Texas vs Bama for all the Beans

[Bob Sacamano]

texas is long on suck

prophetic

 

[NorthTexan95]

Well, Texas is gonna lose but they've proven to be the better team. If McCoy doesn't get hurt they win. And now Saben is trying to run up the score in the last minute. What a little piss-ant he is.

 

[DIAF]

Well, Texas is gonna lose but they've proven to be the better team. If McCoy doesn't get hurt they win. And now Saben is trying to run up the score in the last minute. What a little piss-ant he is.

..............and here come the excuses.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I retract my earlier comments about Garrett Gilbert. He'll improve next season. I don't believe in moral victories. But I was encouraged by the resolve of Gilbert and his teammates, especially the defense.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Well, Texas is gonna lose but they've proven to be the better team. If McCoy doesn't get hurt they win. And now Saben is trying to run up the score in the last minute. What a little piss-ant he is.

Texas did not prove to be the better team. They proved to be the losing team.
Nobody knows if they would have won if McCoy did not get hurt. That is just speculations and what ifs...here is some speculation and what ifs..If Ingram did not miss most of the 3rd and 4th quarter than Alabama would have scored some more and ate more clock. If Alabama did not have some screw ups on STs (not even counting the 4th fake punt play) then maybe they win by more points.

You can do what ifs all day but in the end there is no way to know.

Maybe some texas fans in here should just follow Colt's lead and give congrats to bama and let the rest go. Maybe Saban could learn some class from colt.

 

[RainMan]

Well, Texas is gonna lose but they've proven to be the better team. If McCoy doesn't get hurt they win. And now Saben is trying to run up the score in the last minute. What a little piss-ant he is.

As a fan of neither school, I definitely think Alabama's win is diminished by Mccoy's absence. To me, this championship will be as memorable for one of the team's starting QBs getting knocked out on the opening drive as it will for one team winning.

With that said, it's a stretch to assume UT wins with McCoy. I know it makes for a convenient way to look at the game and brush off the loss, but it's a weak argument IMO.

 

[Biggems]

As a fan of neither school, I definitely think Alabama's win is diminished by Mccoy's absence. To me, this championship will be as memorable for one of the team's starting QBs getting knocked out on the opening drive as it will for one team winning.

With that said, it's a stretch to assume UT wins with McCoy. I know it makes for a convenient way to look at the game and brush off the loss, but it's a weak argument IMO.

without McCoy and with a freshman QB who has seen very little action this season, Texas was within 3 with a few minutes left and the ball. If not for that freshman's mistake....Texas would have been up 3 with a few minutes left and the ball.

i dont find it a stretch at all to say Texas would have beaten Bama with McCoy. We will never know though.

Also, the only thing that diminishes this win for Bama is that last TD. Injuries are a part of the game. You adapt and you overcome. Ingram got injured and missed most of the second half. The fact is, when the game was on the line, Bama made the plays and Texas didnt.

I have to give made props to the Texas D, cause they were put in some tough spots all night, but they played their butts off. Now they did have some tackling issues, but Bama only had 1 breakaway play all night...and that was cause Gideon didnt plug his gap.

 

[trickblue]

Texas did not prove to be the better team. They proved to be the losing team.
Nobody knows if they would have won if McCoy did not get hurt. That is just speculations and what ifs...here is some speculation and what ifs..If Ingram did not miss most of the 3rd and 4th quarter than Alabama would have scored some more and ate more clock. If Alabama did not have some screw ups on STs (not even counting the 4th fake punt play) then maybe they win by more points.

You can do what ifs all day but in the end there is no way to know.

Maybe some texas fans in here should just follow Colt's lead and give congrats to bama and let the rest go. Maybe Saban could learn some class from colt.

Not discounting what you said... but those decisions are on Saban...

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

We can't know what would or would not have happened had Colt not been injured. However, I think we can look at what Bama has done throughout the season and how they win and how they can be beaten. If, and let me say that it's only an IF, but IF Colt doesn't get hurt and Texas is able to put up 14 instead of 6, that turns Bama into a passing team very early into this game. I think that we can all agree that if Colt is the QB, then Bama probably doesn't stack the LOS because Colt can roll and Colt can run or pass on the roll out. They would have had to defense Texas differently on each of those situations. Does Texas score TDs instead of FGs? Well, I don't know but we can go to school a little bit on the earlier Third and short that Texas converted when Colt was in the game. Bama didn't use short yardage there. They played the spread so I think we can easily say that the chances of Texas scoring TDs is much better if Colt is in the lineup. If Bama is down by 14 in the first Quarter, Neither Ingram or Richardson have the rushing numbers they had and Bama doesn't control the entire first half with the running game. Then, you have to have the Bama QB make plays in the passing game and I would have liked that game very much if I'm Texas.

