That Colt McCoy interview was tough to watch. Who knows how the game goes if he stays in. Alabama could've very well still won but you know that the team and the entire state of Texas would rather lose with McCoy at the helm. I wish Colt the best of luck on the next level.
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i'm going to post this and then read through the thread.
it was a very disappointing game. not just the result for me, but that i was basically robbed of the game with an injury to the one irreplaceable player on the field.
let's be honest here. texas would have won this game with colt mccoy. alabama wouldn't have had as much success running the ball had the texas offense been able to do anything at all in the first half of the game or if texas could have played the field position game better which definitely would have been the case with colt. but he got hurt and that's part of the game.
that said, texas had plenty of chances to win the game. you can't really fault them for their effort after mccoy went down especially after the way they were able to rally coming out of halftime and legitimately have a chance to win the game at the end.
nick saban is a *******. the fake punt on the opening drive was beyond stupid, but his worst call was scoring that last td at the end. they got the ball back and had a 0% chance to lose the game by taking a knee and ending it. instead he gave the ball back to texas(and with the missed extra point), texas was only down two scores. sure, it's an incredible small chance that texas could come back, but you take the sure win when it's there and he didn't.
really, alabama was lucky that mccoy got hurt and that they were looking at a 6-0 deficit with a qb that hadn't ever played a meaningful snap rather than being behind 14-0 with mccoy in the game.
i just hope the general consensus tomorrow isn't that alabama rolled over texas just like they were "supposed" to. because that would be bull****.
Me thinks as a fan its better to lose starting QB weeks, heck days before championship rather than in the game itself. No time to brace for the loss. Lotsa angry folks in TX right now.
That Colt McCoy interview was tough to watch. Who knows how the game goes if he stays in. Alabama could've very well still won but you know that the team and the entire state of Texas would rather lose with McCoy at the helm. I wish Colt the best of luck on the next level.
i think it's pretty clear that texas would have dominated the game tonight with colt out there. they sure started off that way and once colt went down all the pressure in the world was on the texas defense to make big plays and to stay on the field the entire 1st half because they weren't trusting gilbert to throw the ball.
and gilbert is going to be a stud next year. there isn't a tougher situation possible that he could have been thrown into than that one. true freshman, never taken a meaningful snap and suddenly he's the qb in the national title game against a definite top 5 defense? just a ridiculous situation to be in.
Oh, please. It's early part of the game. No way to tell how it went down if McCoy played the whole game. Teams make adjustments and momentum can change quickly. It's not even speculation. It's just homerism.
i think it's pretty clear that texas would have dominated the game tonight with colt out there. they sure started off that way and once colt went down all the pressure in the world was on the texas defense to make big plays and to stay on the field the entire 1st half because they weren't trusting gilbert to throw the ball.
and gilbert is going to be a stud next year. there isn't a tougher situation possible that he could have been thrown into than that one. true freshman, never taken a meaningful snap and suddenly he's the qb in the national title game against a definite top 5 defense? just a ridiculous situation to be in.
You can't say that though. The game would've been completely different. I sure as hell can't fault you for thinking the Longhorns odds would have been a hundred times greater but you have absolutely no idea how it would've gone down with Colt in the game. Maybe the Texas D never steps up like they did or maybe Alabama doesn't play as conservative as they did. I know what you are trying to say though but fact of the matter is that injuries change the landscape of the game and its impossible to tell what could happen.
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You can't say that though. The game would've been completely different. I sure as hell can't fault you for thinking the Longhorns odds would have been a hundred times greater but you have absolutely no idea how it would've gone down with Colt in the game. Maybe the Texas D never steps up like they did or maybe Alabama doesn't play as conservative as they did. I know what you are trying to say though but fact of the matter is that injuries change the landscape of the game and its impossible to tell what could happen.
the defense stepping up? the defense was worse than they normally were because they couldn't get off the field the first half of the game and were basically behind in field position the whole time as well.
i can say that there is a very good chance that texas would have been up 14-0 after their first two times with the ball if colt had been in the game.
