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re: Anything less than 15-0 this year is a disappointment
Posted on 6/17/19 at 10:59 pm to RiverCityTider
Posted on 6/17/19 at 10:59 pm to RiverCityTider
Talent isn’t always enough. There’s a lot more to it than just stars. If it was, Appy State over Michigan and La Monroe over Alabama never happen.
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Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:50 am to RollTide1987
It will all come down to health. If we can get lucky this season and have very little attrition then I think we dominate all the way through.
Tua and T Lewis are vital. Gotta keep those guys up right.
Tua and T Lewis are vital. Gotta keep those guys up right.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 7:15 am to SummerOfGeorge
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And think what another 2009 would actually be in 2019 in all likelihood....... - 12-0 Regular Season - W vs #1 Florida (SECCG) - W vs #4 TCU/Boise (Semi-final) - W vs #3 Florida/#2 Texas (probably Florida again) (National Title)
Having to beat that Florida team twice would be brutal. I think Ohio State or Oregon would’ve been our semifinal opponent. The committee’s not letting in a G5.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 4:16 pm to TomRollTideRitter
I think out of our regular season Texas AM will be the hardest game believe it or not and I’d bet they have a chance in their Clemson game to win after getting completely hosed last year on the call.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 4:53 pm to CrimsonBoz
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I think out of our regular season Texas AM will be the hardest game believe it or not and I’d bet they have a chance in their Clemson game to win after getting completely hosed last year on the call
While I hear you, LSU returns the most offensive production in the SEC and is preseason top 10 on both sides of the football. Around Baton Rouge, they believe also that they have the best defense in all of college football and LSU's best unit in many years. LSU is absolutely stacked.
Granted, due to playing at College Station, what you said isn't outlandish - but LSU is hands down the second best team in the SEC West on paper and it isn't close. TexAM ought to have a really nice offense, but they were wet paper mache in the secondary last year and lost a ton off of their defensive front 7. I have lots of respect for TexAM and what they are building, and they are a dark horse Natty contender. However, LSU's contender status is a gleaming white stallion in 2019 - we just get them at home.
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:02 pm to CrimsonDynasty
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T Lewis are vital
I also want TLewis to stay healthy, but Jennings is back, Anoma is fixing to eat and could be the best of the bunch, and Chris Allen has shown flashes of getting it done. And then you add the depth of Parks, Harris (who's been on campus since January), and Mwikuta (summer enrollee) and I think we're fine at OLB for 2019. It's only 2 spots in regular and then the rabbit rusher package. We also have Sunseri back coaching them, and therefore I'm not worried at all about OLB at this juncture.
Sure, we've been crucified injury-wise at OLB in the last 2 years, but that's about the whole group, not T Lewis specifically.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:24 pm to prevatt33
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we just get them at home.
I'm not sure getting LSU at home is all that great. Seems like we lose more to them @ home than we do away.
I wonder what the actual numbers are, maybe I'll look if I get time later.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:54 pm to 3down10
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I'm not sure getting LSU at home is all that great. Seems like we lose more to them @ home than we do away.
I wonder what the actual numbers are, maybe I'll look if I get time later.
LSU has 25 total wins in their history, 16 of them came in Alabama's home years(games that were played in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Mobile).
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 6/18/19 at 7:52 pm to RollTide1987
Going undefeated takes a lot of luck in this day and age of college football.
Saban has had 8 or 9 squads that easily could have gone undefeated and only 1 managed to do it.
Even if you have the best team in the country, it's still freaking hard.
Saban has had 8 or 9 squads that easily could have gone undefeated and only 1 managed to do it.
Even if you have the best team in the country, it's still freaking hard.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:28 pm to prevatt33
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While I hear you, LSU returns the most offensive production in the SEC and is preseason top 10 on both sides of the football. Around Baton Rouge, they believe also that they have the best defense in all of college football and LSU's best unit in many years. LSU is absolutely stacked.
Prevatt, you forgot the O factor. That ought to be good for a 6 point handicap or so.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:33 pm to RollTide1987
I’d take an undefeated season in a heartbeat and losing makes me physically ill so don’t get me wrong here, but it sometimes a loss can propel a team forward and give a sense of urgency. Meanwhile going undefeated late into the season tends to be taxing and causes you to lose focus.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 9:25 am to FairhopeTider
Chasing perfection is always dangerous. Once you focus on perfection instead of excellence you end up with your focus in the wrong place and in sports that means you tend to play tight and worry too much about small mistakes.
I think that's why Saban seems to struggle more with teams that haven't had a loss going into the Championship games. Those teams seemed concerned about protecting a perfect record rather than striving for excellence and playing with focus. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but high-performing teams that lose a game usually learn to have a killer instinct and urgency.
I think that's why Saban seems to struggle more with teams that haven't had a loss going into the Championship games. Those teams seemed concerned about protecting a perfect record rather than striving for excellence and playing with focus. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but high-performing teams that lose a game usually learn to have a killer instinct and urgency.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 12:46 pm to RollTide1987
I absolutely hate and loathe this mindset. With that said, you are correct. I am spoiled and right or wrong it is what it is. Losing sucks but losing with the amount of talent we have sucks worse. I won't talk bad about the guys if they lose one next year but with our schedule and amount of elite talent, Georgia should be the only team to stay within single digits if we bring our game. Obviously any playoff team will be a challenge.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 5:10 pm to RiverCityTider
I wish I could disagree with this, but, when I take a look at our schedule - it's absolutely true.
We open with Duke. We have 3 cupcake games. The SECW with a depressed LSU, Auburn, OM, Miss State, and Arkansas make our road to hoe a good bit easier. (This wasn't the case in 2011, clearly - but it is what it is now)
The toughest game we will likely play is at Texas A&M in college station. Our east teams are South Carolina and Tennessee.
Going 12-0 should be an expectation.
From there, that's when things get tough.
UGA in Atlanta, followed by 2 games in the CFP.
My biggest fear is the same one I had last year and in 2016: We cake walk through an easy schedule, finally get hit in the mouth once the postseason starts, and don't have the "killer gear," when we get to the dance.
Because our season is essentially a 3 game slate at year's end, is what makes our season.
Nothing wrong with that, honestly. The dynasty Yankees, Lakers, Braves, Patriots, etc... all measured their success past what happened in the postseason, not the regular season.
"Rivalries," are like your favorite ice cream at your childhood home. They're more sentimental than they are objectively important. What we do against Georgia and Clemson is going to be more important than what we do against Tennessee and Auburn.
Championship or bust. Roll Tide!
We open with Duke. We have 3 cupcake games. The SECW with a depressed LSU, Auburn, OM, Miss State, and Arkansas make our road to hoe a good bit easier. (This wasn't the case in 2011, clearly - but it is what it is now)
The toughest game we will likely play is at Texas A&M in college station. Our east teams are South Carolina and Tennessee.
Going 12-0 should be an expectation.
From there, that's when things get tough.
UGA in Atlanta, followed by 2 games in the CFP.
My biggest fear is the same one I had last year and in 2016: We cake walk through an easy schedule, finally get hit in the mouth once the postseason starts, and don't have the "killer gear," when we get to the dance.
Because our season is essentially a 3 game slate at year's end, is what makes our season.
Nothing wrong with that, honestly. The dynasty Yankees, Lakers, Braves, Patriots, etc... all measured their success past what happened in the postseason, not the regular season.
"Rivalries," are like your favorite ice cream at your childhood home. They're more sentimental than they are objectively important. What we do against Georgia and Clemson is going to be more important than what we do against Tennessee and Auburn.
Championship or bust. Roll Tide!
This post was edited on 6/23/19 at 5:11 pm
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