August 28, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said: Counterpoint: Fatheree got absolutely abused on that play. Yikes. If that were to happen to either Jones or Banks this week I'm pretty sure I'd adjust my thoughts on how the season would go.
August 28, 20232 yr 42 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: Anyone revising their W/L prediction based off game 1 of a 12 game season is moronic unless we go out and look like literal crap and play at a level that is so bad we almost lose or do lose. A 38-7 type win where we are vanilla and pack it in during the second half to look ahead to Bama isn't going to surprise me just like a 63-10 smacking wouldn't surprise me. Neither impacts my long term outlook of the season, especially when considering that teams can get better or worse as a season progresses. If this team struggles for 3 quarters and pulls away late for a 31 - 23 win this entire place is going to be nothing but "this team sucks" and "fire 7 win Steve"
August 28, 20232 yr We absolutely smoked Rice with Casey Thompson on the way to a 5-7 season. Very little can be gleaned from this game
August 28, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, Atticus said: We absolutely smoked Rice with Casey Thompson on the way to a 5-7 season. Very little can be gleaned from this game Yeah, you can see warning signs. 2010 Rice was a warning sign
August 28, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Js1 said: Yeah, you can see warning signs. 2010 Rice was a warning sign True. I was there. We struggled.
August 28, 20232 yr 59 minutes ago, Hermanator said: If this team struggles for 3 quarters and pulls away late for a 31 - 23 win this entire place is going to be nothing but "this team sucks" and "fire 7 win Steve" Your reading comprehension is atrocious.
August 28, 20232 yr Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023
August 28, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 Let's hope it's as ill-fated of a switch as when Butter Teeth made a similar decision the night of June 7, 2010.
August 28, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 When you don’t have a qb those thoughts will enter your mind.
August 28, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Hermanator said: If this team struggles for 3 quarters and pulls away late for a 31 - 23 win this entire place is going to be nothing but "this team sucks" and "fire 7 win Steve" The post you responded to: Quote Anyone revising their W/L prediction based off game 1 of a 12 game season is moronic unless we go out and look like literal crap and play at a level that is so bad we almost lose or do lose. Did you wake up today and decide to play internet troll for the day, or did you suffer a TBI over the weekend?
August 28, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Foosters said: The post you responded to: Did you wake up today and decide to play internet troll for the day, or did you suffer a TBI over the weekend? Just seeing what the response is now when it's all roses and Kool aid. I don't think that's going to happen but if so will be fun to come back to this. Pulling away in the 4th and winning by 2 scores isn't almost losing.
August 29, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 So Saban wants to go back in time to 2008-2012 SEC style? Bold strategy
August 29, 20232 yr What if they run triple option down our throats and just try to big body slab us down the field. We better get our big dudes ready
August 29, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 That Tennessee loss really fucked him up didn’t it?
August 29, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: That Tennessee loss really fucked him up didn’t it?
August 29, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 Article tells me Saban wants to play ball control this year because of their QB situation. You stop Alabama’s run game they’re done
August 29, 20232 yr He's always been on the cutting edge, now he wants everything to be like it used to be. Saban done went and got old.
August 29, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, Vertigo said: Here is a pretty good idea of what we will be walking into in Tuscaloosa. Saban wants to get back to bully ball. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 This story sounds very familiar . I can't quite put my Mack on it
August 29, 20232 yr We actually appear to match up pretty well with them. If we can play a relatively clean game and keep Ewers uninjured.... wait I mean lock this thread.
August 29, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, kevwun said: He's always been on the cutting edge, now he wants everything to be like it used to be. Saban done went and got old. Not sure if it's what he wants. He/they went after at least a half dozen QBs who they'd love to sling the ball around with, but they whiffed, for whatever reason
August 29, 20232 yr It's not just that though. He spends a lot of time whining about NLI. He used to find talented, but flawed coaches to rehabilitate also. Now he just gets flawed ones. Their issues are starting to stack up. Edited August 29, 20232 yr by kevwun
August 29, 20232 yr He’s done. Between the portal and NIL, he no longer has any leverage over his players.
August 29, 20232 yr I've been saying this for a few months, I think we beat Bama by at least 13. Not sure why. I know their defense is going to be good again, but I also think we will be fine. I think the Bama players who played us last year would say we were their toughest game. It'll be the same this year. FIVE MORE DAYSSSSSSSSS
August 29, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, kevwun said: It's not just that though. He spends a lot of time whining about losing his advantage in the bag game to NLI He used to find talented, but flawed coaches to rehabilitate also. Now he just gets flawed ones. Their issues are starting to stack up. had to fix that
August 29, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, Atticus said: We absolutely smoked Rice with Casey Thompson on the way to a 5-7 season. Very little can be gleaned from this game This. Just like struggling with Tulsa in 2018 was a "warning sign".
August 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, BigHornedLurker said: This story sounds very familiar . I can't quite put my Mack on it Yes, except Saban is not trying to turn Michael Huey into a road grading force of nature. He has a couple of first round picks on the line.
