Auburn is never winning a national championship with Gus Malzahn as it’s head coach. But he sure as hell has Nick Saban’s number, and that’s really all that matters to them.
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One final thing, on the play at the end where Alabama had too many in formation and gives Auburn a first down: For the love of God, how does that happen? We have analysts on top analysts down there. How is it that know one picks up on that immediately? Even middling teams have coaches that pick up on trick formations immediately. We got coaches on top of coaches and we let a nose picking, booger eating coach from Toad Suck, AR do that?
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
Or with Bo Nix for that matter. He had a handful of good passes, but he was rather pedestrian to me. If we took care of our gaps and even got off the field a few more times on 3rd downs we win.
There was nothing about Auburn’s performance at all that was anything but pedestrian. What they did do, and this is to be commended, is they allowed us to bury ourselves. What’s the adage about not interrupting your enemy when he’s making a mistake? That’s what they did. Give Gus credit for that...
Yep - Alabama handed them the game. Auburn played poorly, but not poorly enough to lose.
I was just thinking about all the freaky weird stuff that has happened when we’ve played Auburn through the years. Is it just me or do those kind of things always go Auburn’s way? I won’t go through all the past ones because you all can remember them. In the latest edition the Auburn player gets a pass off Najee’s back and runs it back for a score. Maybe my memory isn’t so good these days but has Bama ever got one of those “gifts†through the years?
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And that's what is so maddening and frustrating. Hate doing the shoulda woulda could but....Bama should have beaten Auburn by 2 or more scores. Still would have given up over 30 points but should have scored in the 50s. Too many mistakes, untimely penalties, etc.
Further, Bama should have beaten LSU. That 1st half was full of the same mistakes and penalties we saw yesterday.
What is it about big games that cause this team to completely wet themselves these days. And even with all the mistakes and penalties and the horrid defense we were still in both games.
Lots of issues to take a look at for Saban this off season, hopefully he changes anything that needs changing.
I am reminded of Casey at Bat this morning while feeling about as low as can be:
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudvilleâ€â€mighty Casey has struck out.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudvilleâ€â€mighty Casey has struck out.
Winning obfuscates a lot of bad stuff. The loss to Auburn is going to force Saban to at least look at some things that might have otherwise gone unaddressed in years past. I am curious as to the choices that he will make over the next 6 weeks to address them.
This is wishful thinking. He’s too stubborn to do that with the defense. And the discipline has been an issue for years. It is what it is.
Frankly, my worst nightmare is getting matched up against the best Group of 5 team. We already have a history of underperforming in meaningless bowl games, and likely will be missing multiple starters. The crowing will literally never stop if we lose to either Memphis or Boise.
My hope is now UGA finds a way to beat LSU so they both make it into the playoffs. If that happens we will have a good shot at being invited to the Sugar, and would likely square up against a higher quality opponent. Let’s say Oklahoma wins the Big12 but gets left out, you can’t convince me a bowl game won’t be chomping at the bit to put Bama vs Jalen.
In that scenario if we lose to the Big12 champ like Oklahoma, there’s some honor in the loss. If we win, it goes farther to carry momentum into next year.
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I've had the same thought. I think that at least part of the problem is the way our schedule has become so back-loaded. The guys go along playing patsies and then, suddenly, they start facing real teams. I think the same factor hurt us last year...
I don't know. I wish I felt as confident as you did. No one works harder than Coach Saban. He works non-stop even when he isn't working. He has probably spent countless hours after the Clemson loss trying to put the pieces back together. What is it about this year that has been so un-Sabanlike in a year that they were supposedly wanting to get the Bama factor back?
The injuries in the summer killed us before we even got going. The other injuries along the way certainly didn't help. Tua getting injured against Tennessee pretty much ended our season. A healthy Tua vs. LSU would have most likely given us the win and a healthy Tua yesterday would have destroyed auburn. That hurts me to the core. Why, why. why? God has a plan, and I have to trust Him in all things but I just wish it didn't have to involve us losing our once in a generation player.
I'm still heartbroken and didn't sleep. I wish I didn't take it so seriously. God is still dealing with me on that. I love Alabama too much I guess. Roll Tide!
I slept fine, but I had a shot of limoncello and 2 glasses of scotch and a couple of beers.
Was thinking the same thing yesterday during the game. A big difference in the demeanor of this team and let's say 5 or 6 years ago.
At the end of the day, you are what you eat!
If he is honest about the situation he will have to change things.........he certainly did with the offense
Right there with you. The Tua injury did us in. But then we are back to mental fortitude. We were close but ultimately simply did not have enough to overcome that adversity.
You mean you didn’t have to get up and pee 15 times? :emoji12
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