MY BOLD PREDICTION

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(12-14-2015, 11:25 PM)BayouBengal Wrote: OK non-CFB fan I can explain.

The Rose Bowl is not a big game when Stanford and TCU are in it and aren't playing for the national championship but only end of season bragging rights. No one but those teams fans and few interested college football junkies even watched that game. TCU was never in the national championship conversation rather they were a potential "BCS Buster" team. That means they were earning respect but still didn't have it. I mean TCU finished 12-0 that year so you would think if they had a tough schedule with a bunch of quality wins they would be in the championship. But they didn't have the schedule so they played in the ROSE BOWL consolation prize. 

The national championship on the other hand draws attention and press like a mini super bowl. The build up includes masses of interviews with reporters and human interest pieces on ESPN. Why do you think AJM has so many articles on ESPN? Its because he was in 2 national championships and he always helped keep Alabama in the national spotlight. Those games (plus the huge buildup to some of his other games within the SEC that had NC implications) did provide AJM with some invaluable experience under the limelight. 

So I hope that answers your question. Dalton won the rose bowl in college and that's great, really it is, but it doesn't hold a candle to the pressure you are under in 2 national championships. 

*Ahem*.....it was TCU v/s. Wisconsin (and I watched it whistle to whistle).....and TCU was most certainly in that conversation that season, as they were undefeated, and some folks said they deserved a crack at it. If memory serves, didn't they wind up #2 that year......and I'm the non CFB fan?

Son....listen.....if there's anything I am more crazy about than Bengals football, it's FSU "Criminoles" football.  I have been wearing a Chief Osceola pendant around my neck since 1986.  You're barking up the wrong tree there friend.  "The Grandaddy of Them All" is always a big game, no matter the NCAA's implications and their farce of a "National Champion" structure......especially during that pre "playoff" era.

Now, I get your pressure scenarios, but it could also be argued that one was surrounded by NFL caliber talent, and a HOF HC, and the other carried his team.  See how that works?  I know you cats that don't like Dalton can't stand to give the guy any credit, but he's actually a pretty good player.