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

[bamamc1]

If Bama gets left out, then they are liable to cancel it before the day ends tomorrow. Action would be very swift, so as to send a clear message. Unless, of course Greg Sankey is a corporate sellout, who doesn't have the best interest of the conference in mind.

sankey is a flat out JOKE.

 

[bamamc1]

Nope. James Madison gets an automatic spot if Duke wins

And that’s a damn disgrace.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

All we had to do is not look like crap. Did not even need to win, just don’t look like crap and we were a virtual lock. But then we looked like crap and now the committee has ammunition.

When the current committee uses rushing yards as a metric to punish a team, then you know we have a room full of idiots deciding this thing. What sucks is that all the teams folks are saying should be in over Bama were sitting at home today. None of them did enough to even make their conference championship game, or you’re ND and scared to join a conference.

So, what message does this committee want to send? Do they really want to set the precedent that it’s better to finish 3rd or worse in your league and lock in your playoff spot without having to worry about playing a CG? Is that the world of college football people want? Where you get more rewards for not doing enough to make your CG.

I think that is exactly the message they will send. I think ND moves to 9, Miami moves to 10, Bama falls to 11, and BYU falls to 12. But JMU and Tulane, 2 teams that do not deserve spots, get to steal the 11 and 12th spots leaving Bama out.

 

[bamamc1]

We also lost to the #13 team in the ACC who finished with a losing record.

This #13 team in the ACC also got blown out by Miami.

We also beat the SEC champs at their home field.

 

[bamacpa]

What do y'all think the chances are that Bama is in with the resume, after teams like A&M, Oklahoma and Ole Miss all sat home?

Not good. We haven't played well in over a month.

 

[ReturnToGlory]

The ACC champ lost to Tulane and UConn. That conference doesn't deserve a spot.

 

[Krymsonman]

Well, I didn't get to see it which may be a blessing, but I did get to hear about 2/3 of it. This was just a failure of epic proportions. This coaching staff obviously did not prepare for anything, and I think it's time to send the whole lot of them packing. Maybe keep Wommack as he does have the defense playing hard. But to have Deboer and Grubb - two supposed offensive masterminds - put out this kind of pansy show on offense is a total embarrassment. It's not like we don't know what Georgia does on defense. They have turned our offense into a bunch of soft, wilting pansies with no guts to step up and fight. And maybe it's time to sit Ty Simpson as he's become kind of Milroe-esque down the stretch. Maybe he's hurt or something, but something's been off with his game for several weeks now. I say put in KR and give him a shot now. I hope we still make the playoffs, but we have given the committee every reason not to put us in. Geez, all you needed to do was play a competitive game, but our coaches don't have the intestinal fortitude to get that done. That's enough rant for tonight.

 

[81usaf92]

Again I’m reminded of two things from the offseason in 2023.

The first was the closed scrimmage in the spring. Both Ty and Milroe stunk up the field horrendously.

The second was a staffer literally saying that Saban encouraged both quarterbacks to seek transfers because he was looking for a quarterback.

I think Ty and Milroe are two flawed quarterbacks with different problems. Ty is a quarterback that has no explosive ability; Milroe has explosive potential with limited quarterback ability. Saban also probably saw that the o line was 2-3 years away from being good. I think Sayin was the plan for Saban but he wasn’t going to spend another year hoping that his core talent wasn’t going to transfer out to seek better nil opportunities and wasn’t going to go through another year of Milroe.

 

[OconeeTide]

Again I’m reminded of two things from the offseason in 2023.

The first was the closed scrimmage in the spring. Both Ty and Milroe stunk up the field horrendously.

The second was a staffer literally saying that Saban encouraged both quarterbacks to seek transfers because he was looking for a quarterback.

I think Ty and Milroe are two flawed quarterbacks with different problems. Ty is a quarterback that has no explosive ability; Milroe has explosive potential with limited quarterback ability. Saban also probably saw that the o line was 2-3 years away from being good. I think Sayin was the plan for Saban but he wasn’t going to spend another year hoping that his core talent wasn’t going to transfer out to seek better nil opportunities and wasn’t going to go through another year of Milroe.

Come on down, Keelon Russell!




Boy that loss to Florida State is really coming back to haunt us.

 

[Tidewater]

All we had to do is not look like crap. Did not even need to win, just don’t look like crap and we were a virtual lock. But then we looked like crap and now the committee has ammunition.

When the current committee uses rushing yards as a metric to punish a team, then you know we have a room full of idiots deciding this thing. What sucks is that all the teams folks are saying should be in over Bama were sitting at home today. None of them did enough to even make their conference championship game, or you’re ND and scared to join a conference.

So, what message does this committee want to send? Do they really want to set the precedent that it’s better to finish 3rd or worse in your league and lock in your playoff spot without having to worry about playing a CG? Is that the world of college football people want? Where you get more rewards for not doing enough to make your CG.

