Recent content by nickcut

Terry Jones Jr was pretty good, but yeah, it's hard to compare with TEs without Tua vs TEs with Tua. Smith is on fire.

Definitely targeting, rule book definition. No question. Defenseless player + leading with crown of helmet + hit above shoulders = targeting. I agree, we all know why this call was reversed.

The Good: Our running game improved, defense played great The bad: Tua may have had a "bad" game? The ugly: The injuries / punting

A-day game... his placement of the ball and touch was unbelievable. But you just don't know if his play that day was a fluke or not. He had a pass to someone, I think maybe Jeudy, where it was a soft lob compared to darts he was throwing earlier, but it was just spot on, the perfect touch needed...

...and our esteemed color commentator completely whiffed on spoting Tua lining and and run blocking as a WR. McElroy, that is, not his predecessor.

I guess no matter how good you are, there are deficiencies to address. If you're a billionaire, I'm sure there are problems in your life too. We are the #1 team in the nation, our 1's haven't struggled against any team we've played, and yet we can still see glaring spots to improve. We will...

In addition to the three you've mentioned, BAMS Radio is really good, and Roll Bama Roll has interviews that can be pretty informative. Bama Beat... uh... can be good depending on who is hosting. There is a female host (i can't think of her name) that just feels completely out of place. Not...

The bizarre part, to me at least, was that the ball was placed at the 1. If they add 15 yards to the end of Irv's run, or in this case, where he fumbled the ball, it would have put the ball in the end zone. So in every other situation I can think of, they give you 1/2 distance to the goal line...

No, you don't. The simple solution would be to place the ball at the spot of the fumble if no side recovers before it goes out of bounds or into the endzone with the exception of being a safety if the ball exits your own endzone. Does anyone else remember that bizarre play last year in the...

I don't understand... unpack this. Why can't the ball be placed at the spot of the fumble if it does out of the endzone? If it happened at the 1" line or the 10 yard line, if the defense doesn't recover it why should the defense get possession? It's unlike any other penalty. It just seems to me...

Who started this trend? I heard Herbstreit mention on the UA/UL game broadcast it came from Miami in '17, but I remember us having a turnover belt in '16. I doubt we were the first to do something like this but does anyone know which team started it?

I'd be fine with that IF I knew the team understood this to be the case. But from stories that have emerged, regarding Barnett's comments and Hurts' infamous interview at fan day, there is obviously a lack of communication from the head coach (and therefore any coach) to the QBs on what the plan...

I'm grateful for the win BUT.... ...I can't get my mind around the fact that Saban won't name a starting QB and had only had feeble praise for the way Tua played at his post game presser. I just don't get it. I understand that it's too early after the game to make such a statement, but this QB...

Re: Alabama QB competition article (ALL QB posts here, please) It's the betting line for him winning the award. The actual chances of him winning the award is much, much, lower.

Re: Alabama QB competition article (ALL QB posts here, please) Do you realize you can say "meh, a player didn't execute properly" about EVERY. SINGLE. PLAY. in football?