Clemson preview: Is this Tiger team more Clemson ’16 or Clemson ’17?
This year, Alabama gets a Clemson team that is somewhere in between the last two versions. The question is how much like Clemson ’17 can Alabama make Clemson ’18 look.
Oklahoma wrap-up: Bama put this one away ‘Sooner’ than expected
December 30, 2018 Comments Off on Oklahoma wrap-up: Bama put this one away ‘Sooner’ than expected
Statistically, a person who didn’t watch this game would look at the numbers and suggest Alabama and Oklahoma were evenly matched teams, which is understandable. Anyone who watched the game and still asserted such, however, are the same people who are likely to believe salmon ice cream with Brussels sprout gravy makes a good dessert.
Continue reading …Georgia wrap-up: A story too preposterous for Hollywood, but still so very real
December 2, 2018 Comments Off on Georgia wrap-up: A story too preposterous for Hollywood, but still so very real
From now until the day that football ceases to be played, is Jalen Hurts’ legacy, and someone should carve it into the precast concrete of Mercedes-Benz Stadium for good measure: Here played a true teammate, unselfish and honorable, a good man and leader of men, a champion. Here was where Jalen Hurts was finally appreciated for the winner he always was.
Continue reading …Auburn preview: Tigers will be tough, but upset chances are low
November 21, 2018 Comments Off on Auburn preview: Tigers will be tough, but upset chances are low
Auburn has a solid quarterback, but not one that would threaten to take over a game against a secondary many believe to be elite. The game isn’t in Auburn, where weirdness is born, fertilized and cultivated into something so bizarre it begins to appear as if it should have been scripted by William S. Burroughs. And Alabama, most certainly, doesn’t have an explosiveness problem. The Tide has been as combustible as a sack of nitroglycerin in 2018.
Continue reading …MSU preview: Bulldogs could be Tide’s biggest regular-season test
November 9, 2018 Comments Off on MSU preview: Bulldogs could be Tide’s biggest regular-season test
Mississippi State isn’t all that likely to beat Alabama, but Tua Tagovailoa making a second consecutive fourth-quarter appearance isn’t just a possibility; we think it’s all but assured. With Auburn a bad matchup for what Alabama is capable of doing with its defensive front, the game against the Bulldogs of Starkville, Miss., may end up being Alabama’s biggest challenge of the 2018 regular season.
Continue reading …LSU preview: Are Tigers that tough, or is the drama being invented?
October 31, 2018 Comments Off on LSU preview: Are Tigers that tough, or is the drama being invented?
Is this matchup for real? Is LSU capable of slowing Tagovailoa down? What is reality for the LSU offense – is it the 36 points scored against Georgia, or is it the 19 put up against Mississippi State and Florida? LSU’s best output of the season – 45 points against defense-illiterate Ole Miss – ties for Alabama’s second-lowest of the season, a win over Texas A&M that left some people wondering what was wrong with Bama football.
Continue reading …Tennessee preview: Vols’ new process still has training wheels attached
October 17, 2018 Comments Off on Tennessee preview: Vols’ new process still has training wheels attached
Because time marches on no matter how much we would like it to stand still for moments both great and small, there will always be an interest taken in young coaches – especially those with ties to Nick Saban – who look like potential future coaches for The University of Alabama.
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