tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post7411932801643261115..comments2023-09-06T11:00:18.404-04:00Comments on SEC Expats: Smackdown: Alabama-Ole MissUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-53094616257075831532009-10-08T16:00:34.188-04:002009-10-08T16:00:34.188-04:00J, I gave Auburn as much love as I could muster at...J, I gave Auburn as much love as I could muster at the beginning of the week. Was mucho impressed with your offense vs. Tennessee -- great intensity and creativity. You guys will be a very scary game at year's end. <br /><br />But facts are facts. For now, and that's all we have to go by, Alabama and Florida are the best teams. However, as we both know, that premise gets tested in the SEC every week.<br /><br />mg<br /><br />mgObserver Sportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996319410978004669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-19322057809405467632009-10-08T15:57:05.866-04:002009-10-08T15:57:05.866-04:00Did some more checking . . . Vaught's Ole Miss...Did some more checking . . . Vaught's Ole Miss teams didn't play Alabama as often as I thought. <br /><br />Vaught's record against Alabama was 2-4. <br /><br />The teams didn't play for 20 years, a streak ended by the '64 Sugar Bowl (a 12-7 Tide win). The gap in the series may have been motivated by the utter domination by Alabama, which had two wins of 64-0 and another of 61-0. <br /><br />Vaught ended his career with a 10-8 win in 1968, the classic shootout in 1969 in which Alabama outlasted the Archies, 33-32; and an Ole Miss beatdown at Jackson in 1970. <br /><br />Odd bit of history. Ole Miss was originally nicknamed "The Flood" before turning to the Rebels in the '30s. <br /><br />So at one point you had the Tide vs. The Flood, a classic battle of Deep South gridiron redundancies. <br /><br />mgObserver Sportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996319410978004669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-56643892852004093432009-10-08T14:38:24.647-04:002009-10-08T14:38:24.647-04:00Bigdawg - Don't let Gordon talk you into sayin...Bigdawg - Don't let Gordon talk you into saying the SEC is just 'Bama and Florida. LSU and Auburn are also undefeated in conference and thus are part of tier 1. Squawk all you want about Auburn having not played anybody, but they are in the top tier in the conference until someone beats them. Granted, that easily could be this week against the Pigs. (Yeah, them folks in Ar-Kansas don't know how to spell or pronounce, but they can score touchdowns really well.)<br /><br />As for 'Bama and Misipi, I don't see how Misipi can win this game. Would love for it to happen, but I can't see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-47714628080574391252009-10-08T14:35:02.901-04:002009-10-08T14:35:02.901-04:00Drake, check your dates. Bryant and Vaught went ag...Drake, check your dates. Bryant and Vaught went against each other for years. Vaught was hired at Ole Miss about the time the Bear signed on with Kentucky. <br /><br />Bryant came home to Alabama in '58. Vaught retired at Ole Miss in 1970. His last and Archie-led team beat Alabama that year in Jackson. <br /><br />In 1971, Vaught predicted an Ole Miss win, but Bryant wishboned them into little more than blue and gray stains on the Astroturf at Legion Field, which happened to be the first SEC game I saw in person. <br /><br />So yeah, they went up against each other, a lot. <br /><br />mgObserver Sportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996319410978004669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-53518192880321867032009-10-08T12:22:40.301-04:002009-10-08T12:22:40.301-04:00you do know that vaught and bryant never played ri...you do know that vaught and bryant never played right?? just checking... I wonder why we never played alabama then????Drake Seligmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816175121374624215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-82898839763004054982009-10-08T12:12:51.156-04:002009-10-08T12:12:51.156-04:00Right now it looks like this to me: Tier 1 in the...Right now it looks like this to me: Tier 1 in the SEC is clearly Bama and the evil Gators and not just based on their records, but because of what we've seen so far. Tier 2 includes the 5 teams that still have at least a ray of hope because they have less than 2 conference losses (UGA, USC, LSU, Aub,and Ole Miss). For the remaining 5 teams in Tier 3 who already have at least 2 SEC losses, there is no ray of hope, there is no joy in their own desperate little Mudvilles. <br /><br />The question for the Bama-Ole Miss smackdown is whether the Rebels can somehow manage to pull the Tide down into the chaos of Tier 2, or whether the Tide, once and for all, drops the Rebels into the rubbish heap of the demoralized bottom feeders. Good sense says don't take the Rebels and 6.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931343220211035439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-66732249459726614792009-10-08T10:35:39.583-04:002009-10-08T10:35:39.583-04:00Parker,
You're right, our last national cham...Parker, <br /><br />You're right, our last national championship was in '92, which was great. <br /><br />But our immediate past includes a team that was one quarter away from the national championship game, and is now ranked 3rd in the country. <br /><br />That said, we may have our delusions handed to us on Saturday. It's happened before in Oxford, just not very often. <br /><br />BTW, my beautiful wife is from Ohio. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, <br />mgObserver Sportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996319410978004669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-66067207632218027362009-10-08T09:55:04.770-04:002009-10-08T09:55:04.770-04:00Hey, Parker, I see that you're in Dallas, hold...Hey, Parker, I see that you're in Dallas, holding down the fort for SEC fans. How'd you come across our site, anyway?R. Trentham Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-91518418213862371742009-10-08T09:35:08.157-04:002009-10-08T09:35:08.157-04:00Thanks for the ignorant posts. Alabama has the mo...Thanks for the ignorant posts. Alabama has the most arogant fans on the planet, but when is the last time the Tide won the National Championship? 1992? That's considered to also be living in the past. Go back to your trailer park and beat your ugly wife.Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096360717626814740noreply@blogger.com