re: The Transfer Portal Thread. Julian Sayin to Ohio St. Zalance Heard to Tenn

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Top 2??? Harbaugh and Smart run circles around Day Osu lost to Mizzou

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Yeah, and Harbaugh was almost run out of Michigan, went 0-5 in his 1st 5 seasons against OSU, including giving up 62 points in 2018 when Day was the OC and 56 points in 2019 when Day was the HC. Then in 2020, they went 2-4 and chickened out of the OSU game. And in his 1st 8 seasons, he won just 1 bowl game in his 1st year. Now look at him.

But Kirby’s early trajectory is pretty similar to Day, and in fact, with some major blunders. Starting in 2017 in his second season (putting aside his 1st year), he was leading Alabama by 10 points in the 4th quarter, only to blow the lead, sending it in to overtime. Then after going up a field goal, they sacked Tua for a 16 yard loss, only to give up a 41 yard touchdown to lose the game. At one point, ESPN’s win probability model had them at a 93% chance of winning.

Then the next year in the SEC championship, they were up by 14 points in the 2nd half, tot up to a 95% chance of winning on the win probability model, only to blow the lead. Then came one of the dumbest play calls I’ve ever seen. Facing 4th and 11 at midfield with 3 minutes to go, they call a fake punt run with Fields. He gets 2 yards, and Bama gets the ball and goes 52 yards in 5 plays to score a TD and win a game.

Then in 2021 they have one of the most dominating defenses in history. Having only given up like 5 touchdowns outside of garbage time, and they proceed to give up 41 points (34 on offense) and get dominated by Bama in the SEC championship game. Then after another dominating playoff performance, they face Bama again. And again they were down in the 4th quarter, and that was despite Bama losing their All-American WR.

So he was just moments away from squandering his 3rd national championship title opportunity to Alabama, and 0-5 against Bama overall, with one of the most dominating defenses in history, against a Bama team who lost their best offensive weapon outside of Young.

But then they came back, and got an interception return, and now they 2x national champions, and goofballs like you who cited Todd Boeckman and Justin Zwick as evidence Stroud will not he a good nfl QB, showing you’ll look back 15-20 years in the past to fit an absurd narrative, but fail to look back just a few years to see if it doesn’t fit your new absurd narrative.