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[BamaMoon]

Muschamp is going to stroke out in that Texas heat!

WM is scary.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Pretty sure it's in his contract that he has to go along with their attempts to create controversy. He was singing a completely different tune on his own show.

Pate takes OU and GMac picks Bama. Pate doubles down on what he says on First Take this morning.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Pate takes OU and GMac picks Bama. Pate doubles down on what he says on First Take this morning.

If I'm an independent party Im picking OU. They're playing at home, they have one of the best defenses in the country, we have one of the worst offensive lines in the country, with zero running game. If I'm not a fan I'm expecting OU to win by 8-12 points.

This Alabama team is nowhere close to a championship team. Though I'll be rooting like heck for us to win. I've also watched enough football to know what a championship team looks like and this isn't one. But lets see how far we can go anyway! RTR

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Weber State has hired one of the top HS coaches in the country...

Corner Canyon's Eric Kjar named head football coach at Weber State

One of the most successful high school football coaches in the state of Utah is getting called up.

www.ksl.com

Corner Canyon HS is about a mile from my house. Really beautiful school and stadium and views. Indoor practice facility... all the things. He's won 6 of last 8 state titles in top division, including two 3-peats. 112-10 overall record. They played in the first ever HS national championship game last week on ESPN. It's known as a QB machine around here. ... Zach Wilson, Jaxon Dart, Devin Brown (went to tOSU now at Cal) and several others including ZW's lil bro Isaac Wilson (Utah QB), and Helaman Casuga (signed w/ TAMU this year), etc. I always describe it as the Utah version of Hoover or Thompson.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2000972035179340096

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Corner Canyon HS is waiting until after tonight's game to contact CKD about their vacant HC position...

 

[UAH]

If I'm an independent party Im picking OU. They're playing at home, they have one of the best defenses in the country, we have one of the worst offensive lines in the country, with zero running game. If I'm not a fan I'm expecting OU to win by 8-12 points.

This Alabama team is nowhere close to a championship team. Though I'll be rooting like heck for us to win. I've also watched enough football to know what a championship team looks like and this isn't one. But lets see how far we can go anyway! RTR

Venables has made life rough on Alabama at Clemson and obviously at Oklahoma. I believe the Alabama offense will need to play measurably better in all phases in order to pull this one out. I am not sure that Grubb has a game plan in him to contend with Venables defense other than having the red hot QB as in the first game at Georgia. I expect a very painful game to watch that may not be decided until the final play.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Pate takes OU and GMac picks Bama. Pate doubles down on what he says on First Take this morning.

I meant about the coaching search. On his show; Pate makes it pretty clear that he doesn't believe DeBoer will seriously entertain this, but then when he goes on ESPN, he frames it completely different and stirs the pot. It's a strange phenomena and I see this happen with many in the media. ESPN has become the National Enquirer

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Venables has made life rough on Alabama at Clemson and obviously at Oklahoma. I believe the Alabama offense will need to play measurably better in all phases in order to pull this one out. I am not sure that Grubb has a game plan in him to contend with Venables defense other than having the red hot QB as in the first game at Georgia. I expect a very painful game to watch that may not be decided until the final play.

I think Venebles is a better DC than Grubb is an OC. But in Grubbs defense, its hard to show how good of a playcaller you are when your OL is as bad as ours. So I do give a lot of slack for that.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I think Venebles is a better DC than Grubb is an OC. But in Grubbs defense, its hard to show how good of a playcaller you are when your OL is as bad as ours. So I do give a lot of slack for that.

Grub needs to show that he can adapt and adjust...

 

[CoolBreeze]

If I'm an independent party Im picking OU. They're playing at home, they have one of the best defenses in the country, we have one of the worst offensive lines in the country, with zero running game. If I'm not a fan I'm expecting OU to win by 8-12 points.

This Alabama team is nowhere close to a championship team. Though I'll be rooting like heck for us to win. I've also watched enough football to know what a championship team looks like and this isn't one. But lets see how far we can go anyway! RTR

No doubt about any of that. I think all of us rational Tide Fans see this as an uphill battle. It has been a heck of a season, historic even. But we are not peaking at the right time. I certainly will be pulling for us though especially given the fact that the spooners own the record, are going for 3 straight conference wins and 2 games in the regular season against us, which would be a record.

