2018 ORANGE BOWL #1 Alabama vs #4 Oklahoma CFP rd 1

[rolltidefan]

this should be linked between both the sec and bigxii boards, so no need to cross over for discussion. edit: ok, only way i could get it to work (for now) is to move and link, so here we are. put on bigxii board since there'e more traffic here. if you bigxii-ers don't want it here, i'll move it back.

i'll be updating this thread (both in thread and in first post) as the month progresses. i'll try to keep it updated with articles and info and whatnot. feel free to discuss.

Alabama 13-0 SEC Champs

• Starting Lineups:

• Offense:
• QB – Tagovailoa (so)
• RB – D. Harris (sr)
• WR – Jeudy (so), Smith (so), Ruggs (so)
• TE – Smith (jr)
• OL – Williams (jr), Brown (so), Pierschbacher (sr), Wills (so), Leatherwood (so)

• Other players to be aware of:
• QB - Hurts, RB – Jacobs, N. Harris, WR – Waddle, Kief, Diggs, TE – Hentges, OL – Cotton

• Defense:
• DL – Buggs, Q. Williams, Davis
• LB – Wilson, Moses, Jennings
• DB – Thompson, McKinney, Smith, Surtain, Carter
• Others to be aware of:
• LB – Miller, DL – Ray, Mathis, DB - Anderson

• Coaching carousel info: OC Locksley hired as HC Maryland (should be sticking around for playoffs)
• Injuries: QB Tagovailoa (ankle, probable)
• Awards:

Oklahoma 12-1 BIGXII Champs

• Starting Lineups:
• Offense:
• QB - Kyler Murray
• RB - Trey Sermon and/or Kennedy Brooks
• FB/HB - Carson Meier
• X - CeeDee Lamb
• Y - Grant Calcaterra
• Z - Marquise Brown
• LT - Bobby Evans
• LG - Ben Powers
• C - Creed Humphrey
• RG - Dru Samia
• RT - Cody Ford
• Defense: Lots of shuffling, injuries
• NG - Neville Gallimore
• DE - Armani Bledsoe
• DE - Kenneth Mann
• JACK - Ronnie Perkins
• MLB - Kenneth Murray
• WLB - Curtis Bolton
• SLB - Caleb Kelley
• CB - Tre Norwood, Parnell Motley
• S - Tre Brown, Robert Barnes
• Coaching carousel info: DC Stoops (fired midseason, looking for replacement)
• Injuries: WR Brown
• Awards:

Orange Bowl Info

• Officiating Crew:
• December 29, 2018 - 7PM (central)
• TV Viewing: ESPN

• Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit Call CFP Semifinal at Capital One Orange Bowl; Laura Rutledge Reports on Sooners; Maria Taylor on Alabama
   Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the CFP Semifinal at the Orange Bowl, the duo’s fifth semifinal together and the only play-by-play commentator and analyst to call a CFP Semifinal in each of the five years of the system. Laura Rutledge and Maria Taylor will be the reporters, with Rutledge assigned to the Sooners and Taylor to the Crimson Tide. For the versatile commentators, it is their second consecutive year working a CFP Semifinal.

Alabama vs Oklahoma - Prior Match ups

• Oklahoma leads series, 3-1-1
• Oklahoma is on a 3 game win streak
• 1963 Orange Bowl - Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0
• 1970 Bluebonnet Bowl - Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 (tie)
• 2002 Norman, OK - Oklahoma 37, Alabama 27
• 2003 Tuscaloosa, AL - Oklahoma 20, Alabama 13
• 2014 Sugar Bowl - Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31

Other Info

• Betting lines: (opening line - Alabama -14.5) Current line - Alabama -14
• Over/Under: (opening - 79.5) current - 79.5

again, i'll update as the info comes in and as i can find time. if anyone wants to fill in some of the blanks or has more/better info to drop, let me know and i'll update it.

this thread is also for discussion and some banter, so have at it.

[Cincydawg]

I was sitting beside a Bama fan at the CG who seemed to know what he talked about, and we agreed that OU would be a serious test for Bama for obvious reasons.

