I'd rather not keep going on this, honestly, but I will highlight this one sentiment (bolded above): you seriously don't see how reading this as an Alabama fan immediately after a heart-breaking loss against an arch-rival would be seen as provocative, if not outright condescending - when posted...
I am aware. I meant I don't know you in real life.
That changes nothing about anything I said. While you're here, though, as someone who is an expert on forum rules, didn't there used to be one here about mentioning one's post count? Or am I imagining that? Genuine question.
Anyway, I just...
Look, I don't know you from Adam. Perhaps your motives are as pure as the driven snow. Personally, I think the opposite is rather clear.
But your behavior so far in this thread is roughly this:
You go on a rival team's message board immediately after a loss to that team's other major rival and...
You seem to be willfully forgetful that sports fandom tends to be rather tribal and that this is an Alabama board. How else can we interpret you? You can't possibly be this sanctimonious.
People aren't picking on you mostly for your interactions with B1G. It's because you came on an Alabama board in the post-game thread within minutes of a particularly galling loss and decided to post snark about it (in regards to being happy for Tennessee fans).
But I think you know very well...
That's what frustrates me to no end. I literally just said this to my girlfriend after the game - it's like we took almost the exact same team from last year (sure, a downgrade at WR but an upgrade at RB probably makes it about a wash overall) and somehow even with an extra year's experience, so...
The whole time I was watching it, I was thinking, if we're going to kick this, it has to be on the last play. We had to at least try to run the ball once, especially given how much they were selling out with the pass rush. Gibbs was just as likely to break a long one as we were to get a nice...
I will echo what others said further up the thread - you can argue all you want about the system or about BoB's coaching during the week, but it's plain to see that his in-game play-calling and adjustment-making just simply aren't good enough.
I haven't watched it again to confirm, but - if I...
I understand the sentiment, but I think it really just comes down to decisions about these coordinators. To my eyes, we still have a similar level of talent throughout most of the team as we have had at most points of the dynasty (maybe slipping a little in just a couple of spots - WR/OL?). But...
Switch O'Brien and Sark and we're covering the spread already.
And I thought some of the lower-level ESPN announcing crews were bad, but these goobers are just downright insufferable. Feels like we're playing on the Longhorn Network.
Since hearing this news, I've been thinking what others have alluded to in this thread: I don't see how this doesn't inevitably end with 2 24-team super-conferences (SEC & Big 10) being the whole of "major college football."
Then we probably get a pro-style structure to the postseason, with two...
I would be surprised if Georgia scored more than they did in the SECCG with the way our defense looks to be playing lately and with the direct experience we now have against them. Feels like we should be able to hold them to 17 - 20 this time, and if that happens, can they hold us to even less...
If the OL can play even just well enough to survive and give Bryce a chance (and I think the second-half OL from the Iron Bowl may be able to do it), Bama wins 34 - 17. Bryce with 300+ yards and 3 TDs - two of them being 30+ yards to Jameson Williams, and we find one more TD somewhere else...
So Georgia’s defense looks like the most elite one going right now. But then again, they haven’t played a really dynamic offense yet (Alabama, Oklahoma, Ohio State, even Ole Miss, etc.), so we’ll see how well they hold up when they do.
I agree with those that wonder if their offense is really...
I agree with those that say 30 points for Florida against our defense is too high. Especially with their weaker passing game this year.
If Will Anderson plays and as long as Bryce doesn’t get overwhelmed by the environment (which doesn’t seem likely to happen), I think we win something like 38...