The Big Game Score Prediction Thread

[Godfather]

Hook'em Horns

27-24 Cowboys



If I was putting money on it....
24-14 spuat

[Buzz Killington]

Earthquake and giant sinkhole 1

inbred nation 0

[djsimp]

UT Tumble weeds - 35
UA Sewer buds    - 34

[GH2001]

Emotional Pick:

Tx 28
Bama 17


Realistic Pick:

Bama 27
Texas 12

[Mr. Sensible]

Alabama 27, Texas 14
I expect this thing to start wide-open and turn into a slug fest as the game progresses. Texas's offense isn't as bad as they looked against Nebraska; it's a bit short-sighted to think of Colt McCoy in the microcosm of that one game the same as it would be to judge Alabama's Mark Ingram for his performance against Auburn or Tennessee. Alabama's offense is going to surprise some people because they are going to match Texas big play for big play and score for score early in this contest. I won't be surprised to see the Crimson Tide with a slight lead at half. The third quarter is where it's going to turn. There's only so much Texas's offense will be able to do against the vaunted Alabama defense and a couple of negative plays (sacks, interceptions, fumbles) are going to swing the momentum to the Crimson Tide. Then, Alabama is going to do what no other team tried or successfully did against Texas - they are going to line up and road grate them with the tandem running of Ingram and Trent Richardson (Look for a screen pass from the shotgun to one of these guys that results in major yardage). McCoy's good but he's not Vince Young and this isn't going to be a repeat of their last trip to the BCSCG. Alabama is just better than Texas.

[GH2001]

Alabama 27, Texas 14
I expect this thing to start wide-open and turn into a slug fest as the game progresses. Texas's offense isn't as bad as they looked against Nebraska; it's a bit short-sighted to think of Colt McCoy in the microcosm of that one game the same as it would be to judge Alabama's Mark Ingram for his performance against Auburn or Tennessee. Alabama's offense is going to surprise some people because they are going to match Texas big play for big play and score for score early in this contest. I won't be surprised to see the Crimson Tide with a slight lead at half. The third quarter is where it's going to turn. There's only so much Texas's offense will be able to do against the vaunted Alabama defense and a couple of negative plays (sacks, interceptions, fumbles) are going to swing the momentum to the Crimson Tide. Then, Alabama is going to do what no other team tried or successfully did against Texas - they are going to line up and road grate them with the tandem running of Ingram and Trent Richardson (Look for a screen pass from the shotgun to one of these guys that results in major yardage). McCoy's good but he's not Vince Young and this isn't going to be a repeat of their last trip to the BCSCG. Alabama is just better than Texas.

I hope your're wrong....like last time:

Final Thoughts - UF/UA
This is appointment football television for college fans. It’ll be an epic battle at every position and will come down to the wire. In the end, I believe Florida’s defense can limit Alabama’s endzone opportunities forcing field goals and the Gators offense can get to the endzone often enough to win the SEC Championship.

[Buzz Killington]

The thing that keeps coming back is that Alabama had to show their hand against UF.  They came out with a little trickeration of their own that hadn't previously been seen from their O. 

It could work in Texas' favor, because they have now seen most everything this offense can do, and have had several weeks to gameplan for it.  Of course, it could also work in Alabama's favor, because they have had to plan for so much that they haven't necessarily been able to pinpoint in on one or two specific areas of their offense.

Ultimately, Alabama's defensive weakness (if you can call it that) is their pass defense.  It just so happens that Texas' offensive strength is their passing game.  If Texas can successfully spread the field and make some plays, this will be a very close ball game IMO, because I don't personally think Texas' defense will be able to stop every facet of the Alabama offense.  In other words, Alabama will score their points...it is just up to the Texas offense and/or special teams to get them their points too.

All that being said, my real prediction is:

Alabama 31
Texas 28

[jmar]

Alabama 28-13

[RWS]

I hope your're wrong....like last time:

Final Thoughts - UF/UA
This is appointment football television for college fans. It’ll be an epic battle at every position and will come down to the wire. In the end, I believe Florida’s defense can limit Alabama’s endzone opportunities forcing field goals and the Gators offense can get to the endzone often enough to win the SEC Championship.

FWIW, I don't think anybody saw that ass whipping coming. Certainly not anybody here.

[eagleair89]

why is there a thread to predict the score of a  game that has already been played?

The Big Game :

Cal          34
Stanford   28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football)

WAR EAGLE

[wreckingball]

Horns 41
Raaa tards - 3

Go Horns!!!

[War Eagle!!!]

FWIW, I don't think anybody saw that ass whipping coming. Certainly not anybody here.