I think that is exactly the message they will send. I think ND moves to 9, Miami moves to 10, Bama falls to 11, and BYU falls to 12. But JMU and Tulane, 2 teams that do not deserve spots, get to steal the 11 and 12th spots leaving Bama out.

I think you are probably right.

 

[Tidewater]

This is harsh, but probably correct.

Kalen DeBoer Should Have Benched Ty Simpson at Halftime, And It Cost Alabama the Game​

It is a truism that the most popular guy on campus is always the 2nd string QB. Nevertheless, assuming it is true that Ty is injured, Coach should have had the courage to tell Ty, "You are hurt and not playing well enough to win. I owe the rest of the team a chance to win this game. Matt will start the second half." That would have been leadership.
It would not mean Ty is a failure. It just means he is hurt. It would not mean the program is giving up on Ty. But the team matters more than one individual. Or it should.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Counsellor Troi keeps taking the test to become an officer with command authority, and keeps failing the test. She only passes the test when she shows that, if the situation requires, she will knowingly order one of the crew members to his death in order to save the ship and the rest of the crew. That is the hard truth about leadership. Coach DeBoer would do well to ponder this lesson.

 

[AlexanderFan]

This is harsh, but probably correct.

Kalen DeBoer Should Have Benched Ty Simpson at Halftime, And It Cost Alabama the Game​

It is a truism that the most popular guy on campus is always the 2nd string QB. Nevertheless, assuming it is true that Ty is injured, Coach should have had the courage to tell Ty, "You are hurt and not playing well enough to win. I owe the rest of the team a chance to win this game. Matt will start the second half." That would have been leadership.
It would not mean Ty is a failure. It just means he is hurt. It would not mean the program is giving up on Ty. But the team matters more than one individual. Or it should.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Counsellor Troi keeps taking the test to become an officer with command authority, and keeps failing the test. She only passes the test when she shows that, if the situation requires, she will knowingly order one of the crew members to his death in order to save the ship and the rest of the crew. That is the hard truth about leadership. Coach DeBoer would do well to ponder this lesson.

Only it was everyone else who forced Saban to bench Hurts.

 

[Tidewater]

Only it was everyone else who forced Saban to bench Hurts.

Fair point, but he did pull the trigger.

 

[teamplayer]

I hope he does, too, but if he didn’t figure that out after one season how many more losses will it take for him to get the picture?

That is the million dollar question. He seems to be a solid guy, but we keep getting these inconsistent performances. That was brutal.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I just can’t muster the passion to either advocate for or get upset about whether we make the ever expanding playoff or not. We haven’t looked good since November arrived with tiny spurts of “look at what we can do.”

So much of the loaded language (punish a team) is slightly amusing because that argument didn’t matter when (just one of many examples) UGA lost to us in 2012 and despite beating Florida head to head got the lesser bowl game (Citrus) because they lost a game that came down to the last play with a team headed to the national championship game.

College football partisans have always made the most convoluted arguments of any sports fans, but right now we are at a point where it is far easier to make a plethora of bad arguments and nearly impossible to make a consistent good one unless your team is undefeated.

There exists literally no need for conference championship games now. Alabama was only in that game because Texas beat Texas A&M. But had we not had to play that game, we would’ve still been in the playoffs and had an additional week to rest starters for the first round game.

None of this makes any sense whatsoever.

Your national championship game should be Indiana versus Georgia and the rest of it should be blown up.

 

[SkullDuckery]

Are we talking about Sayin here? Because I remember hearing about him having a meeting with DeBoer before he hit the portal.

I would really like to know what was said in that meeting.

He said he wanted to play for Saban. He was gone…Ohio state had already threw a large amount at him. Kalen was playing catchup….

 

[SkullDuckery]

They are so bad i honestly wonder how we even got to 10-2.
Proctor gets beat just about every play, and yet talking heads say he is a 1st round pick.
Im not seeing it.

Probably a guard or right tackle

 

[SkullDuckery]

Unless DeBoer makes some drastic changes over the next three weeks…we don’t need to be in the playoffs. We’d be undefeated with a decent run game.

 

[Tidewater]

There exists literally no need for conference championship games now. Alabama was only in that game because Texas beat Texas A&M. But had we not had to play that game, we would’ve still been in the playoffs and had an additional week to rest starters for the first round game.

That's the irony. Had the Aggies taken care of business, Bama is watching the SECCG from home and getting ready for the playoffs.
If the committee leaves Bama out, it will be hard to argue with them. Then what I would tell this Alabama team, "Want to be in the playoffs? Don't lose three games. Don't mail in the Fla. State game. Don't lose to Oklahoma in November (again)."
Do everything else the same and losing the SECCG won't keep you out.

 

[SkinnyFats]

There exists literally no need for conference championship games now. Alabama was only in that game because Texas beat Texas A&M. But had we not had to play that game, we would’ve still been in the playoffs and had an additional week to rest starters for the first round game.

If A&M had won, we would still have been in the Championship game. UGA would have been watching from home last night.