#25 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. #1 Florida Gators game thread II

[TIDE-HSV]

I think the pressure defense, and the failure to handle it cost us the game. You can call it sloppy handling, but it was because they had hands in all the time. The officiating is another question...

 

[Ldlane]

Really some bad decisions against the pressure defense. Looks like we wanted to take the ball up the side of the court every time! We had people open up the middle of the court.

 

[AlabamaSooner]

Honestly, I would have rather been blown out than to make it close like this and rip my heart out. I hate when I get teased like this. "Oh, but it was a close game"...it's still a loss.

 

[The Duke]

Bama - 67
UF - 74

Green fouled. Shoot two for Florida.

.16 seconds left.

 

[TideNFla]

Not tough enough mentally. Pity, coz they could have won.

 

[TommyMac]

Just like Ole Miss. Florida picked up the intensity and we couldn't match it. Hopefully we can build off of this one. It was a good effort.

Yep, once they ramped up their D, we started making dumb mistakes.

 

[UAEngineer113]

Way to blow an 18 point lead!

Seriously...what's the problem?



I'm glad baseball started last weekend...

 

[CornBiscuit]

for all you steele haters at least he is a senior. :biggrin:

 

[mjstide]

Well most people (including many on here) felt that this would be an ugly game. I think we played very well and we just made a few too many mistakes to beat the number 1 team in their house

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

Honestly, I would have rather been blown out than to make it close like this and rip my heart out. I hate when I get teased like this. "Oh, but it was a close game"...it's still a loss.

Not me. I'll take this effort any night.

 

[The Duke]

Bama - 67
UF - 76

Final.

 

[AlabamaSooner]

Congrats to Ole Siss after we have gift wrapped the West for them.

 

[pvilleguru]

for all you steele haters at least he is a senior. :biggrin:

no he isn't

 

[rkwilkerson]

I think the pressure defense, and the failure to handle it cost us the game. You can call it sloppy handling, but it was because they had hands in all the time. The officiating is another question...

I agree that Florida's defense turned the tables in their favor but they shouldn't have been allowed to get away with that aggressive defense b/c they were committing fouls that weren't being called.

Extremely hard to play against a basketball game when there is a one-sided aggressive defense.

Still, our offense shouldn't have crumbled like that, it was sad to watch, not sad...in a pathetic way, but in a "learning experience" kind of way.

 

[mjstide]

Way to blow an 18 point lead!

Seriously...what's the problem?



I'm glad baseball started last weekend...

Not hard to do...considering many others have done it. They are a great team and were getting some calls that helped their defense shut us down....they are the best team in the nation, would we have won this game on a neutral court???? i dont know but i think our chances are better

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Watching RS lose the ball several times, off his hands and also off passes that were off by just a bit, I realized how much "good hands" depend on good feet. His balance is off by just a tad and his weight is not just where he expected it to be. It's sad. A healthy RS and we win the game by 10. Or more...

 

[foley_boy]

Well at least we kept it close...maybe that will shut up all the "Bama fans" that said it would be an accomplishment to keep it under 30...probably not though...they'll find something else to complain about!

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

It just seems like we have big breakdowns at critical times. Our decision making has got to get better. Despite Steele disappearing in the 2nd half we still had all the chances in the world.

 

[BocaLance]

Good grief ... A 27-point swing. From 18-up to a 9-point loss.

 

[pvilleguru]

lets switch coaches with florida.