[quote=Cajungator26][quote=BellamyRd.]no, I wouldn't say that, even when they've been beating us it's been 50/50 in state, problem is TT has taken advatage of his proximity to GA, and we haven't really gone into GA and we need to, as for LA, I don't know, I'd say FL has much more talent, I'm not even sure who has come out of there besides Terry Bradshaw, but don't be scared, the SEC is ultra-competitive, and probably always will be~but I'm curious if he can take away Bo and Jimbo, hehe

generally I've seen top tier is Texas, Florida, and California

Then Ohio, Georgia....Louisiana and Pennsylvania just a bit below them.

[quote=BellamyRd.][quote=Cajungator26]I'd say his chances of getting Jimbo are pretty damn good...

I honestly thought that Jimbo would be going to Florida State to be groomed to take over as HC for the Noles. He's connected to the Bowdens, so that was my thought...

I'm just glad I can go back to having a life...well until the Fountain of Youth;)

Well yeah... Texas and Ohio would definitely be top tier. I was referring to the SEC.

Well, I'm just excited about the Sugar Bowl tonight... :eek:

I can't stand Notre Dame, so I hope we put them to shame.

my source called me to say it's not jimbo fisher. the OC is goin to be tom clementes.

and i heard that fsu had moved on from fisher, they were tired of waiting. looks like he is still available.

I heard the same thing...

It appears that Kevin Steele (FSU recruiter) will also be going.

in retrospect -- the two most awesome posts in history.

the funny thing is:
no matter how hard they try to stir it up
the creme always manages to rise to the top!
yeeee-haaaaaaaaaaa!
Roll Tide Roll!

Ya I know football is huge down in Florida. I worked in Atlanta for a while and almsot every weekend was spent driving from Atlanta to the Tampa area. I passed through Gainesville and even stopped a few times to eat and all you see is Gator this, Gator that.

I cant believe the Marlins have to play down there. What a jip. Given the success this franchise has had, they deserve better than the worst stadium in the majors and 5K people attending the games. Bring them to Saratoga, they would get better attendance!

Nick Saban. What exactly has this guy done? He had a ton of talent in LSU. A better coach would have gotten 2 or 3 Natl Championships there. Hes done absolutely terrible in Miami. That "play calling" against the Jets 2 weeks ago was abysmal. They outplayed them and deserved to win that game. 4th and inches and they kick a field goal? 2nd to last game of the year with no playoff implications for them against their arch rivals and they kick a field goal?

2 or 3 national championships in a coaches first five years AND in the SEC? Coach Bryant didn't even do that.

Wow.

Well let me give a big congrats to the Bama faithful. They got a good coach. I haven't had a chance to read about it or watch the press conference. I did hear Haizenga say briefly about the very difficult situation the Saban's were in as a family and the Bama job would suit that situation best. What exactly is the situation?

Hey Bellamy....I know we went round and round on this thread, even cost you 48 hours in the penalty box :D but no harm no foul...it's all in jest and there is nothing wrong with a spirited debate.

I hate liars.

I therefore now have to hate the Alabama program.

There is a phrase: NO COMMENT that can be very useful... I never trust lying SOB's like this guy, Barry Switzer, and Jackie Sherrill. Same category except as far as I know Saban is not a cheater. But if he can lie like a dog, he can cheat.

a couple of points here.

first off, plenty of fans who like an sec team will pull for other teams in the sec as long as they aren't facing 'their' team. it's not cheating or blasphemy. i enjoy football, and greatly enjoy auburn, bama, and a couple other sec teams--i'll pull for practically any sec team when they play. except of course for arkansas!
secondly, this is a great day for alabama. saban is a good coach--his only issue seems to be having ants in his pants. they have an outstanding opportunity. that being said...

i'm VERY disappointed in saban. i feel this is just another indication of a complete lack of commitment, of dishonesty, of lack of honor that is so prevalent in this day and age. this guy left a top notch program to try out pros. two years is no effort. i think he's a quitter in this respect. he may have been unhappy, but he gave his word to an owner who asked for a commitment that he readily signed off on--but couldnt back up.
i agree completely with lou holtz--and if anyone knows the ins and outs of coaching, fans, etc, it would be holtz. he said this move is good for 'bama, and good for saban--who will go back to college football that he probably shouldn't have left-BUT he said nick will always have a pain from this, regrets, the feeling he didn't quite do right by miami. and he's right. nick will always feel that maybe he didn't try hard enough--and he didn't.

i wish him luck. i enjoy alabama and will enjoy seeing them reclimb the sec ladder--and other than when they face lsu, i wish them luck!

nicks doings the last few weeks reminded me just now of something, as did your post.
i used to watch nascar--turns out tho that i was a dale earnhardt fan, not a nascar fan...now with him gone, i coudln't care less... but i digress. what this reminds me of is when earnhardt shoved terry labonte the hell out of the way and won the bristol night race. i loved seeing that guy win, but not like that. he got a lot of boos that night, and i had a bit of a sour taste in my mouth from how he won.

saban regretted leaving college when he found pros not to his liking. but now he has to live with walking out on a team he committed to. he's hurting his reputation.

