Showing posts with label SEC football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SEC football. Show all posts

Friday, September 8, 2017

Fresno State Vs Alabama (Is It Cupcake Week Already?)

The Bulldogs of Fresno State, easily one of the 20 worst teams in CFB, are prohibitive underdogs against the powerhouse Crimson Tide.  They were 1-11 in 2016.  Under now-fired Coach Tim DeRuyter, the Dogs went a combined 20-6 in 2012 and 2013 but fell off the cliff in the years following.

Last Saturday Fresno State ran away with the game against the Incarnate Word Cardinals pummeling them 66-0.  Incarnate Word (NCAA Division I) went 3-8 in 2016.

Fresno State’s QB, Chason Virgil, had several throws that went awry. He struggled early with accuracy down the field.  An end zone pass was overthrown and he underthrew two passes in UIW territory that should have been touchdowns.  That doesn’t matter though.  The game was a blowout.

The FSU Bulldogs will travel to Bryant-Denny Stadium despite Mexifornia’s travel ban to Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.

New coach Jeff Tedford and his mangy dogs will make the cross-country trek to Tuscaloosa for a ginormous payday.  The two schools struck a deal in June of 2015 well before the ban took effect on January 1, 2017.  Fresno State will be paid a whopping $1.4 million to be utterly and completely humiliated.  That should go a long way towards paying for the new $892,000 video scoreboard that was installed at Bulldog Stadium in 2015 plus some Milk Bones.


This game won’t be competitive for even five minutes.  ESPN’s Matchup Predictor gives Fresno State a 0.6% chance of winning.  I would be shocked if the Bulldogs gain more than 20 yards rushing.  Man, talk about your dog shaming…
ROLL TIDE ROLL!

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Alabama Crimson Tide Vs Arkansas Razorbacks

No other division in college football is as tough as the Southeastern Conference. 

Today at Donald W. Reynolds Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas the Hogs and Head Coach Bret Bielema want nothing more than to knock the Alabama Crimson Tide from their No.1 perch in the national rankings and prove they belong in the upper echelon of the SEC.  If they win it would be the biggest win of Bielema’s career at Arkansas.

This will be the fifth time Alabama has been ranked #1 when facing Arkansas. Alabama has a 4-0 record against the Hogs when ranked #1. 
2010 #1 Alabama 24 #10 Arkansas 20
2011 #3 Alabama 38 #14 Arkansas 14    
2012 #1 Alabama 52 Arkansas 0        
2013 #1 Alabama 52 Arkansas 0        
2014 #7 Alabama 14 Arkansas 13            
2015 #8 Alabama 27 Arkansas 14

Arkansas will try to snap a nine-game losing streak against Alabama.

Alabama has been playing Arkansas on an annual basis since Arkansas joined the SEC back in 1992.  Before joining the conference, Arkansas and Alabama had only met twice on the gridiron, both times in the Sugar Bowl back in 1961 and 1979. They have met 26 times total with Alabama owning a 19-7 record against the Razorbacks.

The first three times Alabama faced off against Arkansas resulted in 3 national championships in 1961, 1979 and 1992. 
I don’t want to get too cocky and start slathering barbecue sauce on those porkers, but the lowly Hogs will only manage to keep the game close for while.  The Bama offense is deep and the defense has given up a scant 22 points in four games.  This will prove to be too much for the Razorbacks to overcome.  It’ll brutal—like a lion playing with its food.

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

And since no football post would be complete with some gorgeous cheerleaders and their pom-poms, please feast your eyes upon the famed Crimsonettes.  

Game time is 7:00 PM and will air on ESPN.