Pick:
What makes you think Alabama even has a good QB? The Tide will be starting a new QB, and lost their best WR in Julio Jones.

Go Sooners; Go Tea Party

Speaking of not having a QB, remember that prediction I made around two weeks ago about LSU beating Oregon?

Yeah.....let's go ahead and scratch that.

Tulsadn is right. OU's teams were more successful from 2001-2006 than Bama's teams.

Then came Nick Saban. Sorry, but there is no comparison between Bob Stoops and Nick Saban. Saban has taken two limping programs to win National Championships in the last decade. He has shown he can win in the toughest conference and on the national stage.

Stoops incoming freshmen this year were in the 1st grade the last time OU won a national championship. They were in the 4th grade the last time OU beat a decent team in a bowl game.

No, I am not an OSU fan.

Those incoming freshmen were juniors in high school when OU beat a stellar stanford team in a bowl game. Bama loses three games last yr when they had a great qb, rb, wr, and no significant injuries. Nick aint all that. They will not win the Sec this yr. Too many holes. If all you need is a great defense OU would have 5 more national championships!

Picker,

On this one I agree with you. Other than the collapse vs. Auburn last year, Alabama shows up in the big games as well winning on the road. Did every one see how they completely humiliated a good Michigan State team in their bowl game in January? It was an impressive performance for the team and its coaching staff. Oklahoma has a good winning percentage but in recent years has been underwhelming as a road team in big games. They play great in Norman and then when they have to travel they almost tend to look like imposters. Great programs don't vacillate like that ...I'm very interested to see the Florida State game which will say a lot as to whether this years team has matured and can handle hostile environments of the road. Oh, by the way, I don't count the bedlam game in Stillwater or the Texas game in Dallas as true road games since they have just about as many fans there watching in attendance as the other teams they are playing.

Guess I dont see that Bama is head and shoulders above everyone else. If either of the 3 state teams had lost at home in the manner Bama did to Auburn, the Pick would still be rippin em and callin em chokers, etc. Pretty sure they lost to South Carolina too...how does that make them better than eveyone? Anyone remember Utah runnin em out of the Sugar Bowl?

You make a great point, Mr. Picker. The starting QB is a highly important position in football, if not the most important position. The backup has little game time experience. It's hard to simulate game time in practice. In addition, it's difficult to adjust to a backup QB, due to the fact that the back up throws the ball a little bit differently than the starter. Different QBs throw the ball at slightly different speeds with different types of spirals (some looser/tighter than others). If you're a WR/RB/TE and you're used to the way the starter throws the ball, it's difficult to adjust to the way the back up QB throws the football. That's why when you see a back up QB come into the game, you'll often see dropped balls.