Texas A&M @ Alabama Sat. 7:00pm CBS

[Hozz 1035]

3 hours ago, tokamak said:

Also, I guess I’m way in the minority, but I think Jimbo’s final play call is defensible. Stewart’s job is to run his guy into the end zone, then cut it back and the ball should be waiting for him. If it works as designed, it’s an almost impossible to stop way to get 3 yards.

The problem is that Stewart hooked too soon (probably because he’s a true freshman that knows he’s getting the ball in a huge moment and he got over excited) and King’s throw was both too late and way off target. The timing between QB and WR has to be impeccable there.

Yeah to me he just ran a bad route and that made the play call look stupid along the lines of "Even if its a catch he's not in the end zone"

[Dbeasy 15589]

What did we learn yesterday? That Saban inexplicably has no serviceable backup QB unless he’s going to roll out Ty Simpson, which he should if Young can’t play next week.

We also learned this Alabama team is overhyped. Their schedule isn’t very difficult so they probably won’t lose again in the regular season, though. Is Saban finally getting complacent? Maybe this is his last year and he’s coasting to the finish line. One can dream.  

A&M has enough talent, particularly defensively, to hang in almost every game. It’s the poor coaching, obviously, that continues to pile up losses. They could out-talent the rest of the teams on their schedule, despite the putrid coaching, but imo they will lose once more, maybe twice.  8-4, like clockwork. 

[Horn Dogg 4295]

Someone needs to point out to aggy that Bama didn’t make a shirt to commemorate their close win over aggy.

[nnm 37904]

18 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

What did we learn yesterday? That Saban inexplicably has no serviceable backup QB unless he’s going to roll out Ty Simpson, which he should if Young can’t play next week.

We also learned this Alabama team is overhyped. Their schedule isn’t very difficult so they probably won’t lose again in the regular season, though. Is Saban finally getting complacent? Maybe this is his last year and he’s coasting to the finish line. One can dream.  

A&M has enough talent, particularly defensively, to hang in almost every game. It’s the poor coaching, obviously, that continues to pile up losses. They could out-talent the rest of the teams on their schedule, despite the putrid coaching, but imo they will lose once more, maybe twice.  8-4, like clockwork. 

The poor coaching is really interesting. Saban’s tactic of turning over coaches in his rehab program was bound to bite him in the tail sooner or later. How can you expect consistency in the players’ grasp of the offensive philosophy when you’re going from Kiffen to Sark to BoB, etc.?  Each with his own approach.
And of course BoB is a certified idiot. The anti-Mensa. 

Edited October 9, 2022 by nnm

[Rickylovesweed 15483]

18 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

What did we learn yesterday? That Saban inexplicably has no serviceable backup QB unless he’s going to roll out Ty Simpson, which he should if Young can’t play next week.

We also learned this Alabama team is overhyped. Their schedule isn’t very difficult so they probably won’t lose again in the regular season, though. Is Saban finally getting complacent? Maybe this is his last year and he’s coasting to the finish line. One can dream.  

A&M has enough talent, particularly defensively, to hang in almost every game. It’s the poor coaching, obviously, that continues to pile up losses. They could out-talent the rest of the teams on their schedule, despite the putrid coaching, but imo they will lose once more, maybe twice.  8-4, like clockwork. 

A&M can hang in almost every game because of Jimbo's play style. They just fall on the ball and burn clock. 

That keeps them in close games but it also leads to losses like App State. 

[Deej 77813]

19 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Maybe this is his last year and he’s coasting to the finish line. One can dream.

Saban doesn't seem like the type to coast to a finish line. A mediocre season seems like it would drive him to come back and go out better. 

[Bama Llama 1508]

4 hours ago, Brothahorn said:

The fact that he has already broken that last play down from last night is why he is Nick Satan.

What's the cigar thing about?

It goes back sixty years. Paul Bryant detested Tennessee from his playing days at UA and coaching days at Kentucky and Alabama. Tennessee was always tough to beat and Bob Neyland was considered best coach in the South in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Bama's athletic trainer, Jim Goosetree, a Tennessee grad, handed out cigars after a particularly tough win over Tennessee and the tradition took hold. Link: https://www.wvua23.com/its-tennessee-week-and-that-means-cigars-are-flying-off-the-shelves/#:~:text=It's tradition that Alabama fans,the beginning of a tradition.

My father played end at Alabama from 1930-32. In the Tennessee game of 1932, played in Birmingham under a constant downpour, Beatty Feathers of Tennessee and Johnny Cain of Alabama had a punting duel for the ages, over 30 punts. The coaches were calling punts on third down in case the punter bobbled a snap. Bama led 3-0 with a few minutes left but was backed up inside its own ten yard line. The field was all mud by then. I believe Darrell Royal, Mack Brown and even Nick Saban would have given Tennessee a safety and free punted it from the 20. However, Bama punted. Cain had averaged 48 yards per kick that day, but this one went off the side of his foot, badly. Tennessee had the ball inside Bama's 20 with very little time left. The Vols ran it. ran it and ran it again. Feathers finally ran it in for a TD and Tennessee won 7-3. God dammit.

[Horn80 6356]

Mostly surprised how bad Milroe was.  Don’t see him remaining in that role next year.

[stork642 4511]

20 hours ago, TexasMan said:

No matter what happens now, aggy will sell this as a win to croots 

I can hear it now.  If it wasn’t for our shitty play calling, poor QB play, and receivers that can’t run the correct routes we almost had Bama.  

[Bama Llama 1508]

23 hours ago, Js1 said:

We’ll find out here. About to go Tenn, Miss St, LSU, Ole Miss. If they’re winning the West again, it’s this stretch. 

And Tenn, Ole Miss and LSU are away. High loss potential here unless Nick pulls some voodoo on offense.

[nnm 37904]

2 hours ago, Bama Llama said:

And Tenn, Ole Miss and LSU are away. High loss potential here unless Nick pulls some voodoo on offense.

By voodoo you mean shoo BoB, right?