This was the most physical defense we've faced all year. WKU had six sacks on us but they didn't punch us as hard as this OM defense did tonight. We're not going to blow everybody out, every game. The competition will get tougher each week.
****Official Game Thread - Bama vs. Ole Miss - Postgame Thread****
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You probably haven't been following my remarks in the game thread, but I seriously doubt that it's Hart's ACL graft, since those don't hurt when you reinjure them (no nerve regeneration), and he was in obvious pain. Been there, done that, so I know...
I can't recall the last time I enjoyed a win less. I'm glad for the win and I'm not down on the players, coaching, nor play calling. But it seems like the injury bug we avoided for so long came back with a vengeance tonight. We'll see how serious they all are.
I have nothing to negative to say about our performance tonight. We beat a darn resilient team by 19 points on an off night, I don't know about y'all, but I'll take that any day of the week.
There were a lot of positives tonight, most notably to me was the emergence of Amari Cooper as our top receiver. Hopefully that is a trend he will continue through the rest of the season. That was the best special teams effort I've ever seen us play. Every kickoff that I can remember was a touchback, Shelley was perfect in field goal range, and Christion showed some of the best speed I've seen since Javy wore crimson. Once again, AJ did all that was asked of him and he didn't force anything. To me, that's all he needs to be doing at this point in the season, I'll leave the video game numbers to the "other" conferences.
The biggest thing to me as far as negatives go is how many injuries we suffered, a couple of which could be severe. It was a tough night in those regards, but it still ended well.
Roll Tide
There were a lot of positives tonight, most notably to me was the emergence of Amari Cooper as our top receiver. Hopefully that is a trend he will continue through the rest of the season. That was the best special teams effort I've ever seen us play. Every kickoff that I can remember was a touchback, Shelley was perfect in field goal range, and Christion showed some of the best speed I've seen since Javy wore crimson. Once again, AJ did all that was asked of him and he didn't force anything. To me, that's all he needs to be doing at this point in the season, I'll leave the video game numbers to the "other" conferences.
The biggest thing to me as far as negatives go is how many injuries we suffered, a couple of which could be severe. It was a tough night in those regards, but it still ended well.
Roll Tide
I was thinking that same thing. I've been watching football for what seemed like forever today waiting for the BAMA game. I don't think I would like having to wait all day to play, especially when it's not a normal time you are used to. Krymsonman
We got the win but too many injuries in this game. Glad we have a bye week.
Kudos to Ole Miss don't see how they do not get enough wins to go bowling this year.
Kudos to Ole Miss don't see how they do not get enough wins to go bowling this year.
I don't know anything about knees... is it good that it isn't his graft, or does it open a wormhole of other possible injuries?
Need a week off? After the particular 5 teams that we've played thus far? We better put our big boy pants on because the next 5 games will be much more difficult.
Hopefully him walking off it is just a strain.
BTW someone said Belue got hurt I must have missed that.
Congrats, guys. Participated in my first game thread here, and really enjoyed it. Considering the intensity of your opponent tonight, I think you did really well. I have to believe that Alabama will bring that same level of intensity when you play your tougher opponents.
My only concern - the play calling. Your O-Coordinator simply refused to take what the defense was giving him. He had a game plan and refused to change it on the fly.
AJ had a poor 2nd half, but he is human. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
My only concern - the play calling. Your O-Coordinator simply refused to take what the defense was giving him. He had a game plan and refused to change it on the fly.
AJ had a poor 2nd half, but he is human. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
NO MORE 830 start times....... I"m tired and it's too late for those kids to be up
Amen to that Cajun, there is no way in Hades that we should be playing in a spot that is normally reserved for mid-level west coast teams. It was poor planning by ESPN, and I'm kind of disappointed that we went along with it.
Not that it matters a hill of beans... but from now on, every post that I read that says "a win is a win" is getting an automatic "dislike" from me. The cliche' is worn out.
I'd guess an MCL sprain or maybe a meniscus tear. If it hurts, it ain't his ACL graft. That's just a "something gave way" sensation and he was in obvious pain...
The play calling was very vanilla, but I have to believe that it was mostly by design. I have no idea what the plan was, but in the grand scheme of things it worked which is all that mattered. When you think about it, all that you ask of your OC is that you score more points than then other team, and we did that by almost 3 TDs. Personally I have no qualms with it under the circumstances, but I will be interested to see how our style progresses now that we are hitting the meat of our schedule.
Don't worry about AJ, he's never been flashy, and it was apparent that we took our foot off the gas (which we are prone to do) pretty early on. He'll be just fine
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