Game Thread 2023 Texas @ Alabama - 6pm on ESPN

[crash_davis 23114]

17 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Agreed. His after game talk with Sark seemed much much longer than usual and it was all Sark talking. Alabama has lost its edge to Georgie and with OU and Texas moving next door the road only gets harder. And he’s old. 

I think a lot of things are finally catching up to Saban and Bama.

The revolving door of assistants is maybe finally becoming a detriment. This team is still feeling the hang over from last year's shitty OC and DC. They lack discipline, making stupid after stupid penalties.

Their last 4 QBs will be playing in NFL games today. They didn't recruit QB well after Sark left. He actually may have fucked them leaving them with Milroe, who everyone knew was going to take 3-4 years before becoming a complete passing QB. It's amazing that the couldn't pull a QB from the portal.

And prob most importantly, they lost their competitive advantage of paying players under the table. Georgia started outpaying them and now NIL makes negates any advantage that they once had.

If this season goes to shit, which it can if Milroe can't learn to read coverage by the time conf play starts, I can see Saban retiring at the end of the season.

[4th&Five 41565]

 

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

15 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

>Our secondary looks slow in coverage.

Burton and Bond are fast as fuck. Look at Jerrins INT how fast Burton is. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

[Texas Jeff 1945]

What is our ranking going to be next week?

About 3.5

[Js1 85439]

2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

[mdmost 43006]

I know people here think it sucks but the SEC Shorts for this week should be pretty good. 

[WBT 20628]

4 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

And prob most importantly, they lost their competitive advantage of paying players under the table. Georgia started outpaying them and now NIL makes negates any advantage that they once had.

This explains the rise and the fall.  No need to get into the rest of it.

[Braff Zacklin 13627]

5 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

A player that won't get a lot of attention from this game but should is Jonathon Brooks. He lowered his shoulder several times in this game when there really wasn't anything there. 

That 3rd and 2 run on the final drive where he initiated the contact with a LB made me say "woah that guy is physical." 

We saw him develop in one game. Remember that fourth-and-2 late in the third quarter? Brooks should've picked it up, but his pad level wasn't low enough and he got turned and then stopped.

On that third-and-2 on the game's final drive, however, Brooks lowered his pads and helmet--he was not going to be denied! This is obviously not an awesome run-blocking offensive line, so Texas will need what Brooks showed in the fourth quarter each and every game if it's going to have an effective ground game.

[Beau Vine 54277]

 

 

[Pam Cummings 9646]

8 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Sark, whispering into Saban's ear:

 

Colt McCoy send his regards

[mdmost 43006]

Hell yeah. I was very down on Brooks after Rice but he turned it around and was the man when we needed hard yards to ice the game away. I think he and Baxter can be a great 1-2 punch. 

[Steel Shank 9428]

59 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Milroe isn’t their issue. They don’t have anything at the skill positions on either side of the ball

On a composite comparison, I'm a 64.8% better qb than Milroe.

[Nivek 16946]

51 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Milroe seems like a Jalen Hurts type of player just not as good. And if he doesnt work insanely hard the way Jalen does he wont be around very long.

Jamal Lord.  Not quite as big, but a bit faster IIRC.   Needs a lot of coaching or to switch positions.  If he can catch, I would love to have him as a WR transfer.  

[jimmyjazz 45989]

Somebody said it -- Milroe is a damn good RB.

[Eastwood 4394]

Our WR hit the jugs machine hard after practice for the rest of the season and my goodness…

[markstanco 12582]

LHN cuts away mid Sark presser. That fucking network can't die quick enough.

Rose Bowl vs USC must have been next.

[NAVY 6747]

Cool 

https://twitter.com/Benhartman/status/1700716834884829449?s=20

[SuckitKevin 920]

Brooks picking up the fumble and and getting the first down was one of the biggest plays of the game. Kudos to SEC officials for calling a fair game and actually correcting officiating mistakes. I’m fairly certain Big 12 officials would have fucked us on that one. Honestly, officiating is my biggest concern going forward. I still haven’t seen an explanation for overturning the Worthy catch last week, not to mention the obvious PI penalties. 

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Milroe is a running back.

correct

[D3zii 3708]

37 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

Good
>Ewers, especially 2nd half. I was skeptical on his pro prospects. Looks like 1st rounder.
>Texas D. Ethan Burke over Ovie is a massive upgrade. Anthony Hill looks like a beast.
>Competent officiating. It’s jarring to see and makes the games much more enjoyable. We’ve endured 2 screw jobs a year for the last decade. Cant wait to get out of this chicken shit outfit.
>Bama fans leaving early

Bad
>Hands. On both sides we dropped and tipped balls
>J’Tavian Sanders. Hear me out. Dude must be accounted for in the passing game. But his missed blocks cost us a touchdown and a 4th down conversion.
>Our secondary looks slow in coverage.

