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:tpd:

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I Concur!:tu

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That would make the BCS Championship a bigger farce wouldn't it.

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Yup...if that happens, the SEC Championship game would be the National Championship game in my eyes.

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It has picked the National Champions for the past three years already.

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Or At Least It "Should" Be, Admiral!:tu

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You want Joker to take it?

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NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND! :tu

Florida has to get past Arkansas this week first.

The razorbacks have the best QB we are gonna see all here in Mallet, perhaps McElroy in the SEC champ game. Joe Haden is a shut down CB so that will take one option nearly outta the picture. The key i think is consistent pressure on Mallet.

I think Arkansas will score about 20, UF's magic number is 30. We score thirty the game is ours

:bx

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I give the hogs one thing,, they are playing one facet of the game better than LSU did against FLA.
When they are within three feet of Tebow, they are FINISHING THE TACKLE. If LSUs defense had
played more fundamental D than Look at Me D, they win no problem. NICE sack work Hogs.
Gators are giving Mallet very little to throw at.

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The Gators appear to be in trouble, maybe.:tu

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uh oh.

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I think Gary Danielsen is about as fair and balanced of a commentator as there is in broadcasting college football,
and I am as confused as he is. What kind of officiating is going on here? Of course, they don't see in slo motion,
and I thought the pass interference call was good at first, too. But in slo mo I could see the defender had turned
around. And there is a good chance 96 got called for what he SAID as much as what he did, but the refs are seriously
trying to give this one away.

Oh my, 4 kick return defenders celebrate and no call? eeh. who cares Hogs have to TAKE this game.

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Once again it seems like the SEC officials are intent on deciding the winner.

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First down my a$$. Did the official who made the spot even see the tackle?

I know he missed an obvious false start in the drive earlier, and that's his only
pre-snap responsibility. What was he looking at, tebow's a$$

Like GD said though, a win is a win and no one remembers how you won.
Arkansas failed to TAKE it. Damn shame, too cause I wanted to know how
far FLA was going to fall in the pollm beaten by an inranked team. I was damn curious.

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Couldn't be too far..USC barely dropped with a loss to Washington earlier this year...

Gamecock nation vs. Bama

Lets go Cocks!

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Florida was fortunate to get the win. Kudos to Arkansas' defsnsive line, they were a force.

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i think our 4 lost fumbles was the closest thing to trying to give the game away in that game. 3 fumbles in the first half and arkansas could only score 10? that was a testiment to our defense and shows why arkansas is unranked.

UF played like crap but championship teams find a way to win. closest game UF will play until the SEC championship game i think

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Lets go Gamecocks!

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My Gators almost pulled a Gator!!!

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There were alot of horrible an inexcusable calls today, especially in the 4th quarter of the Arkansas vs Florida game. With that said the hawgs still had a chance to win and props to Florida for pulling it out late. Arkansas may be the best 3-3 team in the country.

Props to South Carolina for playing a very solid defensive game, they made a good quarterback look bad. I hope Moe Brown is ok (and based on what I've heard he is), never good to see a player get knocked out like that. WOW at Mark Ingram, he had 269 total yards and played better than the stat line shows (as hard as that is to believe). It was amazing to watch him put the game on his back that last scoring drive. Marquis Johnson also played lights out, SC kept trying to pick on him and he'd bat the ball down every time, would have had an INT in the endzone if not for a flagrant offensive pass interference call that wasn't called. Bama's D played lights out as a whole, if it wasn't for playing soft on that last drive they would have held SC to less yards than Ingram had (as it was SC outgained Ingram by 9 yards).

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Yeah, but that's USC. They are not allowed to fall far.

Haha, I was readng all the typos in my post I was sober as a judge.

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Yeah, I have to say that consistency is the secret, they have not let down, under intense pressure besides.
Of course maybe they don't FEEL pressured cause they think they are the best team in football. I don't mean
that in a wah-wah way, they might be right. I thought spirit and guts and luck would get the Tigers by em,
and there was no way. Then I said Mallet was too good and the Hogs would get the Gators by stopping the run,
or rather by learning from LSUs mistakes. Dang if I wasn't right. But that D was too tough again. I still don't like
em, but they are tough, and now I am thinking that Bama ain't even got enough for em. I KNOW I am wrong;
The Tide are balanced AND consistent, which tells me they will win, but look what I said about Arkansas and
the Tigers before them. Normally you call that a mouthy guy who doesn't know football. Nope. I hate the
gators and cannot admit they are as good as they are. But now, I just hate the gators. Bastids is good.

Damn nap, I missed the first third of the game, that's when all the "Good" stuff happened. Did get to see that crazy TD.

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No doubt there were two poor calls on the Florida touchdown drive, and that helped them. They needed it too, because they certainly didn't help themselves with all the fumbles. Again, I must say how impressed I was with Arkansas' defensive line, they were amazing, especially in the first half.

