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College Football’s Top 25 Hotties of 2010 – #19 A.J. McCarron

9th August 2010 by SportsFags under Football Jocks (American football)     

Bama backup A.J. McCarron

Just like a soccer captain, Alabama backup quarterback A.J. McCarron wears #10 on the field, and there’s little doubt amongst the fans or coaches that McCarron’s ready to assume the captain’s role for the Crimson Tide once senior Greg McElroy completes his final year of eligibility in 2010.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound red-shirt freshman, was promoted from the scout team and into the role of Alabama’s No. 2 quarterback roughly two-thirds of the way through Alabama’s 2009 championship season, but head coach Nick Saban, not wanting to burn a year of McCarron’s eligibility doing mop-up work, chose to keep McCarron on the bench as the heir apparent in 2011.

McCarron’s slight frame and boyish cuteness made us feel a little weird about putting him on our 2009 College Football Hotties Rankings, but he’s filled out nicely and slides in at #19 this year.

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Turnovers and Injuries Doom Texas

8th January 2010 by under College Football     

I’ve been disappointed in a lot of things in my life, there was Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the guy with the big feet…well you get the point. But never had I experienced what was close to outright sports depression as when I saw Colt McCoy get knocked out of the BCS title game.

To say that I was a little bummed is like saying Porky Pig has a slight speech impediment. Forget about staring at his hot ass all night long, I was mostly bummed because I was being cheated out of what I thought would’ve been one of the best college football championship games ever played.

Garrett Gilbert is cute

Garrett Gilbert is cute

With Colt McCoy, Texas and Alabama were even. Without Colt McCoy, game plans were altered on both sides and the BCS title game turned into a snoozer for the better part of an hour. Alabama turned extremely conservative offensively and Texas backup QB Garret Gilbert tried to overcome nerves solely on the strength of his rocket arm.

Side note: Gilbert’s really cute and he’s gotta cannon for an arm, however, I’ll still take Colt’s ass.

Back to the game, with McCoy getting x-rays on his injured shoulder, Gilbert completed just one pass in the first half. With Alabama playing not to lose for most of the third quarter, the game was about as exciting as waiting for your partner to orgasm after you’ve completed yours. And then the unexpected happen.

Gilbert faked a short route, looked off a defender and delivered a rope to a streaking Jordan Shipley who caught it in stride and raced for the end zone. Suddenly, down only 24-13, these steers had some fight in ‘em. On Texas’ next possession Gilbert took something off the ball and floated another TD pass to a wide open Shipley, and with a 2-point conversion the Longhorns trailed 24-21.

Texas got the ball back again down by three, deep in their own territory with just a few minutes left in the game. Could a true freshmen quarterback who couldn’t hit the broad side of a drag queen in the first half really rally his team from an 18-point deficit against the #1 team in the country at the Rose Bowl?

Hells No!

Mark Ingram kisses the crystal ball

Mark Ingram kisses the crystal ball

A sack from Gilbert’s blind side, a fumble and the game was over, Alabama wins the national championship. Turnovers, the one factor you can’t predict, decides the game.

There was the controversial interception on a shuffle pass, which was returned for a TD in the closing minute of the first half for Alabama, and there was the fumble at the end of the game which stood out, however Texas turned the ball over a total of five times.

In the end, it was as Texas head coach Mack Brown had predicted in his pre-game ABC interview, “whoever wins the turnover battle will win the game.”

Alabama won the game 37-21 and the turnover battle by three.

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Texas and Alabama, Initial Thoughts

6th December 2009 by under College Football     

Initial thoughts on the BCS championship game which will obviously evolve throughout the month as injuries occur or, more than likely, an arrest happens.

Looking at the entire body of work, Alabama appears to be the better team. In football the better team doesn’t always win, just ask USC who Texas beat in the 2005 BCS championship game. We will never know for sure if TCU or Cincinnati would have been able to beat either Texas or Alabama.

Before we all concede the game to Alabama based on their performance against Florida let’s remember they were almost beat by an inferior Auburn team the week before. How Mack Brown and Nick Saban use this next month to prepare their respective teams and what mindset they come into the game with will be the deciding factor.

For Saban it’s a chance to exorcise the demons of a Utah beat down in last year’s Sugar Bowl.

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SEC Championship Live Blog

5th December 2009 by under College Football     

Nick Saban came out aggressive…. normally after winning the coin toss he elects to defer until the second half but sent out his offense instead.

Bama 3-0 – Tide opened up in the spread and moved quickly down field but only got a FG.

Bama 9-0 – stopped Florida on with a 3 and out on the Gators first drive which in cluded a big drop by Demps who was wide open for a big play. Bama moved down the field quickly for a TD but missed the extra point. McElroy looks sharp.

