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Les is on ESPN right now, saying all the right things, in Les-speak. He's still honored to get Bama again. Gotta say Les has really impressed me this year. His interviews have gone much much better and his comments after the bama game were very very classy. I really look forward to the game and think the BCS got it right, I don't think any other team can match up with LSU the way Alabama can. Now as a UA alumn, I might be a bit biased. Hoping Sean will let me take a chance of winning a box of bullets off him, darn guy got me the first time! Forgot to add, if (and when) we beat LSU I believe a shared National Championship is in order. Ya'll won the first time, that is the only way I can see it being fair.
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Nothing unusual about having teams play each other again for a championship. Could happen in Superbowl or just about any other sport. Difference is, now it's for the Championship. Winner is champion, period.
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Careful what you ask for..... 
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Well that sucks. I saw a map showing what we plain folks voted for (Alabama or OSU) to face LSU for the crown. Only 3 southern states wanted LSU.... all else wanted to see OSU. This "part deux" is flat stupid and in my view unjustified. Screw 'em both!
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Careful what you ask for..... In a very big way...especially, this time.
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The first so called game of the century was a snoozer and I will find something else to watch during the rematch.
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lots of people say that now....but watch the ratings. bet you give in to temptation when the time comes.  putting all the BS aside....it's the two best teams playing. not what I wanted, but there it is.
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I may be very, very wrong on this one but I don't think the controversy has really begun in earnest yet. If things play out the right way in the bowls leading up to the NT game there could be some real heat over this one.
Not saying that Bama deserves it or not. Who the hell knows?
But let's be honest for a minute, this game was put together based on assumptions from the last few years results in bowl games. I don't know that these assumptions are true this season. MOF I stated before the season that I felt a shift in conference strength. Watching this season unfold has reinforced that belief to me.
For the assumptions that this game was based on to hold true the SEC has to come out and do their usual mopup of the competition as the bowl lineup plays itself out. Only this year I don't think they will. MOF I don't think they come close.
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I think some fans on both sides are puckering a little.
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I don't know, Will.....the SEC's matchups look pretty good, even considering the down card weakness. I really like Vandy over Cincy. But what you're saying is exactly the reason I wanted LSU and Bama to play....and dismember...OOC opponents in the bowls.
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putting all the BS aside....it's the two best teams playing. not what I wanted, but there it is.
This coming from the same person who claimed it unlikely that OSU would beat OU yesterday??. More SEC biased drivel.
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I think some fans on both sides are puckering a little. It will be a great contest.. if you team ain't a combatant Hell, I'm gonna love it as a don't have a favorite in this one, just watching some pure football! And...it's a Win-Win for the SEC.
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I don't know, Will.....the SEC's matchups look pretty good, even considering the down card weakness. I really like Vandy over Cincy. But what you're saying is exactly the reason I wanted LSU and Bama to play....and dismember...OOC opponents in the bowls. Yeah tell me about it. I been watching the Big Ten play uphill for years now in bowl season. It makes you look worse than you are. This season? I like the matchups. And I don't like the matchups for the SEC... or at least some of them. This could be the SEC's equivalent of the Big Ten's 2006 season. This wasn't the year for the powers that be to put two SEC teams in the title game. Will
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putting all the BS aside....it's the two best teams playing. not what I wanted, but there it is.
This coming from the same person who claimed it unlikely that OSU would beat OU yesterday??. More SEC biased drivel. I'm not SEC biased and I honestly thought OU was going to rain on OSU's parade. I'm glad they didn't though but that's how I thought it was going to go given the way OU handled Iowa St, Ks St and the Aggies. But that's kind of how the Big 12 has been this year ... W/L's coming and going around for all. The Pokes simply overwhelmed the Sooners. Great game.
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nope....SC, GA, and ARK might bring it. Fla. might jump on Ohio State just for old times sake. Auburn? not hardly.
I really do like the Commodores to win their bowl.
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hot damn, was the best football game I've seen in a spell, two great defenses slugging it out and one mistake by either of them and there goes the ball game!
I actually thought Bama looked pretty danged good in that game.
it's a coin toss imo.
LSU appears to have more depth, but I'm thinking some Tide boys will be ready to roll.
should be another good one.
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Florida is going to get spanked. Big time. They don't want any part of tOSU at this point in the season. They grew past their futility, the time to get them was back in september.
Georgia and Michigan State are going to put on a whale of a ball game. That one ought to be colorful and intense. But again, I like State in this one. This ain't the State team that didn't make the trip against Bama last season. They are much better.
Nebraska and SC... don't know about that one either way. The Huskers are kind of flaky. Great one week, out to lunch the next. I like SC's new QB though, he is an upgrade and may be the difference.
VA and Auburn... who knows? Same for Wake Forest and MSU. But even if they win, what does it matter? For this game to be justified the SEC needs big time out of conference scalps and I don't see them getting them this time around.
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lots of people say that now....but watch the ratings. bet you give in to temptation when the time comes. putting all the BS aside....it's the two best teams playing. not what I wanted, but there it is. Na, I checked out on the first one at halftime. It was like watching a 0-0 tie in soccer. I like games along the lines of USC/Texas a few years back. That was the best college game I have ever seen, and thats coming from an Aggie! I agree that they are the top two, but if Alabama should win, then they should play a best of three since they would both have 1 loss at each others hands.
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lots of people say that now....but watch the ratings. bet you give in to temptation when the time comes. putting all the BS aside....it's the two best teams playing. not what I wanted, but there it is. Na, I checked out on the first one at halftime. It was like watching a 0-0 tie in soccer. So you'd turn off the TV in the seventh inning of a no-hitter? There's more to the game than offense. I like a 56-49 track meet as much as anyone and the Texas-USC game was a classic, but there's a lot of appeal to a game where the defenses dictate the flow rather than the offenses, where every yard is important and every field goal attempt is crucial. The first LSU-Bama game pitted two teams that normally score 40+ points shut down by two dominating defenses. It was a treat to see defense played that well and rare to see it played at that level by both teams. I'm glad most football games aren't like that or it would turn into soccer, but every now and then it's a treat.
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WE NEED A PLAYOFF SYSTEM!!! I agree. We had two deserving teams vying for #2 and unfortunately, someone got the shaft. OSU was deserving as well. They're going to rain on someones parade in a bowl game. Bama/LSU should be a great game though. ALL SEC CHAMPIONSHIP. It doesn't get any better than that for a conference. JM It should be #1 LSU -vs- #4 Stanford in one bowl game and #2 Alabama -vs- #3 Oklahoma State in another bowl game. Winners play for the National Championship Bowl Game. Just my $.02, YMMV. NYH1! Why Stanford? Hell Stanford didn't even win their division much less their conference. Stanford is SLOW AND WAY OVER RATED
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