re: Well, how did your team play vs your expectations week 1?

Thought Gunner looked good. Frazier looked good. Defense is filled 2 deep with future pros.

#10 Williams for UGA is gonna be an issue for people.

Was honestly disappointed/concerned until the coaches stopped whatever hyper conservative nonsense they were trying throughout most of the first half. After they opened it up a bit (and they stayed super vanilla) the offense really shined.

Pass rush was better than expected. Faizon was better than expected. The rest -- competition was too weak to really get a feel for.

Our opponent wasn’t great but we executed at a high level and both lines looked really good. We also played the whole roster.

So I’m good with that.

Better than I expected in the run game. Defense was very good.

I did not expect us to make so many unforced mistakes.

Glad they happened in Game 1 though.

I expected RCW to still have the dropsies. It's incredibly rare at the college level for players to improve ESP. now in the NIL/TP era. So I was not surprised. I was surprised the good RCW did was as good as it was: leading the game in yards receiving and his punt returns were surprisingly solid.

I hope Grubb finds an NFL job after this season though. His play calling is still terrible and I do not expect that to change. He's the worst OC we've had since Arians.

DeBoer is the best we can do for now. We wiffed on Kiffin and Cignetti but we were never going to pursue Kiffin no matter what. Too much bad blood between him and the administration. I am satisfied for now that DeBoer will keep Bama at above average. I don't expect much out of him except for a few playoff appearances.

Offense met expectations. The run blocking was the priority, and they handled that well. Need to improve communication in pass blocking.

Defense exceeded expectations. They looked focused. It was a game with a talent advantage, but they didn’t play down to the competition.