh and correction... and you believe bama will be holding the national fake title.

[Big Dave2]

But when all is said and done after the season is over, bama will be holding the national title trophy, while the aggies lose to oklahoma in the cotton bowl

I like the way you think!

[Big Dave2]

What planet are you from? A win most certainly does mean one team is better and they proved it by being better when they played

So the Vikings are a better team than the 49ers huh?

Was LSU a better team than Alabama last year?

[Rick]

Yep, the Vikings were better than the Niners.

[JBMasterAngler]

I'll be cheering for notre dame, but I don't think they have the fire power to hang with alabama for 4 quarters. They'll slow down the run game big time, but a handful of big plays will propel the tide to victory

[Antero]

The title of this post reads this year or next. While next year is obviously in the future we can say without question that the Tide was challenged this yr.

One loss and one game down to the wire to me means they were not perfect and were challenged for sure. Heck, with a tough game coming up they could have 2 losses on their record.

I'm betting on the Tide tho.

[countyline]

That was a beating!

[ted4887]

Not really the outcome I was hoping for. I think my favorite part of the entire game was when the center about leveled McCaron. That was pretty entertaining!

[Big Dave2]

The answer to the original question is NO.

[LMITOUT]

[Big Dave2]

Yep, the Vikings were better than the Niners.

One of these 2 teams is still in the playoffs and the other is not.

[klecker]

I bring that up because it was the 1st game of the season. Who else was playing a ranked opponent in week 1?

23 other schools I would guess?

[klecker]

The SEC has benefited greatly from the practice of over signing classes. Now that this practice has been capped the playing field will level out and the gap between that league and others won't be as considerable. Yeah, they've been on a run the last 7 years but they've also had the advantage of playing by a different set of rules until this past year. They won't be able to run as many kids off who are not as strong academically.

[zepman]

It was a bad match-up from the beginning. In all honesty, if Notre Dame plays in the SEC, they are a middle of the road team.

A play-off system (top 16) would have eliminated them in the early rounds.

Florida, South Carolina, LSU, Texas A & M, Georgia etc...would have all done the same thing to the Golden Domers tonight.

Congrats to the Crimson Tide...I hope the Vikes get lucky enough to grab a few of them in the next few years.

[zepman]

The SEC has benefited greatly from the practice of over signing classes. Now that this practice has been capped the playing field will level out and the gap between that league and others won't be as considerable. Yeah, they've been on a run the last 7 years but they've also had the advantage of playing by a different set of rules until this past year. They won't be able to run as many kids off who are not as strong academically.

Can't believe this practice hasn't landed up in court rooms all over the south...or anywhere for that matter. Really disturbing the way some of the athletes are handled by the programs who choose to work this method of recruiting.

[klecker]

Can't believe this practice hasn't landed up in court rooms all over the south...or anywhere for that matter. Really disturbing the way some of the athletes are handled by the programs who choose to work this method of recruiting.

Usually takes the NCAA a few years. Bama and the rest of the SEC might have a few titles taken away. Now that would be a dynasty!

[zepman]

I hope it happens!!

[Mr.Seaguar]

The NCAA doesnt punish teams that win. Its OK to cheat and win. If you cheat and suck you make everyone look bad. Saban is the new Jimmy V. Everyone knows hes dirty, when will the NCAA do something about it?

[Big Dave2]

The SEC has benefited greatly from the practice of over signing classes. Now that this practice has been capped the playing field will level out and the gap between that league and others won't be as considerable. Yeah, they've been on a run the last 7 years but they've also had the advantage of playing by a different set of rules until this past year. They won't be able to run as many kids off who are not as strong academically.

It wasn't just the SEC, it was all the "good" programs who have an over abundance of quality players wanting to play for them. Ohio State and many other non SEC teams were doing the same thing.

[Big Dave2]

I hope it happens!!

Why? Jealousy?

[paceman]

Hats off to Alabama. Well deserved chamionship. With AJ back they will be hard to beat next year. Could be the first 3 peat ever.....

[JBMasterAngler]

I think they'll lose too many guys to make another run at the title next year. I'm almost positive they'll still finish in the top 10. They'll land in either the sugar bowl or capital one bowl. I'm thinking every SEC team is going to have at least 1 loss next year, and if oregon and ohio state can run the table, we might finally see a national title game without an SEC team

[Big Dave2]

I think they'll lose too many guys to make another run at the title next year. I'm almost positive they'll still finish in the top 10. They'll land in either the sugar bowl or capital one bowl. I'm thinking every SEC team is going to have at least 1 loss next year, and if oregon and ohio state can run the table, we might finally see a national title game without an SEC team

Alabama is losing less than they lost last year. I can't think of anyone they are losing that can't be replaced by the Nick Saben recruiting machine.

Alabama will be in national championship contention all season again next year, you can take that to the bank.

[zepman]

Hardly jealousy there Big Dave...I've won two National Championships thru the play-off system.

Maybe you don't or care to understand the effects that over-signing may have on an 17-18 year old kid. I suggest you read up on it. Imagine if it happened to YOUR kid.

Programs, all across the country, have been hit with NCAA violations that have deemed their program ineligible for this and that. I find it hard to believe that the over-signing isn't at the top of that list. Nothing hurts a kid or family more than an institution backing out of a scholarship at the last minute...papers signed and all!

It's just plain wrong...unethical.

Alabama has done it...so have many other schools...doesn't make it right nor does it make it acceptable. IMO, the schools who have practiced this type of recruiting should delt with harshly.

You can disagree Big Dave...that's o.k. It's my opinion.

[Rick]

Spot on Zep