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re: Would you give up a football national title

Posted on 3/1/18 at 3:56 pm to
Posted by TiderNAL
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Posted on 3/1/18 at 3:56 pm to
All day long.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37886 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 4:00 pm to
Yeah.....football program is demented as the GOAT. Basketball needs some help.
Posted by bamasgot13
Birmingham
Member since Feb 2010
13619 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 4:35 pm to
Hell to the no. give up a CHAMPIONSHIP for a top 4 finish in some other sport? Nah. Uh uh. Nope.
Posted by UAgrad93
Sylacauga
Member since Oct 2015
1502 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 4:44 pm to
Nope!!! Like it has already been said, the team would manage to frick that up and not even manage a NIT Final Four!!!

I'd give up the "1941 claim of a Natty" for a NCAAT Final Four appearance!!!
Posted by narddogg81
Vancouver
Member since Jan 2012
19768 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:00 pm to
Hell no. Id give up men's basketball for all eternity for another football title in the next 5 years
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 5:01 pm
Posted by thedudeabides
Member since Jan 2011
846 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:29 pm to
yeah take 1941
Posted by Cobrasize
Birmingham
Member since Jun 2013
49683 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:33 pm to
I'd give up a national championship if it meant we could keep Saban for 10 more years
Posted by Commander Data
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Dec 2016
7289 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:48 pm to
I would love to make a run in the final four and I love Bama basketball. I would never take away the blood, sweat and tears put in by our football team and staff to give it to another program even if I wanted to which I do not. I really like basketball. A lot. I really, really, really, really love Bama football. It is my passion outside of my family. I hope the basketball program wins their own championship some day but get real, it has it's place but that place is firmly behind the football program and always will be.
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 5:50 pm
Posted by ALtoID
Boise
Member since Nov 2017
267 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:55 pm to
I'd rather the baseball team make a run to the CWS than basketball make the Final 4, so no. No way in hell would I trade a title in the #1 sport for a semifinal spot in another sport.

Can anyone name the Final 4 teams from two years ago?
Posted by MontyFranklyn
T-Town
Member since Jan 2012
23840 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 6:11 pm to
Yup. 1941
Posted by jryanw
Bham, AL
Member since Dec 2013
4612 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:06 pm to
Hell no! Not even for a Bama bball championship.
Posted by TiderNAL
Member since Nov 2010
7190 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:06 pm to
The real question needing asked here is why in the hell has an Athletic Department as profitable as UA's with such great branding allowed its second most profitable sport to be so damn mediocre for the last decade?

Posted by jryanw
Bham, AL
Member since Dec 2013
4612 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:14 pm to
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This needs to be quoted so as many people as possible have the ability to click on the link. Lol
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 9:17 pm
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20808 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

I'd trade a football championship for a basketball championship




Yeah. The bogus 1941.

Seriously, though, fanbases who claim basketball greatness for losing in the final four are stupid. It doesn't matter much if you've never managed to win a single one. Terrible scenario in the OP.

I wouldn't trade a championship in ANY sport just for a final four, but I probably would for an equal championship in basketball.
Posted by LukeSidewalker
Mobile, Alabama
Member since Dec 2012
8417 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:49 pm to
I’d eat bloody pussy for a trip to the final four but you better leave those football natties the frick alone.
Posted by PowHound
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Member since Jul 2014
6849 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:50 pm to
I would "give up" the entire basketball program for televised access to all football practices and scrimmages.


Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
6857 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

If we made this deal, the basketball team would still find a way to frick it all up



Agreed. We'd make the Final Four and show up like Brazil did against Germany.
Posted by biggsc
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Member since Mar 2009
34209 posts
Posted on 3/2/18 at 9:13 am to
Should have won the title in 1976 in basketball when IU won it
Posted by jatebe
Queen of Links
Member since Oct 2008
18294 posts
Posted on 3/2/18 at 9:21 am to
No way Jose.
Posted by BigBird09
Member since May 2012
5911 posts
Posted on 3/2/18 at 10:13 am to
Yes. Give me all the downvotes!

Seriously though, a final four would do wonders for the basketball program. Another football title wouldn't do Jack. We'd still be a top 3 odds-on favorite to win the next 5 years (or at least until Saban retires) even if we didn't win the last one.
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