Ugly
…

I disagree!!! Our secondary for the first time in a long time is sticky in coverage!!! Other than the Thompson TD every other catch was defended well. No WR was just running open wen we maned up. 
 

the secondary was the reason imo the d-line balled like they did and vice-versa. 
S/0 to the DBs unsung hero’s 

[markstanco 12582]

Jamal Lord.  Not quite as big, but a bit faster IIRC.   Needs a lot of coaching or to switch positions.  If he can catch, I would love to have him as a WR transfer.  

“Can he play safety?”

-probably Mack brown

[D3zii 3708]

[Deej 76842]

Gbenda getting knock to the ground and keeping going for the sack was special. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Deej

[Rockethorn1978 6095]

Milroe would do better in what we do with ewers, quick passes and rollout rpo. But this bama team will end up losing 3 maybe 4 games this year.

[mdmost 43006]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Gbenda getting knock to the ground and keeping going for the Sack was special. 

Same with Burke on the shoestring sack. 

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[Dbeasy 15073]

38 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I know people here think it sucks but the SEC Shorts for this week should be pretty good. 

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

21 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

Brooks picking up the fumble and and getting the first down was one of the biggest plays of the game

How so?  Didn’t we turn it over on downs the very next set of downs?

[52-80 19188]

53 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Running back by committee this year with Blue and Robinson as well should be interesting (and good.)

It would have been nice for Keilan to have racked up more yards against his former team. 

[naija 2869]

58 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

Good
>Ewers, especially 2nd half. I was skeptical on his pro prospects. Looks like 1st rounder.
>Texas D. Ethan Burke over Ovie is a massive upgrade. Anthony Hill looks like a beast.
>Competent officiating. It’s jarring to see and makes the games much more enjoyable. We’ve endured 2 screw jobs a year for the last decade. Cant wait to get out of this chicken shit outfit.
>Bama fans leaving early

Bad
>Hands. On both sides we dropped and tipped balls
>J’Tavian Sanders. Hear me out. Dude must be accounted for in the passing game. But his missed blocks cost us a touchdown and a 4th down conversion.
>Our secondary looks slow in coverage.

Ugly
…

Sanders and Mitchell both should be much better blockers than they are. Would really help out in the running game, and sometimes it leaves points on the field.

[Jkwellborn 6713]

Ewers was fantastic. If we get that guy each week, holy fuck balls. 
 
Saban knew very early that they were in trouble. When we quit beating ourselves they had no chance 

At one point early in the game, the camera was on Saban after a good play for Texas. Looked like he mouthed how do we stop that shit or we can’t stop that shit.

[Rimbo 25987]

 

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[WBT 20628]

17 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Milroe would do better in what we do with ewers, quick passes and rollout rpo. But this bama team will end up losing 3 maybe 4 games this year.

To who?  I don't see any worldbeaters on their schedule

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

3 minutes ago, naija said:

Sanders and Mitchell both should be much better blockers than they are. Would really help out in the running game, and sometimes it leaves points on the field.

that 4th down play where sanders got blown the fuck up on his block isn't going to be fun to watch on film today.

[Brothahorn 10087]

Sanders and Mitchell both should be much better blockers than they are. Would really help out in the running game, and sometimes it leaves points on the field.

All Mitchell does is catch touchdowns!

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

Sanders blocks well a lot of the time, making his misses all the more aggravating. 

[Rimbo 25987]

 

[mdmost 43006]

Someone else mentioned it in a different thread but it's a great thing to point out about how this team is different. Every player that had a mental lapse, made up for it later in the game. Burke whiffed on a tackle, makes a shoestring sack later. Worthy drops a sure fire TD,  catches a bomb for a TD later. Thompson gives up the deep ball for a TD, makes a pick later. The mistakes didn't put them mentally in a hole. That says something for how this team might be on cusp of greatness. 

[ClubWhatever 12151]

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

To who?  I don't see any worldbeaters on their schedule

This fan base should know better than anyone that having a shaky QB is a death sentence. 

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

3 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

that 4th down play where sanders got blown the fuck up on his block isn't going to be fun to watch on film today.

The one where turner runs over to his side right at the snap?  I’ll assume he had his assignment picked out and then turner jogged over right before the snap and caused some confusion. 

[Longboard Horn 40381]

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

The one where turner runs over to his side right at the snap?  I’ll assume he had his assignment picked out and then turner jogged over right before the snap and caused some confusion. 

i was thinking the same thing. he probably had already decided where he was going in the second level and then was like wtf?

[Rimbo 25987]

 

[Guest]

Milroe's picks were bad... like he just flat didn't see a guy. But I thought Bama did a disservice by not giving him 6-8 designed runs. Dude can move. And when you have to account for that more, it opens up the passing game. 

 

[Huckleberry 33035]

9 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

 

In my mind, Sanders told Turner "Take the loss, pussy" after the last snap. 

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