Yes they have and yes it is. It doesn't help that they are playing an SEC East team either. SEC East football 2010-present < SEC West basketball 2000's.
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The problem is the system. With Alabama's storied past, they are allowed to recruit players with their hands out nationally and no one seems to care. Case in point: My bears friends constantly complained about this past recruiting class. They said Bama offered "life changing" money. And if a team attempts to match their offer, like the bears have done for the past few seasons, the NCAA notices. There is a pecking order in the SEC and they system in place makes it extremely difficult to alter that order. That's why Bama is the best and with or without Saban, Bama will always remain on top of the SEC. Their down years will be few and far between.
Acid mouth, that pic is hilarious.
Should we take all regulation off? If you're pure capitalist, we should go no scholarship limits and no regulation on getting players (compliance).
I'm conservative, but we're talking about a game played for entertainment. NFL, MLB, and all pro sports have ways to try and keep things competitive for a better product. I have no problem with CFB doing the same. Now if the NCAA forces teams to take a certain amount of white boys on a basketball team, then yeah, that's too much haha
I agree with you completely. I don't like Hillary Clinton stuff in my social politics, but I like it in my sports.
Sports are about interest & TV, & the parity brings more interest & greater TV ratings.
What we are seeing on TV now in college football is trash & uninteresting.
You can go on and one as far as excuses as to why this has happened. Bottom line is, Alabama was one of the first programs to really invest in football, and it's paid dividends for them. There are tons and tons of sidewalk fans who are willing to give money to the football program, outside of their biggest donors. And there is plenty of talent in Alabama to start with. Yeah, they don't recruit only AL kids but that's what the foundation was built upon.
Meanwhile in MS, we split our major universities, and did nothing to grow the population. Dont' blame others for success.
Haha, fair enough. And in reality - ever noticed how the things that get taken over by lib-tards are the ones that are too big to fail anyway? May as well get lib-tarded in football. You won't see many lib-tard policies in for-profit cutthroat business lines. Only in government, media and things like that, can lib-tard policies be implemented.
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Top 10 college football matchups are supposed to be can't miss entertainment and something football fans plan their Saturdays around even if it doesn't involve their team. Bama plays #6 A&M next week and I think I'd get more entertainment watching a Lifetime movie with my wife.
Y'all won't get every player you offer but no one bats an eye when you get a 5 star OT from Texas or 5 star WR from Ohio. If a bottom tier SEC does it, they get a 4 year NCAA colonoscopy. Now the bears also screwed up by attempting to build a powerhouse overnight as opposed to taking several seasons. That's asking for an anal probe. Let me also add that the only team I hate more than the bears is the tide
65 scholarships
4 year scholarships
If a kid gets hurt or kicked off the team, he is immediately eligible to transfer to any school he wants, even SEC schools.
Such an MSU attitude here. We & everyone else have been trying for 100 years & nothing has changed. At some point, maybe it's not just us & maybe the system has something to do with it
Your statement has nothing to do with my argument. I agree with you, we should do everything we can to catch up with them. No doubt.
However, if I'm a CBS or ESPN TV rep, I'm calling for rule changes because my games suck & the current rules are alienating 90% of power 5 college football fans