"ass whipping"? I wouldn't call it an ass whipping. UF made some mistakes and Alabama was very fortunate to get out of there with that big of a win. It was A LOT closer than the final score indicated...

 

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

Texas - 27
Alabama -24

Hook'em.

[RWS]

The thing that keeps coming back is that Alabama had to show their hand against UF.  They came out with a little trickeration of their own that hadn't previously been seen from their O. 

It could work in Texas' favor, because they have now seen most everything this offense can do, and have had several weeks to gameplan for it.  Of course, it could also work in Alabama's favor, because they have had to plan for so much that they haven't necessarily been able to pinpoint in on one or two specific areas of their offense.

Ultimately, Alabama's defensive weakness (if you can call it that) is their pass defense.  It just so happens that Texas' offensive strength is their passing game.  If Texas can successfully spread the field and make some plays, this will be a very close ball game IMO, because I don't personally think Texas' defense will be able to stop every facet of the Alabama offense.  In other words, Alabama will score their points...it is just up to the Texas offense and/or special teams to get them their points too.

All that being said, my real prediction is:

Alabama 31
Texas 28

I agree somewhat, and I was worried that we may have shot our wad against UF. But then again, if we came out with some totally new shit for UF, I would think we still have some stuff left in the playbook. With a month to put it in, I would imagine if its in there, we had enough time to put it in. But then again, we may want to minimize any kind of fuckups and go with a normal game plan. It works both ways, so who knows. But like you said, I think giving them alot of things to prepare for might be part of the plan. At some point, you prepare for too much. The players start thinking too much instead of reacting to a play.

Even though the pass defense is technically the weakest part of our defense, we rank #2 in the country in pass efficiency defense and #9 in overall pass defense. I would hope that if we can totally own QBs like Mallett and Tebow, that we wouldn't do too shabby against Colt McCoy. The fact that we handled Tebow, even though he isn't as good as a passer as McCoy, makes me feel good as well. They are both dual-threat guys, but Tebow is better on the ground, and McCoy is better through the air. 

[Godfather]

why is there a thread to predict the score of a  game that has already been played?

The Big Game :

Cal          34
Stanford   28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(football)

WAR EAGLE

^^^^ ^^^^

[eagleair89]

^^^^ ^^^^

You are so right Carl.

 

WAR EAGLE

[bottomfeeder]

Horns - 27
Bamers - 13

The Heisman wannabe, Ingram, gets shutdown again. Bamer's offense is shutdown too because McElroy is put on his back too many times (courtesy of a former Auburn DC). McElroy starts to get a little gun shy after this game. Texas shows the Bammers how to properly tattoo babies. Buckfama.

[RWS]

"ass whipping"? I wouldn't call it an ass whipping. UF made some mistakes and Alabama was very fortunate to get out of there with that big of a win. It was A LOT closer than the final score indicated...

 

Yeah, OK.

[AUTiger1]

Earthquake and giant sinkhole 1

inbred nation 0

^^This is what I am hoping for^^

As with GH my emotional pick would be:

Steers-28
Queers- 21

but unfortunately I think it will be more like this:

Queers-35
Steers-14

[Townhallsavoy]

Alabama - 38
Texas - 14

But on another note, I've been uncharacteristically wrong in a lot of my predictions this year.  In fact, I can't really think of a time when I predicted a game correctly.  

Some notable mistakes -

I thought...

Florida St would hang tough against Florida.
Alabama would blow out Auburn.
Florida would blow out Alabama.
Texas would beat Nebraska by 20 points.
USC would annihilate Ohio St.
LSU would win the West (preseason prediction).  
Auburn would blow out Arkansas.  
Auburn would beat Georgia.  
GA Tech would blow out Georgia.
Tim Tebow would win the Heisman (preseason but not really a bad prediction).
Alabama would lose two-three games this year (preseason).

So there's hope.  My gut feeling is that Alabama's offensive line will control the line of scrimmage.  Bama's pass defense is too much for Colt McCoy.  Texas needs a running game to slow down the blitz.  Javier Arenas, Marquis Johnson, and Kareem Jackson will all have at least 1 tackle in the backfield some of which being sacks.  Arenas will give Bama good field position.  Texas will return a kickoff for a touchdown.  Colt McCoy will have a bad game.  

In the end, Bama uses Ingram to wear Texas down.  Julio catches a few curl/slant routes to keep the defense honest.  Halftime - Bama 17 -Texas 7.  All hell breaks loose in the 2nd half.

I've been wrong a lot.  Let's hope I'm wrong again.