Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread, Bama vs. UGA...

[Bamabuzzard]

Did you know.....



Ryan Williams is only 17 years old.

My son is a junior in HS and Ryan Williams is only 7 months older than him. As beat to death as the fact is, it is still stunning for me to look at my 17 year old kid, who is a very, very good athlete, and then look at Ryan Williams and not just stand in awe at what he's doing.

 

[colbysullivan]

Tired? Maybe we played too much off of emotion like Saban used to warn against. The game has always been four quarters so "being tired" at halftime isn't an acceptable answer. If that's true, it needs to be addressed. Every game we play the rest of the season will be at least four quarters.

The defense was forcing a lot of 3 and outs, and the offense scored every possession. Neither side got a breather lol.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

It was probably the loudest and wildest crowd at BDS I’ve attended since 2014 Auburn, and I haven’t missed many since 2014.

I've never seen the TV cameras shake because of noise during a Bama game at SF@BDS until last night during and after the Williams TD catch. Seen it plenty of times at other stadiums but this was a first at Bama as far as I can remember.

I honestly can’t ever figure out if it’s how the stadium is built or just the general attitude by Alabama fans who attend games, but BDS rarely gets loud and raucous like JHS, Tiger, Kyle, Swamp, or Neyland.

I don't get to many games and it's almost always a cupcake game when I do so, that may be some of it but, too many people just want to sit there and not have fun. I'm turning 46 in a few weeks so, I'm no young puppy but, there are a lot of older fans who seem to treat the stadium as their couch. They don't even like it when you are standing and cheering, I've had someone ask me to sit down before. I wanted to tell them to leave and watch it on TV but, I hate confrontations, so I didn't. I also kept standing up though.

I have also never been to a big time SEC matchup before, so I have never experienced that kind of crowd. The last and only conference game I have attended was the Prothro over the back catch game vs. Miss. St.

Also, I'd like to propose a new site rule. Our stadium must be abbreviated as SF@BDS now. Failing to do so should result in a 1 hour suspension.

 

[CE1983]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before — Alabama has the best coach in college football.

 

[Cruloc]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before — Alabama has the best coach in college football.

We also have a very very very good staff of coaches. Something Saban had a hard time doing the last few years.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

The defense was forcing a lot of 3 and outs, and the offense scored every possession. Neither side got a breather lol.

Well, the answer ISN'T telling the offense to not score every possession.

 

[CajunCrimson]

One think you'll notice about CKD after he left NAIA -- his tougher games are wins. They are "close" wins... but he wins!

But he's not one to blow people out consistently -- especially the tougher teams...

Only aliens do that -- and our last Alien spoiled us....Saban spotted 28 points rolls easily. On the flip, not sure Saban would have been up 28-0 against that UGA team -- more likely 17-3 or 17-6, etc

 

[Bamabuzzard]

One think you'll notice about CKD after he left NAIA -- his tougher games are wins. They are "close" wins... but he wins!

But he's not one to blow people out consistently -- especially the tougher teams...

He could have blown out UGA if he hadn't started "playing the clock" offensively and made more aggressive adjustments to UGA's adjustments.

 

[CajunCrimson]

He could have blown out UGA if he hadn't started "playing the clock" offensively and made more aggressive adjustments to UGA's adjustments.

Totally -- I get not wanting to make a mistake and giving Georgia an easy score -- but we basically did that anyway --

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Its hilarious, I have never seen more Mental Gymnastics By opposing fanbases (not just georgia) to try to convince themselves that Alabama is in trouble because of Georgias comeback. We beat the Number Two team in the nation riding a 42 game Regular season undefeated streak with our first year coach in his first conference game. Alabama is literally the only team that has beat georgia in like 3 and half seasons. Does that mean I think we are unbeatable and we don't have things to work on?? Absolutely not. But its so funny because it's almost like they are wishcasting so hard that alabama winning the game against a quality opponent is secondary to whatever "signs" of decline they "see".

 

[colbysullivan]

Its hilarious, I have never seen more Mental Gymnastics By opposing fanbases (not just georgia) to try to convince themselves that Alabama is in trouble because of Georgias comeback. We beat the Number Two team in the nation riding a 4 game winning streak with our first year coach in his first conference game. Alabama is literally the only team that has beat georgia in like 3 and half seasons. Does that mean I think we are unbeatable and we don't have things to work on?? Absolutely not. But its so funny because it's almost like they are wishcasting so hard that alabama winning the game against a quality opponent is secondary to whatever "signs" of decline they "see".

FIFY

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

One think you'll notice about CKD after he left NAIA -- his tougher games are wins. They are "close" wins... but he wins!

But he's not one to blow people out consistently -- especially the tougher teams...