August 29, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, futureman said: lulz at doubting saban's ability to run it 50x for 350 yards against us. Stack the box, don’t be a gaping pussy. They are terrible, we will win convincingly.
August 29, 20232 yr Wouldn’t shock me if Milroe ends up being the leading rusher in our game. Scrambling QBs who can’t pass very well have always been our kryptonite.
August 29, 20232 yr It's really odd to me just how many national pundits are picking them to bounce back this year. I'm still awaiting @closetojumping 's Alabama will go full throated thread before I can lend a prediction.
August 29, 20232 yr 38 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said: Stack the box, don’t be a gaping pussy. They are terrible, we will win convincingly.
August 29, 20232 yr Wouldn’t shock me if Milroe ends up being the leading rusher in our game. Scrambling QBs who can’t pass very well have always been our kryptonite. Add a couple of knee braces to the qb and that’s worth an extra 50-350 yards rushing.
August 29, 20232 yr They will target Collins, Burke and Sorrell in the run game and make us prove we can stop them
August 29, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, cmontexas said: They will target Collins, Burke and Sorrell in the run game and make us prove we can stop them I am going to guess that Burke will not be on the field a ton vs Bama. Likely see a starting line up of Collins, Sweat, Murphy, and Sorrell across the LOS. Bama will definitely go after Burke, when they see him out there
August 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, cmontexas said: They will target Collins, Burke and Sorrell in the run game and make us prove we can stop them you mean like they did last year? take out the 81 yard run and that was 23 attempts for 80 yards or a YPC of 3.4
August 29, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, longhornmatt said: Last year we had senior Moro Ojomo playing that big DE spot instead of redshirt freshman Burke, so we are much older at the position this year. this year it is Senior Collins playing that big DE spot, not Burke
August 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, cmontexas said: They will target Collins, Burke and Sorrell in the run game and make us prove we can stop them Yeah "bama bully ball" will be the gameplan against Texas. Saban has been kickin' his teams asses this offseason -- bama will be more physical running the ball this year. Ball control offense tryin' to break the will of their opponents. Saban is pissed about jawja folks mocking bama and he loves whippin' his opponent's asses... "The worm is turning because everybody's gotten so spread-oriented ... that people who now are running the ball are having more success because the defense is more geared to stopping all that stuff than it is to stopping just the straight, old-fashioned running game," Saban said this summer. "And I think that's one thing that Georgia has done really, really well." ---------------------------------------------- IT WAS 2008 when Saban delivered his most notable pregame speech. Undefeated and back at LSU for the first time since he left as the Tigers' coach for the NFL, he told players what to think. "How much does this game mean to you?" Saban said. "Because if it means something to you, you can't stand still. You understand? You play fast. You play strong. You go out there and dominate the guy you're playing against and make his ass quit. That's our trademark. That's our M.O. as a team, alright? That's what people know us as." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023
August 29, 20232 yr Popular Post 16 minutes ago, LTtxfan said: Yeah "bama bully ball" will be the gameplan against Texas. Saban has been kickin' his teams asses this offseason -- bama will be more physical running the ball this year. Ball control offense tryin' to break the will of their opponents. Saban is pissed about jawja folks mocking bama and he loves whippin' his opponent's asses... "The worm is turning because everybody's gotten so spread-oriented ... that people who now are running the ball are having more success because the defense is more geared to stopping all that stuff than it is to stopping just the straight, old-fashioned running game," Saban said this summer. "And I think that's one thing that Georgia has done really, really well." ---------------------------------------------- IT WAS 2008 when Saban delivered his most notable pregame speech. Undefeated and back at LSU for the first time since he left as the Tigers' coach for the NFL, he told players what to think. "How much does this game mean to you?" Saban said. "Because if it means something to you, you can't stand still. You understand? You play fast. You play strong. You go out there and dominate the guy you're playing against and make his ass quit. That's our trademark. That's our M.O. as a team, alright? That's what people know us as." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 Are you getting paid every time you type bully ball?
August 29, 20232 yr Every coach wants their team to play more physical. The short answer is: Kyle Flood works for us now.
