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The refs didn’t call anything. Go back and look at the threads from the game to see how many times we questioned whether a play was PI. Their OL was throwing, pulling, and grabbing our jerseys right in front of line and back judges (no calls). It was a travesty of a game for this referee crew
They were letting USCe's DBs mug our wr's.
Auburn won the SECCG vs USCe in 2010
2010 with Auburn but hey, it was a top-ranked group of SEC Tigers, so you were close.
I thought the review was going to award the ball to Bama when I was watching the game. I was surprised that it remained USC's.
2024 Bama loses this game 28-6. Actually you know what, I’ll throw Milroe a bone and say he breaks a long run for a TD, so 28-13. He obviously couldn’t throw himself a bone because…you know…he sucks.
I know it's not SEC but went to Nebraska. It's really good - except the seating would make a sardine can feel like first class on the Concorde.
Stark-vegas is criminally underrated. Didn't care for the LONG WALK to the stadium from where we parked (I attended with a then current mature student), but even with the cowbells it's a really good setup. I was there in 1998 before they expanded it, and it was like a low rent high school stadium.
The Grove - I'm sorry, I just don't get it. Parking was horrendous, walk was horrendous, and the Grove itself was criminally overrated.
Harvard Stadium - the thrill is in "wow, the Kennedy brothers and Tommy Lee Jones played on this field." It's an old Roman throwback but you sit on cold, hard concrete that is very uncomfortable, especially as you get older.
DKR - I was at the 2022 Texas game and thought, "This is the most overrated pile of crap I've ever seen." And that didn't even include the fact it was like attending a game in a sauna with 90K people. I spent half the game wondering how many fans
The 2010 USCe was one of the 5 games I actually watched that year of Alabama. The others were (Florida, Arkansas, LSU, and Michigan State). I was deployed and AFN is very much “big game only” television. What I remember the most was us getting dominated by them (USCe)running the ball and an obnoxious Gamecock fan watching the game with us. I think the “Stephen Garcia” effect is overstated and people keep forgetting that Lattimore was unstoppable that day and Jeffrey was catching everything and running. I just think it was a lot like yesterday in which Alabama came in off of a string of tough games and ran into a buzz saw.
It was not a stupid mistake it was a solid football move…the only way to actually get the ball back.
Starkville… I was there for the 2017 game and might go to the Egg bowl this year. My only real gripe was parking. I parked on the Greek quad and it took 4 hrs to get out of a dang parking lot. Starkville for baseball is heaven. Easy parking, no cowbells, and the best baseball venue in the country.They also have one of the cleanest campuses as well.
Ole Miss might be the worst setup in the SEC. Everything is on that square and it’s impossible to get there without parking 10 miles away or forking over a fortune to park in someone’s tailgate or an expensive parking lot. The Grove is just a worse and more cramped Quad. I get the feeling that they just show the more out there antebellum setups on tv because I really never saw that much when I went. LSU tailgates 100x better than Ole Miss.
I’m not superstitious but I am somestitious.Obviously none of these things matter, Bama won. Why are you people so superstitious?
The SEC has a officiating problem. One that is tarnishing the league....
Game A: Simpson goes 23/43 for 254 yards and 2 TDs.
Game B: Simpson goes 24/43 for 253 yards and 2 TDs.
I legitimately had to do a double take on that one.
Game A: 87 yards rushing for 3 YPC and 0 TDs
Game B: 71 yards rushing for 3.1 YPC and 1 TD.
Team A: 3-4 (loss)
Team B: 3-5 (win)
The similarities are astounding to me.
So what are the takeaways? Well to me the biggest thing is just how the team finished. It isn't as though the stats look better (South Carolina does allow 3 points less per game than FSU but the difference is negligible). I think you can argue though that bad luck was a bigger factor in this game though. Alabama could have folded up shop like they did against FSU but they didn't. They kept fighting, gave themselves a chance and they won. That's the difference between the two games.
What I'm hoping for though, the next evolution of the team is to just improve the weak spots in the offense. If they can figure out how to take some pressure off of Ty and be more reliable on the ground I think either of those games look very different (in a good way). They improved from the FSU game though, if nothing else in mental toughness so I'm hoping for continued improvement.
Game B: Simpson goes 24/43 for 253 yards and 2 TDs.
I legitimately had to do a double take on that one.
Game A: 87 yards rushing for 3 YPC and 0 TDs
Game B: 71 yards rushing for 3.1 YPC and 1 TD.
Team A: 3-4 (loss)
Team B: 3-5 (win)
The similarities are astounding to me.
So what are the takeaways? Well to me the biggest thing is just how the team finished. It isn't as though the stats look better (South Carolina does allow 3 points less per game than FSU but the difference is negligible). I think you can argue though that bad luck was a bigger factor in this game though. Alabama could have folded up shop like they did against FSU but they didn't. They kept fighting, gave themselves a chance and they won. That's the difference between the two games.
What I'm hoping for though, the next evolution of the team is to just improve the weak spots in the offense. If they can figure out how to take some pressure off of Ty and be more reliable on the ground I think either of those games look very different (in a good way). They improved from the FSU game though, if nothing else in mental toughness so I'm hoping for continued improvement.
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But we always have had bad refs. Penn Wagers, Tom Ritter, Matt Austin. Autrey
Well, that crew chief has always looked like he gets to games on the short bus, so...
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Yeah, I can live with the holding penalties that aren't called - even though they did give us a couple of them - since they've kind of forgotten how to call that penalty. But there were at least 3 times where there was obvious PI that wasn't called. That one late in the game where the SC guy never looked back and basically ran over our guy was the worst. And the ref was right there looking at it.
And Matt is now the rules "expert". When he agreed that Sellers did fumble the ball, I thought for sure it would be overturned. Many times Matt's view is not what the replay guys see. I'm glad he got it right.
I’m still shocked they reviewed the Ryan Williams catch in the Tennessee game. It was clear his arm was under the ball, and the ball never touched the ground. Stupid Matt Austin was like “Yeah guys this is gonna be overturned. The ball clearly hits the ground”. It just drives me crazy how people can see stuff that simply isn’t there.
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I get your point, but, AvGeek/pedantry alert - there was no first class on the Concorde.
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