Questions about Milroe.

[mlh]

Tight End = Gamechanger

 

[gtgilbert]

And the old Jalen took his demotion like a pro and turned out better as a result.

and I still hold this as true; Hurts as a true freshman, was light years ahead of where JM is NOW, even though JM has had close to 4 years in the program.

 

[davefrat]

and I still hold this as true; Hurts as a true freshman, was light years ahead of where JM is NOW, even though JM has had close to 4 years in the program.

Hurts is a special kind of player and teammate.

 

[CB4]

and I still hold this as true; Hurts as a true freshman, was light years ahead of where JM is NOW, even though JM has had close to 4 years in the program.

And sitting behind Tua in 2018 actually made Jalen a better QB. And while I have a strong disdain for Dan Enos, his work with Hurts in 2018 as QB Coach did help set the table for Hurts success at Oklahoma.

 

[squeally dan]

$cam says hello...

I hate admit it, but Scam was a good qb and his passing, running, and instincts were better than Milroe

 

[crimsonaudio]

Hurts is a special kind of player and teammate.

Still my all-time favorite Bama player based on character alone!

 

[64 Grad]

IF he’s the better option. This could be a Tua/Jalen situation all over again circa 2017. Ty Simpson, Lonegran, or the kid who transferred from UW may get a chance and never look back for the rest of their time at the Capstone. Or Milroe might be the best QB in the room which is saying something about Bama’s QB room right now. We could be bad/under developed at the position for a multiplicity of reasons. We think we have it figured out on some message board. When we actually have no clue what‘s going on on a day to day basis in the program.

We can see very inconsistent quarterback play in the games and this goes back a long way.

 

[cdub55]

I hate admit it, but Scam was a good qb and his passing, running, and instincts were better than Milroe

You really went out on a ledge with that one

 

[arthurdawg]

We answer (35-40), but don't try for onside kick and the D can't get a stop.

We were all screaming for an onsides kick. No confidence in our exhausted D holding at all.

A bad coaching decision.

 

[davefrat]

I hate admit it, but Scam was a good qb and his passing, running, and instincts were better than Milroe

Love him or hate him, he was an incredible college football player.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Love him or hate him, he was an incredible college football player.

Considering the team around him he's one of the greats in college football history.

 

[CB4]

Still my all-time favorite Bama player based on character alone!

Love Jalen but my two favorites of the Saban era are Blake Sims and Ronnie Clark. Those two guys epitomized what “team” is all about. Sims and Clark stayed the course, did everything CNS asked them to do, including changing positions multiple times.

Truly selfless in every definition. I will always have a special place for them in my heart.

A far cry from what we are experiencing today.

 

[teamplayer]

I can agree to disagree. Roll Tide.

I also think the offense shared some of the blame for the Vandy loss. I think our offense took the field four times when they had the chance to tie or take the lead. We threw the pick-six, which put us in a huge hole right out of the gate. I think the other two or three (I can't remember how many times for certain.) were three and outs. If we had ever taken the lead, I think it would have been an entirely different ball game. However, the defense definitely shoulders most of the blame for that one. I mean, I'm not blind.

 

[RammerJammer14]

Love Jalen but my two favorites of the Saban era are Blake Sims and Ronnie Clark. Those two guys epitomized what “team” is all about. Sims and Clark stayed the course, did everything CNS asked them to do, including changing positions multiple times.

Truly selfless in every definition. I will always have a special place for them in my heart.

A far cry from what we are experiencing today.

I honestly have a lot of favorites. But 2 guys who stick out for me are Rashad Johnson and Jake Coker.

Rashad Johnson was one of the first guys to buy in to “the process.” He worked his tail off, changed position a couple times, and went from a walk-on guy with almost no offers, to a NFL career.

Coker was never the most fundamentally sound QB- he had a massive wind up throwing motion, but the dude was a fighter and a baller and, at least from what I saw publicly, a humble guy. He was here for the team and loved the university and the program and then went to go manage hunting property in south Alabama, lol.

