College Football - Championship Week

[Mephistopheles]

Alabama's corners have been playing out of this world today.

[Guest]

Sigh. That was fun while it lasted.

 

UCLA's already done better than Notre Dame did last week. Not only do the Bruins have a first down in the first half, but they got a touchdown today as well.

 

2 first downs in the first quarter! Woo!

 

Plus, UCLA is on pace to top ND's total yardage last week.

 

Rey Malauga makes those stupid penalties once a week, it seems.

[B]

I just saw a Florida lineman's ass crack.

[Guest]

"14-7 USC leads USC."

 

Someone shut Mike Patrick up.

[Guest]

"14-7 USC leads USC."

 

Someone shut Mike Patrick up.

 

He's channeling his inner Dick Stockton.

[Guest]

Offsides!

 

That's 2 penalties that have led to UCLA first downs on this drive. :)

[Hosak8]

Out of curiosity, what gives you any confidence at all that Crompton has more potential? You are, unquestionably, the only Tennessee fan I have heard say that since August. Personally, I think he was all hype, and apart from Meachem making two amazing grabs against LSU in 2006, I just don't see what anyone sees in him.

 

He's not very mobile, he's not very smart, and he's just a terrible, terrible decision maker with the ball and cannot hit open receivers. Why the love?

 

It's not so much love (I've talked to you about how I wish we had brought in Tajh Boyd simply because our QBs suck), but it's a mixture of physical ability and, somewhat, ranking when he got here.

 

The only thing keeping Crompton from being a good QB is his pitiful decision making ability. If he would quit making stupid mistakes (far, far easier said than done) he has all the physical tools to succeed. Stephens, from what I saw, has close to as strong an arm, but is a tad bit shorter and less accurate than Crompton.

 

Recruiting rankings also play a little part in my preference. While I fully realize rankings are wrong all the time, Crompton was much more highly hyped than Stephens and I think Cutcliffe preferred Crompton. That said, if Kiffin likes Coleman, I'd be more than happy to see him get the starting gig next year. B.J. intrigues me in that he's very smart (according to Cutcliffe and he studies film like crazy apparently), is more mobile than the other two and Cut loved him.

 

That said, I expect nothing out of any of the three QBs, so I definitely won't be dissappointed next year.

 

That's just it... I don't think Cut did prefer Crompton. Remember, Crompton was a Sanders guy. Yes, Rivals ranked him more highly, but one of the first things that Cutcliffe did when he got to Tennessee was to contact Stephens to see about his commitment to Ole Miss. Ultimately, though it's like arguing about which sucks worse: an earache or a toothache.

 

I, too, am hopeful that Coleman is the guy. Cut loved him, and he seems to fit what Kiffin wants to do on offense.

 

My main thinking that Cut preferred Crompton was that while it was thought that Coleman passed Crompton on the depth chart for a while in 07, I never heard that Stephens even really challenged him. But then again, I could well be wrong. And you are certainly right that it's a futile debate between two super crappy QBs.

 

Maybe Bryce Petty will be amazing from day one or something . . . .

 

The reason Stephens didn't pass him? Class. Given two somewhat equal options, Fulmer would always choose the older guy. Nearly every time. Mark Levine ring a bell?

[Guest]

Son of a B. That was a huge play if Moya holds onto it.

[Guest]

Offsides!

 

That's 2 penalties that have led to UCLA first downs on this drive. :)

 

UCLA has three first downs today and two of them have come by USC penalties.

[Guest]

Are you for real? Sigh.

[dew1679666265]

That's just it... I don't think Cut did prefer Crompton. Remember, Crompton was a Sanders guy. Yes, Rivals ranked him more highly, but one of the first things that Cutcliffe did when he got to Tennessee was to contact Stephens to see about his commitment to Ole Miss. Ultimately, though it's like arguing about which sucks worse: an earache or a toothache.

 

I, too, am hopeful that Coleman is the guy. Cut loved him, and he seems to fit what Kiffin wants to do on offense.