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Florida #1 in the new Coaches poll, Bama #1 in the AP. Not only could the SEC champ game be 2 undefeateds, it could be #1 vs #1 lol (still alot of the season left to play, not getting ahead of myself just saying that would be interesting).

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Hopefully BAMA Can Have Another Rematch With The Admiral's Gators The End Of The Year!:banger

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Florida #1 In BCS, Also.

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that would be an awesome testiment to the supremacy of the SEC.

although i'm sure all Bama fans would agree. i'm not interested in bronze trophies or paper trophies, i want SEC trophies and crystal ball trophies!!

:tu

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eehh. Not so much. There is alot of season to go yet, as you rightly pointed out.
Personally, and this is no shock, I think Alabama should be number one in both polls.
But I am disgruntled.
Some reasonable reasoning suggests that they are virtually unchanged from their championship roster,
They have not lost a game, so they should not lose their ranking. But based on who they have played
and how they have performed, I give the edge to Alabama. But the coaches poll is voted on by not only
people who don't want TX to come too far up should some whisper of blight be cast on a SEC team,
but by people who generally do not see as much football as the AP pollsters do. They vote what they
hear and what they catch on sportscenter. They are busy playing games and during the week, planning
for games. I believe the AP alot more. Alabama is No.1.
Still not sure of who is the best team, but I do not like the way FLA plays. Something stinks about both
how things happen in games and how things are perceived by the officials, or so it seems to the non-FLA viewer.

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Hey, LSU didn't LOSE this week, yahoo!

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Florida is hands down the number one team in the league...They have played the whole season at number 1 and will continue until and if they ever loose. I dont know how or why people think Bama should be number one? Who have they played?

They have played V Tech..A Decent opponent in Ole Miss, and Decent South Carolina?

Florida played The Same Decent opponents and went to LSU and Beat the tigers at Home

If Florida is healthy and they both Match Up in the SEC Title Game you will see why Florida is superior. Bama can put no points up on the board..There offense only put up 13 against South Carolina...South Carolina has a terrible offense, and they were within 1 TD the whole game? Think about how much UF's offense is better, how many different ways they can score..

Yes Bama will put the game on Ingrams shoulders and give him 30 carries against UF, but that still won't be enough. They have no explosive players(Julio Jones can't get the ball) and are too one dimensional

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FL this year vs BCS opponents:

23-13 over Tennessee
41-7 over Kentucky
13-3 over LSU
23-20 over Arkansas

Bama vs BCs opponents:

34-24 over Va Tech
35-7 over Arkansas
38-20 over Kentucky
22-3 over Ole Miss
20-6 over South Carolina


Neither team is clearly number 1, most people seem to say that bama has played better this year but Florida started number 1 and shouldn't fall till they lose. Arguments can be made either way. Bama has played a bit better schedule to this point than Florida imo and will have the better schedule by the end due to the east being way down this year and VaTech being a better OOC opponent than Florida State.

Have you watched a Florida game this year? They are doing what it takes to win but they don't look like the same dominating team they have been when playing SEC opponents (see LSU, TN and ARK games). Last week you were saying SC would win and had bama's number and now bama is not impressive because they only beat SC by 2 touchdowns? SC has a great defense and is a Top 25 team. FL barely beat an unranked (but good) Arkansas team that Bama absolutely destroyed. I have no problem with people voting FL #1 but to suggest that they have clearly been more impressive than Bama this year is laughable imo.

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David: I Still Don't Think Fl. Is as good This Year as Last Year. They don't have Percy Harvin anymore, and I Think BAMA's Receivers are better than Florida's. Tebow is Obviously The Best Quarterback in College FB, today, and He Makes Florida's Team. We Beat Arkansas by a much larger margin than Florida did. I Think BAMA's Defense is Just as good as Florida's, and, "If" BAMA gets to Play Fl. in the SEC Championship, I Think They will keep it Close. :2 :)

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That's why they play the games, Boys. ;)

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Its a good day to be an AU fan. It means Saturday is over :bh

Its gonna be a long rest of the season I predict /sigh

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Sour grapes much?
:r

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Just remember, the sports media had the New York Giants as the top team in the NFL - until they ran into that buzzsaw in New Orleans.

Florida may be the anointed #1 team in the land but it's just the opinion of sportswriters and coaches until they play the SEC Championship game where they probably will meet Alabama (Unless LSU can pull off the upset of the century).

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This logic is rediculous. Just because they barely got by Arkansas they aren't playing good. For one the Arkansas team that showed up against FlA was much different than the one that showed up against Bama

You forget when you're number 1 you have a target on your back everyone plays you there best all year.

