I figured I'd give it a day to let everyone calm down a bit before I came around.
I saw several threads calling me out for my absence recently--I put in another thread yesterday that I'd had some unexpected surgery and was somewhat laying low. In re: Roll Tide Rev, I've healed well--thank you for the kind words yesterday. Also, I enjoyed having you in the AUF chat yesterday--you're an OK dude.
Nick Saban and Kirby Smart are two of the best defensive minds in the game today. I hear Miami is looking for a coach--I think Kirby should take a shot (kidding, of course). They cooked up a fantastic scheme yesterday. If you had bet me a thousand dollars that Bama would hold Cam Newton to under 40 yards rushing I'd have been all over it. Your defense played their hearts out yesterday. They simply ran out of steam before the end of the game because they were out on the field so much. I don't blame the players or defensive coaching staff one bit for what happened yesterday. You guys have a very talented defense and they will be scary next year, with or without Barron and Darreus.
Julio is a true difference maker. I've been down on him since the start of last season for his inconsistency but he certainly stepped up yesterday and played lights out when his team needed him to. Ingram's fumble was a fluke. 99 out of 100 times if that ball gets punched out it rolls out of bounds long before the endzone.
I sincerely hope Greg and Mark mend well and are ready for the bowl game. From what I understand, Greg just had a concussion so he should be ready but there were several tense moments when he went down.
My guess is Bama will head to the Capitol One Bowl; I was pulling for LSU today in the hopes that Bama would land the Cotton Bowl bid but I figure Arkansas or LSU will pick it up now (my rationale was LSU wins and they take the Sugar Bowl bid if we take care of business next week). Please, please kick the hell out of whatever Big 10 school ends up there. With such a crowd at the top of the Big 10, Bama will land a top notch opponent and have a chance to tack on a signature win at the end of this season which will definitely help the morale going into the offseason.
Again, hell of a game--nothing at all for anyone to hang their heads about. I'd be very proud of the way the team played.
I saw several threads calling me out for my absence recently--I put in another thread yesterday that I'd had some unexpected surgery and was somewhat laying low. In re: Roll Tide Rev, I've healed well--thank you for the kind words yesterday. Also, I enjoyed having you in the AUF chat yesterday--you're an OK dude.
Nick Saban and Kirby Smart are two of the best defensive minds in the game today. I hear Miami is looking for a coach--I think Kirby should take a shot (kidding, of course). They cooked up a fantastic scheme yesterday. If you had bet me a thousand dollars that Bama would hold Cam Newton to under 40 yards rushing I'd have been all over it. Your defense played their hearts out yesterday. They simply ran out of steam before the end of the game because they were out on the field so much. I don't blame the players or defensive coaching staff one bit for what happened yesterday. You guys have a very talented defense and they will be scary next year, with or without Barron and Darreus.
Julio is a true difference maker. I've been down on him since the start of last season for his inconsistency but he certainly stepped up yesterday and played lights out when his team needed him to. Ingram's fumble was a fluke. 99 out of 100 times if that ball gets punched out it rolls out of bounds long before the endzone.
I sincerely hope Greg and Mark mend well and are ready for the bowl game. From what I understand, Greg just had a concussion so he should be ready but there were several tense moments when he went down.
My guess is Bama will head to the Capitol One Bowl; I was pulling for LSU today in the hopes that Bama would land the Cotton Bowl bid but I figure Arkansas or LSU will pick it up now (my rationale was LSU wins and they take the Sugar Bowl bid if we take care of business next week). Please, please kick the hell out of whatever Big 10 school ends up there. With such a crowd at the top of the Big 10, Bama will land a top notch opponent and have a chance to tack on a signature win at the end of this season which will definitely help the morale going into the offseason.
Again, hell of a game--nothing at all for anyone to hang their heads about. I'd be very proud of the way the team played.