 

My main thinking that Cut preferred Crompton was that while it was thought that Coleman passed Crompton on the depth chart for a while in 07, I never heard that Stephens even really challenged him. But then again, I could well be wrong. And you are certainly right that it's a futile debate between two super crappy QBs.

 

Maybe Bryce Petty will be amazing from day one or something . . . .

 

The reason Stephens didn't pass him? Class. Given two somewhat equal options, Fulmer would always choose the older guy. Nearly every time. Mark Levine ring a bell?

 

Most coaches are that way and it makes sense if they're similar players.

 

I still think if Cut had greatly preferred Stephens to Crompton, Nick would have passed him. Coleman passed Crompton, after all.

Edited December 6, 2008 by dew

[CubinNY]

Bama has been getting away with holding all game.

 

I'll love their physicality though.

[Guest]

Urban Meyer must be drunk. Not sure why he didn't call a timeout before the Alabama punt.

[Guest]

INTERCEPTION!!!!

 

REVIEW IT. HE WAS IN BOUNDS!

[Mephistopheles]

17-10 at the break. This game has lived up to the hype thus far.

[Guest]

INTERCEPTION! UCLA BALL!!!!!

[Guest]

INTERCEPTION!!!!

 

REVIEW IT. HE WAS IN BOUNDS!

 

They got the call right after the review.

[dew1679666265]

Urban Meyer must be drunk. Not sure why he didn't call a timeout before the Alabama punt.

 

Yeah, I see no real logic behind not calling a timeout.

 

Extremely explosive offense with a minute to drive = good chance for a score of some type.

[ELCABALLO45]

Awesome halftime

[Guest]

How about not having this punt blocked?

 

Holy crap, a 64-yard punt. :shock:

[Mephistopheles]

Urban Meyer must be drunk. Not sure why he didn't call a timeout before the Alabama punt.

 

Yeah, I see no real logic behind not calling a timeout.

 

Extremely explosive offense with a minute to drive = good chance for a score of some type.

 

hes got the old school mentality late in the halves. i think, with florida getting the ball to start the third quarter, he was content going into the half up a touchdown. Really right now they have given up the 10 points because of two plays. One the great kickoff coverage on james that pinned them inside the 20 and gave the tide great field position afterwards. the other the big jones play. Really after the jones play the gators went away from their defensive game plan, they got scared of jones, but really they had two defenders right on jones and he made them both miss. as long as they make tackles, they can live with giving up a 15 yard pass play here and there, not 60 yard ones. It took them about two more possessions to realize they needed to go back to the style they had started out with. Since then theyve shut down the Tide offense.

 

The second half ought to be great. The only coach in the SEC who makes better halftime adjustments than meyer is probably saban.

[dew1679666265]

Urban Meyer must be drunk. Not sure why he didn't call a timeout before the Alabama punt.

 

Yeah, I see no real logic behind not calling a timeout.

 

Extremely explosive offense with a minute to drive = good chance for a score of some type.

 

hes got the old school mentality late in the halves. i think, with florida getting the ball to start the third quarter, he was content going into the half up a touchdown. Really right now they have given up the 10 points because of two plays. One the great kickoff coverage on james that pinned them inside the 20 and gave the tide great field position afterwards. the other the big jones play. Really after the jones play the gators went away from their defensive game plan, they got scared of jones, but really they had two defenders right on jones and he made them both miss. as long as they make tackles, they can live with giving up a 15 yard pass play here and there, not 60 yard ones. It took them about two more possessions to realize they needed to go back to the style they had started out with. Since then theyve shut down the Tide offense.

 

The second half ought to be great. The only coach in the SEC who makes better halftime adjustments than meyer is probably saban.

 

Still don't like the call.

[Guest]

Unbelievable. A punt blocked and a roughing the punter. I hate special teams.

[Guest]

Nice job, UCLA, on the roughing the kicker.

 

Nevermind, that was a flop.

[Guest]

Nice job, UCLA, on the roughing the kicker.

 

Nevermind, that was a flop.

 

Of course it was. But every punter is Vlade Divac, that's going to be called every time.