Um, did Kayne say "with 11 hotties" at the 2:35 mark (referring to the defense)? Please tell me I heard that wrong.
EARLY WEEK UPDATE: Borgata Sports opened Alabama as a 4-point road favorite Sunday and is down to -3 as of 8 p.m. ET Monday. "It took a little while on Saturday for Alabama to pull away from Vanderbilt. But they finally did, and covered the spread in the process," Borgata sportsbook director Tom Gable said. "Now, the Tide go on the road to Missouri. "We've had bettors take the 4 and 3.5 with Missouri to move this to where we currently sit. Despite Missouri being undefeated, this will be its first real test." Borgata's total is steady at 53.5.
Couple of notes I found interesting in consuming Tide content last few days : -We apparently have a "green zone" problem. Kicking lots of FGs from 30 yards in and not scoring enough TDs -We are a great middle 8 team. We dominated the last 4 minutes of the 1st half and 1st 4 of the 2nd half against UGA and Vandy -We purposefully slowed down the game against UGA in the 2nd half and against Vandy in order to keep their offenses off the field. I did not notice this happening in real time. But the idea that we could have scored more points but instead played ball control offense at times, I find this fascinating. It makes a lot of sense. We move the ball so well and our offense looks unstoppable until it stops itself. I wonder if this had something to do with the weird option runs when everything else was destroying Vandy in the 2nd half. -We have been running wide WR splits like Tennessee -We are running way closer to the Washington offense than we ever did before with Milroe. I know this is duh but I still like it -We run a lot of middle of the field passing concepts . We haven't connected on as many go routes . I wonder how many we have attempted. If we could connect on some of these it would be an easy way to score more points. Ryan Williams would be an obvious candidate for these
Just 5 weeks ago I looked up at the end of the FSU game and saw 31. Since then I’ve heard dumb comments from press conferences, “my fault that’s on me” and a handful of ass chewing directed at him. Sarah Mclachlan special for Kane
Those throws down the sideline at 10-20 yards that require Ty to rip it in there between a squating CB and a deep safety trying to rotate to the deep sideline are vintage Penix/Washington throws. You have to have a great arm, perfect timing and WRs willing to go up and expose themselves while also tight roping the sideline. It’s hard as hell but also effective as hell if you trust your WRs/QB, We’ve nailed it 6-7 times the last 2 games.
“Missouri is a better version of Vandy” and “Missouri , unlike Vandy, will not get away from the run” and “Pribula is a more accurate and athletic version of Pavia” are gaining traction. Missouri’s front 7 has been able to pressure QBs, but again, the competition has been so bad it is hard to tell how good they really are. It’s a hodge podge of formerly highly recruited blue chip players and 3 stars. I think it’s entirely possible that our OL could get a real challenge and needs to play their best pass blocking game to date and not let their guard down.
Missouri's offense is very TBD at this point - and Pribula with it. Per FEI, their opponent defenses strength rank #112 in college football to date. #19 South Carolina - 29 pts, 456 yds, 6.08 YPP #59 Kansas - 42 pts, 595 yds, 6.92 YPP #111 Louisiana - 52 pts, 606 yds, 7.05 YPP #135 UMass - 42 pts, 521 yds, 6.08 YPP FCS Central Arkansas - 61 pts, 560 yds, 8.12 YPP I think they are a very good rush unit and likely a very solid offense based on their track record, but Pribula has barely thrown the ball 10+ yards the entire season. And when he has, it's been pretty meh. Pribula - 10+ yard throws 5 games 24/46 (52%) 447 yds (9.7 YPA) 4 TD/3 INT For comparison Simpson - 10+ yard throws 5 games 39/57 (68%) 830 yds (14.6 YPA) 9 TD/1 INT I do think Mizzou's defensive front is the most disruptive we will have faced since FSU, and that is probably the one thing that I am still waiting to see our OL confirm that they can do - stand up to edge rushers with good bend who can generate a speed rush. I have all the confidence in the world in Ty+OL sniffing out and picking up exotic blitzes - it's the man on man edge rush that is still up in the air for me.
We are 10th in the country in havoc rate allowed in the front 7 (RBs hit behind LOS + QB sacks/hurries). Considering we don't run offenses that are built around avoiding that (Tennessee is one specifically), and that we've already played 4 pretty competent defenses, that's pretty impressive. We haven't ranked in the Top 50 in that in about 5 years.
If you are throwing the ball 10 yards down the field and only get 9.7 yards per attempt on said throws that seems bad.
I will have to rewatch but i thought we closed the game with Proctor-Sanders-Brailsford-Geno-Carroll. I don't love Geno but he has an incredibly high floor and always finds his way on the field.
Really feels like we have 8 linemen we are comfortable with and rotating them keeps them fresh. I have never seen that and feel like it's better for the offense if we have one cohesive unit but what the hell do I know. Dewberry, Fornby, and Roberts getting beat out by younger guys says a lot about our recent eval success and future of the program.