Oh, please. It's early part of the game. No way to tell how it went down if McCoy played the whole game. Teams make adjustments and momentum can change quickly. It's not even speculation. It's just homerism.
or it's looking at how the game went down and realizing that texas would have been a lot better(especially in the first half) with mccoy without much of a reason to believe that alabama would have been any better had colt played.
i mean, alabama won the game. they are the national champions and they should be as injuries are part of the game and they won this game. i'm just hoping people don't pretend that this game was some sort of validation for the pregame thought that texas was going to be overmatched.
i think it's pretty clear that texas would have dominated the game tonight with colt out there. they sure started off that way and once colt went down all the pressure in the world was on the texas defense to make big plays and to stay on the field the entire 1st half because they weren't trusting gilbert to throw the ball.
and gilbert is going to be a stud next year. there isn't a tougher situation possible that he could have been thrown into than that one. true freshman, never taken a meaningful snap and suddenly he's the qb in the national title game against a definite top 5 defense? just a ridiculous situation to be in.
Obviously the 2 turnovers from Gilbert in the 1st half put Texas in a horriffic position, but I dont see how you come to the conclusion that Texas would've dominated... That fake punt was the dumbest call i have ever seen Saban make, and Texas couldn't even put 7 on the board there with McCoy. I think the game would've been much closer throughout with him, but you're taking alot away from Bama by saying they would've been dominated... Hell, I think UF would've played them alot closer if we had Dunlop and Jones on D too but to claim you would've beat them, much less dominate, is just a huge reach. It sucks not to have such a key player, but Bama is still a deserving champion and it's tough to take anything away from them.
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Congrats to Bama, but that was a tough, tough break for Texas. We got robbed of a potential epic game.
Rocketeer if your going to blame anybody blame Greg Davis. I understand Gilbert is a freshman, but you still have to call plays to win the game. Trying to pound the ball with Newton against Alabama's defense was just plain stupid. Newton is a guy you can't pound the ball with against the Big 12, why try it against the best defense in the country? His play calling left your defense out to dry.
Texas defense was also overrated. They got a ton of pressure on McElroy early, but once Alabama stuck to their bread and butter (Ingram and Richardson) Texas was not going to stop it even if they weren't on the field a good amount. Alabama was way too physical for the Longhorns defense.
Hats off to McCoy for a great career and it's a shame it had to end this way. He is such a classy kid and a great football player. I wish him nothing, but the best on the next level.
As for Gilbert he is going to be a star. He did about as good as he could with the play calling, his receivers dropping passes left and right, and the fact he had no meaningful playing experience prior to this game. He has a great arm, pretty good mechanics, and he has a ton of poise.
Bama won, get over it. Colt couldn't tackle Ingram, he couldn't be his own receiver. Those receivers were terrible. Gilbert made a few poor decisions with the ball but a lot of his incompletions were on target but bounced off the receiver's hands.
Exciting start and finish, unfortunately the injury to McCoy allowed Alabama to become ultra conservative in the second half and it almost backfired. I think they got overconfident being up 24-6 at the half and seeing how Gilbert played up until the point they didn't think he could lead a comeback.
Those halftime interviews were awful. What are the chances of a shovel pass being intercepted? I would say there is a bigger possbility that a running back fumbles if you are trying to run out the clock. That wasn't a bad call, it was poor execution. Saban also sounded like the game was over at this point although I think he recognized it towards the end and back padeled a bit. The Bama defense started off very aggressive, eventually Texas adjusted and was able to capitalize on the blitzes and complete some big plays to Shipley.
On another note, I actually liked that the referees let the secondary players be physical, but you need to be consistent. There were numerous times when Alabama could have been called for pass interference or holding, instead they got Texas for it when it didn't seem like much compared to how the game went.
BCS Championship: #2 Texas Longhorns (13-0) Vs #1 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0) - 1/7
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