Make that TWO teams he committed to. He walked out on LSU too. :mad:

oh, i know. but everyone understood the desire to move on to pros. but it's a bitter taste knowing he only gave that two years. why bother if that was all he was willing/able to give?

i just get very frustrated when people walk out on a contract, or have a good year so they want to renegotiate--but have a bad year--can you imagine the reaction if a player was told we want to renegotiate because you weren't up to snuff?? but perfectly acceptable to put the owner on the spot. it's ridiculous.
saban is lucky he worked for who he worked for, huizenga is being quite a gentleman about it all.

haha, not where I'm from
cajun knows, but whatever
women have different rules
in trying to understand football

it's no problem samarta
I led the league in techs
when playing basketball
I'm used to having to sit
but I apologize if I said anything to offend you

c'mon though, regrets, I don't know
I left a job in November I could not stand
was making more money than the job I have now
but I'm much happier now
haven't we all taken a job that didn't work out?
you have to enjoy getting up in the morning
to do what you do everyday
and it seems like Saban just wasn't happy
in that situation

hopefully, he'll be happy in T-town
& successful!

happens all the time in the NFL. Contracts are NOT guaranteed and players are forced to take paycuts all the time.

Saban was greeted at the airport by this drunken fan...



...after the festivities

http://72.242.51.73/publicquery/disp...6&BioID=940696


lol!

Standard Stuff in Today's Miami Papers...
 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...l/16378669.htm

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/s...a-sports-front

http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll...U0301/70104012

This guy is a top notch recruiter. He was also linebackers coach at Nebraska under Tom Osborne.

Get ready, SEC.

Its interesting when a coach with a defensive background hires a big time defensive assistant.

Saban will have bama ready to win in about two years.

I really cant blame him for his decision. How could anybody?

This just proves that Saban was lying out of his ass all along... no way he'd be hiring this quickly unless he'd been planning this. :mad: What a piece of SHIAT!

yeah, the only other lower lifeform I can even fathom
is a person who cheers for two SEC teams;)
which have now taken over the #2 and #3 spots
in the SEC pecking order!!!
Roll Tide Roll!!!

Don't make me comment on lower lifeforms, Michael. :)

LOL, don't make me have to cheer for Ohio State!
because I will ya know~:p
LSD played pretty well last night
if there were a playoff, I wouldn't want to play them

Ok, logically, it makes very little sense for you NOT to root for the Gators...

Every SEC team is helped by having an underdog Gator team bring Ohio State down to size. It's good for the conference.

In a system in which the rankings, not a playoff, determines what happens, I'd rather enjoy to keep and strengthen the belief that the SEC is the toughest conference. What better way to do so than to go 6-3 in the bowls, win two BCS games and claim the national champion as one of our members?

Better for us all (SEC fans) if the Gators win. So there. :p

picket and carry signs.

people say to cheer for the SEC
and I say how can I cheer for the likes of
awbarn, Smokey Top, LS-who?, arkansaw
Flarda, and Joe-Ja?
Urb doesn't really deserve it either
and I dread the decisions Leak will be making
with that Oh-io D coming fast
but Jame, I'll try just for you ;)

Alabama fans whining how Dennis Franchione screwed them and their kids...
which of course he did and is part of the reason ATM will never get their National Championship (the other reason is they exist is to beat Texas- aim a little higher for Gods sake Aggies, the theme of your fight song is to saw the Longhorns horns off)

What a bunch o' crap. Maybe Saban can complete his antics by getting Bama on probation.
Lyin sack o chit.
And I really liked Alabama, I remember rooting for them way back in a Sugar Bowl against Penn ST... rooting against a coach who has some class. Shame on me.

so if harvard offered you a gig to teach your physics at their school, would you tell your class right before final exams and crush their spirits? or just tell them after it was over? the media is simply relentless, and can't give someone time to make up their mind~Fran did beat Texas, btw

guys like joe paterno are a rarity. then you have an organization like the steelers. as long as i've been alive, i've seen chuck noll and then cowher there. of course bill is probably on the move now. but i guess when franchise players went out the window, so did franchise coaches.

but i do know bama is dammed lucky, because i understand that had saban turned them down, houston nutt was next on the list. of course, had the tide gotten him, that would have been good for arkansas.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colum...pat&id=2718798

from pat forde on saban.

Bama fans would have burned the school down had they hired that clown. Grobe at wake or mike sherman were next. Maybe even jimbo fisher, oc at Lsu.

when the first couple people told me nutt was second, i scoffed. and of course it could just be a rumor. then late yesterday my son said he heard nutt was #2. so i laughed 'haha, he's number two'...
nutt IS a clown tho for sure....whatever he's paying his agent isn't enough, what a snow job!

This is kind of off topic, but I saw this article and thought it was interesting...

http://rivals100.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=259347