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re: Playing conference teams after their bye

Posted by Sauron on 12/12/24 at 11:59 am
[quote] even if you account for it the spread would still be like 15 games and there's no good explanation for that.[/quote] Sure there is. Particularly since Saban arrived, the rest of the SEC has it out for Alabama, and the league office is either ambivalent about that or is complicit in trying...

re: DeBoer’s First Year

Posted by Sauron on 12/10/24 at 3:58 pm
[quote]Doesn’t excuse the coaching staff not having the team prepared against Oklahoma and Vandy.[/quote] Oh, I agree completely. I wrote elsewhere (maybe in this thread) that Vandy was the result of the players believing the season was over after they beat Georgia. Oklahoma was -- in my opin...

re: DeBoer’s First Year

Posted by Sauron on 12/10/24 at 8:28 am
[quote]The narrative about "he had all that talent" is a bunch of BS because we had so much talent transfer out after Saban retired and then had to replace them with either lesser talent or completely green talent.[/quote] According to Greg McElroy this morning on WJOX, Alabama was fifth (or sixt...

re: DeBoer’s First Year

Posted by Sauron on 12/9/24 at 1:36 pm
I think it's obvious this team as a whole wasn't mentally tough. Saban usually was able to keep the team focused from week to week, but DeBoer isn't to that level yet. I think the Vandy loss was a function of the players believing the season was over after dominating Georgia for a half. Even the...

re: Bully Ball

Posted by Sauron on 12/4/24 at 10:08 am
It's worth noting that in the fourth quarter of the Auburn game, Alabama drained almost eight minutes off the clock with a drive that started on our own three-yard line. Some passes were included, but the bulk of the plays were runs. Auburn has a pretty good defense -- they're ranked 31st as of ...
So almost an across-the-board improvement in all aspects of offensive efficiency, and basically holding serve on defense. Not bad at all for an all-new coaching staff. I know we'd all like the defense to be better, but it's hard to complain about where it stands right now. The defense in 2023 wa...
[quote]Happy Birthday to the Deuce.[/quote] Holy crap. He turned 52?! I knew I was old, but now I feel REALLY old. ...

re: SEC Tiebreaker Calculator

Posted by Sauron on 11/13/24 at 11:15 am
[quote] Is there any downside to just naming an outright champion with no title game?[/quote] The $EC $ee$ $everal down$ide$ to not having the title game. ...

re: What are you looking for vs Mercer?

Posted by Sauron on 11/12/24 at 12:17 pm
Be prepared for this to be an uncomfortable game. I would like to believe we can put them away early and let backups play the second half, but I worry about our mindset. Last time we had a week off and then played very well, we lost focus the following week and got beat by Vandy. I could see som...
Re: [b]Sl0thstronautEsq[/b]'s post on Chris Conway: I thought there were rules in place to avoid perceived "contamination" of officials, e.g. if you attended an SEC school you couldn't officiate any of the games involving that school. How the heck is an Auburn basketball PA announcer an offic...

re: Paging Boz and Twisted.

Posted by Sauron on 10/28/24 at 12:42 pm
[quote]So you're this insider and you dont know that TNT is been part of the program since Coach Deboer has gotten here?[/quote] According to Saban, it was instituted the week of the Missouri game: [quote]“Kalen did something this week which I thought was interesting, TNT – Takes No Talent,” S...

re: I Don't Understand the Falloff

Posted by Sauron on 10/22/24 at 8:51 am
This team has several issues, but I think a glaring one is an overall lack of leadership. We were dialed in for the first half of Georgia. Since that half, it looks to me like most of the players have eaten nothing but rat poison. They were crowned the cream of the crop after that game, even thou...

re: What is our record if Simpson starts?

Posted by Sauron on 10/21/24 at 3:43 pm
It's impossible to state what our record would be with Simpson starting. I don't know that the team was ready to rally behind him instead of Milroe at the beginning of the season. Now, though, I think the offensive players, particularly the receivers, are ready for the switch. Simpson doesn't hav...
[quote]Does this work? LINK[/quote] Yes. That's a frustrating video to watch. The receiver crossed Milroe's field of vision prior to the rush getting to him, but he was still focused on the two covered receivers to his left. The checkdown was literally right in front of him, but he didn't see it ...
[quote]Far away the best QB in the nation yet is trashed by the fat drunks on here[/quote] Just curious ... where are you seeing people still criticizing Milroe? I'd ignore the in-game threads, because people type stuff in the heat of the moment. Otherwise, though, I don't recall the last time so...
[quote]I'm honestly shocked by the replies. So many bruised egos who STILL think they could manage the clock better than the best coach in college football.[/quote] I'm not saying I can manage the clock better than DeBoer. And I know he's got access to a lot more situational information than I do...
DeBoer is an outstanding coach, and from what I've seen we couldn't have found a better successor to Saban than we did. I'm beyond impressed. However. If you're managing a game in a way that benefits your opponent, you're not putting yourself in the best position to win. If you enter the fourt...
That tweet about Courtney Morgan is from Woodrow Lowe Jr. Is he the son of former Bama great Woodrow Lowe? ...

re: The running game -- a breakdown

Posted by Sauron on 10/2/24 at 5:15 pm
[quote]He also said that he believes the reason why we are snapping. All with 20secinds is because OC can talk to Jalen up until 15sec and can help him if defense makes a last minute adjustment.[/quote] I understand the rationale, and supposedly DeBoer hasn't bled the clock too much in his career...
I've seen others say Kendrick Law is okay, per [b]CodeName1[/b]. He apparently provided an update in the game thread. I didn't see the update myself, and I just realized we don't have a search function on the board anymore so I can't easily find it. ...