🏈 Greatest LOSS in the history of Bama football.

[mrchase]

For me.......the greatest loss came in the form of a victory. 2005 blowout win over Florida. We lost a great player that i think should not have been in the game. but im no coach so...........

 

[tidenumber1]

La Monroe was not easy to swallow either.

 

[MDBtrumpet04]

That 2004 season was very vivid to me since it was my first year at Bama. Croyle tore his ACL against Western Carolina (the 3rd game of the year) not making a play but simply jogging off the field in the second half when it was already a blowout. It still blew me away that they kept Brodie in for the second half.

That La. Monroe game was beyond bad. It was just plain embarrassing.

I'll be the first to say that I was really pissed w/ CMS firing for a few reasons:

• Loyalty; he held the rope when nobody else wanted it.
• He always had the NCAA recruiting limitations during his tenure.
• We didn't have a some superstar head coach waiting to take over.

I just thought it sent the wrong message to any head coach worth his salt.

However, I am thrilled beyond belief that we have CNS. When he got hired, I simply couldn't believe it but once it sank in that we had CNS then I tipped my hat to firing of CMS b/c we actually got somebody worth a crap over the last 10 years. This is one of those times that I am thrilled to be wrong!

I agree 100%! At the time to me, firing Shula was not looking so good because no big-time coaches seemed to be available at the time. I was true to Shula because of the Alabama ties and how much he loved the University. Would I be in support of Shula's firing if I knew Saban would be hired?

Does the sun rise everyday?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

That's a bit of a stretch. He was coming off the National Championship season. His credentials were well established. LSU before Nick Saban was no better than Ole Miss.

Because of our "What have you done lately?" world, I stand by my comments.

The only major flaw in your theory that Bama's loss to LSU paved the way for Saban's hiring in Miami is that you have to assume NFL management is as fickle as football fans and the media. I think that's an assumption that cannot be validated. Good, bad or indifferent, most NFL executives are not of the Willy Wonka stream of consciousness.

There are notable exceptions if you lump NFL ownership into the mix.

A minor flaw is assuming that beating a probation ridden Bama team mattered at all.

RTR,

Tim

 

[LBS]

That 2004 season was very vivid to me since it was my first year at Bama. Croyle tore his ACL against Western Carolina (the 3rd game of the year) not making a play but simply jogging off the field in the second half when it was already a blowout. It still blew me away that they kept Brodie in for the second half.

That La. Monroe game was beyond bad. It was just plain embarrassing.

I agree 100%! At the time to me, firing Shula was not looking so good because no big-time coaches seemed to be available at the time. I was true to Shula because of the Alabama ties and how much he loved the University. Would I be in support of Shula's firing if I knew Saban would be hired?

Does the sun rise everyday?

+1
We ask players to be Role Players, I see CMS having done the same thing. And, its not like he did not get something in return -- his turn as King of the Mouuntain and a chance to coach his way into keeping it -- that, he failed to do. Thanks CMS.

 

[bamatommy]

An even more disturbing thought is that a win would have put Bama at 10-0 for the year, and probably put us in the SEC CG. This would have bought Shula more time, and we might still have him.

Bama didn't have a perfect record when they met LSU in 2004. That was in 2005, when LSU beat Bama at BDS. It was 16-10 in OT.

 

[bamatommy]

Good gravy, what a horrible year! 5 OT loss to Tennessee (the 3rd and 19 game), Kines was rushing 2 and dropping 9 inside of the 20, the atrocious loss to Arkansas, the beatdown in Athens when poor Croyle (injured) was fed to the wolves. That was a terrible, terrible year!

The 5 OT loss to Tennessee was in 2003, not 2004.

 

[bamatommy]

most NFL executives are not of the Willy Wonka stream of consciousness.

:rofl:

 

[bamafan4ever]

The 5 OT loss to Tennessee was in 2003, not 2004.

Thanks Tommy. I have now been corrected twice and the results still suck.

 

[bamatommy]

One of the worst losses I can remember was in 1987, when Bill Curry was head coach. Memphis State (now known as Memphis) beat the Tide. That was a huge upset.