All of these are what ifs and could have beens. At this point, that's all they are because the reality is that Texas lost and Bama won. EOS.

 

[Doomsday101]

We can't know what would or would not have happened had Colt not been injured. However, I think we can look at what Bama has done throughout the season and how they win and how they can be beaten. If, and let me say that it's only an IF, but IF Colt doesn't get hurt and Texas is able to put up 14 instead of 6, that turns Bama into a passing team very early into this game. I think that we can all agree that if Colt is the QB, then Bama probably doesn't stack the LOS because Colt can roll and Colt can run or pass on the roll out. They would have had to defense Texas differently on each of those situations. Does Texas score TDs instead of FGs? Well, I don't know but we can go to school a little bit on the earlier Third and short that Texas converted when Colt was in the game. Bama didn't use short yardage there. They played the spread so I think we can easily say that the chances of Texas scoring TDs is much better if Colt is in the lineup. If Bama is down by 14 in the first Quarter, Neither Ingram or Richardson have the rushing numbers they had and Bama doesn't control the entire first half with the running game. Then, you have to have the Bama QB make plays in the passing game and I would have liked that game very much if I'm Texas.

All of these are what ifs and could have beens. At this point, that's all they are because the reality is that Texas lost and Bama won. EOS.

Very well said. Also on the spread Alabama would have to be concerned with Colt pulling it back and running with Gilbert they were not concerned at all with the chance of him running so they keyed on the RB

 

[DFWJC]

We can't know what would or would not have happened had Colt not been injured. However, I think we can look at what Bama has done throughout the season and how they win and how they can be beaten. If, and let me say that it's only an IF, but IF Colt doesn't get hurt and Texas is able to put up 14 instead of 6, that turns Bama into a passing team very early into this game. I think that we can all agree that if Colt is the QB, then Bama probably doesn't stack the LOS because Colt can roll and Colt can run or pass on the roll out. They would have had to defense Texas differently on each of those situations. Does Texas score TDs instead of FGs? Well, I don't know but we can go to school a little bit on the earlier Third and short that Texas converted when Colt was in the game. Bama didn't use short yardage there. They played the spread so I think we can easily say that the chances of Texas scoring TDs is much better if Colt is in the lineup. If Bama is down by 14 in the first Quarter, Neither Ingram or Richardson have the rushing numbers they had and Bama doesn't control the entire first half with the running game. Then, you have to have the Bama QB make plays in the passing game and I would have liked that game very much if I'm Texas.

All of these are what ifs and could have beens. At this point, that's all they are because the reality is that Texas lost and Bama won. EOS.

That was an impressive synopsis. Lot's of "what ifs" that actually had realistic backing...while still realizing they are still "what if" scenarios.

Bottom line: Bama won. But if the question was posed to me "Do you think UT wins with Colt playing all game?" I say "yes I do". I did not think that before last night.

 

[CATCH17]

I was wrong about Texas ability to be physical in this game.

They were tough enough to win. They just couldn't execute well enough.

Even with Gilbert they probably still should've won. Malcolm Williams, the halftime blunder, and Greg Davis waiting to long to attack really put a damper on them.

It really sucks that the game was decided the way it was. Maybe we could get the rematch next year because both teams will be the most talented in their conference.

Weird game imo. Worst Gatorade shower execution in history too.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I was wrong about Texas ability to be physical in this game.

They were tough enough to win. They just couldn't execute well enough.

Even with Gilbert they probably still should've won. Malcolm Williams, the halftime blunder, and Greg Davis waiting to long to attack really put a damper on them.

It really sucks that the game was decided the way it was. Maybe we could get the rematch next year because both teams will be the most talented in their conference.

Weird game imo. Worst Gatorade shower execution in history too.

No kidding. Would have been kinder to just take a ball ping hammer out there and maybe just a wrap or two on the brainpan. Oh well, congratulations Bama.

 

[romo2austin]

I refuse to call Bama the better team. Congratulations on the win though.