Texas vs Alabama
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Being down by 2 scores under 5 minutes it was the smart move to use them then just didn't work
Heavyweights of the SEC West all with out-of-conference loses: Alabama, LSU, and Texas A&M. Could it be the year for Ol' Miss or the Hawgs?
I honestly thought the talk of Saban’s dynasty being over was premature last year when they were a missed kick and a 2-point conversion away from being undefeated, but now I have to admit those people may have been right. Texas was clearly the better team on both sides of the ball tonight to the point that, if anything, it felt like the final score shouldn’t have been this close. It’s been a heck of a run, but one that appears it might be over now, at least as far as championship contention.
So far this year I'd say the SEC looks pretty mediocre. Transfer portal may finally have caught up with the conference. Or, i should say, allowed other programs to catch up.
TAMU doesn't look any different than Alabama or LSU. Georgia is still the class of the SEC. But, I think OSU and FSU will have something to say about this years championship. Michigan is still a ???
TAMU doesn't look any different than Alabama or LSU. Georgia is still the class of the SEC. But, I think OSU and FSU will have something to say about this years championship. Michigan is still a ???
Georgia's still the "class" after scoring 1 more point week 2 against Ball St than UK did week 1?
They also almost pitched a shutout and won by 6 touchdowns. No one that watched both ball state games thinks UK is anywhere close to UGA, other than you.
That's a joke right? UGA is literally trying for a 3-peat which hasn't ever been done in the AP Poll era. EVER. That's since 1936.
I thought Saban should have retired after the '20 season. I thought that, at the time. The only place he could go was down.
They did. This was a historically important game. Saban defeated at home by his former coordinator does not happen often. An entering SEC program possibly displacing a traditional SEC power. Maybe most important, I saw a team with serial top 5 recruiting classes get beat at the line of scrimmage, at home, by a faster team with a larger recruiting base and more money to spend. Living here in Houston, it is amazing how many great high school players are in Texas every year. If Sarkisian gets more than his share of them, Texas will be an SEC force for years to come.
After what happened yesterday to A&M, methinks the Texas-Bama game also bodes poorly for Jimbo.
Texas was rotating DL in & out and no difference, they're fresh the whole game. IMO, Texas just dominated the game, in Tuscaloosa no less. Their OL pushed Bama around all night. I really like Bama but they just got whipped, and I guarantee you they understand it.
Don't know about 5 stars, but Bud Elliott Blue Chip ratio of the Bama roster 90% were high 4 star or 5 star. Texas is 70%. So if that's all that matters yesterday's results should be impossible?
But we know it isn't all that matters. Bama suffered from non elite QB play. And maybe Bryce Youngs hero Ball last 2 yrs masked some other problems.
Bama looked pedestrian, Texas looked more athletic. QB.s no comparison and the OL-DL lost most of the game
Another thing I noticed is how undisciplined
Alabama seemed. They shot themselves in the foot with penalties multiple times and had several outright blown assignments on defense that led to big plays for Texas. I’m not sure if Saban has lost a bit of his edge with age or if some of the since departed assistants were more responsible for those kinds of details than they got credit for at the time, but those are things you hardly ever used to see from his teams that are happening more frequently in the last year or two.
Alabama seemed. They shot themselves in the foot with penalties multiple times and had several outright blown assignments on defense that led to big plays for Texas. I’m not sure if Saban has lost a bit of his edge with age or if some of the since departed assistants were more responsible for those kinds of details than they got credit for at the time, but those are things you hardly ever used to see from his teams that are happening more frequently in the last year or two.
Sark is a good coach, and the game has continued to evolve right into his wheelhouse and what he's been doing since he was a player and coming up through the assistant ranks...BYU, USC...
Norm Chow, Lavelle Edwards...Sark was a 4,000+ yard QB in a pass happy offense back before that was really a thing...
He carried that on into coaching...see USC glory days...really good QBs, passing games, titles, Heisman's...
Now he's got a really good QB in Ewers with one on deck in Manning...don't be surprised if Sark and the horns kind of go on a little run the next few years...
Norm Chow, Lavelle Edwards...Sark was a 4,000+ yard QB in a pass happy offense back before that was really a thing...
He carried that on into coaching...see USC glory days...really good QBs, passing games, titles, Heisman's...
Now he's got a really good QB in Ewers with one on deck in Manning...don't be surprised if Sark and the horns kind of go on a little run the next few years...
That was fun game to watch, you tell early that Texas had the better team. I agree that Bama will not be dominating the SEC anymore.
Yeah need to use them when you can save the maximum amount of time, thats when the other guys have the ball and trying to milk it, so you save the amount of clock the rules allow each time. Nice to save one for when you are trying to drive and up a field goal or something but just or saving the maximum amount of clock they did it right.
1. Milroe hit a few big passes that avoided a complete disaster. But save 2-3 big passes..and he made some plays with his feet….he was a mess. Two terrible ints, unable to sustain a drive wjtb accurate short passes and the dude won’t set in pocket to save his life
2. Bama Oline was not great and looks to be decent but not amazing again. Good ole Eric Wolford looks like he is a step back as his unit has motion penalties again and he can’t develop a unit. Now teams are going to stack the box on a Milroe and running into 8 man fronts
3. I thought their d was solid. 10-14 points was Milroe turnovers ans Texas has weapons
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2. Bama Oline was not great and looks to be decent but not amazing again. Good ole Eric Wolford looks like he is a step back as his unit has motion penalties again and he can’t develop a unit. Now teams are going to stack the box on a Milroe and running into 8 man fronts
3. I thought their d was solid. 10-14 points was Milroe turnovers ans Texas has weapons
Bama will lose 1-2 games in sec play wjtb lsu Tennessee auburn Texas am ole miss and Ky
It’s kinda weird not seeing 3-4 world class athletes at receiver for Bama, Milroe couldn’t get them the ball anyway! Bama is falling from the top, I know they have 4-5 stars stacked at every position, but they sure don’t look like Bama. Texas manhandled them yesterday! Georgia is the new cream of the crop!
Georgia also held BSU to 11 fewer points.
In every way 45-3 is a better showing than 44-14.
But, that's to be expected of Georgia. Their defense is usually top 5 nationally.
That’s a fact, was going to say the same thing about his teams lack of discipline.
Yes. They went deep into their bench. We played our starters the entire game.
Judging by the early results, I'd say the SEC is indeed "down". At least by recent SEC standards. You don't have to look at the middle of the SEC pack for proof. Both Bama and LSU looked very down against good competition. Must of the other SEC teams have taken care of business against very weak programs so far. Although, some (like UK) have been less than impressive.
UGA has some issues, injuries to starting skill players the first 2 games isn't good, projected starter at RB out for the year. But biggest loss was Monken, was rumored Kirby gave Bobo a Saban like lecture.
But looking around the conference, we, SEC, haven't fared very well, and this isn't our scrub teams, some of our best took double digit losses to other P5 teams. 1-4 against the ACC with the win against one of their worst teams, 1-1 against Pac12 in its last season, 0-1 against Big12. Our 2 wins were against those other conference's cellar dwellers.
Right now, the teams who look like playoff contenders are Texas, SoCal, FSU, Mich, OSU, PSU. But all those teams have one thing in common, except OSU, and that is returning starters at QB. will the rest of us get comfortable with our new QBs and improve enough to make that list. I don't know that answer. But right now UGA would have a tough time with all of them.
Would have been fun to watch had Manning chose Bama over Texas and been the starter for that game.
This was the year to beat Bama, but our lackluster performances the last 2 weeks makes us look like an FCS Team. Eastern pushed us around in the first half.
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