Alabama vs Clemson Natty Thread

[catch5]

Who cares? Fans aren’t going.....host city expected to lose $10 million. Price of tickets on avg are $120 today compared to $1700 last year in Atlanta. Same old teams but the long distance venue is ridiculous. Even Bama fans are tired of winning! Hehe.

Wow are they really that cheap??? Even out there id figure they be a lot more than that. Shit I can barely get good seats for my 2 win Louisville a cardinal team for that. Lol

[wildturkey]

So nervous they soil their britches.

[fly by night]

Well tonight is the big contest, may the best team win!

[T Dub]

Well tonight is the big contest, may the best team win!

And make it interesting!

[xcoach]

Rub play or corner throw wins it.

[GregA]

Rub play or corner throw wins it.

Saban won't get beat on that one again. He will be in the ref's ear before the snap takes place

[okhawg]

Who cares? Fans aren’t going.....host city expected to lose $10 million. Price of tickets on avg are $120 today compared to $1700 last year in Atlanta. Same old teams but the long distance venue is ridiculous. Even Bama fans are tired of winning! Hehe.

Don't know why the are playing it in such an expensive area. Expensive to get to, expensive to stay and eat.

Last minute sales aren't going to happen, 55 degrees and rain.

[TampaJim]

Don't know why the are playing it in such an expensive area. Expensive to get to, expensive to stay and eat.

Last minute sales aren't going to happen, 55 degrees and rain.

Same thing when FSU played in California. It was a long trip, expensive, etc.
But it happens. They do rotate the NC location, that's the good news at least.

[Bamazona]

Weather is nasty here in Morgan Hill, Ca. (35min away from stadium). Rained like cats and dogs on the drive in. The local report this morning said they covered the field and it should be dry for this evening. No major rain forecasted. I ran into 4 Bama fans checking in to the hotel last night, and talked with a gentleman from Florence this morning at bfast. I have not seen any Clemson folks yet. ROLL TIDE!!

[basscat21]

Who cares? Fans aren’t going.....host city expected to lose $10 million. Price of tickets on avg are $120 today compared to $1700 last year in Atlanta. Same old teams but the long distance venue is ridiculous. Even Bama fans are tired of winning! Hehe.

Pretty lame place to have the NC.

Why not Buffalo? Or Packers stadium?

Should be ATL, Dallas, New Orleans, any FL Stadium.

[Ranger RT]

[Stoner]

Bama by 5 and yes it’s rediculaous to have it where fans aren’t likely to travel.

[D.O.C. 989]

End this nonsense now!! Bama 42 Clemson 6. Bama will not kick a field goal all game long and Clemson gets 2 field goals in the first quarter and never sees the red zone in the second half. We will most likely see the Back up QB from Clemson and will definitley see both QB's from Bama. That's my rulin!!

[D.O.C. 989]

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Alabama wins if: Josh Jacobs, Damien Harris and Najee Harriscombine for 200 or more rushing yards. Why? Because while Alabama is certainly capable of winning a shootout on the arm of Tagovailoa, it's probably not the safest route to a national championship. Just look at last week's Oklahoma game and how Jacobs & Co. were able to take the air out of the ball, limit the Sooners' possessions and preserve the victory. The final score -- Tide 45, Sooners 34 -- looked closer than the game actually was because the running game made the clock Oklahoma's enemy. Control the ball and it will allow Alabama to dictate tempo and give its defense time to rest against a talented Clemson offense with Lawrence, Ross and Etienne.
Clemson wins if: Tagovailoa spends some time on his back. No one will argue with Tagovailoa's talent. He's incredible. But he also has been awfully comfortable for much of the season, and that has made things easy for this Alabama offense. But if the Clemson secondary can hold up in coverage and force Tagovailoa to his second or third options, that should give the pass rush enough time to make him more than a bit uncomfortable. Do that enough times, and perhaps Tagovailoa gets impatient, perhaps he gets hit and loses the football, perhaps it's enough to rattle him just a tick. In a game this evenly matched, that might be all it takes.

[flyingwillie]

As of this morning still 4000 tickets unsold....price went up to $170 each. The half time show is 45 minutes from the stadium.....crazy!

[Stoner]

As of this morning still 4000 tickets unsold....price went up to $170 each. The half time show is 45 minutes from the stadium.....crazy!

[basscat21]

As of this morning still 4000 tickets unsold....price went up to $170 each. The half time show is 45 minutes from the stadium.....crazy!

That's amazing, has to do with location.

[GregA]

This game should be played at the Rose Bowl - every year

[TampaJim]

This game should be played at the Rose Bowl - every year

No. Atlanta. It's a great venue and every plane has to go through it. Easy flights, etc.
And each seat gets a free Chick-Fil-A sandwich, a waffle fry and large sweet iced tea.

Or even Las Vegas once the new stadium is ready to go. Even Orlando is a good one.
Keep it somewhere the weather isn't going to ruin things and flights are easy.
Vast majority of Americans live east of the Mississippi River. Something to consider.

[basscat21]

This game should be played at the Rose Bowl - every year

No way would the Rose Bowl committee allow that. Far too much Tradition with new years day.