🏈 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[FlaBama2]

Finebaum picked Bama and Michigan to win. I wish I got paid like he does to be wrong. His Michigan pick was so bad it was ugly.

 

[OldPlayer]

Good - Waddle and Najee

Bad - Defense, penalties and officiating

Ugly - Everybody trying to put the blame on the kicker. One play despite so many other failures.

Let's be honest. As much as we wanted Alabama in the playoffs, this year's team wasn't one of the top 4. There were moments when they could have squeezed in IF some things fell our way, but I don't think we were as good as past years.

 

[UAgrad93]

Good- Waddle and Najee were beyond good!! They were phenomenal! Mac Jones played very well despite the 2 INTs.

Bad- penalties, penalties, penalties, penalties, penalties,....go ahead and add 8 more of them sumbitches!!! TOTAL LACK OF DISCIPLINE!!!

Ugly- SEC officials!!!! How can someone get paid $3k to call a game and then proceed to screw up for 4 hours?

 

[alabama mike]

Alabama Mike?

My mom and dad are visiting
From Ohio. Mom fell and was transported to a trauma center in Huntington, W.V. Broke her superior and inferior pubic ??? Lower pelvic area that looks like a ball. First chance a I’ve had to get on here.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

My mom and dad are visiting
From Ohio. Mom fell and was transported to a trauma center in Huntington, W.V. Broke her superior and inferior pubic ??? Lower pelvic area that looks like a ball. First chance a I’ve had to get on here.

So sorry to hear this. She's in my prayers.

 

[planomateo]

My mom and dad are visiting
From Ohio. Mom fell and was transported to a trauma center in Huntington, W.V. Broke her superior and inferior pubic ??? Lower pelvic area that looks like a ball. First chance a I’ve had to get on here.

I'm sorry to hear the news Mike. Your mom and family are in my thoughts.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Up doing a little work, avoiding the game thread, I figured I'd at least check this thread - thinking that some degree of perspective existed. I was wrong.

We outgained a team by 160 or so, and held the ball about 10 minutes longer, and scored a special teams TD. Sounds like a win, doesn't it?

A three-point loss isn't getting our ass handed to us, but any loss to aubrun is a bad loss, so let loose the dogs of hyperbole.

Certainly, two INTs returned for TDs are bad, one on a fluke carom forced by immediate pressure, the other clearly on Mac. Penalties, and some uncharacteristic drops by Jeudy, put Mac behind the chains more than he should've been.

A great effort by Najee wasn't enough. He's proven his worth to an NFL team, something I didn't believe he'd done at midseason.

Mac led the team and played well enough for victory, far better than many on this site believed.

The D gave up three TDs and four FGs, more than I thought, but they played hard. Weak punting put the defense in several bad positions.

If I had asked you before the game, would 2 of 3 FG and 6 of 6 PAT (including one from the hash after a penalty) be an acceptable kicking performance, many of you would've jumped at that result.

But, here we are. The tyranny of the standard that Saban has set, and many times achieved, has us disillusioned. We have no capacity to grade a team performance that falls short of victory anything better than horrible and embarrassing. We are left to wallow in our unhappiness, or to come here to kick the dog and eat our own. On the bright side, perhaps this virtual domain will dampen domestic disputes in our real world.

Roll Tide, guys.

RTR,

Tim

 

[TerryP]

But, here we are. The tyranny of the standard that Saban has set, and many times achieved, has us disillusioned. We have no capacity to grade a team performance that falls short of victory anything better than horrible and embarrassing. We are left to wallow in our unhappiness, or to come here to kick the dog and eat our own. On the bright side, perhaps this virtual domain will dampen domestic disputes in our real world.

Seems like I've read the same notion here a few times.

Well said, Tim.

 

[SnakeFan]

My mom and dad are visiting
From Ohio. Mom fell and was transported to a trauma center in Huntington, W.V. Broke her superior and inferior pubic ??? Lower pelvic area that looks like a ball. First chance a I’ve had to get on here.

Sorry to hear that. I hope everything turns out alright! Prayers for your mom!

 

[mando]

From Cecil's article:

"....The will was there on Saturday. If Alabama wanted a moral victory, it could point to a 60-minute effort with an inexperienced quarterback against a vaunted defense.

Moral victories don’t play in Tuscaloosa. They carry no weight.

Saban is a giant in coaching. He will surely make the necessary moves, whether that means philosophy or staffing. This was not a happy movie, this 2019 season. The one thing that would be worse would be a sequel......"

The articles theme was about discipline. From my perspective that leads to issues with the fundamentals of technique and assignment football.

 

[Rolltide24]

No, he had a couple of drops but Mac was really in tune with Waddle and Ruggs. I mean hell Smith had almost 100 yards, too. Not really fair to say "where was Jeudy" when three others were dismantling their secondary. Jeudy having an "off" game didn't cost us this game. Mac Pic Six throwing two unbelievably awful interceptions (to be fair, he had some unbelievable throws, too), a defense that can't stop a runny nose and unbelievably pathetic penalties (the false starts were mind boggling) cost us this game.

Ok, thanks. Again, I didn’t watch it.

And it was a “fair” question for someone that did not see one snap... I see the box score and a top 5 WR in the game had 26 yards on 5 catches. I wondered if they doubled him or he went out with an injury or what. Very fair question.

 

[bama alum]

Good - Waddle and Najee

Bad - Defense, penalties and officiating

Ugly - Everybody trying to put the blame on the kicker. One play despite so many other failures.

Let's be honest. As much as we wanted Alabama in the playoffs, this year's team wasn't one of the top 4. There were moments when they could have squeezed in IF some things fell our way, but I don't think we were as good as past years.

Completely agree with you

 

[JoshB]

Finebaum picked Bama and Michigan to win. I wish I got paid like he does to be wrong. His Michigan pick was so bad it was ugly.

Finebaum has Harbough's nuts surgically attached to his chin.

 

[MunchyOs]

Silver lining. Imagine how fucking insane BDS will be next season when little Patrick and the $50 million man come to town. And...if the barn thought that it was hard to fire his ass before, they haven’t seen shit yet. The powers that be down there are working on a new deal as we speak. Wins over us mean everything and Gustard is in a position to ask for and receive more $$$

 

[#80]

Finebaum has Harbough's nuts surgically attached to his chin.

You clearly don't listen to his show he has given Harbough more grief than anyone. They have been at war for a couple of years.