2009 SEC Championship Game

 

Hello Friends!
It’s finally here!

The battle for the SEC Championship!

Coming out of the West….

Alabama

Alabama comes into Atlanta a little nicked up after a hard fought 26-21 win over Auburn last week in the Iron Bowl. Their main horse, Mark Ingram, is a little beat up, but is expected to play.

Coming out of the East….

Florida

Florida comes into Atlanta all fat and happy after having a Tim Tebow love fest last week in Gainesville, where they dismantled a pitiful FL State football team 37-10.

All the professionals & TV commentators really don’t think Alabama has much of a chance! So I guess the best advice for Alabama fans is….

Either you can show up and play the game and see what happens or stay home!!!

So let the battle begin….

Ok America, the game started out with Alabama getting the ball to start with and they surprised everybody by coming out in a spread offense, which anyone who follows Bama knows that is not Alabama football…..

That is Florida Gator offense!!

And surprisingly Florida’s defense was lost. Alabama basically dominated the Gators the whole first half. Now don’t get me wrong, they didn’t run the spread the whole half, just at certain spots. Greg McElroy came out with all the pressure to perform and boy did he! He pretty much put his self as a winner in the Alabama books! His stats for today were 239 passing and 1TD.  Now don’t get me wrong, these are not impressive numbers, it’s just the way he controlled the offense and moved the ball. But of course, he was able to get the ball to Marquis Mays, Julio Jones and of the one TD pass to Colin Peek.

Now let’s talk about Mr.. Mark Ingram…

All but dead in the Heisman race, he came out and put on a Heisman Trophy performance! His total offense of output was 189yds and 3 TD. Need I say more!!!

 

Now to the defense….

Rolando McClain & Alabama knocked Tebow & the Gators around from the start to the end. I guess they’re not used to this.

And to pour more salt into the wound, Arenas picked off a pass in the end zone to stop a Florida drive late in the 3rd quarter! So over all, Alabama put on an SEC Championship performance!

Now I guess you are wondering why I haven’t said too much about Florida…..

Well Mr. Tebow, the God figure in Gainesville did pretty much nothing…

Oh yeah…except cry!

 

In closing…

I want to congratulate Alabama on a great season and now all the commentators & so called professionals can kiss my @ss because all I have heard was how Florida was going to win the game. I personally think they should give their paychecks back!!!

2009 SEC

CHAMPIONS

ALABAMA

CRIMSON TIDE

&

soon to be…

2010

National

Champions!

ROLL TIDE!!!

Best of Rivalry Weekend

Hello Friends!

I hope all of you had a nice Thanksgiving!

Today I am going to talk about what college football is really all about.

This is Rivalry Week!

With most team’s seasons coming to an end, for some it has been a great year and for others, this is just the end of their season.

For the ones who are having tough years, this weekend’s game against their rival will make their year.

Now to the rivalries!

Series Record: 60-40-6 Ole Miss

2009: 41-27 Miss St.

Alright People! Yesterday Miss St, not going to a bowl game, got their biggest win of the year in the annual Egg Bowl game. Miss St exacted revenge on Ole Miss from last years 45-0 drumming they took from the Rebels, by giving Dan Mullins his first egg bowl victory, making all right in Starkville, Mississippi.

Series Record: 65-38-4 Clemson

2009: 34-17 South Carolina

Now Friends, yesterday’s game was truly a rivalry game! You had Clemson getting ready for the ACC championship game next week and SC trying to impress the bowl reps in hopes of a better bowl. These two faced off in the Palmetto Battle! The game started out with CJ Spiller silencing a packed house at Williams-Bryce stadium with an 88yd kick off return for a TD. And the sad thing about it ….

That was all Clemson had to cheer about for the rest of the game! SC dominated the entire game from that point on!

 

Series Record: 60-39-5 Georgia

2009: 30-24 Georgia

Last night Mark Richt took his Bulldogs to Atlanta to face Tech in their annual battle, and to the surprise of the people in attendance, the Dawgs put on a clinic of how to dominate both sides of the lines of scrimmage and got out of Atlanta with a 30-24 win.

Series Record: 40-33-1 Bama

2009: 26-21  Bama

On the day after Thanksgiving, Alabama & Auburn met up in the annual Iron Bowl.

For the most part, Auburn out-played Alabama all day long but Bama managed to muster up enough pride to overcome Auburn’s performance and come away with an Iron Bowl win!

Series Record: 34-19-2 LSU

2009: 36-33OT LSU

LSU and Arkansas met Saturday night in Baton Rouge! This game did not disappoint the people in attendance! These rivals went into OT in true nail-biting fashion! Final Score 36-33.

Series Record: 33-19-2 Florida

2009: 37-10 Florida

Bobby Bowden took his beleaguered Seminoles into the swamp to face the Gators in the annual Sunshine Shootout!

It wasn’t pretty!

But the most sickening thing about the whole game was not the outcome but Florida saying goodbye to their do-it-all, do-it-better, Superman Tim Tebow, who makes me sick.

Enough said!

