Bama Game Thread: BAMA vs Belmont offical thread

[mlingerfelt31]

If we get 3 of the next 5 that would be awesome! Coleman will be rocking again. I can't ever remember an Alabama team improving the way this one has. Oats is the real deal. God, I hope we can keep him around for a while. I got a sneaking suspicion in a few years when Kansas, UCLA, Kentucky jobs open they're gonna be calling Nasty Nate.

Alabama can match it and besides his wife said they are not moving again.

 

[BamaInMo1]

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If we get 3 of the next 5 that would be awesome! Coleman will be rocking again. I can't ever remember an Alabama team improving the way this one has. Oats is the real deal. God, I hope we can keep him around for a while. I got a sneaking suspicion in a few years when Kansas, UCLA, Kentucky jobs open they're gonna be calling Nasty Nate.

Alabama can match it and besides his wife said they are not moving again.

Well, on the positive side, if the likes of KU, UCLA, etc are looking at Coach Oats to fill a coaching spot then we're gonna be one heck of a team and will be a lot easier for us to get a better coach than what we have gotten in the past, too, should he and his wife decide to go elsewhere.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

The key is I am hoping we give him the support he needs and more Bama fans will be supporting all programs. and I think he will energize the fan base.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

BTW any word on building a new arena?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

We can beat UF we have had success in Gainesville.

I don't see why we can't beat UF. I was aghast when they threw up that graphic of our odds of beating the next five teams and had UF at something like 14%. They had us at better odds of beating UK, but not much...

 

[mlingerfelt31]

I think we can beat UF too, UF reminds of Avery team 2 yrs ago. not consistent.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I think we can beat UF too, UF reminds of Avery team 2 yrs ago. not consistent.

Thing is, I believe that what we're running now is similar to what CAJ wanted to run. He just didn't know how to coach it...

 

[mlingerfelt31]

IMO we have a shot beating Auburn at home.

 

[Bazza]

I don't see why we can't beat UF. I was aghast when they threw up that graphic of our odds of beating the next five teams and had UF at something like 14%. They had us at better odds of beating UK, but not much...

I think we can beat UF too, UF reminds of Avery team 2 yrs ago. not consistent.

I agree 100%.

You guys are playing MUCH MORE cohesively than Florida right now.

An SEC road win would be huge for Bama right now.

Go Gators anyway.....

 

[SavanaBama]

Go Gators anyway.....

My husband is a Gator (class of '80) -- we're going to saunter up to Gainesville and hang around for the b'ball game on the 4th after the Citrus Bowl.

We're also going to catch Temple v UCF in Orlando on the 31st . . . maybe see Dazon?? I haven't checked on him at all since is transfer -- don't know how much he's playing.

Should be a fun athletics week for us -- we'll start in T'town on the 29th for both ladies' and men's games.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

I have not got to DI play this year either , Tevin Mack is doing at Clemson.

 

[BAMAVILLE]

My husband is a Gator (class of '80) -- we're going to saunter up to Gainesville and hang around for the b'ball game on the 4th after the Citrus Bowl.

We're also going to catch Temple v UCF in Orlando on the 31st . . . maybe see Dazon?? I haven't checked on him at all since is transfer -- don't know how much he's playing.

Should be a fun athletics week for us -- we'll start in T'town on the 29th for both ladies' and men's games.

Happy that you will make the games tomorrow, it looks like it's almost sold out. Definitely bring the noise, a win against Richmond will be huge

 

[mlingerfelt31]

yes

 

[SavanaBama]

So our week of college athletics is completed and we had some victories (Richmond and Citrus Bowl -- and Gator victory for my husband) while I lost yesterday against the Gators and UCF lost to Temple. Temple, like Florida, scored big on runs late in the game to beat UCF. Had to be disappointing to UCF fans as it is to us losing yet another close game. So frustrating for such a fabulous first half to be obliterated down the stretch. BTW, how awesome was Galin Smith during the first half -- who was that guy??

Dazon did start for UCF on Tuesday against Temple. He played point quite a bit. Didn't score many points but put up large assist and rebound numbers. He has switched up his hairstyle a bit -- the "mohawk" is now long enough to capture into a bit of a ponytail for games.

We had fabulous seats for Florida game -- right above the tunnel where Alabama entered/exited the floor and just above the end of the Alabama bench. Don't know how much it appeared on TV, but the guys were absolutely spent at the end of the game -- max effort (but maybe not the most efficacious effort??). Coach Oats was absolutely furious after the game was over; his hatred of losing was definitely on display. Greg Byrne got up and walked over to intercept Oats as he left the bench to enter the tunnel and Oats wouldn't even turn to make eye contact with Byrne.

Also not sure how evident it was that Alex Reece really aggravated his hip injury again during a fall in the game. He left with a staff member along with the handheld device that I've seen them use on his hip several times already this year. Later in the game, during a timeout, Alex didn't even join the team huddle but tried to sit on the bench alone. It appeared he could barely move his left leg to straighten it out. I know he was physically ill (i.e., nausea) bu I'm not convinced that he needs to continue to play . . . seems to just make the injury worse. He, of course, went back in the game when Herb fouled out, but is really hampered, I think, with that hip injury.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

sounds like we need to be patient.