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The man is known as “Legend” for a reason — his legendary rants about Alabama football on “The Paul Finebaum Show.”
Just two Mondays ago, he was calling for the firing of coach Kalen DeBoer following an ugly 24-3 loss at Oklahoma by telling the story of an aunt who had been married “about eight” times. Her explanation for having many husbands? “You can’t fix stupid,” Legend said. “But you can divorce it.”
Legend was just getting started.
“Man, I’ve never been so embarrassed in all my life,” he continued, lamenting that Bama hadn’t just lost three times this season, but that it was, in his opinion, out of the playoff chase.
Well, Legend, and the rest of the Alabama fans (and Alabama haters) who understandably buried the Tide after that disaster in Norman … not so fast.
Call them the Zombie Tide, or call it the reality of a 12-team playoff where somebody has to get in, or just credit the strength of (some) SEC schedules, but it isn’t completely over yet.
In fact, it’s looking pretty good.
The College Football Playoff committee ranked Alabama No. 11 on Tuesday night, which would make them the last at-large team in the playoff field. Opinions and rankings can change before Sunday’s final decision, but with no games left to play by either the Crimson Tide or any of the other teams vying to sneak into the field, it should be smiles in Tuscaloosa.
DeBoer’s club is on the verge of pulling an Undertaker and springing back out of its coffin.
There are still pratfalls, of course. No. 17 Clemson could still steal a bid by defeating No. 9 SMU in the ACC title game, which might cause the committee to keep SMU in the field anyway. In that case, Alabama would be jumped. Same, perhaps, if No. 20 UNLV were to win the Mountain West and the committee stuck with No. 10 Boise State anyway.
That said, Alabama…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-12-04 00:53:00
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