# The Crimson Tide Run For the 2010 Championship **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108 "2010-01-08T01:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/21 "2010-01-08T03:27:06Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I’m genuinely sorry about McCoy. I have no desire to see a player injured, no matter what. This. At the same it’s a strategic error Texas has relied on a single person to carry the team. Florida made the same mistake with Tebow, but only suffered that single scare early in the season with a concussion. At least 'Bama can rotate among receivers and backs. McCoy is now out of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/22 "2010-01-08T03:33:05Z")
Texas needs some freak plays and big Bama errors or it’s ova ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/23 "2010-01-08T04:01:17Z")
Geez, what is it with these 'Bama QB sacks?? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/24 "2010-01-08T04:15:44Z")
Way for the refs to kill that little bit of Texas momentum with two consecutive non-calls on pass interference. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/25 "2010-01-08T04:21:28Z")
Wow, the officiating is really bullshit in this game. The gamblers must have gotten to the zebras. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/26 "2010-01-08T04:24:42Z")
Supposed to be the biggest game of the year. Between Mussberger and the refs, it is a snoozer. Of course Texas getting their NO1 QB knocked out in the first series has taken the wind out of it too. Definitely not enough commercials either. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/27 "2010-01-08T04:26:18Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Wow, the officiating is really bullshit in this game. The gamblers must have gotten to the zebras. You say this crap repeatedly. I wonder if you really believe such things. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/28 "2010-01-08T04:36:10Z")
If Texas wins, this kid is going to get laid more than Wilt. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/29 "2010-01-08T04:36:26Z")
Now I don’t feel sorry for him at all, now I want him to start throwing picks. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/30 "2010-01-08T04:37:17Z")
OK better now. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/31 "2010-01-08T04:50:56Z")
I just wanted to say that “Colt McCoy” is such a perfect Texas Quarterback name that we’d be making fun of it if it was a movie. Its straight to sheriff of a small town after this for him. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/32 "2010-01-08T04:53:15Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > You say this crap repeatedly. I wonder if you really believe such things. :smack: Sometimes I wonder. It was exposed in the NBA, so why not college football? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/33 "2010-01-08T04:55:36Z")
Well that’s too bad. It was entertaining for a while there, though. The Tide are lucky they got to play against a freshman backup QB. This title should have an asterisk next to it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/34 "2010-01-08T04:56:23Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > OK better now. Much much better now ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/35 "2010-01-08T05:02:13Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Well that’s too bad. It was entertaining for a while there, though. The Tide are lucky they got to play against a freshman backup QB. This title should have an asterisk next to it. Meh, it’s a completely legit win. Any asterisk should be because there’s another undefeated team. (No, I don’t think BSU would win.) The biggest shame is how all the SEC douchebags will go on and on about their conference after this. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/36 "2010-01-08T05:04:17Z")
And why shouldn’t they? Their team won. Again. The way to shut them up is to beat them. 😉 ETA: Isn’t this a little bit of “piling on?” :dubious: ETAETA: I mean 'Bama’s score to make it 38. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/37 "2010-01-08T05:06:02Z")
The Alabama Crimson Tide wins the 2010 BCS National Championship. [ul] [li]Crimson Tide - 37[/li][li]Texas Longhorns - 21[/li][/ul] Only after the game was in the bag for 'Bama did Musberger start talking nice about 'Bama. No asterisk on this game. Players get hurt. It’s life. Deal with it. 'Bama never piled on all season. Now? Just icing a championship. ---
**Author:** ![AdmiralCrunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@AdmiralCrunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdmiralCrunch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/38 "2010-01-08T05:09:00Z")
Well this game seemed custom tailored to feed the SEC-hating trolls and make winning a national championship feel like stepping in dogshit. Just uninspired play on both sides of the ball once McCoy went out, super-conservative playcalling, and a dull cap to a great team’s season. Gilbert looks very promising for Texas, and there were plenty of drops and miscues from players who were supposed to be carrying the Freshman. In crap I’m tired of hearing about land: No more McCoy-Shipley roommate connection. Still gonna have to hear that McElroy hasn’t lost a game since the 8th grade 4 or 5 times a game. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/39 "2010-01-08T05:16:14Z")
Roll Tide, baby! National champions! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108/40 "2010-01-08T05:19:58Z")
> [@AdmiralCrunch](#): > > Well this game seemed custom tailored to feed the SEC-hating trolls and make winning a national championship feel like stepping in dogshit. Just uninspired play on both sides of the ball once McCoy went out, super-conservative playcalling, and a dull cap to a great team’s season. > > Gilbert looks very promising for Texas, and there were plenty of drops and miscues from players who were supposed to be carrying the Freshman. > > In crap I’m tired of hearing about land: No more McCoy-Shipley roommate connection. Still gonna have to hear that McElroy hasn’t lost a game since the 8th grade 4 or 5 times a game. Get the fuck out of here. That was an _excellent_ game. Alabama took it in the pants in the first quarter, then they stepped up and played smashmouth football to close out the half. In the third and fourth, Texas comes raging back (with a freshman quarterback!), but Alabama steps back up and imposes their will to win the game. How can you say it was a bad game? It was a masterful display of coaching adaptations and strategy. It was the best National Championship game in recent history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-tide-run-for-the-2010-championship/524108.md?page=3)