Only aliens do that -- and our last Alien spoiled us....Saban spotted 28 points rolls easily. On the flip, not sure Saban would have been up 28-0 against that UGA team -- more likely 17-3 or 17-6, etc

He is going to have to cut that crap out LOL. I don't need that stress in my life every Saturday.

 

[colbysullivan]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before — Alabama has the best coach in college football.

We just might. I am not ready to make that call yet though. Let's see how he handles success the rest of the season.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Listen, we were a INT away from blowing the doors open and making Georgia quit.

I think the strength of Bama plays right into beating Georgia every time, even more so because we’ve all known what type of offense gives Kirby fits as well as what gave CNS the same. At this point Alabama is in Kirby’s head

 

[Bamabuzzard]

We just might. I am not ready to make that call yet though. Let's see how he handles success the rest of the season.

IMO, the best coach is proven over a period of time, which is why I don't even think Kirby is "the best coach". He, like Dabo, had two/three very good years clustered together but you're now seeing cracks. Whereas, The GOAT (CNS) had so much sustained success year after year that you'd embarrass yourself to say he wasn't.

I think we have one of the top three coaches in the country with an innovative offensive mind and knows what it takes to put a great staff together. He is also a proven winner and his record cannot be argued with....

 

[colbysullivan]

IMO, the best coach is proven over a period of time, which is why I don't even think Kirby is "the best coach". He, like Dabo, had two/three very good years clustered together but you're now seeing cracks. Whereas, The GOAT (CNS) had so much sustained success year after year that you'd embarrass yourself to say he wasn't.

I think we have one of the top three coaches in the country with an innovative offensive mind and knows what it takes to put a great staff together. He is also a proven winner and his record cannot be argued with....

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Agreed. I don't think there's anyone (who has any actual football knowledge) that wouldn't have CKD in his top 3 right now.

 

[Windsortide]

I'll have to go watch again as well, but there were several times we had Koht and Robinson out there at the same time. I don't love how we use them sometimes, lined up more over the OGs in 2 point stances trying to rush gaps. I guess that grouping did lead to the safety so it's not like it wasn't somewhat successful, but we brought the house on that play.

That's also one of the things that somewhat changed from Saban to Womack. Womack runs 2 pure heavies, then one medium (Overton and Latham) and one light. It's like 2 300+ dudes, a 270-280 dude and then a 250 (ideal) or 240 (what we have). Saban would run 3 true heavies a lot so 3 guys all around 300, and one light, or he'd run it 2 and 2.

I thought we would have great success getting home with four. I bought we would get consistent inside pressure in the QB’s face as well. But I feel we will be better in November.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Listen, we were a INT away from blowing the doors open and making Georgia quit.

I think the strength of Bama plays right into beating Georgia every time, even more so because we’ve all known what type of offense gives Kirby fits as well as what gave CNS the same. At this point Alabama is in Kirby’s head

You Just don't get it @BamaBoySince89. if you solve for X and Carry the 3. Add the refs robbing them, Divide by 4, Forget that they were 5/5 on fourth down, Expect that to happen every game, Touch your toes. Do the hokey pokey, Clearly you can see Georgia and Kirby Have us right were they want us...or so i have been told.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Its hilarious, I have never seen more Mental Gymnastics By opposing fanbases (not just georgia) to try to convince themselves that Alabama is in trouble because of Georgias comeback. We beat the Number Two team in the nation riding a 42 game Regular season undefeated streak with our first year coach in his first conference game. Alabama is literally the only team that has beat georgia in like 3 and half seasons. Does that mean I think we are unbeatable and we don't have things to work on?? Absolutely not. But its so funny because it's almost like they are wishcasting so hard that alabama winning the game against a quality opponent is secondary to whatever "signs" of decline they "see".

I think the game showed two things fairly clearly about Georgia. They are not as good as they have been. They are a step or two off that pace, IMO. However, they do still retain the championship mettle to not quit.

I do not think they are winning the NC this year. I don't think they are winning the SEC either. Playoffs? That depends on how it all works out with whatever committee they are going with. But they should make the field.

You couple this game with Georgia's effort against Kentucky, and it becomes more clear. I think Sark and Texas are going to blow their doors off. I respect Kirby and his staff keeping them determined to continue fighting. Alabama's program is in transition right now and for all the kudos they deserve for coming up with that first half effort, they were not ready for the endurance it requires to completely kill a Georgia. We'll get there again but the staff is still learning how to handle this. Sark and his staff are a different story though and I think his offense has the number of Kirby's defense.

 

[Windsortide]

I thought it was teh key to the 1st half surge. If JM can find TEs and other receivers in those short routes across the middle then everything will start working.

It looked very good, hoping we will continue to develop those aspects of the offense.