Bama 9-3 – Tebow comes up with a big 3rd and 3 conversion Gators get a Sturgis FG.

First Quarter thoughts – lots of Florida mistakes, costly penalties. Bama is playing aggressive on both sides of the ball and playing confidently.

Second Quarter

Gators stop Bama to start the 2nd quarter, Bama’s first punt of the game.

Gator holding penaltly wipes out a 14-yard run from Demps. 3rd Florida penalty for 31 yards. On 3rd down Tebow has nowhere to go and leaves one short that could of been picked off. Bama holds.

Bama 12-3 – Tiffin FG. Bama continues to move the ball well but needs to get TDs not FGs. McElroy is playing out of his mind. I wonder how long Bama will be able to keep Florida bottled up offensively.

Bama 12 – 10 – Tebow with two big runs and one big pass TD pass to David Nelson. Gators with a quick answer to Bama’s last drive.

Bama 19 – 10 – McElroy hits Ingram on a screen pass for 69 yards. Ingram runs it in for a 4 yard TD. Bama answers Florida’s quick score. Nice call on the screen pass against a Florida blitz.

Bama 19 – 13 – Sturgis 32-yard FG. Big play was Tebow’s connection to hottie Riley Cooper for a big play to get the Gators into FG range. Hernandez dropped a catchable pass from Tebow at the goal line during the drive.

Halftime: Bama 19 -13 Alabama gained ~ 270 yards in the first half and continues to play aggressively on offense but the Gators are heating up. Looks like it’s going to be a great 2nd half. Florida made a lot of mistakes early with penalties and dropped passes and Alabama took advantage. Every time you thought Florida would take over Alabama would answer.

3rd Quarter
Gators come up one yard short on the first series of the 2nd half. Punt to Bama….Tide ball at their own 25.

Bama 26 – 13 – McElroy hits Maze for big play, Florida commits a personal foul — roughing the passer on a busted play — and then McElroy hits his tight end Peek in the endzone. Great over the shoulder catch.

Alabama shuts down the Gators again and gets the ball back at their own 12-yard line. On the drive Gators had stopped Alabama on 3rd and 7 but an offsides penalty — Gators 5th penalty for 51 yards — gave Bama 3rd and 2 and Ingram converted for a Bama first down.

Facing another 3rd and 7 and under pressure McElroy hits Jones for a first down at the Florida 37. Several big runs from Mark Ingram to keep drives alive and Alabama takes 7:30 minutes off the clock. Going to the fourth.

End of 3rd Quarter thoughts – this is the best Bama has looked all year. McElroy, Ingram and the offiense line are winning the battle against the Gator defense. Tebow isn’t a factor. Boy was I wrong about this one.

Fourth Quarter

Bama 32 – 13 17-play drive. That’s huge. Two point conversion failed.

Florida drives down the field quickly but Tebow is intercepted in the end zone by Javier Arenas. That’s gotta be the ball game. Now it’s just how many yards will Ingram end up with.

Bama goes conservative and doesn’t get a first down. Florida takes over after punt at their own 32 yard line.

Florida drives the ball down deep again but Tebow’s pass is behind his receiver on 4th down. Bama will milk the clock.

With 6 minutes left the game is over and the keys to Alabama’s win was aggressiveness on offense, the play making of Greg McElroy and Bama’s offensive line. It’s on to Pasadena and as an Auburn fan I gotta say that I hate it but they were so much better than Florida today. Saban had the Tide ready to play.

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Iron Bowl 2009 looks familiar

26th November 2009 by under College Football     

auburn_alabama20 years ago The University of Alabama was undefeated, ranked #2 in the country and seemingly on their way to another national championship heading into it’s annual showdown with Auburn known as the Iron Bowl.

In 1989 the Tigers walked away with a 10-point victory on what all Auburn fans agree was the most important game in Auburn football history. The 1989 Iron Bowl was the first ever played at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare stadium.

Prior to ’89 the bitter rivals played in Birmingham’s aging Legion Field in one of those 50-50 split games like Texas and Oklahoma or Florida and Georgia, only in Birmingham there was always an advantage to the Crimson Tide because 5,000 or so Legion Field personnel received tickets and Birmingham is decidely an Alabama town.

There are many parallels between the 1989 game and the one that will be played on Friday however, no single game will ever impact both Alabama and Auburn as the one in 1989 did.

The national media is assuming Alabama and Florida, who takes on Florida State Saturday, are gonna roll into the SEC Championship game as #1 and #2 but I say they both have a lot of work to do this weekend.

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