 

[gtgilbert]

Love Jalen but my two favorites of the Saban era are Blake Sims and Ronnie Clark. Those two guys epitomized what “team” is all about. Sims and Clark stayed the course, did everything CNS asked them to do, including changing positions multiple times.

Truly selfless in every definition. I will always have a special place for them in my heart.

A far cry from what we are experiencing today.

big fan of Sims for sure - he did everything he could do and made the most out of his opportunity for sure. Always wished Clark could have gotten more opportunity somewhere on the field but he seemed to a bit of a tweaner - a really good athlete who was pretty good at lots of things, but not quite 'elite' enough at any one thing to crack into the regular rotation at any given spot.

 

[cdub55]

Love Jalen but my two favorites of the Saban era are Blake Sims and Ronnie Clark. Those two guys epitomized what “team” is all about. Sims and Clark stayed the course, did everything CNS asked them to do, including changing positions multiple times.

Truly selfless in every definition. I will always have a special place for them in my heart.

A far cry from what we are experiencing today.

Go ahead and throw in Corey Reamer in that group for good measure...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I hate admit it, but Scam was a good qb and his passing, running, and instincts were better than Milroe

He made far better decisons, no doubt...

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Love Jalen but my two favorites of the Saban era are Blake Sims and Ronnie Clark. Those two guys epitomized what “team” is all about. Sims and Clark stayed the course, did everything CNS asked them to do, including changing positions multiple times.

Truly selfless in every definition. I will always have a special place for them in my heart...

Blake is in the top echelon for me as well for all the reasons you list. Plus, his TD throw to Kenyan Drake against Florida was not only the right read (remember those???) but also was one of the best thrown passes you'll ever see...

 

[92tide]

do we care.


I'm going with countrytider here, and think that while the D shoulders a good bit of it, the offense should hold just as much.

We had 4 possessions (not counting the kneel down) in the first half.

Our first possession ended with 6 points for them on a horrific throw from JM (lucky bounce, yes, but still an awful throw) so that's why we had to play from behind - we're down 13, but half that is on the O.

Next possession, score. 7 - 13

3rd possession, after Vandy ran almost 10 minutes of clock to score (7-20), we go THREE AND OUT barely a minute TOP and lost 3 yards. Vandy is winning the field possession battle and gets a field goal after a short drive. (7-23)

We score next up (14-23), D forces a punt, we kneel. half score, 14-23, but 6 of the 23 are 100% on the offense, 3 are linked pretty tightly to the O giving Vandy great field position.

take that out, tie game.

Second half, we start and score to pull within 2 points. (21-23)

D does it's job and forces a punt, although it takes 9 plays and close to 6 minutes and they pin us deep. still losing field position battle.

Offense - THREE AND OUT, -1 yard and barely a minute TOP. We had the chance to take the lead and didn't move the ball at all. One run play, an incomplete pass, then another illegal forward pass on JM. Now we give Vandy a VERY short field at our 45 and they score, 21-30

We answer on the next possession, but only take 1:52 off the clock. (28-30).

D holds on for a field goal (TD called back) (28-33).

Now we have another chance to take the lead, and the offense folds again. 3 plays, 28 yards, but ends with a sack/fumble and consumes less than a minute of clock time.

We give Vandy a short field, again, and they score (28-40)

We answer (35-40), but don't try for onside kick and the D can't get a stop.

Wrap it up, and Vandy punted twice, as did we. Difference was they had two drives end in FGs where we had two drives end in turnovers that led directly to Vandy points (I mean just take back the pick six)

We had 4 of our 9 possessions that were only 3 plays (2, 3 and outs and two TOs). Sorry, but that's just a failure and there's no other way to look at it.

vandy punted another time but we had the idiotic two players with the same number penalty which negated the punt, and then they scored. i put those points directly on special teams. i think we had another bone headed special teams play that screwed us royally in that game too

 

[Bamabuzzard]

vandy punted another time but we had the idiotic two players with the same number penalty and negated the punt, and then they scored. i put those points directly on special teams. i think we had another bone headed special teams play that screwed us royally in that game too

2+2=?