Week 2 Prediction Thread: Texas vs Alabama...7-1-1

Bamer - 40

TEXAS - 19

 

Are we getting a safety or are they blocking an extra point?

 

Pearson still has to prove he can hold on too a football.

 

Alabama 38
Texas 7

 

I hope it's closer, but we've still got a ways to go.

Alabama - 42
Texas - 24

 

Alabama - 42
Texas - 14

I'm thinking a competitive first half and then a second half where talent and physical superiority wears us down. Quinn is the key for this not to be a UCLA type beat-down (66-3; I was there). He can't throw pics like he did in the first series. I remember Whittington was wide open over the middle for a first down but Quinn just didn't look/see him. He had to get that ball out of his hands fast but the play was there. Then he scrambled and made a bad throw. Ok. First game stuff. Hopefully that's all it was.

 

Touchdown with extra point and four field goals gets you there...

 

No, we will get at least one safety. Don't be a 2%er.

 

I don't like it, but...

Alabama 41
Texas 24

 

Alabama 35
Texas 24

 

Horns - 17
Bama - 38

 

My dislike for Saban was when he allowed the last touchdown when he could have taken a knee in the National Championship game. That game was all in hand for Bama, no reason not to take the knee.

 

How Steve Sarkisian made the most of a second chance from Nick Saban

 

Bama: 45
UT: 17

 

He was one Mack Brown away from it.

 

"Then, it felt right," Sarkisian said. "We were going to play for a national title, and I felt like I fulfilled what I owed to Coach Saban. Plus, it was Texas."

 

Line has moved and not in a good way if you are a fan of the Fighting DKR's. Consensus in Vegas is now running between 20 and 20.5, with the O/U having moved up to 65.5. There are still some 64.5 postings, for those who dabble in middles. I will be placing bets on this game live and in person since I will be at Circa Las Vegas over the weekend, so some of what follows also allows you to know where my bet slips will land...

The lime movement suggests the betting public is expecting something along the lines of 45-21, 42-24.

I would like to believe that the Texas offense is capable of opening up a playbook and putting more than a low to mid 20's on the board, but I also expect some miscues result in points the other direction. Add in some uncertainty about the Texas Special Teams, specifically place-kicking, and I see points not showing up that should have been on the board.

Defensively, Texas needs to avoid injuries. This will be their mid-term despite being only a Week 2 game on the schedule. They SHOULD be able to force Alabama to keep starters in well into the second half. However, they need some help from the offense and also the punt team to avoid cheap points and to flip the field on punts...

I *HATE* having to pick some other team to win, especially when Texas plays at home, but...I see the over hitting and Texas covering the spread. However, Texas does not win this one...

THE University of Texas: 24
Elephants of Alabama: 43

 

@I_Dont_Exist why would you "Poop" this?

 

Horns - 32
Tide - 30

Please pass the Kool-Aid.

 

Bama 42
Texas 45

 

If Texas can avoid the 3 and outs, I don’t see how Bama scores more than 35.

 

Often times I just don't pay enough attention to where I'm scrolling with my fat fingers. Nothing wrong with post and poo prem0ovec

Sometimes I don't pay close enough attention to where I'm scrolling with my fat fingers. Nothing wrong with post and poop removed.

 

IDE I can relate to that

 

I figured it may have just been a Horn6721 you pulled.

As I was saying lol.

 

24
Ancestry.com=eHarmony.com 41

 

hic
I 'd smack you upside the head
But you are right. Still

 

The problem is that an ALA team that is executing even at an 80% clip DOES avoid the 3 and out's...and unless Texas establishes a run game EARLY and can chew clock, I see scores on at least a series each quarter, with two quarters having two scores by the elephant droppings.

 

Candidly I will be impressed if we avoid 3 and outs period. I’m going in with dread but the proverbial Hook ‘em prayer in my heart.

 

Texas 45
Bama 38

 

Read quite a few pieces on the upcoming game and this is one of the better ones
Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama: Longhorns look to pull off monumental upset - Burnt Orange Nation