Looking at the short passing game that LSU utilized last night there is a night and day difference. Bama is facing the prospect of teams coming into Denny Stadium and dominating the game. We have seen that play before and it is a bitter experience!
JessN: Florida State wrap-up: Suddenly the Questions Are Too Many to Answer
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According to ESPN, yesterday was the first time in 45 years that the Alabama defense gave up a TD on the first drive of the season.
All of the wrong records are being broken.
All of the wrong records are being broken.
Using " the offensive line looked like the Philadelphia Eagles" was a nice, or painful, way to get the point across. Bravo, @JessN , bravo.Florida State wrap-up: Suddenly, the Questions Are Too Many to Answer
by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief
August 30, 2025
There was always the chance that the addition of some 50 new players and offensive mastermind-slash-mongoose Gus Malzahn was going to give Alabama a much kind of different game than the one it was expecting. But Alabama never expected this.
Florida State controlled this game. It was no fluke, no joke. The mongoose Malzahn killed another cobra. And he really didn’t even have to get that creative about it.
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Florida State wrap-up: Suddenly, the Questions Are Too Many to Answer
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Good stuff Jess. This game exposed this staff and their leader in my opinion. They will need to make the adjustment or be gone...that is, as long as we can afford to fire him.
There's a video going around of Lawson getting destroyed by a lead blocker on a simple end around .....
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By Roydell of all people on a 4th and short on their own 34 yard line.
yep, met him in the backfield and roydell ended up getting 3 or so yards iirc
I remember Milroe talking about the laid back practices with music when DeboER rolled into town. Sorry but that's not the Bama way. Discipline and hard work is. Congrats to FSU for being ready to play. We were not.
Roydell plays hard. He was instrumental in avoiding a bad loss vs USF in ‘23.
Been wishing him the best since.
Linebacker play was nearly non-existent. I was astonished.
Am I the only one who thinks Ryan Williams either played hurt most of the game ... or played scared? I couldn't believe the times the ball was in his hands, then on the grass.
Am I the only one who thinks Ryan Williams either played hurt most of the game ... or played scared? I couldn't believe the times the ball was in his hands, then on the grass.
We are about to truly learn how good DeBoer, Grubb and our other coaches are. I coached (different sport) for 18 years.
I have had to scramble lineups ... scrap strategies ... refocus assistant coaches ... retrain players to concentrate on the skills they were actually good at (versus the "show boat" skills they kept trying to perform ... badly) ... and adjust approaches to teamwork. All while trying to keep the players' spirits up and inspire them to top performance.
If I'd been wildly successful at the above I'd probably be coaching at some top college, instead of being a Seniors Pickleball competitor....
I have had to scramble lineups ... scrap strategies ... refocus assistant coaches ... retrain players to concentrate on the skills they were actually good at (versus the "show boat" skills they kept trying to perform ... badly) ... and adjust approaches to teamwork. All while trying to keep the players' spirits up and inspire them to top performance.
If I'd been wildly successful at the above I'd probably be coaching at some top college, instead of being a Seniors Pickleball competitor....
I also think FSU put all of their chips in on winning this game. Specifically, going out and getting Malzahn, and a mobile quarterback that Malzahn could work with. Everyone knows that’s Bama’s weakness. That being said, I believe Bama would have lost to almost anyone Saturday. It was a really dismal effort.
Just watched Some of ND v Miami. Hard to say this….cant see us beating either of those perennially overrated and soft teams. Now we’re the overrated soft team. SMH.
I have no confidence left in this coach. He has changed the culture at Alabama in practically one year. From watching his confused do nothing demeanor on the sideline, I don't believe he has any ability to correct this. He has no clue about how to get his players to even give competitive effort. He doesn't meet with poor performing players during the game to coach them up.
Please do the honorable thing and go ahead and announce your resignation at the end of the year. You don't have a clue how to coach here!
Please do the honorable thing and go ahead and announce your resignation at the end of the year. You don't have a clue how to coach here!
After the loses last year to Vanderbit and Oklahoma, and now FSU, I think the Bama Nation has been shook to it's core. We expect to have "The Coach" and not just a coach. We want legends!
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