re: Bama Football Tidings

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You just made up that that was a policy is I think the problem here?

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Well, that made me shoot tea out of my nose in the middle of chik filet.

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That kind of worries me.

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It a legitimate concern.

IMO he wasn’t operating at Jalen Hurts 2017 levels at A-Day from a read/recognition/accuracy perspective and his turnovers were something JH never had an issue with. We will not win a championship with an A-Day level year from him.

That said, I’m not going to freak out unless I see him play poorly against Texas, but I believe there is genuine reason to question whether he’s ready for the big stage.

There’s also reason to believe he could win a Heisman because he has the talent to do so.

He’s a huge ceiling, low floor guy and we’ll know where he’s at come 10 pm against Texas.

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We will not win a championship with an A-Day level year from him.

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Did any of the eventual starters at QB for Bama (outside of Tua) absolutely light it up at A day?

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Did any of the eventual starters at QB for Bama (outside of Tua) absolutely light it up at A day?

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They all over performed relative to how they looked at A-Day.

Doesn’t mean it’s a foregone conclusion everything has been fixed since then either.

Hopefully Jalen will show he’s ready for the big stage as well.

So I just went back and watched every offensive snap from the Bama-A&M game again, and... Yikes. If it wasn't for Gibbs, we probably would've lost that game. I guess I blocked that game out of my mind so completely that I forgot how good of a game he had.

Here's the final numbers, for what they're worth:

First half
Possessions: 9
Punts: 3
Turnovers: 3 (2 fumbles by Milroe, 1 int by Milroe)
Field Goals: 1/1
RB carries: 13
QB designed runs: 4
QB Scrambles: 3
Complete passes: 6
Incomplete passes: 4
Sacks taken: 1
Points: 17

Second half
Possessions: 5
Punts: 1
Turnovers: 1 (Fumble by McClellan)
Field Goals: 0/2
RB carries: 20
QB designed runs: 3
QB Scrambles: 1
Complete passes: 6
Incomplete passes: 3
Sacks taken: 2
Points: 7

ETA: I got rushed and sort of had to abandon this, but I didn't want to delete it so I just posted it.

The point was to show that I think we got way more conservative in the second half, probably as a response to the turnovers by Milroe in the first. The result was fewer turnovers, but also worse offense. Gibbs was a difference-maker all game, but not even he could get us any red zone points after halftime. Though Milroe completed the same amount of passes in the 2nd half, most of them were behind the LOS and didn't account for much.

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There’s also reason to believe he could win a Heisman because he has the talent to do so.

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Bro . . .

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Bro . . .

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You don’t think Jalen Milroe hitting 65% of his passes with an improved turnover ratio and an SECCG win under his belt is a Heisman candidate?

I think his ceiling is Jalen Hurts at OU. That year he dropped a 70% / 5100 tot yards / 52 TD line under Lincoln Riley. If he does 85% of that and wins the SEC he will be in NYC.

Unfortunately his basement is Emory Jones at UF and benched by game 3.

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Lincoln Riley

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Who do we have on staff that makes you think we can get him to this ceiling you speak of?

Probably should've been at least 2 more interceptions by Milroe, passes hit the defense right in the hands but they didn't catch it. We were also very fortunate that they turned the ball over deep in their own territory late in the first half, resulting in the FG. Otherwise it could've been a 1-point game there at the end. It was a pretty awful game on offense, outside of Gibbs.

I'm not against Milroe being the guy; I blame most of the struggles on BoB not tailoring a gameplan to his skillset. That being said, I really hope Milroe has taken some giant strides in his game, and Rees is at least a decent OC.

Reichard missed one chip shot field goal and another makeable one. We won and that is all that matters.