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Arkansas destroyed Oklahoma 31-6.

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None of the New Year's Bowls that mattered were close
#1 Texas L 10-38 to #5 Notre Dame
#2 Oklahoma L 6-38 to #6 Arkansas
#3 Alabama W 35-6 over #9 Ohio State
#4 Michigan L 20-27 to #13 Washington

Texas was the only undefeated team to enter the day. Had they won, 1977 Texas would be remembered as one of the greatest teams ever. They already had wins over the pre-bowl #2, #6 & #17 (@TAMU), having given Oklahoma (13-6) and Arkansas (13-9) their only losses.

Of Bama, ND, and Arkansas, Bama was the only one who was playing a team with two losses (tOSU had lost to Michigan 6-14 and to Oklahoma 28-29). While it's arguable, IMHO the best win of the day is Notre Dame's, as Bama's essentially equivalently dominant win (29pts vs 28pts) was over a weaker team (at least in resume, as tOSU had not beaten a team that ended up ranked in the Top 20).

Was that really enough to have ND jump over Bama? I think there is a reasonable case for that, similar to the case for Miami in 83: They beat a team that would otherwise be on the list of top 10 teams ever.

Arkansas needed the win they got in addition to an Ohio State win and a close win by ND over Texas. They got neither.

Man, there were some juicy matchups in those years.

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Back to the OP question: I think Saban has a slight edge over Bryant, but I've seen video of Bryant explaining teamwork and his concepts on that front were way ahead of other coaches of his day. I have a lot of respect for how good each was. It's just that Saban didn't have a lull like Bryant's 1967-1970.

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I want to hate it... but honestly it isn't a bad idea for its intended demographic.

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This.

We have a friend in assisted living who is having memory problems. She had to give up her cats, and this might help her in an environment where pets are not allowed.

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It's hilarious to see this, and still see people lose their shite every time someone mentions expanding the football playoffs.

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You say this as if everyone approves of the NCAAT expansion. I don't.

I pay no attention to the "First Four". For me, the tournament starts on Thursday.

Putting the annual "next four out" into the tournament won't make one lick of difference in who wins or who deserves to win.

My grandfather had a 64 or 65 Falcon Ranchero in baby blue. Kind of like this one:



After both he and my grandmother passed away, Dad took it over. The gas tank was so rusted out that he replaced it with a boat tank and my older brothers drove it to school until somebody turned left in front of one of them.

I have fond memories of that car (though my brother who lost 5 teeth doesn't for very good reasons).

Thanks.

That was my wife's first game in Tiger Band on the flag line (though I don't think she is in this picture and she doesn't show up on the telecast either.)

GEAUX TIGERS!

Many years ago I came across this photo online of Hilliard scoring in that game.


I've always liked it because, just like your photo, it looks like Hilliard has juked every 'Nole defender off of his feet.

Here is the whole game on YouTube

If I have judged properly, both of these photos come from the first drive of the game, where LSU took a 7-0 lead. The play in your image starts at 53:19, and the one in my image starts at 55:10.

Great find and a great photo!

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I know the colorization is an AI thing, but can someone confirm that ND wore green jerseys that day?

My understanding, from my ND grad brother, is that ND always wore blue jerseys in the Ara Parseghian tenure, and only started wearing green jerseys when Dan Devine brought them out for a Joe Montana era game against Southern Cal.

I've always thought the Devine green jerseys were the Irish's best look. I'm just curious as whether ND wore them in this game.

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The SEC champs are the regular season champs. It's always been that way. The tourney is just a tune up for the real tourney. Winning it is nice, but it's not the way the conference champion is determined.

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The automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament goes to the various tournament winners, not the regular season winners. That's why there was speculation that Miami of Ohio would be left out, even though they went 30-0 in the regular season against a pathetic schedule.

The exception is if a conference doesn't have a tournament. As an LSU fan, this would suit me fine as the SEC Tournament has been a horror show for the Tigahs.

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Bowling and curling (i.e., Canadian bowling) should be able to be competed without distinction between sexes.

Yet, in both of those, women have their own category, presumably because they can't consistently compete with men successfully at the highest levels (even if some women have won top competitions).

That being the case, I doubt there is any sport where men and women can compete on a level playing field.

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2018: Kirby won the division and played for the SEC. Both teams had same number of losses, played in a major bowl game, and finished in the top 7. Kirby had one more win

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LSU won the head-to-head by 20 points (36-16).

Funny how you didn't mention this.

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If LSU was going to agree to play road games vs opponents that play in 30,000 seat stadiums, they we should have just scheduled Tulane instead

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To be fair, LSU probably owes Troy a game at their place after the way they embarrassed us. Just sayin'.

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