The Other Sports Thread (Titans, Vols, Dores, etc) - Part III

[predfan98]

Everything was going great until I got to actual downtown. I had no traffic from Donelson all the way to where it turns from Hermitage into 1st. It was bumper to bumper from around Lindsley on--but after the curve so I didn't know to go ahead and turn left. If I could have gotten across traffic at Academy I think I could have doglegged it over to 2nd or 3rd and gone in that way. The police were funneling everyone on 1st onto Peabody, which might have worked it those leaving town weren't also allowed to turn there. It slowed things down a lot. I am not tech savvy nor coordinated enough to drive AND follow apps. Ha ha!

I guess the city wanted to encourage people to go to both events by having them the same day, but they need to work on their scheduling and crowd control techniques. To have one end and another begin--and both coinciding with rush hour--was short sighted.

Nashville has some of the worst crowd control for downtown. I don't know who is in charge, but it is poor planning. I can't understand the policeman after the games watching the traffic pile up, let people stream across Broadway all over, etc.
Other cities with arena are so much better it is not even funny.

 

[Enjoy i24 Traffic]

^
how many other cities have their arena in the central business and entertainment district?

 

[jwhouk]

War Damn BADGERS.

 

[Adz]

Wow, Oregon...

They're just rolling over FSU.

 

[PredsV82]

Bama given every opportunity to win and couldn't pull it off..

Gotta wonder if Oregon fans are happy that they will probably face an easier team to beat or disappointed that they aren't going to get the chance to play alabama...

 

[Dave is a killer]

Wow, Oregon...

They're just rolling over FSU.

Schadenfreude was the emotion I felt watching that game

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Bama given every opportunity to win and couldn't pull it off..

Gotta wonder if Oregon fans are happy that they will probably face an easier team to beat or disappointed that they aren't going to get the chance to play alabama...

Though obviously disappointed, I'm slightly relieved that I won't have to watch Bama possibly getting manhandled by Oregon. Ohio State wanted it more, and Bama just frittered away for too much of the game. Still, this was a team that I didn't see winning the SEC at the beginning of the season, so can't be disappointed to go 12-2 and ousted in the playoffs. Looking forward to see if Saban can shore up the defense, a new QB, and whether Yeldon, Collins, and Ragland will return to a fairly decent core.

Rooting for Ohio State in the final, but I just don't see it happening.

 

[triggrman]

I think Alabama bis going to have to get smaller linebackers to play against these spread option teams.

Here's my question, were the SEC defenses really good, or are SEC offenses really just average?

 

[Dave is a killer]

I think Alabama bis going to have to get smaller linebackers to play against these spread option teams.

Here's my question, were the SEC defenses really good, or are SEC offenses really just average?

Offenses are average.

 

[Drake744]

One certain Southeastern Conference is really showing up this year. Good job.

 

[Adz]

Did you see Urban Meyer's reaction in the press conference when he heard the final score of the Oregon game? That was pretty funny.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/01/02/ohio-state-urban-meyer-reaction-oregon-score#

I know people who are from Oregon and from Ohio, and I am happy if they're happy, but in the end none of the final 4 matchups were ones I care much about. I care about today's with UT, but I know it's just a measuring stick.

 

[Drake744]

I've wanted an Oregon-Alabama final for years. Looks like that will never happen.

 

[Enjoy i24 Traffic]

 

[jwhouk]

RIP "Booyah!". Stuart Scott has died.

 

[Adz]

I saw that. Sad news. The report by Rich Eisen was pretty emotional--you can tell that he cared so much about him. RIP

 

[PredsV82]

Wow. Was he sick? What happened?

Edit: nvm. Apparently I'm the only one who didn't know he had cancer

 

[Adz]

Wow. Was he sick? What happened?

Edit: nvm. Apparently I'm the only one who didn't know he had cancer

Nah, Mr. Admiral didn't know, either.

 

[jwhouk]

Next week, something will happen that hasn't occurred since I was a baby.

Dallas will play Green Bay at Lambeau for the first time since the Ice Bowl on December 31, 1967.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Dallas will play Green Bay at Lambeau for the first time since the Ice Bowl on December 31, 1967.

Playoff game? I know they've played Dallas at Lambeau recently.

 

[jwhouk]

...In the playoffs.