Another Bama player lost for the year: Labryan Ray (Update: Out Indefinitely)

CoachJeff said:

According to Matt Zenitz of al.com he’s out for the year with a foot injury.

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jashleyren2 said:

The amount of injuries on defense is telling us something. Something besides "dang we are just screwed on that side of the ball." I don't know what it is, but you can't have this many injuries on one side of the ball and not wonder what is going on. It cannot just all be chalked up to "bad luck".

This will be an injury that will cost us. A ball control offense that can run, run, run, will keep our offense off the field. Sure, we can score in bunches, but anyone with a decent pass rush and ball control on offense can control the outcome. Not many on the schedule, but Texas AM and LSU come to mind, as well as the tricks that Malzahn can come up with. I do not see my alma mater making it to Atlanta this year. I believed before the injuries started piling up in August that this would be Saban's best shot at that one last title before he retires, because next year will be a complete overhaul on offense. 2 of the 4 main WR's are guaranteed to go NFL, and all 4 could. The QB will go NFL. One of the two running backs will as well.

Grim outlook on a Monday morning. Someone cheer me up.

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RollTide_HTTR said:

Swift and Etienne are going to eat us alive

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jashleyren2 said:

The amount of injuries on defense is telling us something. Something besides "dang we are just screwed on that side of the ball." I don't know what it is, but you can't have this many injuries on one side of the ball and not wonder what is going on. It cannot just all be chalked up to "bad luck".

This will be an injury that will cost us. A ball control offense that can run, run, run, will keep our offense off the field. Sure, we can score in bunches, but anyone with a decent pass rush and ball control on offense can control the outcome. Not many on the schedule, but Texas AM and LSU come to mind, as well as the tricks that Malzahn can come up with. I do not see my alma mater making it to Atlanta this year. I believed before the injuries started piling up in August that this would be Saban's best shot at that one last title before he retires, because next year will be a complete overhaul on offense. 2 of the 4 main WR's are guaranteed to go NFL, and all 4 could. The QB will go NFL. One of the two running backs will as well.

Grim outlook on a Monday morning. Someone cheer me up.

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TideEngineer08 said:

Don't assume every other team is going to be healthy for the rest of the year. Yeah, it sucks. No, it doesn't guarantee any outcomes. The games still have to be played, and I like our chances as good as anyone else's right now.

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jashleyren2 said:

The amount of injuries on defense is telling us something. Something besides "dang we are just screwed on that side of the ball." I don't know what it is, but you can't have this many injuries on one side of the ball and not wonder what is going on. It cannot just all be chalked up to "bad luck".

This will be an injury that will cost us. A ball control offense that can run, run, run, will keep our offense off the field. Sure, we can score in bunches, but anyone with a decent pass rush and ball control on offense can control the outcome. Not many on the schedule, but Texas AM and LSU come to mind, as well as the tricks that Malzahn can come up with. I do not see my alma mater making it to Atlanta this year. I believed before the injuries started piling up in August that this would be Saban's best shot at that one last title before he retires, because next year will be a complete overhaul on offense. 2 of the 4 main WR's are guaranteed to go NFL, and all 4 could. The QB will go NFL. One of the two running backs will as well.

Grim outlook on a Monday morning. Someone cheer me up.

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Saban4Ever said:

I wonder what the stats are for the top 10 teams who are actually in contention for making the playoffs as far as season ending injuries are concerned. I have not looked, but I bet BAMA leads the way with 4 so far.

I don't like to see any injuries for anyone on any team, but as far as football playoffs are concerned, I wish BAMA had better luck with injuries the past 4 years. It is just a mystery having so many injuries the past few years.

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jashleyren2 said:

The amount of injuries on defense is telling us something. Something besides "dang we are just screwed on that side of the ball." I don't know what it is, but you can't have this many injuries on one side of the ball and not wonder what is going on. It cannot just all be chalked up to "bad luck".

This will be an injury that will cost us. A ball control offense that can run, run, run, will keep our offense off the field. Sure, we can score in bunches, but anyone with a decent pass rush and ball control on offense can control the outcome. Not many on the schedule, but Texas AM and LSU come to mind, as well as the tricks that Malzahn can come up with. I do not see my alma mater making it to Atlanta this year. I believed before the injuries started piling up in August that this would be Saban's best shot at that one last title before he retires, because next year will be a complete overhaul on offense. 2 of the 4 main WR's are guaranteed to go NFL, and all 4 could. The QB will go NFL. One of the two running backs will as well.

Grim outlook on a Monday morning. Someone cheer me up.

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RollTide_HTTR said:

Swift and Etienne are going to eat us alive

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B1GTide said:

You can see the report here: http://www.statfox.com/cfb/injuries.asp

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B1GTide said:

You can see the report here: http://www.statfox.com/cfb/injuries.asp

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Tideflyer said:

Thanks B1G, interesting information. Look at " out indefinitely" and " out for season " and compare to UGA, Clemson, the barn, A&M, LSU. This does assume that all coaches are "up front " in their reporting. That may well be a large and inaccurate assumption!

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CrimsonForce said:

Have we fallen behind in regards to training and rehabilitation after injury? Clemson WR Amari Rodgers tore his ACL 6 months ago. He had a 80 yard catch and run vs Syracuse this past weekend. How does one come back from an ACL tear so quick when it takes our guys almost 2 years to get back to full speed? I understand there are different levels and degrees to ligament tears but I found it pretty amazing that Rodgers was not only back in 6 months but looks like he hasn't lost a step or any quickness. There has not been any talk of Moses possibly coming back in December or January which would be 6 months from his tear..

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CoachJeff said:

I don't think Bama has to worry about facing Etienne this year. Maybe not Swift either. Probably some Big10 back in the Outback Bowl or whatever bowl there is for teams that don't make the playoffs.

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