Sec title game breakdown (texas vs georgia)

 Sec title game breakdown

With the sec title race finishing and the playoff race heating up it is time to speak about the game that a lot of sec fans will be watching later this afternoon a rematch that can will possibly shake up the playoff race! lets get in to it! 

Bulldogs struggles and triumphs

To start off the last time the bulldogs and the long horns met was on week 7 where Georgia  knocked off then number 1 Texas longhorns but that's not without any struggles Georgia is 4-7 in the sec title game and all 7 of those came from a nick saban led Alabama  and Texas has not allowed points in the first quarter in the last 4 games but Georgia has shown promise with being gap sound and having explosive down range playmaking ability.

a new Sherriff in town

over the course of the last 2 years Georgia has changed offensive coordinators from tim monken  to mike bobo.

 and some would say he is a downgrade from the explosive down range passing attack that Georgia possessed in 22 and with the lonhorns continually attacking down the field there is a question that Georgia cant go blow for blow with the horns on the biggest stage in the sec and on the flipside of it all Georgia struggles in 3rd down yardages struggling with 8 or more in the box blitzing

Conclusion

                                     With the lights shining the brightest and the longhorns ready to fight for a confrence title its fair to say that texas will stand this test and win on the biggest stange in the sec

   

acc championship breakdown (smu vs Clemson)

 acc championship breakdown 

Its conference championship week and its important to note there are some new faces in the conference championship games for an example texas will take on Georgia (4et/3ct espn) in Atlanta and smu will take on Clemson in the acc championship but today we will focus on the acc championship  game  because it effects 2 teams in the playoff race in particular alabama (9-3)and Miami (10-2)    

Breakdown 

Currently smu is the favorite to win the acc championship game by score by a score of 30-25 and with a 63% chance to win the game outright but to know smu we need to look at their offense and explain how they got here to this faithful game 

Offense/contrast

smu is running the air raid with the power run game and if you remember reading in our past article the  about the air raid and its use and when you compare and contrast this to garret rielies offense at that shows a very balanced offense and tries to execute on big moments  but the question remains can Clemson standup to the the firepower  that the mustangs offense?

 well to answer that we need to look at Clemson's year Clemson has struggled this past year even against opponents they should beat (look at their loss against south Carolina) even with a fairly easy schedule this year this is fairly indictive of the downward trend that Clemson has been having and dabo sweeny has not used the transfer portal in the past few years or nil to prepare them for games like this 

Conclusion :

its a new year and a new conferencebut this game brings more questions then answers and we will get the answers in 12 short hours  

week 15 cfp projections going in to champ week

 

 Alabama wins iron bowl now the debate begins

With the regular season now over the march to the playoffs now has a interesting twist and asks a question who deserves to get in lets get in to it

With Alabamas 28-14 win over the auburn tigers there were notable upsets that are worth talking about like south Carolina beating (12)clemson 14-17  and (2)ohio st loosing to Michigan  13-10 but the biggest upset of week 14 was Syracuse vs Miami a game that was very a pivotal game in the playoff race in that game kyle mchord went 26/36 and cam ward 25/36 but Syracuse came out on top 42-38 upsetting the hurricanes but now a debate begins and lest explore this question in detail 

The Debate

Alabama (9-3) 

Best wins : Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri

Miami (10-1) 

Best wins : Duke

Even though Alabama has had a  up and down year  but time and time  again past years alabama has proven themselves in the playoffs (2023 stands out with the gumption that the tide had to get in) but the tide with their 3 losses are probably the best 3 lost teams and they do have a legitimate shot for the cfp and the national title but one again lets compare 

Alabama SOS 10th

Miami SOS 14th

So come on these final 2 weeks with the playoff Rankings the question is who goes where? will both teams get in? or does one get left out? this is what is has been thought of Alabama ohio st Miami(if the loose next week in the acc championship game) and clemson will be considered to be at large teams but  where will they be seeded? bama can be anywhere from 7 to 10 where as miami will be 12 to 9

but if it comes down to these 2 teams for the 12th spot Alabama will be at 12 the stats and the gumption of  this team will keep going

Conclusion:

if these 2 teams meet in the playoffs it will be a shootout to the end  so buckle up ladies and gentlemen we have a crazy 2 weeks ahead! 

 

How did Alabama fail against Oklahoma?

