[SportsLockPicks]

Will the Tide Roll, or will the Horns Hook em'? Lets break this game down by matchup, situations, and relevant stats, NOT TRENDS like past heisman winners/losers ats...with your score prediction, add a thought on why and how you capped it to this result...

Alabama Crimson Tide 27 Texas Longhorns 17

Alabama's drubbing of Florida in what should have been, for all intents and purposes, the BCS National Championship, how they handled it, and worked against a fast, physical defense as well as offense is the indicator of why they are favored, and rightly so. Texas, as deserving as they may be didn't get their yearly test from Oklahoma, and we saw how they played in that game. The key to Alabama covering this spread is the D-Lines pressure and containment of McCoy. McCoy, like Tebow is the lifeblood of Texas' gameplan...Saban, given a well over a month to prepare for the task with the defensive crew he has is reason enough for me, but better still, Alabama's running game isn't its entire arsenal, this team is rounded, and takes care of the ball (only 10 lost fumbles ALL YEAR) and one of the least penalized teams in the country...meaning they won't beat themselves. The Tide Rolls, the Horns get Hooked.

[MartyMcFly]

Texas Longhorns 30 Alabama Crimson Tide 27

[SportsLockPicks]

good insight, i think i may change my play now

[bea$tmode]

Originally Posted by SportsLockPicks

good insight, i think i may change my play now

[SportsLockPicks]

well, why post if you aren't going to abide by the thread, lets get some predictions here

[paste_me]

Alabama Crimson Tide 21
Texas Longhorns 10

[Spyderfootball]

23-17 Alabama rolls

[Snowball]

20-13 Tide

[sreigle]

14-13 Horns

[hugh_morris]

hmmmm..28-24 Tide...out

[Frankie4fingers]

28-24 Horns, late McCoy drive will prove to be the difference

[Frankie4fingers]

Originally Posted by hugh_morris

hmmmm..28-24 Tide...out

coincidence, good final score though (hook'em horns!)

[LLXC]

24-23 Alabama

[ramones951]

Texas Longhorns 23
Alabama Crimson Tide 21

[johnnyra21]

7-5 Alabama

[ramones951]

McCoy will be a man on a mission after coming up short in the Heisman Race for the 2nd straight year. Don't ever count out the dog in a big game that most people aren't even giving a chance!!! They've had to listen for over a month about how they are outmatched by Alabama, you don't think they've been working their asses off?!?! Mack Brown is a proven winner and he will have a plan! I'll take the points all day!!

[SportsLockPicks]

not being given a chance? come on now...and, technically, in the trenches, where this game will be won, texas is outmatched...son

[BECHunter]

The way I see it is if this game is a blowout it will be a blowout by Bama. If UT can keep the game close they have a great chance to win. I just do not see Texas blasting Bama's NFL-like D.


Look at every game Bama has played. They have physically beat the hell out of people. Bama scattered LSU players all over the field when they played them. Most of the other games were the same.

The will drill McCoy and Shipley. Trust me.

[BECHunter]

Originally Posted by SportsLockPicks

not being given a chance? come on now...and, technically, in the trenches, where this game will be won, texas is outmatched...son

We have a winner. Look at how the Big Ten won their bowl games this year. The lines physically dominated.

[Straight Cash]

Bama 27
Texas 23

[aframe247]

ALA - 33
TEx - 28

I went I SAW Tide Conquers..

[BECHunter]

24-17

[RockoSocko]

27-14 horns!!!

[looch10]

27-19 horns

[SportsLockPicks]

true

[easyaxess]

21-17 texas

[Smogs]

27-10 Texas

[HoulihansTX]

Texas 20
Bama 17

[Flaghunter]

Texas - 21
Alabama - 17