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Encouraging or frustrating win?
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:43 am
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:43 am
I posted this in the by the numbers topic for this game:
South Carolina got EXACTLY what they needed to win this game. Defense had several guys play inspired and we did not start this game well at all. Let South Carolina go to the locker room in a 1 score game then proceeded to have another 2025 3rd quarter special.
We basically walked right into the trap, knowing the trap was laid, but came out the other end with the win. Fairly improbable given the trends of the DeBoer era thus far.
Did we turn a corner as program where there is more toughness and belief?
Did we just get incredibly lucky that a below .500 team did below .500 team things that handed us a game?
My take is it is a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Something is clearly different because DeBoer's teams have not shown that resolve when down on the road. However, it is frustrating that everyone was talking about how we need to respect this opponent and environment but they seemed unready for the opponent or environment at the kickoff.
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If their defense has an especially good game because 3-4 guys are playing a bit above their normal production due to individual motivation, all the sudden Sellers and his ability to make a half dozen individual effort plays at QB per game becomes a real concern.
Ultimately though, it is the same story every week: if the OL avoids jailbreaks that even Ty's quick processing and release can't beat then we're in very good shape to get a win. The better we play in the first half, the more likely we're not fretting the 4th quarter all too much. Bad start, probably a surprisingly tight game in the making.
South Carolina got EXACTLY what they needed to win this game. Defense had several guys play inspired and we did not start this game well at all. Let South Carolina go to the locker room in a 1 score game then proceeded to have another 2025 3rd quarter special.
We basically walked right into the trap, knowing the trap was laid, but came out the other end with the win. Fairly improbable given the trends of the DeBoer era thus far.
Did we turn a corner as program where there is more toughness and belief?
Did we just get incredibly lucky that a below .500 team did below .500 team things that handed us a game?
My take is it is a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Something is clearly different because DeBoer's teams have not shown that resolve when down on the road. However, it is frustrating that everyone was talking about how we need to respect this opponent and environment but they seemed unready for the opponent or environment at the kickoff.
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Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:56 am to Diego Ricardo
Alabama's 2nd to last drive was amazing, should have been doing that all game. The defense played well considering all the time they spent on the field.
However, Alabama doesn't win that game without SC gifting them 14 points.
However, Alabama doesn't win that game without SC gifting them 14 points.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:59 am to remaster916
I think we have to get use to games like this. We don't attempt to run the ball and we get cute a lot. Unless the qb is perfect we won't blow a lot of teams out.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:00 am to remaster916
Does it have to be either? We won, survived and got to the bye week. I was neither particularly encouraged or frustrated. During the game, sure. But coming out of it? No, a win is a win.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:02 am to Diego Ricardo
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Encouraging or frustrating win
The answer is yes.
Frustrating because Alabama is the better team by a significant margin.
Encouraging because they lose this game in 2024 (and in August 2025).
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:03 am to Bham Bammer
This 100%. Just win. It’s a survive and advance mentality these days. Long gone are the days of every game being over by halftime.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:03 am to Diego Ricardo
We definitely would've lost with last year's squad.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:05 am to Tide or Die87
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We don't attempt to run the ball
we ran the ball 23 times yesterday. It could probably be argued that we ran it TOO much considering the success we were having. But, I actually really like that Grubb doesn't really ever abandon the run completely even when its not working.
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we get cute a lot.
The vast majority of the time when we "get cute" it produces a positive play
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 11:06 am
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:06 am to remaster916
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However, Alabama doesn't win that game without SC gifting them 14 points.
I’ve got a problem with that viewpoint. Ripping the ball out isn’t a gift. Making a juggling interception and returning it for a TD isn’t a gift. They’re great defensive plays.
Also, if you’re going to use that measure to define gifts why doesn’t the punt fiasco not count as an Alabama gift to South Carolina?
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:11 am to JustGetItRight
Don’t respond to him. He’s an Auburn troll who has been harassing this website for years. And never gets banned.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:14 am to Diego Ricardo
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frustrating win?