 

[CB4]

I meant about the coaching search. On his show; Pate makes it pretty clear that he doesn't believe DeBoer will seriously entertain this, but then when he goes on ESPN, he frames it completely different and stirs the pot. It's a strange phenomena and I see this happen with many in the media. ESPN has become the National Enquirer

It’s the very reason I don’t watch any programming on ESPN outside of college football. Too much tabloid tv across all networks to have to deal with it sports.

 

[The Ols]

I meant about the coaching search. On his show; Pate makes it pretty clear that he doesn't believe DeBoer will seriously entertain this, but then when he goes on ESPN, he frames it completely different and stirs the pot. It's a strange phenomena and I see this happen with many in the media. ESPN has become the National Enquirer

On CBS Fornelli picked The Tide on expert picks, but OU in his picks of the week? Same guy a click away w/opposite picks and previews.

 

[bamajas]

I meant about the coaching search. On his show; Pate makes it pretty clear that he doesn't believe DeBoer will seriously entertain this, but then when he goes on ESPN, he frames it completely different and stirs the pot. It's a strange phenomena and I see this happen with many in the media. ESPN has become the National Enquirer

I'm not following you, here

He didn't change his take. He talked about CKD on his show, and he talked about fans on ESPN. Two different conversations... and he's not wrong, if people want to be sharp-tongued after a loss--similar to that Andy Staples report about boosters post-FSU...then they have to think carefully because the UM job is still open. That doesn't affect his opinion (likely shaped by conversations with CKD himself, I believe) about CKD's future. He came across as condescending on ESPN, sure, but I don't see how he's being inconsistent

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I'm not following you, here

He didn't change his take. He talked about CKD on his show, and he talked about fans on ESPN. Two different conversations... and he's not wrong, if people want to be sharp-tongued after a loss--similar to that Andy Staples report about boosters post-FSU...then they have to think carefully because the UM job is still open. That doesn't affect his opinion (likely shaped by conversations with CKD himself, I believe) about CKD's future. He came across as condescending on ESPN, sure, but I don't see how he's being inconsistent

I wasn’t happy with his take on Bama fans and Deboer. I think we’ve come a long way since the Fax campaign for Dubose!

 

[GrayTide]

On CBS Fornelli picked The Tide on expert picks, but OU in his picks of the week? Same guy a click away w/opposite picks and previews.

No offense, but who in the hell is Fornelli? I thought he was the retired FBII agent and friend of Gibbs on NCIS.

 

[JesstheWanderer]

Michigan Still Eyes DeBoer, Saban Chimes in

So irritating how they keep throwing shade at Alabama fans playing a role if he leaves… also interesting that they have been working on an extension that hasn’t been signed yet.

I still choose to take him at his word. He has challenges left unfinished here and I believe he has got the build going in the right direction.

Roll Tide! Let’s win tonight! I can’t stank Oklahoma or Michigan.

 

[The Ols]

No offense, but who in the hell is Fornelli? I thought he was the retired FBII agent and friend of Gibbs on NCIS.

Exactly…

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Dillingham signed an extension with Arizona State.

still no meatchicken coach

 

[CB4]

Still talking “DeBoer still target for Michigan” on College Game Day (only watching because I wanted to see what they say about our game last night). Pete Thamel “Alabama’s win makes the Michigan timeline more difficult”…

Really? Thanks Nostradamus.

So all these media keeping saying Michigan putting a full court press on DeBoer. So “who” is making the decision to go after DeBoer?

Michigan President? Uhh…he’s a lame duck interim most probably done by some time in 2026.

AD Warde Manuel? This guy is a bozo, on the hot seat and most probably getting canned soon.

The “Chicago Oracle” Ellison, his wife and the Barstool “One Bite Pizza” guy Portnoy? Yeah that’s a plan for success.

Who in their right mind would want to jump into that administrative cluster?

 

[CoolBreeze]

No offense, but who in the hell is Fornelli? I thought he was the retired FBII agent and friend of Gibbs on NCIS.

Sounds like a cheesy baked Italian dish.

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

I'm enjoying Michigan's discombobulation even more than I enjoyed State Penn's.