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FSU lost the opportunity to compete when they lost their QB1. Simple as that. If FSU goes to the playoffs they stand zero chance of winning it all. The CFP is not a consolation prize.

Just. Don't. Care. The Heisman is an individual award (or, truth be told, beauty pageant), and it's a team sport.

I haven't followed Pawl for years now but I can recall how he used to suck up to Saban every chance he got. Based on what I'm seeing now I can only assume Pawl has been shown the door by the PTB in Tuscaloosa and so he has no choice but to go negative. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

CNS has had Bobby Petrino's number every time Bama played Arkansas. Not terrified of this game, assuming Jimbo actually lets Petrino call the game.

Love that any article quoting Nick Saban brings out the wanna-bes and trolls in droves. Nobody will duplicate what Saban has accomplished at Bama. Hats off to Georgia for winning two in a row, but Clemson thought they had unseated the GOAT a few years ago. To paraphrase an often used quote, rumors of the Bama dynasty's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Bratton who? Never heard of her.

Alabama. Georgia. OSU. USCw. Shuffle in any order.

It's not really Bama's QBs that the rest of the college FB world needs to worry about, although either of them is good enough to win a championship. I think this year Bama returns to Joyless Murderball-- the old-school ball control with aggressive defense MTAQ style with a top-fight passing game that can score quickly as needed. It may work, it may not, but at least CNS has decided not to go out in a long slow decline like Bobby Bowden and JoePa. OT, it never ceases to amaze me how many UGA fans inhabit the comments sections on Bama pages here at SDS. It's odd how the most long-winded and delusional posters say the same dumb things over and over again, almost like they're all the same person.

You picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue, Mattie.

Yeah, and Bryce won't be able to draw Social Security or get senior citizen's discounts at Denny's the way Stetson does either. You tell 'em Doog.

"Some noted coach Nate Oats has accomplished at Alabama, starting with NCAA and SEC Tournament appearances, and now this ranking." Is English your second language, Farner?

Seems to me the targeting UGA got away with that took out OSU's #1 receiver was a pretty big advantage, '08.

It seems the mods here are quick to jump on any comments that mention Freeze's sordid history. I find it interesting that he hired an Art Briles disciple from the fast and loose days of Baylor for his OC. It's sadly apparent that Auburn would dig up Hitler's corpse and pay it to coach if they thought it would help them beat Bama. This won't end well.

I doubt that a highly recruited player like this guy would even accept a collect call from inside a mental institution, but by all means feel free to give it a try.

And yet here you are commenting on yet another Bama article.

I love the smell of fear and flop sweat here this morning. I give Matt Hayes a lot of grief, and I don't believe Bama makes it into the CFP this year, but wow... the rest of college football fandom is literally scared to death that Bama somehow will sneak in and steal their championship. It's good to be the king!

Running the football down your opponent's throat to run out the clock is not the same as taking your foot off the gas. Georgia could have picked its score against Tennessee.

Yeah, if gramma had balls we'd call her grampa.

How many sockpuppets do you have on this site, Corch? Talking to yourself and then answering yourself is a sign of mental illness, and your multiple posts under fake names indicates that you might also suffer from OCD. Get help.

OTOH, he's a wonder when it comes to typing comments while wearing a straight jacket.

Best of luck to this young man, and congratulations on the Finance degree.

While Pawl is an excellent interviewer and a top-notch sports gossip columnist, his actual football knowledge leaves much to be desired. This is just another pot-stirring attempt by the SEC's foremost poo-flinging aficionado.

Looks like the boosters will be the new management. *hums We Won't Get Fooled Again*

LSU always fields a talented team. I wouldn't be surprised or upset to see them do well next year.

Great points. I'd throw in that, per the law of unforeseen consequences, NIL could become a locker room cancer for any team. What happens when you have to bench a 5 star player who lacks the work ethic it takes to work hard to be the best? Will the boosters have the coach fired if their favorite player ends up sitting while a 3- or 4-star takes his position? What if one of you 5-stars doesn't get everything he wants and hits the transfer portal? Will the courts allow the boosters to shut off the money faucet for players leaving their school? Will there be a salary cap like the NFL? Will there be any fans left at that point to care?

NIL has probably already destroyed college football for many older fans. Whatever it mutates into will probably be marketed well enough to draw in a younger fanbase. I've pretty much resigned myself to the Saban era being the last bit of football I'll watch on a regular basis, and when he retires I doubt I'll care enough to keep watching.

And the long, slow news days of summer grind slowly on

Oh my, what shall we do now that the Sportsmedia Prophets of Doom have again wishcasted, err predicted the end of Nick Saban's dynasty? I suppose I should be glad that my job doesn't depend on a sport that is doing everything it can to drive away its fanbase. When Saban hangs it up I'll probably just spend Saturdays doing yard work. Until then it's going to be fun watching the Tide run roughshod over TAMoo and the rest of the college football world.

Dimbo is a whining little girl. I noticed he didn't deny anything Saban actually said. He called Saban a narcissist and accused him of attacking 17-year-olds, and followed it up with "we didn't do no cheating", but he never denied that TAMoo paid for their recruiting class. I wonder what his answer would be if anyone in the media actually got the courage up to ask if all of the players in TAMoo's signing class were offered NIL money?

Are you a An Alabama fan earl? Surely there must be a TAMoo avatar you could use here at SDS.