Would anyone lay the points?!?

[Eric15]

Sportsinteraction.com currently has Bama at +150 to win the national title right now. That is so low for this early in the year.

 

[Rocco]

We may not be that bad but Alabama may be that good.

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They may be, but I still dont think we lose by 32 in the Dome. We would actually have a loud house that night. Im sure Bama would bring several inbreds north for the game, but we would still have a nice home field advantage.

 

[skurey]

Bama is just so big and so fast at every single position. I think if we got 5 1st downs it would be considered a success for us.

 

[rrlbees]

we would still have a nice home field advantage.

Yes we would.

Sigh...

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[OrangeOnions]

 

[sufandu]

Just for fun, let me throw this at you. Sagarin says Alabama would be favored by 32 points AT THE DOME.

Syracuse starts the game 32-0 at the dome? Yowza, we'd all take the points right?

If Saban cared about covering the spread, they'd be up by 35 at the start of the 4th quarter.

 

[Ghost]

The way we start games, I might not take it for the halftime score.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

but we would still have a nice home field advantage.

until 12 minutes left, when folks would leave to beat traffic.
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[Rocco]

until 12 minutes left, when folks would leave to beat traffic.
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You must not have alot of trees in your yard.

 

[NineOneSeven]

No college team would ever beat an NFL team. In fact, it would be dangerous for the college kids.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Alabama is at minimum going to be in the title game. I don't know who on this board has actually watched their games, but they are scary good and scary fast. We would lose by 35 minimum. Too much speed across the board.

 

[Orangepace]

Maybe not an NFL team, but I guess they might be able to beat Jacksonville.

44cuse

Ok, I'll bite... This is the most ridiculous notion I've ever heard. A college team, boasting kids in their development stage could beat a physically matured team of men, comprised of what arguably would be considered the cream of the crop at that point in time.

There are 120 teams competing in Div I football this season. Each of those teams comprises approx 75-85 scholarships, or 9,000 - 10,200 total student athletes playing Div I football. Of these players, I estimate approx 230 players are drafted in every NFL draft. So out of that population, a maximum total of players that could be drafted would be 1,150 (230 x 5, assuming everyone redshirts a year). Now, if you put together a team in the NFL consisting of just the top 55 players, the chances of them coming from one team are remote. I'd also be hard pressed to believe any one of us would bet the spread on such a competitive game because we all know that the majority of players 15-55 are going to need time to develop. Based on all this, I would put the point spread on just this pool of players, draft picks 1-55, at Jac -17.

Now take the info above and remember that the most draft picks in the first round from one university in a 4 year span was 19 from The U and the most in 1 year was 7, also from The U. Info not available for most in 5 years. So there is no way that the depth provided by one team would be able to, while in it's physical maturation process, sustain a game against an NFL team.

I would legitimately put the spread at or around Jac -24 vs. Alabama in its current form, giving Bama a little bit of credit for their ability to work together as a team. But otherwise, there is no way this team could hang with the Jaguars..

 

[orangecuse]

Didn't once upon a time so-called college all-stars annually play against a champion NFL team in an exibition type game...

 

[Ozcuse]

If a band of college hockey players could beat the previously undefeated USSR All Star team in the 1980 Olympics I'm pretty sure Alabama "could" beat an NFL team. It would be a long shot, but it "could" happen.

 

[44cuse]

Ok, I'll bite... This is the most ridiculous notion I've ever heard. A college team, boasting kids in their development stage could beat a physically matured team of men, comprised of what arguably would be considered the cream of the crop at that point in time.

There are 120 teams competing in Div I football this season. Each of those teams comprises approx 75-85 scholarships, or 9,000 - 10,200 total student athletes playing Div I football. Of these players, I estimate approx 230 players are drafted in every NFL draft. So out of that population, a maximum total of players that could be drafted would be 1,150 (230 x 5, assuming everyone redshirts a year). Now, if you put together a team in the NFL consisting of just the top 55 players, the chances of them coming from one team are remote. I'd also be hard pressed to believe any one of us would bet the spread on such a competitive game because we all know that the majority of players 15-55 are going to need time to develop. Based on all this, I would put the point spread on just this pool of players, draft picks 1-55, at Jac -17.

Now take the info above and remember that the most draft picks in the first round from one university in a 4 year span was 19 from The U and the most in 1 year was 7, also from The U. Info not available for most in 5 years. So there is no way that the depth provided by one team would be able to, while in it's physical maturation process, sustain a game against an NFL team.

I would legitimately put the spread at or around Jac -24 vs. Alabama in its current form, giving Bama a little bit of credit for their ability to work together as a team. But otherwise, there is no way this team could hang with the Jaguars..

Apparently you missed the joke.

44cuse

 

[Orangepace]

Apparently you missed the joke.

44cuse

Damn it! :bang:

 

[OrangeMojo]

Just for fun, let me throw this at you. Sagarin says Alabama would be favored by 32 points AT THE DOME.

Syracuse starts the game 32-0 at the dome? Yowza, we'd all take the points right?

I'd take Alabama -32 all day long.

 

[690West]

I'd take Alabama -32 all day long.

If they beat us in the dome 45-14, you lose. And, that score is pretty lopsided

 

[44cuse]

Damn it! :bang:

All good. I liked your response though.

44cuse