Official SEC Football Thread 2009

[DavenportESQ]

Originally Posted by OLS

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.

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

Gamecock nation vs. Bama

Lets go Cocks!

[OLS]

Originally Posted by DavenportESQ

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

Gamecock nation vs. Bama

Lets go Cocks!

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.

[Poe]

Originally Posted by ggainey

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

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).

[icehog3]

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

[Smokin Gator]

My Gators almost pulled a Gator!!!

[Clampdown]

[icehog3]

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.

[Poe]

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).

[longknocker]

Originally Posted by Poe

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).

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

[longknocker]

Originally Posted by Poe

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).

Florida #1 In BCS, Also.

[Powers]

Originally Posted by Poe

it could be #1 vs #1 lol

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!!

[OLS]

Originally Posted by Poe

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).

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.

[OLS]

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

[DavenportESQ]

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

[Poe]

Originally Posted by DavenportESQ

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

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.

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by DavenportESQ

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

Sour grapes much?

[OLS]

Originally Posted by DavenportESQ

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

Shades of grey, baby, shades of grey. Florida's Non-Con schedule is no peach.
And they won the game in Baton Rouge, they didn't BEAT anybody. They survived LSU.

But I would agree that the only settlin' it is gonna be in Atlanta, and then one is still gonna feel ripped
off after that. I like Alabama, but more cause they are my backup team and I hate Florida. They are
under-skilled in almost every area compared to florida, but I like what Saban does with talent more.
Look at what he had at QB over a few years at LSU, no one who went on to be thought of as great.
He won two champs with three different, variously under-skilled QBs.

[icehog3]

That's why they play the games, Boys.

[Scothew]

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

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