Iron Bowl

[Saniflush]

Well fuck!  Can you blame the guy?  If I lived in that shithole the only thing I would be watching for would be the next tornado.

[AUChizad]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1859815-nick-saban-is-right-to-say-florida-state-has-a-case-to-be-no-1

Nick Saban Is Right to Say Florida State Has a Case to Be No. 1
By Barrett Sallee on November 21, 2013

If the chalk holds and No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Florida State stay unblemished between now and the first weekend of December, the two college football heavyweights will meet in Pasadena for the BCS national championship.

Alabama's presence in this discussion isn't shocking. The Crimson Tide have won two straight BCS titles, three of the last four and have asserted themselves as the first true college football dynasty of the BCS era.

Florida State started the season 11th in the AP poll and 12th in the USA Today coaches poll and has worked its way up into position to play for the title.

Which team has a better resume?

The Seminoles, according to Alabama head coach Nick Saban.

"If you look at the whole body of work," Saban told Michael Casagrande of AL.com, "and the way they beat people, they're arguably the best team in the country right now. And they weren't that way when (Jimbo Fisher) went there, so he made a significant amount of improvement."

So what's Saban doing here? Playing coy? Providing motivation to his own team? Pulling a "Lou Holtz" and talking up his opponent?

All of the above, really. And he's right to do it.

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Alabama has earned the benefit of the doubt in the public eye by consistently winning at an elite level, which is a big reason why the Crimson Tide have held down the No. 1 spot in virtually every human poll since the start of the season.

But Florida State's body of work through the lens of this season is incredibly impressive. The Seminoles are winning games by an average margin of 41.6 points per game and have the nation's fourth-best total defense (271.4 yards per game), second-best scoring offense (52.7 points per game) and third-best scoring defense (11.1 points per game).

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Florida State DB Lamarcus Joyner

Sure, the team's schedule isn't anything to write home about. But what the Seminoles are doing to opponents is incredibly impressive. In years in which a team wasn't the midst of a dynasty, it would probably earn them a few more first-place votes from voters.

Alabama is no slouch either.

The Crimson Tide boast the nation's fifth-best defense (272.8 yards per game), the top scoring defense (10.2 points per game) and the third-best rush defense (91.1 yards per game).

Simply put, Alabama and Florida State have separated from the other undefeated teams in the country and are remarkably similar in terms of team defense, talent level and offensive efficiency.

"Tha nerve 'a dat guy ta say we ain't number one, Pawwwwwwl…Oh…'at was Saban, said 'at? Well, he's right, Pawwwwl."

[The Prowler]

No thanks to him though.

Jay Vines, uat TE. But, without his call we wouldn't have "The Miracle in Jordan-Hare".

[dallaswareagle]

Jay Vines, uat TE. But, without his call we wouldn't have "The Miracle in Jordan-Hare".

My point is that we should not have to worry about shit like that. Watch the replay, When touchdowns are scored the sideline ref olds his hands up right away, when the ball is to be spotted they move towards the play. He moves in (about 4 steps) then signals TD.

[The Prowler]

My point is that we should not have to worry about shit like that. Watch the replay, When touchdowns are scored the sideline ref olds his hands up right away, when the ball is to be spotted they move towards the play. He moves in (about 4 steps) then signals TD.

I take it you haven't watched much SEC football in the past few years. It helps to have the head of SEC officiating as a alum or fan *cough*uat*cough*.