I think he has to say that.
I don't think A&M is better than Texas right now. I don't think it's that close either.
Thoughts on QB situation after Game 5?
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I think he has to say that.
I don't think A&M is better than Texas right now. I don't think it's that close either.
It was NOT just based on 'armchair coaches making up stuff NOR guys just looking for clicks. Some of those guys might have said it, but they were not the only source.
There's someone on this board who has some connections close to the program who was told this in fact did happen the week of USF.
I can't say for sure I know it happened (although I trust what I was told), but unless you have some deep connections saying otherwise how can you so you KNOW it is "patently absurd?"
Not trying to spar with you over this, but just that it seems only fair to say it's not totally based on what you say it is.
For any QB, but especially one who’s developing (i.e., not a finished product), the OL has to help him. Milroe has gotten precious little help from the OL early.
The USF game was a monumental dumpster fire caused by a train wreck, circled by a clown car for the OL. Milroe didn’t play that game, but the OL has gotten marginally better since then. Baby steps, I know.
The OL will have to play its best game of the season in College Station for us to have a chance. If Milroe is running for his life most of the time, and the OL can’t give him any reason to believe, we have a problem. And yes, aTm has some really good pass rushers.
I expect aTm to send an all-out rush every down, with coverage responsibilities ignored. It has the potential to rattle both the OL and Milroe, and to blow up running plays, turning them into TFLs.
It also has the possibility of backfiring if Milroe can make them pay. Which will be a function of the OL giving him time for just one hot read, and Milroe building on some recent improvement in his short passing accuracy.
Whether they can do that is the question that decides the game.
The USF game was a monumental dumpster fire caused by a train wreck, circled by a clown car for the OL. Milroe didn’t play that game, but the OL has gotten marginally better since then. Baby steps, I know.
The OL will have to play its best game of the season in College Station for us to have a chance. If Milroe is running for his life most of the time, and the OL can’t give him any reason to believe, we have a problem. And yes, aTm has some really good pass rushers.
I expect aTm to send an all-out rush every down, with coverage responsibilities ignored. It has the potential to rattle both the OL and Milroe, and to blow up running plays, turning them into TFLs.
It also has the possibility of backfiring if Milroe can make them pay. Which will be a function of the OL giving him time for just one hot read, and Milroe building on some recent improvement in his short passing accuracy.
Whether they can do that is the question that decides the game.
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Agreed it's coach speak, but I think he also knows "talent" wise they are in the same category. FWIW, I'd take Sark over Jimbo every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
IMO, Sark could take his and beat Jimbo's OR take Jimbo's and beat his.
YES! Get Milroe deep in the pocket with a straight drop. Forget the RPO reads, which slow him down and give more time for the rush to get to him. Give him a primary read and one "hot" route (if primary is a long ball) and tell him if it's not there to run it straight up the middle - north and south!
I mean, A&M may have more talent at certain positions than Texas. I think their front 7 is fantastic. They've got some great athletes at WR and RB.
But Texas far outclasses them at QB currently, WR probably as well. I also think Texas is at least as good on the LOS.
But you are right. Sark right now is much better than Jimbo. I still think Jimbo is very capable of just screwing up a game he should win. I think Sark's biggest issue at Texas has just been getting the team to play up to its ability and it seems like he's done that this season.
I'll be off the board for a little bit, but I want to say that although there are some strong disagreements about where we stand at QB right now, this discussion is a great reminder of why this board is the best. Grown men/women who love the Tide and just want to passionately discuss the great pleasure we take in being a fan. I don't doubt any person's "fandom" here and I sincerely believe we all want to see the team succeed! Roll Tide Roll!
Yeah, he's more like Bryant every day.
I love the Alabama fans who say Bryant claimed his 66 team was his best when they want to complain and then IGNORE the fact he said the same thing about the 79 team.
Maybe we should take it as, "Bryant was saying whatever he thought might win the poll vote" and leave it as coach-speak. It isn't meant to be taken literally.
If we make the playoffs and face Texas again, guess who is suddenly going to be "the best team we faced all year" again? Yup.
To be fair to my political doppleganger, 92tide didn't say it didn't happen.
He said "I THINK," which it's never too late for that in his case.
I think Bama will find it just as tough to run the ball on ATM as they did on sexat.
Can this OL step up and create lanes against ATM's talented (and deep) front? Yes, but they'll have to play better and more consistently than they have so far in 2023...
As usual, you said in three sentences what it took me a page to convey.
I wish I were more concise.
Can we put another canard to rest like one of Buchner's wounded
Milroe played badly at times, two Thanksgiving butterball INTs in particular, vs. Tejas, but in no way, knowing what Saban has/had behind him, did he play badly enough to lose his job as starter or to be benched vs. the Brahman Bullies.
Oh I agree. I don't mean to say how they compare to Texas means anything about our game with them.
But I do think Texas would beat A&M, maybe by 10-14 points.
They don’t even have to be the best team we’ve faced. They just have to match up with us favorably (for them).
And so far in 2023, they do. ATM's weakness is their secondary, which Bama hasn't shown the ability to take advantage of in 2023. And their defensive strength is the DL and LB - they're really good against the run.
It's not a good matchup for Bama from what we've seen so far in 2023.
I will likely sit out the game thread because of my frustration with the issues you cite.
It's not we CAN'T win, but this game will unquestionably come down to execution.
They'll be at home.
They've "got it" for us.
They have to beat the man to (maybe) be the man.
They're back to second class citizens in their own state now with Sark doing well.
We have a quarterback whose field vision rivals General Custer
Our O-line will HAVE to come up big
This is only the second time we're playing the Ags that I don't feel pretty good about it.
Of course, we won the last one by a close 59-point escape, too.
I think the script for us winning is a very ugly and low scoring game. Even a win won't be truly fun to watch.
This year more so than any in the recent past, it's not how we win or if it's pretty or ugly...just win.
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