How is Bama more respectable than Clemson, besides not being USC's rival? Saban disciplines his players "in house" (read: you're not missing any game time when you fail drug tests or get caught with guns or any other of a long list of offenses). Bama is a lot of things, but I'm not sure "respectable" is on the list.
Love the attitude, but I probably would have phrased it differently. If Bently can stay healthy, this team will be going places in a couple of years!
watson will be another Taj boyd, he will be pumping gas in a couple years!!
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You must fear Jake or u would be in the Tiger site bitching about how the baseball team tanked on Monte.
Absolutely! It's okay if THEY say it but a double-standard when we DO! They've always felt entitled!
Agree with your comment about Spurrier - he had them down & could've buried them (Dabo wouldn't have lasted another beating like he was getting), but he quit and they took advantag in recruiting! I give him (Spurrier) a LOT of credit for their title! Wouldn't have happened had he kept going & not turned the program (mostly recruiting over to Junior who had NO relationship with the high school coaches)! Also, I have no problem with running up scores on rivals and BOTH talking all they want. Nothing wrong with Jake Bentley's answer to the question - I prefer it more than bowing to Clemson or any opponent. I definitely prefer believing in yourself and building confidence! And, again, when we were dominating them Clemson NEVER gave us credit! We may not have been the Nat. Champ but we were in the top 3 & a WAY ahead of them - not a whole lot of difference IMO as far as who's better, etc.!!
Mostly good points, but they are light years ahead of us now. Unless those in control admit that, there will be precious little change. What fans say, do and think are meaningless.
I admire the team spirit, but there's just so much wrong with this. For starters, Clemson won 10+ games in '11, '12, and '13, something that hadn't been done at that school in however long. It's pretty clear that they were improving under Dabo. Another loss to Spurrier in '14 wouldn't have caused Dabo to get fired--it certainly would have annoyed every fan of that program, but that's an absurd statement. Second, and this is the doozy: "not a whole lot of difference as far as who's better". Seriously. No wonder you don't have any issue with what Jake said. If you don't see any difference between winning your division, your conference, making the CFP, and winning the national championship, vs. winning 11 games and a couple non-BCS bowls, well, then, I don't know what to tell you.
I personally wish they'd let/made Jake stay in the game. Sometimes you have to take a beat down with courage. Him being pulled and putting in a qb who transferred doesn't really help us for next year. Bet you arse Connor Shaw woulda stayed in until he had an a or leg torn off.
Before we use terms like they are light years ahead of us, remember, every year means a new team. I think this year after the big game, people will realize we are indeed up to par with Clemson. Last year was in terms of talent the best Dabo has ever had while Will had to play the hand dealt him. This year, things get a little more dicey in our favor.
I agree they, obviously, were ahead last year (they had the best team in history and we had close to our worst), but not sure about the "light years" at this point with recruiting, etc. "Stars" are great but they have to develop & play it out on the field and our coaches haven't had that chance yet to show what they can do with our improved recruiting! We know Clemson recruits well, but they also lost the best QB they've ever had and who was the biggest difference in most of their games, so we'll see how long Clemson STAYS ahead of us and if we're going to compete better from now on!
Historically speaking, a 6-6 regular season team isn't anywhere close to USC's worst. It's actually the average USC team.
