Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread - Bama vs. Michigan...

[TideEngineer08]

Not going to lie, but if I am a receiver, I would be hitting the transfer portal.

I keep seeing this but the team wanted this…

 

[bamajas]

This inconsistent play happened all year. A team cannot sustain that style of play and not expect it to come back and bite them at some point. It bit us against Texas then again tonight. Championships teams don't have that pattern of play.

Yep, there wasn't a game when we didn't have the offensive lulls. Maybe UK is the exception? I didn't get to watch it closely. But it's why we only beat UGA by 3, why LSU stayed in it so long in the first half, why we almost lost to AU

 

[Tidewater]

Last thing I'm going to say. It's ridiculous that we didn't have someone who could snap the ball. Embarrassing even.

I think my advice to those playing center at Alabama is, over the next seven months, tie up a tire swing in your back yard and snap 100 balls through the tire every day. I'll send a Grad Assistant to fetch the balls for you.

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Coach Saban REALLY doesn't like Harbaugh.

And I don't either ... and while we are at it, Michigan Football sucks

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Coach Saban REALLY doesn't like Harbaugh.

Idk many who do like him. I'm slightly terrified he'll be the HC of my NFL team next season. Would have a hard time rooting for his success

 

[AlistarWills]

I think my advice to those playing center at Alabama is, over the next seven months, tie up a tire swing in your back yard and snap 100 balls through the tire every day. I'll send a Grad Assistant to fetch the balls for you.

That’s a muscle memory situation with the number of times you should be snapping the ball during practice. At least it should be.

 

[Oregon Tide]

They don't have the offense to keep up with either team.

Might not need it. Many of us said the same about this game (I did).

 

[BamaTilDeath]

I'm disappointed Bama was confused on both sides of the ball after a month to prepare. I've never seen that during Saban's era. They were punched in the mouth at the LOS too. Michigan scored in OT after two consecutive run plays. Bama didn't make them earn it at the end. This team still overachieved after advancing pass the chaos of the beginning of the season.

 

[Tidewater]

Not much to say - Michigan is a well-coached team that was better prepared and outplayed Bama.

Yep. Tip your hat and say, "Good game."

 

[braggtd]

I can’t emphasize what @B1GTide is saying here enough. If Milroe is going to take that next step to reach his potential, then 1) he has to get past this “I’m comfortable with the deep ball” mentality. Learn to use the entire field and the entire playbook. 2) he MUST become a true zone read QB. Every “read” call is predetermined for him.

He can't... As much as we don't like Bob, he is a pretty good judge of talent proven by his career accolades. He's not wrong about Jalen. He's like a very poor man's Jalen Hurts or Tim Tebow. He is blind to the field, has average arm strength (at best), above average speed and strength, and dare I say average heart. He let up on some early runs that I can never unsee. Having said this...I'd love nothing more than the kid to prove me wrong.

 

[CrimsonCleanse]

Just like in 2014, we had a month to prepare and we lost to a just ok B1G team. At least this loss wasn't to a 3rd string QB, but it still stings. Nahh... actually it stings worse than the loss to tOSU in 2014

 

[braggtd]

When we started running #22 Haynes for 8-10 yards a clip, I said we have this in the bag. He is my guy; our best runner by far. I cannot fathom why we got away from that.

Yeah that confused me too... Dude came out of nowhere and slayed the defense and then we just stopped using him. Did he get hurt? I've always heard to stick with the hot hand so really can't fathom while we decided to fold from the hot hand...

 

[CrimsonCleanse]

How's that saying go? Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan. Sigh....

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Yeah that confused me too... Dude came out of nowhere and slayed the defense and then we just stopped using him. Did he get hurt? I've always heard to stick with the hot hand so really can't fathom while we decided to fold from the hot hand...

Someone compared this game to 2014. Well it definitely was. We stopped running a back that the other team could not stop.

 

[Tidewater]

He can't... As much as we don't like Bob, he is a pretty good judge of talent proven by his career accolades. He's not wrong about Jalen. He's like a very poor man's Jalen Hurts or Tim Tebow. He is blind to the field, has average arm strength (at best), above average speed and strength, and dare I say average heart. He let up on some early runs that I can never unsee. Having said this...I'd love nothing more than the kid to prove me wrong.

I hate to say it, but against the Barn, when Milroe scrambled, he was within a yard of the first down and went into a fetal position, rather than deliver a lick to the Barn safety who was coming over to tackle him. The guy I was watching with said, "That reminds me of Cam Newton in the Super Bowl. That guy is afraid to get hit."

 

[Perrett4Bama]

That fumble was key play of the game imo.

The three 5-yard Drive killing penalties didn't help either. One on Booker one on the center and one illegal substitution. I think we gained over 10 yards on each one of the drives but because of the five-yard penalty drives were either killed or we had to settle for three. Little mistakes like that end up being huge in the end.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

That’s the kind of playcall you leave Rees in Pasadena…

Hate to break it to you but Reec was not the problem.
Reec helped get us here.

Our OL regressed in the month off, Milroe regressed in the month off.
Our Defense seemed to regress also.

 

[day-day]

I've rewatched the last play several times; I don't see that snap being as bad as many are making it out to be. The snap was a little low but there was no difficulty in handling it. Milroe took off for the line of scrimmage immediately.

 

[countrytider]

You're exactly right. That was where the play design was supposed to go and instead he ducked his head and ran right into the back of the line.

How do you know this? From everything Coach Saban says it sounds like the called play was what we got..

 

[81usaf92]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1742001792093737312

maybe too soon, but you got to give them credit.