re: A man's birthplace was Alabama....

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y'all are selling your team short. I don't know what kind of season you expected, but you've got a good shot at pulling down 8-4 or 9-3 in the regular season - which isn't bad at all for having lost your starting QB in game 1.

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I was expecting a season of suck, but take that with a grain of salt--i wanted Sumlin canned after the way last season ended. The spectacular pratfalls vs. UCLA added more fuel to that fire. It's a bit of a frustration because he's been here a hot minute and still can't win winnable games (except for Arkansas), hasn't built depth, has mismanaged QBs, and constantly fields a sieve of a defense. We're not asking him to beat Alabama every year, just not lose to unranked schools from Mississippi or look like dogshit against UTSA and Nicholls St (yes, I realize Nicholls is pretty solid in their own league, but still ).

That said, we do have a ton of talented youth, and if they grow up quickly, the SEC is down enough this year for him to win enough to save his job. If he somehow squeaks out 9 wins with losses to only UCLA, y'all, and, say, Auburn, then it'll be hard for the AD not to justify giving him another year.