You simply cannot compare an SEC team one week to another saying "oh we destroyed them, they should" because every fan in the SEC knows there are no gimme games

Bama Looked real impressive against Va. Tech.. Weren't they loosing the whole game?

I don't think that Bama looked impressive against South Carolina at all. They won, and thats great and I'm not sour about it, people forget they are the 2nd ranked team they should win...And they didn't dominate South Carolina They were leading by 7 points a majority of the game. There offense only scored 13 points...

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My logic is ridiculous?

So I can't say anything negative against Florida struggling to beat Arkansas but you can say Bama didn't look impressive against South Carolina when they led the whole game and won by 14. I'll agree it wasn't bama's most impressive game, but you can't say that about bama and not apply the same standard to Florida.

You can't say its ok FL struggled with Arkansas because there are no "gimmie games" in the SEC and then dog Bama for not "dominating" SC.

You don't think Bama has a big a target on our back? You started talking smack about the bama game a few weeks the game every happened.

You can hate bama (clearly you do) but 90% of the sports writers in the country disagree with you. So we can agree to disagree. I'm past South Carolina and looking forward to Tennessee!

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All I am saying is everyone is saying We should be #1 because UF didn't look impressive, well I dont think Bama did either. but thats just my opinion

You guys are saying that UF only beat Ark. by this many look we beat them by this much, therefore we are better

I guess what it comes down to is that UF beat Bama last year in the Championship game. Thats why they should be number 1

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I think Florida struggled against LSU also. They only won by 10 and it should have been closer (Fla should thank the blind refs).

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I said there isn't a clear cut number 1. Most people (in the media) say that bama has been more impressive is what i said (I agree with them but that doesn't matter). If people want to put bama #1 because as a whole we have been more impressive, i'm fine with that. If people want to put FL number 1 because they started there and have done nothing to lose that ranking then i'm fine with that. I will all work out in December (or before as anything can happen in the sec).

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I've heard that the officiating crew for the Florida Arkansas game was the same crew as the LSU Georgia game (with the horrible calls at the end of the game). Anyone know if it was that same crew for Florida LSU?

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Florida should be #1 until someone beats them. That hasn't happened for 20 games. :2

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I hate to have to agree with you.

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Alabama's next 2 games I think will say it all, who should be number one or number two. Alabama is VERY good, Florida is VERY good. Like Icehog has said, until someone beats Florida, I think they should continue to be number one based upon the outcome of last year. Just remember last year Utah at the end of Alabama's season won by what 20 points where as Florida won the BCS title game =D. Regardless we all can agree the winner of the SEC Champonship game will be the top dog.

Side note...what's with all this crap about Boise State, Iowa and all these non BCS conference teams and their talk? Just because no one wants to travel to play their doesn't mean you can't schedule a game at say Alabama. Take a look at Hawaii, 2007 undefeated, plays Georgia gets crushed. Florida's first game last season and they get crushed again. Maybe those teams and step up like Hawaii and play a true SEC game =D

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This is all the polls are really good for. you get all these folks talking about who the best is, but OUTSIDE the
ivy-covered walls, it's the rest of the fans who see, indeed, FLA struggled against two straight opponents.
Bama hasn't really struggled. They had a bad game this past weekend, FLA has had two. Both won, both struggled.
Coaches who have a vote vote whatever way they lean, Press people see all the games and talk about them all week
on the phone, write about it and read about it. FLA is No. 1 til they lose, whether they are best or not.
Bama needs to come together like the Saints and play as a team and maybe then they can win the championship.
FLA needs to play a game like they have for two weeks running and not get any help to win. Then all will be right.

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Agreed, this is why I love college football so much.

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This was what Jeff Bower did at Southern Mississippi, and really, it was ongoing well before that.
The Golden Eagles used to play one or two top teams every year, and they would take some lickins'
and they would scare some top teams and they would beat a fair amount, too. SEC teams almost every year,
big east...Florida State was a top
team when I was in Hattiesburg and they whipped em at home in the 'burg. Bobby Bowden had to have
been pissed. Stat hounds can look up old football scheds and see what transpired over the years.
But football across the country is like a bunch of Petri dishes and stuff grows over here and some stuff
grows over there. It's only
(lately) when you come into the SEC that you get to see what tough and fast looks like. Hell, I still
hold LSU as an outside chance to make it all the way.

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Actually, I don't think I've seen anyone say we should be #1. And what should last year have to do with the price of eggs in China anyway? Isn't this this year?

Most Alabama fans are pretty reasonable fans...we know the deal. I do think we're a better team than Florida at this point and many, many people--even those outside of the Alabama family--obviously agree. Many obviously don't. Rankings don't mean jack until the final one anyway.

Hopefully both teams remain undefeated and we get to square off again in Atlanta. If we do, I like our chances. A lot.