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David Hale: Alabama, Ohio State, USC, Oregon
"The lone writer to not pick Georgia was Hale. He pointed to the fact that Alabama still has Nick Saban as a motivating factor for the Crimson Tide entering this upcoming season."
Ummmmm, UGA has Kirby Smart, I think it's fair to call that a tie.
Until USC and Lincoln Riley figures out how to play Defense they won't get into the Playoffs. Having Oregon get in, but UGA not in it is.... well, brain damaged.
Seems like maybe Hale and Rittenberg are just trying to be edgy...
@Michael_Scarn
Oh that is even worse. He is picking 2 Pac-12 teams. When the Pac-12 has only been able to produce 2 teams to get through the season with less than 2 losses in the entire playoff era (Oregon in 2014, Washington in 2016). Usually there is only 1 team in the Pac-12 that has less than 3 losses. Picking a second Pac-12 team to make it over a Big 12 or ACC team is just dumb because both conferences have done much better in the playoff than the Pac-12, who hasn't won a game since 2014 (Oregon over FSU).
Also, picking USC and Oregon makes no sense. Utah beat USC twice last year, including a blowout in the title game. USC is losing Jordan Addison to the draft they had a "meh" recruiting class especially on defense where they only signed 8 players (5 of them 3 stars with the only notable recruit being #2 LB). Also - even though everyone is doing their level best to ignore this nationally for some reason - Washington actually had a much better season last year than Oregon including beating the Ducks in Eugene. Had Michael Penix Jr been a 5 star coming out of high school like Bo Nix and Caleb Williams, he's the guy who wins the Heisman last year as he had better numbers than both of them on a lesser team.
There's being a contrarian, there's fishing for hot takes and there's being just flat out goofy. Picking the Pac-12 to have 2 teams when they haven't had a single team in 6 years is the latter. And not even picking the 2 best teams in the Pac-12 last year to be one of them - Utah and Washington - is even beyond goofiness.
Thank you DAvid Hale. You just gave the Dawgs some extra motivation during off-season workouts. Keep making intelligent statements like this and you’ll be running ESPN one day.
Does David Hale actually think Saban can out X-O every coach he faces regardless of talent? I have a huge amount of respect for Coach Saban as a Coach, Motivator, and Recruiter but there are other Coaches who can scheme just as well as he can and when there is comparable talent, he doesn't automatically have the upper hand like used too. He has not slipped nor fallen; other programs have come up to his level. If Bama wins it all in '23, it won't be just because they have Coach Saban.
The combination of Smart and Monken is the winning ticket. An opposing coach has to match wits with our defense and the fact that we're going to score and put up big numbers. Good luck with that.
If we lose Monken, then I hope whatever Kirby's plan is (and I'm sure he has one) will at least rise to near the level that Monken has put the offense on. But you won't know, til you know. That at least throws some degree of uncertainty into the mix. \I
I'd rather not go that route.
Agree.
Mr. Hale has 2 Pac12 teams getting bids into the CFP. That means he believes a 1 loss Pac12 team will get in over Michigan, UGA and potential conference champions Texas, FSU or Clemson. Yeah place that bet and lose your money.
You are right.
Having Georgia picked to be in the playoffs makes me very unhappy. I'd rather be the underdog.
On the other hand, I'm also unhappy there are so many idiôts in the world. Not all of them work for ESPN.
Bless their hearts!
Well CClay, I think you're wrong. For the most part, the contributors on this post know football. ESPN purports to be the premiere source of collegiate football intel but their writers/commentators regularly miss the mark on their assessments of teams and conferences. We just appreciate an honest factual call rather than homer woulda shoulda coulda wishful pandering or obvious BS bloviating just to stir pots of controversy.
As I've said before, Saban/Bama can recruit. As a DAWG, I appreciate the competition....it keep Kirby sharpe! Bama, as of today has this years #1 recruit class. Saban's/Bama staff's downfall is there inability to fully develop the talent they have recruited.....IMO, 2023 Bama will have the #1 high school team in America if development does not occur. and teams like Texas, LSU, T&AM will beat them.
Oregon? Washington? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"You are right. Having Georgia picked to be in the playoffs makes me very unhappy. I'd rather be the underdog. On the other hand, I'm also unhappy there are so many idiôts in the world. Not all of them work for ESPN. Bless their hearts!" - Jim Wallace
@JimWallace ok, so why would you want the dawgs to be underdog status? Were we not underdogs for the better part of 41 years? Now that we are on top and expectations are high each year, and the dawgs are picked by most experts to win it all - why would you want to go back?? Come 'on, man!
If you don't get it I don't know how even Kirby could explain it to your satisfaction.