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If only the Aggies had found a way to beat either Florida or LSU at home they would be in the driver's seat and on the path to a berth in the SEC Championship game; and who know's what might have happened after that. After all they do have "Johnny Football." Georgia clinched their spot in the coveted game and for all intents and purposes will face Alabama (after they beat Auburn in 2 weeks) on December 1st in the Georgia Dome.
How could you not want to see Oregon vs. Alabama, January 7th at the Orange Bowl in Miami? Both teams played in intriguing matchups this weekend and showed their dominance with a win. Mind you their wins came in much different fashions, which speak to each team’s head coach’s differing philosophies. Nick Saban stands for tough, disciplined, hard-hitting defense. Chip Kelly stands on the side of speed, execution and well thought out offense. This would be the ultimate clash of contrasting styles.
Jay Hart of Yahoo! Sports covers this topic in his well written article “Kenjon Barner and up-tempo Oregon fly by USC, dream matchup vs. Alabama on everyone’s mind”
Alabama was in the late stages of a 42-10 blowout win at Missouri when Freshman D-lineman LaMichael Fanning went all Greco-Roman-WWE-Wrestling on Missouri freshman running back Russell Hansbrough.
Fanning issued an apology on Tuesday and was condemned by his coach Nick Saban who said there would be "internal discipline" for the act.
Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban took a little time out on the weekly SEC Teleconference to give college football yet another piece of his mind. You see Saban has developed what one could call a fair amount of disdain for all of this scoring and up-tempo style of football. Saban hangs his hat on defense and a 70-63 game would only please him if it were the Crimson Tide basketball team playing. Here’s what he had to say about what seems to be the newest trend in college football:
"I think that the way people are going no-huddle right now, that at some point in time, we should look at how fast we allow the game to go in terms of player safety." "The team gets in the same formation group. You can't substitute defensive players. You go on a 14-, 16- or 18-play drive and they're snapping the ball as fast as you can go, and you look out there and all your players are walking around and can't even get lined up. That's when guys have a much greater chance of getting hurt ... when they're not ready to play. I think that's something that can be looked at. It's obviously created a tremendous advantage for the offense when teams are scoring 70 points and we're averaging 49.5 points a game. More and more people are going to do it."
"I just think there's got to be some sense of fairness in terms of asking: Is this what we want football to be?"
I would be very interested to hear what the likes of Dana Holgorson and Chip Kelly have to say about Saban's slow down plan.
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