Bama Game Thread: Official PostGame Thread - Bama vs. Mercer...

[CoolBreeze]

History says nearly all of them had a bye week before playing us.The SEC teams anyway. I often wondered how they managed that.

Historically, yes. This year Georgia (as did we), Vandy, LSU (as did we) and OU all have off weeks against us in the regular season. Not sure of non-conference games.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

He was trying to do too much and get too much bang for his buck. He threw several deep passes down the sidelines he had no business throwing. Reminded me a lot of Milroe in the early going, just trying to do too much at one time. But I get it, he knew he only had a few series and he was done.

I think more people would have been left with a ‘wow’ impression had the WR caught his 1st risky throw over double coverage for a TD but the kid dropped it.

You still don’t want him routinely throwing into coverage but both Tua and Mac pushed the Ball like that at times but the WR caught it so you forget the risk.

The 2nd risky throw off the Manziel scrambling was a throw you just don’t want him making even though he got away it.

But I do agree he was trying maximize his minutes because he never gets to play and knew he wouldn’t be in for long.

I think he’s without question the front runner to start next season.

 

[oskie]

Any word when they might replay this game.

I am talking about seeing the replay on SEC Network.

I have not heard about the SEC Network schedule, but you can watch it as your leisure on Youtube.

My YouTubeTV record schedule shows the game airing Wednesday, Nov 20th at 11:00am, on the SEC Network.

 

[irvingtontide]

Ty seemed to know he wasn't going to be in there but just for a short time and was trying to get in as many deep shots as possible. Overall, his scrambling ability and field awareness was very encouraging and I think he'll be the front runner for the position. But I also think the other quarterbacks will put up a fierce competition that if Ty doesn't take the job they'll take it from him.

Yea that was my thought. He wanted to make a big play in the few mins he had and got caught up trying to force it. I think all three of the back ups could run CKD offense.

 

[Tidewater]

My YouTubeTV record schedule shows the game airing Wednesday, Nov 20th at 11:00am, on the SEC Network.

Sure.
I'm talking about the web page, www.Youtube.com. The game is there to be watched whenever anyone wants to watch it.

 

[gtgilbert]

I think more people would have been left with a ‘wow’ impression had the WR caught his 1st risky throw over double coverage for a TD but the kid dropped it.

You still don’t want him routinely throwing into coverage but both Tua and Mac pushed the Ball like that at times but the WR caught it so you forget the risk.

The 2nd risky throw off the Manziel scrambling was a throw you just don’t want him making even though he got away it.

But I do agree he was trying maximize his minutes because he never gets to play and knew he wouldn’t be in for long.

I think he’s without question the front runner to start next season.

he took 4 downfield shots.

Overthrow to Prentice. Really needed to hit that one. Probably could have put just a bit more air under it, but some of that was also likely not having as many reps with Prentice to really know where to put the ball.

Got a PI on one that was a decent pass even though it was double covered late. WR probably should have made the catch

Sideline throw to the same WR. He really should have caught that one also.

Manziel scramble he connected to the TE. Under normal down and distance, yeah, not a great decision, but like CKD said, on 3rd and 15 putting it down there with a chance for a play isn't awful, especially after getting out of that pressure. Even if it's picked at the 1, it's just as good as a punt.

His other misses: the pass to the RB in the flat. It was slightly behind, but was catchable. Another was on a wild scramble outside, and Simpson was just a bit off. Probably catchable, but would have been a really good catch.

Overall, a pretty good performance with a couple of things to learn from. Most notable is that he gets set and ready to get the ball out very, very quickly. Wish he'd have gotten a couple of drives in some of the bigger wins where we had opportunity so he'd have even more experience going into next year.

On another note, 58 has a LOT of work to do to be an LT. He gave up a ton of pressure, often.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I remember that period of time when so many Bama opponents had a bye the week before playing Alabama. I don't think it was a random occurrence year after year. Seems like Alabama admin finally raised a stink about it to the SEC office and it got balanced out a bit better.

Yeah, Roy Kramer did that to us...