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It was a chore for me to watch Hurts play quarterback at Alabama and it was miserable watching Milroe. I was in the camp that Hurts would not make it in the NFL. He proved us wrong. Hurts is a football guy and got with the right team and coaching staff. He had a great Super Bowl and deserved MVP. Philadelphia would have won that game with many different quarterbacks. I have never seen a better team effort. I really liked what they did with that team and Hurts said after the game they filled two or three gaps from the previous year. Hurts understands football. Milroe not so much. Philadelphia has my attention like the Vince Lombardi/Bart Starr Packers.

College football and basketball players are definitely professionals and should be treated that way. The evolution that created the professional college athlete is interesting. Zealots that would do unreasonable, or almost anything, to win are at the root of the evolution.

I have this same mind set. I just wonder what younger fans are thinking.

Interesting reading the comments. Why would anybody question Oats? He has taken Alabama basketball where it has never been. This is his best team yet. My only criticism in the past was they played out of control too much. They have improved on that. Wimp did have a team with Leon Douglas that could have won if all. Don't know how this team stacks up with the other top teams, but I like watching them. Alabama is solid, diverse and deep.

Saban was the root of the Milroe problem. For the first time he thought short term instead of long term. He should have benched Milroe like he did Hurts for all the same reasons. A novice watching Milroe play knew he was not quarterback material. O'brien was right and nobody listened. The Eagles are a quarterback away form being the best team in football. They are 7 to 1 to win the Super Bowl and would be the odds on favorite with a top quarterback. Hurts is light years ahead of Milroe in all other aspects and is a better quarterback. If a team drafts Milroe in the first round I will show you one dumb team.

They have to get the committee out and the BCS system in. That is the only way the best teams will be in and seeded right.

The committee will put SMU after the second half come back and tied late.

With all the other things said about Derrick Henry he was amazingly fast for a guy that big. If he broke clear he was gone. Ohio State fans were saying Elliot was better than him when he won the Heisman. That argue has been put to rest.

Our high school coach was consistent on his opinion of referees. If we won they were good. If we lost they were bad. It is hard to enjoy sports because of excessive or bad penalties and fouls. Good refereeing is when you do not know they are there. I did not watch the game, but apparently based on the comments, this was the case for the most part. May have been some bad calls late?

There is only one spot left for Alabama to get in if Georgia is in with a loss and I think they are. The winner of Boise State and UNLV is automatically in. If Boise State losses I think we get in ahead of them. If SMU loses it is between them and us. The committee will want to put in two ACC teams if possible and a tight game could tip SMU's way, but I think we will go in ahead of them. Of course if SMU and Boise State both win we are in. The book makers think we are in and all the money is going on Alabama. If I had to bet I would bet against Alabama getting in at plus 255.