Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Didn't gus have Nick Marshall, as a senior, when the barn started to unravel?
Didn't gus have Nick Marshall, as a senior, when the barn started to unravel?
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Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
True, but our play-calling became very conservative when we got up 24-0...:cool2:
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
iirc, trent also dropped a pass on the goal line when he could have walked in
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
AU has had a winning SEC record twice in the last 8 years, with a record of 30-34. Aside from those 2 seasons, they are 15-33. Bama has lost more than 1 SEC game only once during that time - 5-3 in 2010, with an SEC record of 56-8.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
I know some (Auburn and Alabama) fans will claim this talk is just making excuses or whatever, but I don't look at it like that. Just seeing the missed opportunities Bama had in the first half to put Auburn away and end the game. No way Auburn comes back in that game if UA scores a TD on every first half possession and leads 42-7.
You are correct. Bama kicked a field goal a couple of plays later. There's another 4 points.
I know some (Auburn and Alabama) fans will claim this talk is just making excuses or whatever, but I don't look at it like that. Just seeing the missed opportunities Bama had in the first half to put Auburn away and end the game. No way Auburn comes back in that game if UA scores a TD on every first half possession and leads 42-7.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
the barn, like in dumb and dumber, only needs to know that they have a chance
i felt like we got the momentum and we're doing whatever we wanted and got complacent, coaches and players. then we couldn't get back on track in the second half.
the barn, like in dumb and dumber, only needs to know that they have a chance
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
But in a way that game paved the way for Auburn's fall too. It gave them the big head and led to a lot of their problems after they won their first NC in over 50 years.
That's the most painful game in recent memory for me. However, what you mention is Auburn in a nutshell.
But in a way that game paved the way for Auburn's fall too. It gave them the big head and led to a lot of their problems after they won their first NC in over 50 years.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
He did. We kicked a FG, but should have had 7 instead.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Only 47 more years until their next one...:cool2:
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
As we're addressing the 2010 Camback, allow me an anecdote.
BDS - from what it looked like on TV - was alive and kicking that first half. My Eugene, Oregon buddy called me at halftime (remember - that game was on a Friday, the day after Thanksgiving). He was raving about us, saying 'it's obvious you guys would have won it all again if not for that scheduling nonsense' - in fact, that scheduling nonsense is why in July 2010, he projected that we would lose two games - South Carolina and EITHER LSU or Auburn...he actually got that year insanely close to correct.
He's raving about us, and I'm telling him apprehensively, "Yeah, but we should be up somewhere between 35 or 42 to 7; we left too many points on the field, and I've seen teams lose games like this too many times. If we give up a quick touchdown to start the half, we've got a major problem."
I was still on the phone with him when Newton hit the bomb. After the game, I was in a little bit of shock and dismay. I remember thinking it felt like the whole momentum shifted at halftime.
In August 2012, I began planning to go to the Michigan game here in Dallas. One guy I talked to is a graduate of the UA law school who - just by chance - had bought some Alabama tapes from me back in 2000. I was talking about that particular game and said, "It seemed like the whole momentum and crowd frenzy shifted at halftime."
He then told me, "I was in the stadium that day - and you're right. It was almost like a great party the first half and suddenly YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE STADIUM shifting." I told him that's exactly what it looked like on TV.
I'm not going to butcher Saban for that particular game. Ingram could fumble that same ball 99 other times and not once would it do what it did. And we failed to execute on both sides of the ball (Barron's injury was just a bonus for Auburn).
As we're addressing the 2010 Camback, allow me an anecdote.
BDS - from what it looked like on TV - was alive and kicking that first half. My Eugene, Oregon buddy called me at halftime (remember - that game was on a Friday, the day after Thanksgiving). He was raving about us, saying 'it's obvious you guys would have won it all again if not for that scheduling nonsense' - in fact, that scheduling nonsense is why in July 2010, he projected that we would lose two games - South Carolina and EITHER LSU or Auburn...he actually got that year insanely close to correct.
He's raving about us, and I'm telling him apprehensively, "Yeah, but we should be up somewhere between 35 or 42 to 7; we left too many points on the field, and I've seen teams lose games like this too many times. If we give up a quick touchdown to start the half, we've got a major problem."
I was still on the phone with him when Newton hit the bomb. After the game, I was in a little bit of shock and dismay. I remember thinking it felt like the whole momentum shifted at halftime.
In August 2012, I began planning to go to the Michigan game here in Dallas. One guy I talked to is a graduate of the UA law school who - just by chance - had bought some Alabama tapes from me back in 2000. I was talking about that particular game and said, "It seemed like the whole momentum and crowd frenzy shifted at halftime."
He then told me, "I was in the stadium that day - and you're right. It was almost like a great party the first half and suddenly YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE STADIUM shifting." I told him that's exactly what it looked like on TV.
I'm not going to butcher Saban for that particular game. Ingram could fumble that same ball 99 other times and not once would it do what it did. And we failed to execute on both sides of the ball (Barron's injury was just a bonus for Auburn).
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Well using that definition of 'let his foot off their throat' (and I don't think anyone anywhere agrees with that assessment), we damn near blew the 2013 ATM game in College Station, where we led, 35-14, didn't we?
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
More specifically, the beginning of the come apart was the 2014 home game against aTm. Things were going swimmingly before that. Hasn't been the same since.
Yes.
More specifically, the beginning of the come apart was the 2014 home game against aTm. Things were going swimmingly before that. Hasn't been the same since.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Then how confident can the faithful be that this a QB thing?
Then how confident can the faithful be that this a QB thing?
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
From ITAT. Yeah Gus Malzhan teams are so well coached that they blew a 21-3 lead against FSU in the National Championship Game. The next year in 2014 with 15 returning starters and a 5th straight top 10 recruiting class, they failed miserably to have back to back 10 win seasons.
From ITAT. Yeah Gus Malzhan teams are so well coached that they blew a 21-3 lead against FSU in the National Championship Game. The next year in 2014 with 15 returning starters and a 5th straight top 10 recruiting class, they failed miserably to have back to back 10 win seasons.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Wow! Talk about a Sunshine Pumper from the post above.
Wow! Talk about a Sunshine Pumper from the post above.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
I remember those posts around here in from 2003 to 2006. yikes.
I remember those posts around here in from 2003 to 2006. yikes.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
From the post above, how can you have that many top 10 recruiting classes and no talent? Or is there a question concerning coaching? (See Ricardo Louis) You lose probably your best recruiter Dameyune Craig and replace him with Kodi Burns? That is a great staff to watch down there. Can't wait to hear who could be a Heisman candidate or who is "unblockable" this year during fall camp.
From the post above, how can you have that many top 10 recruiting classes and no talent? Or is there a question concerning coaching? (See Ricardo Louis) You lose probably your best recruiter Dameyune Craig and replace him with Kodi Burns? That is a great staff to watch down there. Can't wait to hear who could be a Heisman candidate or who is "unblockable" this year during fall camp.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
Gus would be a fantastic coach if all the other coaches just let him win.
Gus would be a fantastic coach if all the other coaches just let him win.
Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
The best thing about it is they are having to ask themselves if they are still behind their coach. Never a good sign.
The best thing about it is they are having to ask themselves if they are still behind their coach. Never a good sign.
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