re: For everyone scared of West Georgia

Yep. Their only touchdown came on a fluke tipped pass that their player caught and ran in for a touchdown on a third and long.

To be fair, we play a cupcake this week. Our opponent is much worse than the one Auburn is playing.

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To be fair, we play a cupcake this week. Our opponent is much worse than the one Auburn is playing.

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Understood, but AU still had a bye this past week while we had a hard fought physical game with a top 10 team

How inconsistent can you be? If you say the defense giving up 38 was an anomaly, you have to say the same about AU scoring 31. And Alabama has a better D than Vanderbilt.

In the end, the most important factor is that the best TEAM almost always wins this game. TEAM meaning a combo of talent and cohesion. IMO, in 2 of the 3 Alabama losses at J-H in the last 17 years the following was true:

2013: Alabama had more talent but there was a lack of cohesion on the team at least partly due to the QB.

2017: Alabama had more talent but the Jalen/Tua controversy had many of the coaches and players who wanted Tua about to mutiny against CNS. It’s easy to have sympathy with CNS who waited til it was almost too late (2nd half of NC game) to make the change. If there was ever a high profile player that he almost regarded as a son because they were so much alike, it was Jalen Hurts. I believe that JH’s conscience bothered him not because he was wrong, it wasn’t his call, but because to his credit, he knew Tua was better for the team. So, he was conflicted and had lost all confidence heading into AU. AU had the less talented, tho they were good, but better TEAM. because they were more on the same page.

IMO, this Alabama team appears to be very close - at least equal to AU.

frick you, troll

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In the end, the most important factor is that the best TEAM almost always wins this game. TEAM meaning a combo of talent and cohesion. IMO, in 2 of the 3 Alabama losses at J-H in the last 17 years the following was true:

2013: Alabama had more talent but there was a lack of cohesion on the team at least partly due to the QB.

2017: Alabama had more talent but the Jalen/Tua controversy had many of the coaches and players who wanted Tua about to mutiny against CNS. It’s easy to have sympathy with CNS who waited til it was almost too late (2nd half of NC game) to make the change. If there was ever a high profile player that he almost regarded as a son because they were so much alike, it was Jalen Hurts. I believe that JH’s conscience bothered him not because he was wrong, it wasn’t his call, but because to his credit, he knew Tua was better for the team. So, he was conflicted and had lost all confidence heading into AU. AU had the less talented, tho they were good, but better TEAM. because they were more on the same page.

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Those were also 2 very good Auburn teams. One that was a kickoff return away from a national title and another that barely missed the playoff and had just beaten Georgia by 30 a few weeks earlier.

Listen dipshit, I've been here a while and come and go as I please. Gfy...

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I don’t care at all about these games from past 30 something years. They don’t mean anything really.

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Then this topic wasn’t for you.

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My concern comes from being a team that cannot run the ball playing in hostile environment on the road against a good defense. If we cannot run the ball (again) and they don’t have to respect run, then they will tee off with pash rush. Oline is a 1/2 second slow in pass pro on the road with crowd noise and silent count - and all pass, no run is a recipe for problems.

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The ability to run the ball is not why we lost to OU. Daniel Hill averaged 4 ypc. Jam needs less touches and we need to stop turning over the ball. It’s hard to win a game when you’re -3 in turnovers.

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Our other wins in Jordan-Hare

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Winning is indeed winning but I would much rather not lose 10 years off my life watching Alabama play in Jordan-Hare.