re: Alabama Gymnastics (2024-25)

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Listening to the press conference it sounds like a lot of them were sick last week.

Also talked about scores being low across the country and how the officiating has changed this year with new training the officials went had to do.

Go to Georgia next, then get LSU. I hope they have a better week of practice

Couple of links that found on the scoring being down. Also at the bottom is a link to the the top 25 with average scores and highest.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-gymnastics-news-ncaa-gymnastics-scoring-raises-alarms-as-week-one-ends/

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NCAA gymnastics is making a lot of noise right now, but not in the way most people thought it would. The 2025 season kicked off on the 4th of January with a major shock: no perfect 10s were awarded in the first week. Insane! This is the first time that’s happened since 2017, and it’s a pretty big deal, especially since perfect scores have become almost expected in recent years. In 2022, there were 71 perfect 10s, 84 in 2023, and 87 in 2024. So, to kick off this season with zero? That’s a massive change that’s getting a lot of people talking.

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Even one gymnastics fan added on X, “fyi this is the 1st season since 2017 that no 10.0 was awarded in the 1st week of meets. don’t wanna get my hopes up but we could be seeing a 2005-level of cracking down on high.” It’s kind of wild to think about how many 10s were handed out in 2003 and 2004—in 2004 alone, 98 routines got a perfect 10. By 2005, the perfect 10 count had dropped from 98 to just 18, signaling a pretty major shift

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolineprice/2025/01/05/ncaa-gymnastics-perfect-10-streak-ends-after-nearly-four-years/

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Though the lack of tens was surprising, it was just the tip of the iceberg in a potentially sweeping change. Statistically, the week one scores were historically low across the country. Despite a strong performance that put them at the top of the podium, defending NCAA Runner-Up California recorded their lowest opening score in four years. The No. 10 UCLA Bruins, led by Olympic Champion Jordan Chiles, delivered their third lowest opening score in more than 15 years.

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https://roadtonationals.com/results/standings/season/2025/3/0/5

Good eye

I hope they get things fixed.

I have no qualm in giving judges grief. But three meets into the season, this squad needs to start consistently sticking their landings on vault, start staying in bounds on floor ex - and better yet, land on your feet instead of your bottom. Stop wobbling on or falling off the beam and stop having overtly obvious mistakes on bars. Do those things and I would have an easier time challenging the judges.

As a Fan, I would like to see perfection for every routine in every meet. I also know that’s not going to happen. I also cynically think some teams like OU don’t have their “beam wobbles” and “small hops on landings” judged quite as harshly as others.

This team is struggling with fundamentals. Maybe they are getting psyched out during meets or maybe there needs to be a different approach. There’s still time to correct the trajectory, but the trajectory is currently headed in the wrong direction.

I have heard from someone who would definitely know that the team had a flu outbreak last week. They were all on the upswing for the OU meet, but endurance was an issue. Hopefully, this low 196 trend will be a thing of the past starting this week.

It was mentioned multiple times during the broadcast as well.

On the road this week

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UGA looks better than us. LSU on deck and Missou after that. Yeesh.