Interesting Comments About Saban....

[ShotgunDawg]

I honestly don't know if and/or what level Bama is cheating. However, I think it's sad that the sport that we all love is shrouded with distrust, scandals, and a perceived uneven playing field.

I just wish the sport didn't operate like this.

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[Dawg61]

I'm sure everyone's cheating but CFB needs to figure out how to have more parody. It's getting really old having 130 teams but only 4-5 of them actually have a chance to win a natty each year.

[TrapGame]

Anonymous Coach = Gus Malzahn**

[Jack Lambert]

I'm sure everyone's cheating but CFB needs to figure out how to have more parody. It's getting really old having 130 teams but only 4-5 of them actually have a chance to win a natty each year.

Conference champions only in play off would be a start.

[ShotgunDawg]

Anonymous Coach = Gus Malzahn**

I don't think it matters who the coach is because all of them likely believe the same thing.

It's just a shame that the sport we love has this issue.

[Dawg61]

I'd get rid of all OOC games and conference championship games and go to a final 32 or 64 team tournament.

[TUSK]

I'm sure everyone's cheating but CFB needs to figure out how to have more parody. It's getting really old having 130 teams but only 4-5 of them actually have a chance to win a natty each year.

I think you may be on to something... We should just handout another 129 of these:

[mparkerfd20]

I'll say it unanonymously, Nick Saban is the best coach at cheating in the country. That said hes a hell of a coach too.

[Todd4State]

Cheating will go on no matter what. And the NCAA is not making it any better by handing out pitiful and inconsistent sanctions because they don't want another program to turn into 1990's era SMU.

[ShotgunDawg]

Cheating will go on no matter what. And the NCAA is not making it any better by handing out pitiful and inconsistent sanctions because they don't want another program to turn into 1990's era SMU.

SMU's bigger problem was the fall of the SW Conf. If SMU were in the Big 12, they would've recovered fairly quickly

[32 Dive]

Alabama has the best "Talent Acquisition" plan in the business. Decades of "extreme commitment", has built them a nearly insurmountable amount of built-in advantages. Not crying foul. It is 90 years too late for that...

As far as parity, College Football will never be a Democracy. He with the most money, and best attorneys, win. ;-)

[TUSK]

I'd get rid of all OOC games and conference championship games and go to a final 32 or 64 team tournament.

I know this has been beaten to death, but this is close to the solution, IMO... Some of you really old(er) guys may remember a post I made about the time of the inception of the BCS (1998ish?)

I can't remember the definite specs, but it went something like this:

Eight 12 team conferences (96 teams)
11 conference games + 1 OOC = 12 game regular season
16 team playoff that incorporated the best bowls - teams not making the CFP filled out the remaining bowl schedule
Conference Champs get automatic bid to CFP - the next 8 teams receive a bid via a BCS type formula/CFP committee
Playoffs are seeded 16 vs 1 (and so on) as to avoid rematches as late in the playoffs as possible

Somethin' like that...

[Rustydawg]

I believe Bama bought a lot of players when Saban first became the head coach. They probably don’t have to buy as many now that they’ve been on a decade+ roll, but it still happens. Saban and the Bama program are just as corrupt as any in college football. Top players getting arrested and having legal issues still play on Saturdays. It’s all big business and the enforcers have financial incentive to allow it to happen. Rigged system that has taken a lot of the fun out of the game for many fans.

[TexasDawg]

There are some huge pussies in this thread

[ShotgunDawg]

Just look back at the Rueben Foster ordeal, Auburn's version of CJ Johnson.

Kid got a War Eagle tatoo and then flipped to Bama.

You can't tell me he wasn't bought by Bama. I'm sure Auburn was paying as well, but let's not sit here and disregard clear evidence.

What about the Raekwon Davis ordeal with us? He committed to MSU is Mullen's office.

Stop believing they don't have to cheat because they clearly do and have done recently. It's embarrassing to the sport that a dynasty is cheating at their level.

If you disagree with that then you are a Bama fan or just dumb.

[TUSK]

Just look back at the Rueben Foster ordeal, Auburn's version of CJ Johnson.

Kid got a War Eagle tatoo and then flipped to Bama.

Yeah, it's a shame that AU got a player bought out from under them.*

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

I'm sure everyone's cheating but CFB needs to figure out how to have more parody.

That’s how I would describe our Croom Error teams.

[ShotgunDawg]

Yeah, it's a shame that AU got a player bought out from under them.*

I say all that to make the point that absolutely Bama pays players. The question in my mind is whether or not their status allows them to pay less than the highest bidder or if they just go all out, above and beyond with consequences?

[TUSK]

I say all that to make the point that absolutely Bama pays players. The question in my mind is whether or not their status allows them to pay less than the highest bidder or if they just go all out, above and beyond with consequences?

I'll never deny that some of Bama's players get illegal benefits. I believe that all schools are guilty of this at some level.

That being said, save a few outliers, I believe that Bama may actually have to pay less than some schools do to attract comparable talent (due to recent success)...

I think the last time bammer went "all out" was in the late 90s under Dubose... that cheatin' was almost as overt as OM's recent doings...

[TUSK]

That’s how I would describe our Croom Error teams.

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