August 29, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, GoldAppleCorps said: Every coach wants their team to play more physical. The short answer is: Kyle Flood works for us now. Truth. Also they don’t have a qb
August 29, 20232 yr Popular Post 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said: Yeah "bama bully ball" will be the gameplan against Texas. Saban has been kickin' his teams asses this offseason -- bama will be more physical running the ball this year. Ball control offense tryin' to break the will of their opponents. Saban is pissed about jawja folks mocking bama and he loves whippin' his opponent's asses... "The worm is turning because everybody's gotten so spread-oriented ... that people who now are running the ball are having more success because the defense is more geared to stopping all that stuff than it is to stopping just the straight, old-fashioned running game," Saban said this summer. "And I think that's one thing that Georgia has done really, really well." ---------------------------------------------- IT WAS 2008 when Saban delivered his most notable pregame speech. Undefeated and back at LSU for the first time since he left as the Tigers' coach for the NFL, he told players what to think. "How much does this game mean to you?" Saban said. "Because if it means something to you, you can't stand still. You understand? You play fast. You play strong. You go out there and dominate the guy you're playing against and make his ass quit. That's our trademark. That's our M.O. as a team, alright? That's what people know us as." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38246695/how-nick-saban-alabama-retake-sec-georgia-college-football-2023 I understand the concept in both Saban's mind, and in the minds of those who cover Bama, that he can just will something into existence because he's the GOAT. Problem is, that's not how the universe actually works. Bama has an okay stable of backs, fine. They don't have 5 high draft picks on the OL right now. They have Latham, who is highly regarded. They have Proctor, who will be in his second game, starting at LT. Is he the next Kelvin Banks? Maybe, however the odds don't favor that. The interior OL isn't loaded. The TE from Maryland is a jag. The QBs are a flat out concern. They have no one at WR that will keep defenses honest. All of that adds up to a plodding offense that is going to rely simply on the idea of out-talenting the opponent and being tougher than the opponent. They don't have the horses to out-talent multiple defenses on their schedule, Texas included. The notion that they're just going to be tougher to a discernible extent is laughable silliness. Texas played them tough last year. Other teams did as well. They didn't physically whip a bunch of teams' asses until they played KSU, frankly. Nick Saban looked at what he had coming into this season at QB and said "I need a QB" and went and tried to buy one. That failed. He subsequently reviewed everything else and said "I don't have the difference makers at WR, TB, QB, or TE to keep up with Tennessee or Georgia. I need to try to shorten these ball games and just physically whip everyone. " Everyone else looked at Bama and blindly bleated "well, it's Bama, they should be a CFP team even though they're going to post an offense from 15 years ago while replacing both coordinators and 16 starters, one being Bryce Young, another being Will Anderson. " Okay then.
August 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, NoName said: you mean like they did last year? take out the 81 yard run and that was 23 attempts for 80 yards or a YPC of 3.4 Bryce Young was holding that offense back, what with his Heisman and ability to complete forward passes...
August 29, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, closetojumping said: I understand the concept in both Saban's mind, and in the minds of those who cover Bama, that he can just will something into existence because he's the GOAT. Problem is, that's not how the universe actually works. Bama has an okay stable of backs, fine. They don't have 5 high draft picks on the OL right now. They have Latham, who is highly regarded. They have Proctor, who will be in his second game, starting at LT. Is he the next Kelvin Banks? Maybe, however the odds don't favor that. The interior OL isn't loaded. The TE from Maryland is a jag. The QBs are a flat out concern. They have no one at WR that will keep defenses honest. All of that adds up to a plodding offense that is going to rely simply on the idea of out-talenting the opponent and being tougher than the opponent. They don't have the horses to out-talent multiple defenses on their schedule, Texas included. The notion that they're just going to be tougher to a discernible extent is laughable silliness. Texas played them tough last year. Other teams did as well. They didn't physically whip a bunch of teams' asses until they played KSU, frankly. Nick Saban looked at what he had coming into this season at QB and said "I need a QB" and went and tried to buy one. That failed. He subsequently reviewed everything else and said "I don't have the difference makers at WR, TB, QB, or TE to keep up with Tennessee or Georgia. I need to try to shorten these ball games and just physically whip everyone. " Everyone else looked at Bama and blindly bleated "well, it's Bama, they should be a CFP team even though they're going to post an offense from 15 years ago while replacing both coordinators and 16 starters, one being Bryce Young, another being Will Anderson. " Okay then. Took the words right out of my mouth. Literally spot on for reading between the lines of what Saban is implying about his 2023 team. Once teams stop Alabama’s run game they’re shit out of luck
August 29, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Wouldn’t shock me if Milroe ends up being the leading rusher in our game. Scrambling QBs who can’t pass very well have always been our kryptonite. Milroe ending up as Bama leading rusher actually probably increases our chances. Especially if that means the bama RB's and O-line are unsuccessful in playing the way the media keeps droning on about.
August 29, 20232 yr 43 minutes ago, Texasrocks said: Bryce Young was holding that offense back, what with his Heisman and ability to complete forward passes... As JAG as Ovie Ogufo was at rushing the passer, he at least had serviceable lateral quickness and run defense. Collins has to proves he is quick enough to set the edge vs a QB that is a real running threat. As great as Bryce Young was, he posed zero threat to run which placed very little stress on our edges.
August 29, 20232 yr Bryce Young, who beat us with his ability to throw on the run, scramble, evade would be sacks, and was the #1 dual threat QB his year, posed zero threat to run? Nice take, I guess.
August 29, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, cmontexas said: As JAG as Ovie Ogufo was at rushing the passer, he at least had serviceable lateral quickness and run defense. Collins has to proves he is quick enough to set the edge vs a QB that is a real running threat. As great as Bryce Young was, he posed zero threat to run which placed very little stress on our edges. And Milroe poses such a serious aerial threat that we'd better be careful of guarding against his running? Who knew that Young to Milroe was simply a passing of the Heisman torch? Edited August 29, 20232 yr by cafe society
August 29, 20232 yr Popular Post 10 minutes ago, cmontexas said: As great as Bryce Young was, he posed zero threat to run which placed very little stress on our edges.
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