#1 BAMA
#2 Notre Dame
#3 Miami
#4 Nebraska
#5 USC
#6 LSU
#7 Ohio State
#8 Texas
#9 Michigan
#10 Penn State
Honorary Mention
Georgia
This is my opinion what’s yours?
ROLL TIDE ROLL!

TCU upsets Georgia in the biggest upset since Valvano and the Wolfpack beating Houston.
How sweet it would be!! An all time upset. Oh it would be fun as I now live in
Atlanta.

lt would have damn sure been a mess this year. l hope to hell they don't get the top 6 seeds. l believe all these conference champs lost to non-conference champs already.

Michigan
Clemson
Kansas State
Utah

That leaves the SEC Champs still standing from the Power 5 conferences. What a damn mess! Play the bowl games the old fashion way and then select 4 teams for a playoff.

He’s declared for the draft. Did he have another choice?

Just curious how you go from rookie to all conference to all American. Been on this site for 21 years and have never understood the formula. I’ll add I don’t really care what I am.

If you look at the stat sheet, you wonder how Alabama won by over 20 points, because pretty much everything is even. The main difference was Alabama being +21 from 3 and the margin of victory was 22. Alabama controlled this game all the way through and did whatever they wanted on both ends of the floor.

On offense they penetrated the lane at Will and had some open kick outs and alley oops in the paint. On defense they pushed Ole Miss around and forced long jump shots countless times. It was a great gameplan and it showed the talent and athletic advantage that Alabama had.

Brandon Miller makes playing basketball look easy. Some of the moves and plays he was making were silly. He finished with 17 and Sears finished with 16. Those two seems to consistently lead Bama in scoring. Jaden Bradley was very aggressive last night and went 10/12 from the free throw line, plus Jahvon Quinerly played within his role and did extremely well.

Alabama got outrebounded, gave up 16 second chance points, and were blocked 8 times but still won by 22. This team is deep, they play together, and every player plays within their role. Also, when they only turn it over 7 times like they did tonight, they’re nearly unstoppable. Big game this Saturday.

From Brandon

Do we have any update on Bill O'Brien's status at Alabama?

He was a MVP in the UA AA game.

What are y’all hearing ?

I know that the current rules of the CFB Transfer Portal is a topic of contention with each side having valid arguments. The simple fact of the matter is that the rules need to be amended, and perhaps just reverted to their previous state, requiring a player to sit for a year. I don't say this because I think the Transfer Portal is an issue for my team. Alabama, but because the TP will eventually completely destroy a program. With transfer rules that essentially amount to complete free agency, players not under any contractual obligation, (after receiving what amounts to 10's or thousands of dollars a year in school tuition, meals, tutoring, nutritionist care, doctor care, books, monthly stipend etc.,) and nearly unregulated NIL deals that allow players to receive large paydays, (the amounts of which we rarely know,) from boosters, eventually a school will be left unable to recover from a mass exodus.

I decided to post this after seeing an article that says there are 26 Arkansas players in the Transfer Portal. That is more than most program's yearly incoming recruiting class. Arkansas came in to the 2022 season with a roster that was already razor(back) thin. There incoming recruiting class currently has 19 players signed and 5 incoming transfers. I have a feeling there will be a lot of freshman getting reps in at Arkansas next year. 26 is a lot of players to lose to the portal, and I haven't even checked who they are losing to graduation and the NFL. At the very least, Arky will have some struggles again next year and maybe even a slight downturn, but they'll still have a program.

What happens when one of these schools with a storied football program has a bad year, a scandal, a coaching change or maybe all of the above, and a mass exodus occurs? How many outgoing transfers can a program realistically absorb while still remaining a viable program that can contend in their respective conference? I have a feeling if the rules don't change we will eventually see this happen to at least one program. Arkansas is losing 26 players to the portal alone, not including grads and any players bound for the NFL, what if next year a team loses 40? Can you replace 40 scholarship players and still have a team able to compete to your programs standard? The answer to that question is probably no and definitely not, "the transfer portal," because there is no inverse rule that requires players to transfer in to a program and no guarantee that a coaching staff could accomplish that feat. As I sit here thinking about it, I can't even imagine how much extra work and pressure that puts on a coaching and recruiting staff who just got done spending months away from their family while coaching and running all over the country to sign new players. And, what about all of the time and money spent by these coaches and programs to get players to sign only so see what amounts to their incoming recruiting class just walk after the season with no promises of replacement? That would really hamper my desire to be a CFB coach and I think we'll see quite a few quality coaches eventually exit for the NFL. Ultimately, the Transfer Portal rules have become unfair to the athletic programs that make them possible in the first place.

What I'm saying is this, it may not happen this year or next, but in due time, if the rules aren't adjusted, the Transfer Portal will deal a death blow to a college program and we'll all be worse off for it.

Ole Miss at No. 7 Alabama (-12.5)
TV: SEC Network
Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network
Tip-off time: 8 p.m.

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Need two tickets. What you got?

During the UT game I had a chance to talk Bama football with a former Trainers Assistant. Fella is in Professional School now. And asked me not to reveal his name as he still has ties to folks on the team. I think he was with Bama football from 2014-2019, he said. He said the number one predictor of the quality of the teams season was when he saw THIS in practice ….. ( You gotta guess….and I’ll tell after a few days) My guess was - the low number of players in Saban’s doghouse …..,and I was wrong. What y’all say?

… UGA would be opening up a can of whoop a$$ on this team tonight. We are soft.

Nick tried to tell everyone not once, but twice. The first after the IB and the night before the top 4 teams were selected. I believe the fire in this team was not lit beneath them, and Nick built a fire inside them. With 10 minutes to play Bama on a 45-3 run over the Big 12 Champ. Say it again a 45-3 run over the team that committee put TCU in as a 3 seed. We all had the right, except a few posters who said we didn't deserve to be a playoff team. Proud of this team, the staff, and very optimist for another title run in 23. Shout-out to Tony T and the entire staff for bringing it RTR

how good is that young player for haleyville? don`t remember his name. is he a d1 prospect?

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He’s gone. Next man up!

Like this guy a lot and it feels like he's been at Mizzou for 6 years. Going to be a good game.