 How did Alabama fail against Oklahoma?

What was supposed to have been a easy game for the alabama crimson tide became a nightmare  for the tide but how did they get to this point? well lets get in to it!

Oklahoma Defense 

 The sooners came in to the game doing their homework limiting jalen mileroe but altogether styming that alabama run game to give you perspective Alabama ran for 219 yards against lsu (mileroe miller and haynes combined) and with the sooners coming in to this game after a emotional year of losses and with it being senior day the sooners played with pride in their hearts

Alabamas ups and downs

this game was a case study on the up and down year the tide has had the tide came in to this game needing to make a statement win (at the time of this writing alabama is projected to make the 12 team playoff)

but lets raise the question what if Alabama sneaks' in? what do the need to change to win a national title?

• a focused running game 
• return to the alabama of old and run the ball through the tackles most teams expect the tide to throw on first and second down distribute the ball to miller and haynes let them get the yards that are needed then take the defense off with a deep shot  
• mileroe must use his legs and arms but he must get the ball to his playmakers

Playoff hopes 

Alabama has chaos on their side given that several top 20 teams went down winding the playoff race (see our college football roundup)  the tide has a shot a faint shot but a shot nontheless to rewrite history and make this a year worth remembering

 

 

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 College football roundup for 11/24/24

it was upset week in week 13 has the college football world is on a collision course with the 12 team playoff and destiny lets get it in to it

 CHAOS 

several top 10 teams fell this week leading to questions and and concerns 

starting off texas a&m(8-3)  Alabama (9-3) Colarado,(8-3) and Byu(9-2) all got upset leading for each team to have some chaos coming in to rivalry week Alabama needs to beat Auburn and georgia to loose in the sec title game against texas to even stand a chance to get in to the college football playoff  likewise with byu, Colorado, both need a shot of beating  utah, and csu going in to week 14 (rivalry week)

Playoff hopes

Alabama needs a bit of help from other teams and  from  the college football playoff comittee 

only team out side of the teams that have been mentioned that still controls their destiny is byu (9-2) 

but even then if they loose to utah its in the hands of the cfp comittee to help them eek out a worthwile season 

College football playoff criteria

Lets have a refresher of what the comittee looks at

• The 12 participating teams will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams.


• The ranking of the teams will continue to be done by a selection committee.


• The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four and will receive a first-round bye. The fifth conference champion will be seeded where it was ranked or at No. 12 if it is outside the top 12 rankings. Non-conference champions ranked in the top four will be seeded beginning at No. 5. Because of this, the seeding, 1 through 12, could look different than the final rankings.


• The eight teams seeded No. 5-12 will play in a first round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.).

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breakdown Alabama Vs Oklahoma (6:30pm)

breakdown Alabama vs  Oklahoma

Alabama comes in to this game with 3 weeks of perfect from shutting down mizzou to dismantling lsu to dominating mercer it looks like the tide is finally peaking when they need to peak for this college football play off run with 2 more hurdles to go Alabama is poised to make a historic run  in the inaugural 12 team playoff later in December but before we can think of that let us focus on the game in front of us

breakdown

over the past 4 weeks Alabama has played incredible football and finally looking comfortable in DeBoer's system and jalen mileroe is picking up where he left off earlier in the year with the Georgia game but Alabama is coming in to this game with 3 guys out to be held to get healthy for next weeks Iron bowl and those are : keon sabb (db)  cole adams (wr)  que Robinson (lb)  

but on the flipside  the sooner comes in incredibly broken from most of their starting starting offense out for the game but the question is can the sooners stand up to the firepower that the tide will bring? it looks highly suspect that they wont and history has not been kind to the sooners  in recent years  last time  these two teams met was 2018 orange bowl in the cfp semifinal with the score 45-34. but lets speak on injures

injuries

like we have spoken before Alabama will be without 3 men keon sabbs, cole adams, que Robinson,

with Oklahoma having 5 of their starters out leaving a big hole in that Oklahoma offense allowing alabama to tee off on  Oklahoma offensive snaps 

additional thoughts :

Alabama comes in to this game as a 14 point favorite thats the biigest point margin that the sooners have faced in a regular season game 

jalen mileroe is finally looking comfortable in that deboer offense and getting comfortable with nick sheridans playcalling  

with the college football playoff race heating up Alabama is playing amazing football

 

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