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Title: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: pmull on October 12, 2012, 08:22:15 AM Quote This Saturday, Missouri gets the unenviable task of taking on the Crimson Tide. It’s a game every Missouri fan circled as soon as the schedule came out, in which a dangerous, James Franklin-led Tiger offense was supposed to give Alabama a run for its money in its first trip to Columbia. Now, with Franklin injured and the Tigers fresh off an upset loss to Vanderbilt, backup quarterback Corbin Berkstresser will be lucky to keep the Tigers from a second consecutive embarrassment on the CBS nationally-televised game of the week. Just keeping the score close is a predicament most of the Crimson Tide’s opponents face, a tribute to the completeness of college football’s most fearsome machine. In the highly volatile world of college football, where three of the top-five teams in the rankings lost just last week, Alabama sits as an immovable object atop the polls. Quote Yes, Saban and his Process have led the Crimson Tide to undeniable success. Alabama is 53-6 since the start of the 2008 season, winning the national championship in 2009 and 2011. The excellence seems by now almost banal, their national championship destiny written, more a finishing school for the NFL than a flawed group of amateur athletes. There is no obvious antidote to Alabama, and that’s bad for the game. The beauty of college football is its unpredictability, but the Tide now seems above reproach. Attrition assures that its dynasty won’t carry on forever. But until something drastic changes, all opponents caught in the crosshairs can do is pray. http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/10/12/doom-painted-crimson/ Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: 2Stater on October 12, 2012, 08:38:01 AM Quote This Saturday, Missouri gets the unenviable task of taking on the Crimson Tide. It’s a game every Missouri fan circled as soon as the schedule came out, in which a dangerous, James Franklin-led Tiger offense was supposed to give Alabama a run for its money in its first trip to Columbia. Now, with Franklin injured and the Tigers fresh off an upset loss to Vanderbilt, backup quarterback Corbin Berkstresser will be lucky to keep the Tigers from a second consecutive embarrassment on the CBS nationally-televised game of the week. Just keeping the score close is a predicament most of the Crimson Tide’s opponents face, a tribute to the completeness of college football’s most fearsome machine. In the highly volatile world of college football, where three of the top-five teams in the rankings lost just last week, Alabama sits as an immovable object atop the polls. Quote Yes, Saban and his Process have led the Crimson Tide to undeniable success. Alabama is 53-6 since the start of the 2008 season, winning the national championship in 2009 and 2011. The excellence seems by now almost banal, their national championship destiny written, more a finishing school for the NFL than a flawed group of amateur athletes. There is no obvious antidote to Alabama, and that’s bad for the game. The beauty of college football is its unpredictability, but the Tide now seems above reproach. Attrition assures that its dynasty won’t carry on forever. But until something drastic changes, all opponents caught in the crosshairs can do is pray. http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/10/12/doom-painted-crimson/ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 8) Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: Catch Prothro on October 12, 2012, 09:35:54 AM Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 8) Quote But it seems to me you can’t ascribe all of Alabama’s great success to The Process; the Tide just has better players than everybody else.... Once they arrive in Tuscaloosa, Saban takes those superior players and makes sure they stay superior to their counterparts at other schools.... And the Tide’s conservative approach on offense limits the role of the quarterback and thus the risk of turnovers. Ultimately, because Alabama doesn’t beat itself, it’s almost impossible for other teams to beat them. Hence, the Process, aka Old Man Football.Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 12, 2012, 11:18:55 AM Quote This Saturday, Missouri gets the unenviable task of taking on the Crimson Tide. It’s a game every Missouri fan circled as soon as the schedule came out, in which a dangerous, James Franklin-led Tiger offense was supposed to give Alabama a run for its money in its first trip to Columbia. Now, with Franklin injured and the Tigers fresh off an upset loss to Vanderbilt, backup quarterback Corbin Berkstresser will be lucky to keep the Tigers from a second consecutive embarrassment on the CBS nationally-televised game of the week. Just keeping the score close is a predicament most of the Crimson Tide’s opponents face, a tribute to the completeness of college football’s most fearsome machine. In the highly volatile world of college football, where three of the top-five teams in the rankings lost just last week, Alabama sits as an immovable object atop the polls. Quote Yes, Saban and his Process have led the Crimson Tide to undeniable success. Alabama is 53-6 since the start of the 2008 season, winning the national championship in 2009 and 2011. The excellence seems by now almost banal, their national championship destiny written, more a finishing school for the NFL than a flawed group of amateur athletes. There is no obvious antidote to Alabama, and that’s bad for the game. The beauty of college football is its unpredictability, but the Tide now seems above reproach. Attrition assures that its dynasty won’t carry on forever. But until something drastic changes, all opponents caught in the crosshairs can do is pray. http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/10/12/doom-painted-crimson/ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 8) FUNNY!!! Great thread and a good read. :clap: Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 12, 2012, 03:22:58 PM Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 8) Quote But it seems to me you can’t ascribe all of Alabama’s great success to The Process; the Tide just has better players than everybody else.... Once they arrive in Tuscaloosa, Saban takes those superior players and makes sure they stay superior to their counterparts at other schools.... And the Tide’s conservative approach on offense limits the role of the quarterback and thus the risk of turnovers. Ultimately, because Alabama doesn’t beat itself, it’s almost impossible for other teams to beat them. Hence, the Process, aka Old Man Football.Our opponents in Missouri apparently don't know that recruiting is part of the process. Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: Jamos on October 12, 2012, 05:17:06 PM No doubt that any campus in the NCAA would love to host Bama and their fans. Bear Bryant set the table for this to happen many years ago but Nick Saban has taken it to a much higher level since coming to Bama as head coach.
I wonder how many young kids in Columbia will get to see Nick Saban in person this weekend, now that's a big deal. ;) :clap: Be proud Bama fans, we are so blessed to have and enjoy the best of college football. :clap: Title: Re: Doom is painted crimson (Missou Student Newspaper) Post by: Catch Prothro on October 12, 2012, 05:45:33 PM Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 8) Quote But it seems to me you can’t ascribe all of Alabama’s great success to The Process; the Tide just has better players than everybody else.... Once they arrive in Tuscaloosa, Saban takes those superior players and makes sure they stay superior to their counterparts at other schools.... And the Tide’s conservative approach on offense limits the role of the quarterback and thus the risk of turnovers. Ultimately, because Alabama doesn’t beat itself, it’s almost impossible for other teams to beat them. Hence, the Process, aka Old Man Football.Our opponents in Missouri apparently don't know that recruiting is part of the process. |