This COULD be a blowout or a near mirror of last year's Rose Bowl, which is more what I expect.

[BrownCounty]

I appreciate hype as much as the next guy, but this is going to be a butt whipping of biblical proportions.

Kyler will likely take himself out by the 3rd Qtr.  Alabama will average 12 yards per carry.

I say biblical, but the outcome will be very unbiblical.  Goliath is going to hammerhead David straight into the ground.  In quick time.

[rolltidefan]

not sure i buy that. kyler has both of attributes of bama's qb kryptonite - mobility and pinpoint accuracy.

[BrownCounty]

not sure i buy that. kyler has both of attributes of bama's qb kryptonite - mobility and pinpoint accuracy.

You Bama guys just like to build up the opponent's expectations so it makes the impending humiliation that much sweeter.

[CousinFreddie]

Biblical proportions - lol.  What is the exact image there BC?  Since we're talking about the Tide, you could have Saban as Noah on the Arc, as the rising Bama Tide drowns us poor Sooners, as our schooners get submerged and disappear.

Or ...

You could have Saban parting the Red CFP Sea, and the Sooners as Romans in our schooners getting drowned (again) by the Tide

Or ...

You could have Saban as God evicting poor naked Sooners from the garden of the CFP into the wilderness

Or ...

I dunno, but I'd love to see whatchagot in that caveman head of yours re: images of biblical Bama proportions

[BrownCounty]

The term "biblical" is used to stimulate your own imagination and develop your own image.  You did very well, I must say.

What's in my caveman head?  Food, fire, and sex.  Like any caveman.  Geez..

[rolltidefan]

Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit Call CFP Semifinal at Capital One Orange Bowl; Laura Rutledge Reports on Sooners; Maria Taylor on Alabama
 Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the CFP Semifinal at the Orange Bowl, the duo’s fifth semifinal together and the only play-by-play commentator and analyst to call a CFP Semifinal in each of the five years of the system. Laura Rutledge and Maria Taylor will be the reporters, with Rutledge assigned to the Sooners and Taylor to the Crimson Tide. For the versatile commentators, it is their second consecutive year working a CFP Semifinal.

[CousinFreddie]

• Alabama Orange Bowl Record 4-4
• W 37–21         1942    Boston
• W 61–6           1952    Syracuse
• W 17–0           1962    Oklahoma     
• L 17-21            1964    Texas 
• W 39–28         1965    Nebraska
• L 6-38             1971    Nebraska        
• L 11–13           1974    Notre Dame    
• L 34–35           1999    Michigan       
• Oklahoma Orange Bowl Record 12-7
• L 0–17             1938    Tennessee      
• W 7–0             1953    Maryland        
• W 20–6           1955    Maryland        
• W 48–21         1957    Duke  
• W 21–6           1958    Syracuse        
• L 0–17             1962    Alabama        
• W 26–24         1967    Tennessee      
• W 14–6           1975    Michigan        
• L 6–31             1977    Arkansas        
• W 31–24         1978    Nebraska        
• W 24–7           1979    Florida State  
• W 18–17         1980    Florida State  
• L 17–28           1984    Washington    
• W 25–10         1985    Penn State      
• W 42–8           1986    Arkansas        
• L 14–20           1987    Miami
• W 13–2           2000    Florida State  
• L 19–55           2004    USC    
• L 17–37           2015    Clemson          

[TexasFan]

Go Alabama !

[Cincydawg]

Has OU had more OB appearances than any other team?

[longhorn320]

Has OU had more OB appearances than any other team?

Yes with 20 appearances
Nebraska is next with 17

[Cincydawg]

Which team has been to which bowl more than any other team has been to any bowl game?

OU might be it?

Any chance I might come visit Austin, not to stay, just to visit, when the Dawgs play out there?  If I'm still kicking?

[longhorn320]

Which team has been to which bowl more than any other team has been to any bowl game?

OU might be it?

Any chance I might come visit Austin, not to stay, just to visit, when the Dawgs play out there?  If I'm still kicking?

USC has 34 Rose Bowl appearances
I dont find any higher bowl appearance number