No such thing. Anybody bitching about this win is delusional. Taken in a vacuum, some of these complaints could be legit. But coming off the run we have been on and getting that win on the road, with the gutsy comeback performance we just had, anybody frustrated with that win is a fricking fool.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:16 am to Diego Ricardo
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Did we just get incredibly lucky that a below .500 team did below .500 team things that handed us a game?
Or maybe we won because we made the winning plays….Alabama made the clutch drive for the game tying TD,Alabama forced the fumble, and Alabama scored the Game winning TD.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:16 am to JustGetItRight
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I’ve got a problem with that viewpoint. Ripping the ball out isn’t a gift. Making a juggling interception and returning it for a TD isn’t a gift. They’re great defensive plays.
This is 100% it.
Alabama got good pressure on that pick six that forced Sellers to throw it hot out to his escape valve.
Alabama executed the stand up and strip they seem to teach and encourage for our defenders.
By the same token, SCAR had a cat corner blitz that our backside failed to pick up. Just the perfect play to have on because LT and back aren’t expecting a corner to be crashing down out there.
Also, I am pretty sure that SCAR was hunting to cause that situation on the punt returns a few times yesterday. It seems like a fluke but they were trying to steal field position.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:19 am to Diego Ricardo
Like I said in another thread, this is the new norm courtesy of the portal and NIL. Stanky's dumbass did the conference no favors either bringing in OU and Texas along with forcing a nine game schedule on us.
Blowing out 9 out of 10 "inferior" P5 opponents is a relic of the past.
People forget even in the GOAT'S last season, he was one play away from losing to three godawful teams he absolutely should have whipped by three scores.
Blowing out 9 out of 10 "inferior" P5 opponents is a relic of the past.
People forget even in the GOAT'S last season, he was one play away from losing to three godawful teams he absolutely should have whipped by three scores.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 11:28 am
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:20 am to SECSolomonGrundy
This Bunch is different. We don't seem to just get better each week. It seems we just restart where we were the previous week and cover the same ground over and over.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:34 am to Diego Ricardo
I agree with most of this. I knew this would be a let down after the stretch we had plus playing rivalry game last week. I was little shocked by the crowd yesterday which played a factor (program seemed down after last week blowout loss at home) but reminder that Bama will get everyone’s best shot including players and fans each week.
There are lots of concerns as well. This reminded me a little of Arky 2014. Inferior opponent sloppy lucky won type game. That team ended up getting handled in the playoff.
There are lots of concerns as well. This reminded me a little of Arky 2014. Inferior opponent sloppy lucky won type game. That team ended up getting handled in the playoff.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:08 pm to JustGetItRight
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why doesn’t the punt fiasco not count as an Alabama gift to South Carolina?
Technically that was a ref gift. It should have been our ball for multiple reasons. The block in the back was clear as day, and you can't push a receiving team player into the ball unless he's actively blocking, which Mbakwe was not.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:31 pm to Robot Santa
Greg Sankey is the main problem. He sold the SEC out to the likes of Disney/espn/abc which we all know has their certain agenda. But he didn’t act alone. The universities of the SEC went along with it as well.
They’re not trying to determine a winner or loser in these games. They’re trying to affect if a team is covering or is not covering. The amount of money that’s being wagered is astronomical.
These officials are doing what they are told to do. Corruption in sports is at an all time high.
They’re not trying to determine a winner or loser in these games. They’re trying to affect if a team is covering or is not covering. The amount of money that’s being wagered is astronomical.
These officials are doing what they are told to do. Corruption in sports is at an all time high.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:50 pm to Diego Ricardo
They just went through a brutal stretch and were rewarded with a road game where South Carolina treated it like their Super Bowl. A win is a win.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:42 pm to remaster916
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However, Alabama doesn't win that game without SC gifting them 14 points.
thats just as much a part of the game as the refs refusing to call the s carolina player with a hand full of mbakwe's jersey forcing him into adams on that so called muffed punt.
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