Final Score 37-10

In closing, ok friends by now I guess you can tell I am not a Florida fan, I am an Alabama fan and I just hope and pray that Alabama kicks Florida’s @ss next Saturday!!!

See ya next week!

ROLL TIDE!

 

 

Alabama vs. Auburn

 

Hello Friends!

Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone!

This week we have the Iron Bowl, the 2009 version.

Auburn  has the pleasure of hosting Alabama this year down on the plains. Although Auburn is already bowl eligible, a win over Alabama would give them bragging rights for 365 days. But unfortunately, their neighbors from Tuscaloosa are coming to town and it ain’t going to be pretty.

Now to the game…

Ok friends! I sat down to watch this game today and from an Alabama point of view, the game didn’t start out all that great. Auburn came out in the 1st quarter with a fast and tricky offensive scheme. Before we knew it, Auburn was up 7-0. Besides Auburn winning the game,the fans were all jacked up tonight. For the most part, the whole first quarter was dominated by Auburn. Alabama seemed to be sleep-walking through the game.

On the other side of the ball, Auburn had a good plan for stopping Alabama because Auburn knew Alabama would come out and run the ball to control the game. So when Alabama lined up with Mark Ingram in the backfield, Auburn lined up with 8-9 people in the box. They stuffed the run so Alabama had to switch to the passing game. Later in the 1st quarter, with Auburn getting close to going up14-0, Todd threw a pass that was picked off by Justin Woodall, which turned out to be no play at all because it was a false start. And what makes this bad for Alabama is that they didn’t get the interception and then Woodall threw the ball down in frustration and the refs called a personal foul putting Auburn ahead 15yds, which led to another Auburn TD, 14-0.

Alabama finally wakes up in the 2nd quarter, with Richardson in the game actually making some yards on the ground and Greg McElroy completing passes to Colin Peek and Julio Jones, Bama gets down in scoring position and Alabama finally scores its first TD. It must have seemed light night and day to Auburn from the 1st quarter to the 2nd quarter because Auburn went from being able to move the ball with free will to being knocked around and unable to move the ball in the 2nd quarter. Alabama got the ball back as the half was running out and Greg McElroy threw a TD pass to Colin Peek tying the score at the half 14-14.

Now let the fireworks continue….

Auburn got the ball to start the 2nd half and Alabama forced them to punt the ball. Alabama still didn’t seem to be able to do to much despite tying the game at the half. Later in the 3rd quarter, Auburn seemed to get their second wind and Todd threw a long pass that ended up in a TD because Bama was out of position. After Auburn goes up 21-14, the Auburn coaches got a brain freeze and Auburn actually kicked the ball to Javier Arenas and it like to have bit them in the @ss because Arenas set Alabama up into good field position.

Alabama still struggling, has to kick a FG. Alabama after kicking off to Auburn stopped them again and then Auburn like a bunch of dummies kicked the ball to Arenas again! This put Alabama in even better scoring position but they again had to settle for a FG. As the 3rd quarter ended and going into the 4th quarter, Auburn tried what ever they could to pull off the upset, but nothing seemed to work, Alabama’s defense was all over them forcing them to punt the ball. Alabama with about 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter started out a game winning drive that lasted 7 minutes.

Greg McElroy drove the ball down the field, mainly with passes to Julio Jones and a few runs by Trent Richardson,

and capped of the TD with a pass to Roy Upchurch making the final score 26-21!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

In closing, this was an exciting Iron Bowl! Auburn came out and played their hearts out but the better team won today. Now on to the coaches…

Nick Saban got the 0-4 monkey off his back, by beating Auburn @ Auburn. Gene Chizik on the other hand has brought some excitement to the plains by getting the Tigers into a bowl game but from talking to people around the college football world, he is not the coach that most Auburn people wanted. No matter how many games he wins, if he can’t beat Alabama, he will be gone in three years.

So till next week when I cover the SEC championship game, have a nice holiday and don’t eat too much turkey!

ROLL TIDE!

Rest in Peace UGAVII

Hello Friends!

I come today with a heavy heart...

Thursday I learned of the untimely death of UGA VII.

I know most people in America probably think that it is stupid for people to get upset over the passing of an animal, but like our football in the SEC, we love our mascots as well.

Rest in Peace UGA VII

2005-2009

Alabama vs. Mississippi St.

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OK Friends! Alabama comes off of an emotional win over LSU to claim the SEC west title last week. But this week’s focus is Mississippi State. Two years ago Alabama made the trip to Starkville only to return with a 12-7 loss.

Now to the game…

Mississippi State came out trying to intimidate Alabama with a very nice black jersey trimmed in garnet. I admit I did like the jerseys but Mississippi St. needs to remember the last team who tried to intimidate Alabama with black jerseys, The Georgia Bulldogs. For the people that don’t know…

Alabama spanked the Dawgs!

Mississippi’s main focus was to try to keep the game close by running the ball to eat up the clock, but Mississippi State came out on their first drive and apparently Tyson Lee forgot the game plan. He came out chunking the ball, trying to beat Marquis Johnson deep, but it didn’t work.

