Recent content by graydogg85

Honestly I’d take 9-3 if that includes wins over LSU, UT and AU, and no losses to clearly inferior teams.

I think the staff 100% intended for Buchner to be the starter in 2023 and it just didn’t materialize for whatever reason. He had started 3 games at Notre Dame the prior season and had more or less followed Tommy Rees to Tuscaloosa. He looked awful that day against USF but I remember hearing that...

Not exactly answering the OP’s question, but I remember hearing that when Franchione was hired and was meeting with individual players, he told Zow that he was a turnover liability and that he wouldn’t play in his offense. Ironically, Watts got hurt in 2001 and Zow had to start the last 3-4...

The ‘94 loss to Florida really hurt because we were headed to the national title game if we won, and if I’m not mistaken we lost by one point.

Through two seasons, the DeBoer era reminds me a lot of the Stallings era, in terms of net cumulative results. Very different coaches with very different styles obviously, but the parallels are also there. Lots of close wins, some occasional head-scratching losses, some games where we look like...

None, lol. I’ll reserve the remainder of my SpaceX commentary for the non-sports board 😏

I still don’t think that we, collectively as a fan base, truly grasp how spoiled we were under CNS. CKD has lost 8 games in his first two seasons. His average record in two seasons is 10-4. CNS lost 8 games total in a five-season stretch from 2008-2012 and won 3 national titles in that same...

After seeing Petrino as OC (and then interim HC) at Arkansas last season, I don’t think anything like this will surprise me anymore. Next up will be Jeremy Pruitt as DC at Tennessee, or Will Muschamp as DC at Florida, or Kevin Sumlin as OC at aTm.

I personally think white helmets would be really cool from time to time, but I also think it’s unlikely to happen. The last time he was directly questioned about it, CKD basically shot it down. My senior year at Alabama (2006), we had one game where the home jerseys had a thin houndstooth...

I agree with this. One of the more redeeming qualities of CKD thus far is that he seems adept at identifying and correcting (or at least trying to correct) problem spots. Turnovers and penalties were a major issue in 2024, and hugely improved in 2025. I think he knows the run game and OL were a...

For whatever it’s worth, I saw multiple reels of post-game footage this past season where Smith was repeatedly jawing with opposing players, saying things that cannot be published on this board, and nearly starting some altercations. Take that, plus some dumb penalties I recall against him on a...

Here’s the thing: we hired the best available coach at the time Saban retired, based on resume. No one in their right mind would have been excited had we passed up a guy like CKD for Cignetti in January 2024. True, he coached at UA previously but not even as a coordinator. He’d been a position...

There are some reactionary takes on here, but it’s also true that this team has some issues that need to be corrected. IMO, our offensive line play made this game and the SECCG non-competitive. The inability to sustain drives eventually caused a very good defense to just wear out. For those of...

I agree. I think the people pushing this narrative about the Michigan job are (wrongly) convinced that Alabama views CKD as an abject failure at this point and that we are ready to run him out of town. I think that’s the primary driver of the smoke around Michigan and Penn State. Which is...

On the Michigan boards, some of them are still absolutely convinced that CKD takes the Michigan job if Bama loses to OU tomorrow. There’s a lot of banter about Michigan waiting on tomorrow night’s result before moving forward in their search. Maybe I’m just naive, but on two occasions this...