🏈 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly vs. Ugly Helmets ULM?

[50+yeartidefan]

Crowd was quite subdued. But really got more into in mid first quarter...

Never seen more little fans ( kids) at a game....cheap tickets... ...they didnt care,.....they were having fun... stadium pretty much 90% full...

Players on sideline...few acting fired up......
Got the new rest areas for players...whatever you call them...cant really see much interaction of coaches n players.....shielded from west stands..

New "seat backs" we have added and paid for are awful...hard...not padded ( old people butts need help).... ..and quite expensive...

Traffic flowed pretty good... left start of fourth quarter..."somebody" was sleepy

It was a poor mid major team.... glad bama hammered them anyway...

 

[Justneedme81]

Good-

Bad-

Ugly-

Good: Seeing lot of players getting reps. Riley needs to be #2 going forward. He hits holes hard. Brooks are good. Players Reactions on sideline are positive and I'm loving how they're communicating and adjusting.

Bad: The Calls that overturned the TDs. The Target call needs to be overturned by NCAA.
Ugly: Starting the threads before the game is over.

 

[mando]

They struggle throwing, so we better be prepared to stop the run.

Yep and unfortunately DL is not our strength....

 

[PurlJam]

Good: Ty looked good, comfortable, loose. ULM being a really bad team probably had something to do with that, but it does build confidence and experience.

Bad: Adams getting “The Longest Yard” treatment on that punt return.

Ugly: Yeah, those ULM helmets are a little ugly, but I’m not going to give them a hard time due to what they were representing. P-40 Warhawks from WWII.

 

[OldPlayer]

748 rushing yards?

It was the wishbone. They didn’t need to pass.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

It was the wishbone. They didn’t need to pass.

I get that. But that is still insane.

 

[Bama Guy]

I’m usually one of the ones that laughs at people who perpetually thinks the backup is better than the starter, but I don’t know that there’s much of a difference at all between all three QB’s at this point.

Got some young talent on this team.

Hope we can keep them all. Doubtful though.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Good: Ryan Grubb's play designs and how he called the game. Dude never let up. Lot of good plays to get our RBs in space. Alabama looks to finally be utilizing more preshifts and a lot more emphasis on presnap movements. This is something Grubb was fantastic at in Washington (60% of the time in 2022, they had some sort of motion before the snap).

Also good:

-Ty Simpson showed he can deliver if he has time in the pocket. The offensive line needs to challenge themselves now and show they can sustain this success. Coaches will definitely need to be hard on them, but it is up to them to be more physical.
-Bernard is WR#1 as far as I'm concerned.
-James Smith showed to be a force on D. He made play after play. Kind of has a motor eerily similar Barmore.

Bad: Louisiana Monroe. God awful team.

Ugly: The targeting rule. I hate it so much. Are we all so dense that we can't simply understand the difference in deliberate helmet to helmet and incidental contact? Like it's one thing if someone is playing like Vontaze Burfict or Taylor Mays vs Penn State. But penalizing players for not defying the rules of physics is maddening. How can we honestly flag a defender for going to dislodge the ball and the receiver moving to fetal position and creating incidental helmet-to-helmet contact? And then to suspend him for trying to do his job. It's a bull shit rule and a multi-billion dollar organization should be able to distinguish the difference. You can't just simply state "well we need to teach players to remove this form of tackling" and expect flagging them is going to do it. It's a fundamentally flawed penalty.

 

[TerryP]

I get that. But that is still insane.

I'd have to look it up. East coast team; FCS level. It's been eight years, maybe nine...they racked up 789 in a game. (Only reason I remember the number is it's 7-8-9.) It caught my attention back then because of that '73 game.

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Good - The team appeared to play with energy and purpose. Makes me breath a LITTLE easier.
Bad- (Not this game... but can we do this on the road? Can we play well vs, P4 teams?
Ugly - not unless an injury pops up.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Good- team looked night and day better from week one (I know ULM isn’t a good team). Players were flying. Grubb called an excellent game

Bad- Nothing

Ugly- Nothing

 

[alabama mike]

Good- overall aggressiveness and energy from the team.

Bad- a few, very few mental mistakes.

Ugly- meant in a good way, Simpson 17 for 17. I don't care who you are that is impressive.