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For the most part, Mississippi State blew opportunities in the first half by throwing an interception to Mark Barron and being unable to sustain the drive.

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When Mississippi State did run the ball, Rolando McClain & the Tide defense punished Anthony Dixon.

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So I guess you can tell by what I have told you so far, that Mississippi State did not score in the first half. Alabama on the other hand scored on a long pass from McElroy to Hanks for a TD. Later in the half Mark Ingram capped a drive with a 2yd drive, making 14-0 at the half.

And now the 2nd half…

Alabama came out and drove the ball but could only come away with a FG, making the score 17-0. Mississippi State’s offense didn’t improve in the 2nd half. They could only manage a FG for the entire game. Making their total output for the night 3pts.

Alabama on the other hand started gashing Miss St.’s defense with runs by Mark Ingram & Trent Richardson.

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Greg McElroy had another good game by completing passes to Hanks, Mazes & yes, he even got Julio Jones into the act.

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McElroy threw a long TD pass to a wide open Julio Jones. But the best was yet to come later in the game when Mark Ingram finally put the dogs to sleep with a 73yd run that ended the scoring, making the final 31-3!

The Birmingham News

In closing, Alabama’s trip to Starkville was just a normal business trip. Miss St. for the first time this year, really took a beating at home and all the people with their cowbells couldn’t save them.

Good Night!

See ya next week!

ROLL TIDE!

Alabama vs. LSU

Hello friends!

This week Alabama has a chance to sow up the SEC west title and punch their ticket for Atlanta, but standing in their way are the Bayou Bengals of LSU.

So let the fireworks begin!

In the 1st half, this was truly an old fashioned SEC game. The defenses got out there and knocked the snot out of each other. And while watching the game, from Alabama’s point of view, it was like Nick Saban was going out of his way to please the commentators and sports writers by having Greg McElroy throw the ball all over the field. For the most part, Greg did a good job with the exception of right before 1/2 time. Alabama down 7-3 and driving for a possible go-ahead TD, McElroy threw an interception. I thought Nick Saban was going to kill him.

Alabama’s running game was not up to snuff in the first half. LSU was all over Mark Ingram.

Ok America! I know you don’t know who this good looking fella is….

This is my father in law, Ronnie. Just to tell you a little about him, he is a good ole’ boy from Lincolnton, GA and a Bulldog fan. So at 1/2 time, he called me on the phone and wanted to know if I had a crying towel out and I told him no because I was not worried.

Now back to the game…..

The 2nd half Alabama came out and played football Alabama style. In other words, it turned into the Mark Ingram show….

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Although Ingram didn’t score a TD this week, he did account for 144yds on the ground. I don’t know of any coach in the country that wouldn’t be willing to take that!

LSU countered with Charles Scott who later in the game broke his collar bone and was lost for the season. Bad luck for the Tigers. On top of that, Jordan Jefferson also left the game with what was described as a sprained ankle. That left the Tigers missing a few teeth!

LSU did manage to score a TD and try a two pt conversion but it was no good.

Making the total pts for LSU 15. But I guess the biggest play of the game was when McElroy hit Julio Jones for a 73yd TD pass, sealing the Tigers fate (24-15).

In closing, today’s game was good if you were an Alabama fan and bad if you were a Tiger because now all of the newspaper people can shut the H@LL up……

 

Alabama is

SEC west

Champs!!!

But everybody still thinks Florida is going to beat us!

Good night!

See ya next week!

Roll Tide!

South Carolina vs. Arkansas

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Hello friends!

This will be the first of two blogs that I will do this week.

Sorry I missed you last week but I had been dealing with some serious issues.

Now to Carolina v. Arkansas!

SC makes a trip over to Fayetteville hoping this trip will be a lot better than their trip last week to Knoxville where it was truly a house of horrors for the Gamecocks!

Now for the 1st half…

For the most part, the 1st half was kinda boring but had a few moments. And the saddest part of it, is that this was really the only time that SC played well. They jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Ark. but the lead evaporated at halftime as the Hogs tied it 10-10.

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The ole’ ball coach this past Saturday showed glimpses of his past by throwing his headset and his gameplan all over the sideline. All people that follow SEC football know if you get Coach Spurrier throwing things then you’ve got him right where you want him.

Now the second half…..

Ark. came out and basically took over the game by dominating the 3rd quarter. Ryan Mallett had a Ryan Mallett day. When he wasn’t over throwing his receivers, he was threading the needle. Mallett’s main target this week was DJ Johnson, the TE.

Don’t get me wrong, Steven Garcia didn’t have a bad day but this is the time of the year that Carolina collapses. I don’t know why they do that because they do have some of the best athletes in the south. So it must be coaching! No, I’m not talking about the ball coach, I am talking about his staff because Carolina could only muster 6pts the second half.

Arkansas on the other hand was able to score 23 points making the final 33-16.

In closing, it is obvious to me that SEC west is much stronger than the east this year. So until next week…

Have a good night!

ROLL TIDE!