Not surprised. A couple reasons for that could be 1) that we've been standing on the mountain top for nearly 2 decades. There's a bit of a somber mood among the fans because of the possibility that the program will slip some. And 2) I think a lot of fans are very much put off by the money the players are making now.
Alabama: 2024 Fall Practice Thread/News/Predictions
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...OR it's too stinking hot!
Fan Day will be much bigger next year after CKD has snagged his first NC.
What we saw from Alabama football at open Fan Day practice
Alabama football held its first fan day practice under Kalen DeBoer on Sunday. Here's what we saw from Jalen Milroe and other players.
www.al.com
Al.com mentions a few notable plays from fan day and kinda gives a recap over what happened.
Am I correct in thinking they now charge admission? That might have depressed turnout.
Right, that was a bastion of football knowledge all gathered together with one buffoon live tweeting during the scrimmage. Anyone that thinks they’re getting a look at anything with substance at one of these scrimmages is hilarious.
Fans can watch practice for free. But if you want autographs, you'll be required to pay a few bucks. This goes to the NIL collective.
Some good info there...including JM connecting on short passes in 7 on 7 drills.What we saw from Alabama football at open Fan Day practice
Alabama football held its first fan day practice under Kalen DeBoer on Sunday. Here's what we saw from Jalen Milroe and other players.
Al.com mentions a few notable plays from fan day and kinda gives a recap over what happened.
Also, it seems Ryan Williams is already running with 1s some. He may not start, but he's gonna play from day 1.
I don't think we can understate the importance of that. If he's doing that on schedule with the right timing for the routes as designed, that could be a huge step forward for him.
He's not even a fully developed coach at this point.
There's like almost half a dozen starting NFL QB's older than he is.
I'll add they could be beginning to be put off by being charged every time they turn around for every little thing.
My enthusiasm for the sport has waned quite a bit over the past couple of years. In talking with fans of Bama and other teams, I'm hearing the same thing. I just don't care as much anymore. I'll still watch most Bama games, but my overall interest and desire to spend any money on the sport is way down. I was going to at least one game a year. I live in South FL so a trip to a game is much more time-consuming and expensive than when I lived in Alabama. I have no plans to attend a game this year or going forward. Maybe if they play UF I would consider going. That's about 3 hours from me. I think many fans feel nickel and dimed to death by a sport that has changed quite a bit in a short period of time. Another thing is the cost of living has increased significantly over the last few years and money for extras like autographs is now going in the gas tank and being spent at the grocery store.
I agree. It's hard for me to get excited about scrimmage given after a trip to the ice cream truck. Let's see what we look like when the rubber hits the road. Even the first game.
Right. And this has been going on for years, but now they have to maintain the current expenditures while bumping it up to pay the players.
What we saw from Alabama football at open Fan Day practice
Alabama football held its first fan day practice under Kalen DeBoer on Sunday. Here's what we saw from Jalen Milroe and other players.
here's an interesting excerpt from the above article:
... I'm guessing maybe Jalen was just watching because he was having difficulty determining which garbage can was open?
** For those of you wearing Blue Blockers:
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I think a lot of WRs will play first two games. At least 6. Maybe more. But yeah, Williams will play every game, and may be a starter by game 4. But Bernard, Law, and Prentice aren't chop suey. They'll be great too. But Williams will be special.
Due to their inability to make even the simplest catches, the trash cans are rumored to be hitting the transfer portal. The most likely destination?here's an interesting excerpt from the above article:
... I'm guessing maybe Jalen was just watching because he was having difficulty determining which garbage can was open?
** For those of you wearing Blue Blockers:
I read where entrance to fan day was just for the Yea Alabama collective members.
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