🏈 GAME THREAD ⭐Third Saturday In October ⭐ Tennessee -13 Alabama - 35

[bamatommy]

ESPN Sideline reporter girl put a cigar in her mouth and said "am I doing it right" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

It wasn’t lit.

 

[BamaFan334]

I could be wrong here, but I feel we wasted a great opportunity to get Mac some real experience. We looked fine just running the clock out and not pressing Mac to make keep the petal to the metal. He threw the ball, but nothing I ever considered productive, only necessary. Taulia to me is just like his brother in that he comes into a game and is ready to take it over and set it on fire, not like a deer in headlights. With our defensive struggles, we gotta have someone that can utilize our badass weapons on offense and just kill folks.

 

[bamatommy]

Did we miss 2 field goals or just one?
If we’re that close, from now on, just go for it or punt!

I said the same thing a game or two ago.

 

[94 Grad]

Nick said week or two on Tua he thinks. High ankle sprain.

ok... now I can light up.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Well it looks like we have a punter in #99. Hell the guy saved a TD return as well with his tackle. Nick should give him #12's scholly 1st thing on Monday AM. Our kickers are really pathetic.

 

[bamatommy]

Well it looks like we have a punter in #99. Hell the guy saved a TD return as well with his tackle. Nick should give him #12's scholly 1st thing on Monday AM. Our kickers are really pathetic.

 

[MunchyOs]

Bad news: Tua out 2 weeks
Good news: one week is against one of the worst teams in the nation and the week after is a bye week

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Saw this on the rant

Saban said in post game on field interview Tua has a high ankle sprain and will probably be out 1-2 weeks.

 

[MunchyOs]

Thank goodness that Arky is as bad as they are

 

[footballer]

ESPN Sideline reporter girl put a cigar in her mouth and said "am I doing it right" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Was that a White Owl?

 

[94 Grad]

Thank goodness that Arky is as bad as they are

So is Tennessee... with Mac it may be an interesting game. He sure didn’t look good.

 

[planomateo]

Via Montgomery Advertiser

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

I hated that game... can’t even enjoy the cigar. I won’t feel good until someone in the know says Tua is fine.

 

[ColAngus]

Will Ray be back for LSU?

 

[TerryP]

Will Ray be back for LSU?

That's the rumor. Nothing substantiated that I've seen or heard.

 

[bamafan9201]

Bolden gets a TD pass before Jones.

I know some of you believe in Mac Jones, but it has to be concerning that they trusted Slade Bolden to throw a TD pass before they trusted Mac Jones to throw one. I think Arkansas is going to be chomping at the bit to take on our one dimensional offense and I really hope the coaches take a good long hard look at Taulia. I get it, you don't want to burn his RS but still what gives us the best chance to win here?

 

[AFF]

Not for the squeamish.




...and from an article from last year when Tua had surgery on his left ankle.

Doctors explain high ankle sprain, how surgery could impact Tua Tagovailoa

A deeper look at the surgery used to help high-ankle sprain recovery.

www.al.com

Not sure if the top video was same procedure as Tua's. 2nd article seems to indicate no screws used but only a "zip tie".

also from article:
"
Waldrop said it requires as two-inch incision and can have players walking by the fourth or fifth day after the operation. They can run by Day 8 or 9 and cutting whenever it’s comfortable enough to do so.
"

So maybe it was fortunate, in a way, that it happened when it did. 3 weeks before LSU may give him enough time to recover.

Good news is, with tightropes in both ankles now, it sounds as if the likelihood of another sprain is greatly diminished.

 

[mando]

Arkansas is going to be chomping at the bit to take on our one dimensional offense

Do you realize how bad Arkansas is? Bama run game and OL is getting better and better. Time to practice it. The real concern for me is LSU and if Tua is actually 100% by then with no lingering affects.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Do you realize how bad Arkansas is? Bama run game and OL is getting better and better. Time to practice it. The real concern for me is LSU and if Tua is actually 100% by then with no lingering affects.

Yes. My predictions are:
1. Arkansas will be a throwback game plan to use the run to set up the pass.
2. Pass numbers won't be as impressive as Tua (they'd never been so before), and we'll shorten the game like we did in the second half yesterday.
3. Mac will probably be 55 to 60 percent in completion rate with perhaps one pick.
4. We'll win by 24.
5. You'll have people here bitching about it.

Right now, either Jones is the true second QB or it's Taulia, as was with AJ as the "shadow second" for McElroy, redshirting unless pressed into action for a pivotal game.

RTR,

Tim

 

[Secondand26]

4. We'll win by 24.
5. You'll have people here bitching about it.

TRUER words were never written!