re: Official Fall Camp Discussion Thread - Who Wants to Wear Out That Trojan arse?

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Saban isn't always right. Was he roght last year when he started Bateman against Ole Miss?

Didn't that cost us?

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Did it?

You know how Coker would have played if he'd started?

Do you happen to remember what the score was when Cooper Bateman took his last snap of that game? Maybe you do, but for those whose memory has failed them and they've drank the whole gallon of "Saban lost the game by starting Bateman" Kool-Aid, I'll help.

When Cooper Bateman left the field for the last time in the game, the score was 3-3. Even if you give him the TD OM scored off the interception, the most you can put on him is a 10-3 score.

Here's a big news flash. Bateman didn't lose that game. He didn't fumble two kickoffs or allow a helmet bounce to go for a TD. You may have also missed that, while Bateman threw one interception, Coker threw two - the first of which also set up an OM score and was every bit as bad as the one thrown by Bateman.

There's simply no rational basis for this Bateman hate. He hasn't done one single thing to deserve any of it.