As long as everyone knows the full playbook and gets good reps in practice no reason to not spell the guys for a drive or whatever especially if the back ups are still getting a decent push
Random stat - we are #131 in the country in # of drives per game (9.8). We are averaging almost 7 plays per drive (6.9). It's an interesting grouping of teams - some of them don't get a ton of drives because they play slow and aren't good (as evidenced by punt % - see Rice, South Carolina, UCLA). But some others who are also explosive seem to be doing it systematically (and all have very respected offensive staffs) - Alabama, Ohio State, Washington. And then I don't know what to make of Penn State other than they've had a terrible schedule so far outside of Oregon and they played really slow?
You know, I don’t know how the Deboer era will play out, and I think virtually every outcome is still on the table from multiple NCs to him being elsewhere within 3-4 years. One thing I feel like we can confidently conclude right now is this dude isn’t one of those purgatory “he’s good but can’t ever win the big one” type guys that are just slow torture for a decade. Maybe his issue will be what it has been so far, not losing the games you’re supposed to win, but it won’t be falling short on the big stage. I’m happy with that.
At this point in the season with where we are What finish constitutes a good year? An ok year? A bad year?
Good? win a playoff game. Okay? lose first round. Bad? Miss the playoffs. I was close to putting out that good is a national title game appearance and shifting it all down but decided if we lost to a good team in the second round I would be relatively satisfied.
10-2 and a CFP win is a good year. 10-2 and making the CFP and bouncing in R1 is an ok year. Anything else is a bad year.
It’s already good year because the boys are letting it rip and having the time of their lives a great year? All that plus some improved body language
If the running game can do what it did on Saturday consistently If the OL can play like it has since FSU If Ty keeps doing what he's doing And if Wommack can just not suck We are the best team in the country . Suck it everyone else
All Alabama basketball tip-off times, TV channels for 2025-26 SEC schedule Saturday, Jan. 3 Kentucky at Alabama, Noon (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 7 Alabama at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. (ESPN2/U) Saturday, Jan. 10 Texas at Alabama, 7 p.m. (ESPN/2) Tuesday, Jan. 13 Alabama at Mississippi State, 8 pm. (SECN) Saturday, Jan. 17 Alabama at Oklahoma, Noon (SECN) Saturday, Jan. 24 Tennessee at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN/2) Tuesday, Jan. 27 Missouri at Alabama, 8 p.m. (SECN) Sunday, Feb. 1 Alabama at Florida, Noon (ABC) Wednesday, Feb. 4 Texas A&M at Alabama, 6 p.m. (SECN) Saturday, Feb. 7 Alabama at Auburn, 3/3:30 p.m. (ESPN/2) Wednesday, Feb. 11 Alabama at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. (SECN) Saturday, Feb. 14 South Carolina at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. (SECN) Wednesday, Feb. 18 Arkansas at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPN/2/U) Saturday, Feb. 21 Alabama at LSU, 5 p.m. (SECN) Wednesday, Feb. 25 Mississippi State at Alabama, 8 p.m. (ESPN2/U) Saturday, Feb. 28 Alabama at Tennessee, 5/5:30 p.m. (ESPN/2) Tuesday, March 3, Alabama at Georgia, TBD (ESPNEWS) Saturday, March 7 Auburn at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN/2)
Trying to become on the 5th team in SEC history to win 3 straight games vs Top 25 SEC opponents without a bye week 2016 Alabama - @ #16 Arkansas, @ #9 Tennessee, vs #6 Texas A&M 2021 Georgia - vs #8 Arkansas, @ #18 Auburn, vs #11 Kentucky 2023 Georgia - vs #12 Missouri, vs #9 Ole Miss, @ #18 Tennessee 2024 South Carolina - vs #10 Texas A&M, @ #24 Vanderbilt, vs #24 Missouri 2025 Alabama - @ #5 Georgia, vs #16 Vanderbilt, @ #14 Missouri (TBD) So we'd be only the 2nd team who had more than 1 of those be road games - along with 2016 Alabama. And then we'd follow that up with a game against a borderline Top 10 Tennessee team. Absurd.
We had two other opportunities in 2010 and 2012 but lost at South Carolina and the Manziel game. It’s damn hard.
@ #5 Georgia (W 24-21) vs #16 Vanderbilt (W 30-14) @ #14 Missouri vs #12 Tennessee @ South Carolina vs #11 LSU vs #6 Oklahoma Just a nuts stretch. 6 of 7 games against current Top 20 teams.
i noticed this live and thought "what do you mean, you get the ball every play" then forgot it happened until now
good season: in the playoffs ok season: about the same as last year but more understandable losses and maybe a bowl win bad season: last year or worse
https://www.on3.com/rivals/news/cal...prospects-in-the-2026-rivals-150-will-land-2/ 5-star SG Caleb Holt Caleb Holt has taken official visits to Arizona, Providence, Alabama, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He recently announced that he would be back on campus at Kentucky for their Big Blue Madness event this coming weekend, Oct. 11. While there have been some ebbs and flows along the way, the school that has remained consistent throughout the process is Alabama. It has also been told to me that Kentucky is really trying to make a push. So continue to watch the visits that he is going on. While a commitment date has not been announced, sources suggest they would not be surprised to see his recruitment go into the late signing period. Prediction: Alabama Confidence Level: 40% Biggest Threat: Kentucky, Arizona