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Why did Saban never publicly advocate for Kiffin to get the Alabama job when he retired like he did for Kiffin to get the LSU job?
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This. 14 years later and they still haven't made it back to that level


It has been bad. In the 14 seasons since Petrino Arkansas has had:

Three 2-10 seasons
Eight seasons with 4 or less wins
Two seasons with 8 or more wins
Zero seasons with double digit wins
One season finishing in the AP Top 25 (21st).
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Definitely the smartest hire de Boer has made.


Alabama and Deboer were ridiculed here for hiring Wommack. He was from South Alabama and he would never cut it in the SEC. That was the most popular narrative.
Yes, this is more explosive. To leave an SEC team prior to a playoff appearance to go to a rival is much more explosive than SEC->NFL->SEC. Add to that social media is so much more prevalent now days and the level of outrage has increased as a result. Then season it all with Lane’s comments and tweets about Ole Miss and you have the recipe for hatred. So yeah, it is more explosive.

Can you imagine what LSU fans would have done if Saban had regularly trolled LSU his first year at Alabama like Lane has done to Ole Miss? They would have lost their minds.
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As for Alabama vs Kentucky, why is it the Cats are never on Alabama's schedule when Alabama is down?


Alabama played Kentucky in 2003 and 2004. Alabama went 4-9 and 6-6 those seasons, a total of 10 wins. Mike Shula was Alabama’s coach, and things were so bad we are grateful he took the job. Based on total wins, that was the worst two year period for Alabama since the 1950’s. Alabama went 2-0 against Kentucky those two seasons.

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UK plays when Thomas, Bryant, Saban, etc are coach. They never seem to land on the schedule of the lesser Alabama coaches


Thomas, Bryant and Saban combined to coach 57 seasons at Alabama. Add in Wade and Stallings for another 15 seasons. That is 72 seasons. It makes sense Kentucky had to play them a lot.
Some NFL talking heads predicted he wouldn’t have success in the NFL.

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Ahead of the 2016 NFL Draft, analysts and scouts questioned whether Derrick Henry would succeed due to concerns about his running style and positional value.

Scouting Concerns and Doubts

High Center of Gravity & Size: At 6-foot-3 and around 245 pounds, scouts worried his tall frame for a running back would make him an easy target for low tackles and limit his durability.

One-Dimensional Style: Draft evaluators labeled him a bruising, straight-line downhill runner who lacked elite lateral quickness and agility to make sharp cuts in crowded NFL backfields.

Passing Game Limitations: Critics doubted his receiving and pass-blocking abilities, viewing him strictly as a two-down hammer rather than a modern three-down weapon.

Specific Evaluations: Draft analyst Matt Miller famously declared that Henry was "not an elite RB prospect". Former Philadelphia Eagles scout John Middlekauff echoed similar doubts despite Henry's massive Heisman-winning season at Alabama, stating he didn't view him as an elite pro prospect. Meanwhile, former scout Dan Hatman suggested he wouldn't value spending an early pick on him, reflecting a wider front-office skepticism about drafting running backs high


re: Joe Burrows is so gay.

Posted by captdalton on 9/13/26 at 7:11 pm to
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WilliamTaylor21

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played in this gay arse





Alabama is now 40-2-1 against Kentucky all-time. They went 75 years between win number one and win number two. It has been 29 years since that last win.

The series has been a bit one sided.

re: Joe Burrows is so gay.

Posted by captdalton on 9/13/26 at 7:01 pm to
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What are his pronouns?


Was/were
The numbers don’t lie.
Henry scored 3 touchdowns today, giving him 125 rushing touchdowns for his NFL career and moving him into 3rd place all time. His 129 total touchdowns is 9th all time.
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Remember when Bear Bryant wore a football helmet entering and exiting the field at Jawja Tech because they were throwing whiskey bottles at him.


That was before my time but I have read and heard about it.

There was a lot of bad blood between Alabama and Georgia Tech back then. Enough for Georgia Tech to leave the SEC.

The atmosphere was probably not too different then than it is now with LSU and Ole Miss.
I think they also installed some awnings/netting up around the tunnel were the teams enter and exit the field to keep thrown objects from hitting players/coaches.

re: Joe Burrows is so gay.

Posted by captdalton on 9/13/26 at 5:33 pm to
Is he playing quarterback or hosting a daytime talk show these days?
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Dude is trolling


A little. But it is rooted in truth. There was already very bad blood between LSU and Ole Miss. The past two weeks seem to have galvanized LSU fans even more. There are a LOT of LSU fans discussing what they can do to get back at the SEC, Sankey, Ole Miss, and Tennessee.

Fan on fan violence is nothing new. That is one of the reasons why Alabama and Auburn suspended the Iron Bowl for 41 years. There were not just fights between fans during and after the game, but fights between players and fans after the game.
It would be inappropriate if someone used AI to add Kiffin to this iconic Ole Miss photo. No one should do that, it would just be throwing gas on the fire if someone created an image of Moore pissing on Kiffin or Landry.



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but anyone who thinks it’s not LSU fans that need to stay safe this weekend is a special kind of stupid


Yeah, um…



It does seem like the kind of atmosphere where some bad decisions could be made..

Last night wasn’t the first time someone threatened to poison the Grove. From the Google box:

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In 2014, an anonymous letter sent to Ole Miss threatened to poison the iconic oak trees in The Grove. The FBI investigated the note, which was signed "Hail State Go to Hell TSUN," implying it came from a Mississippi State fan rather than an LSU fan.
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What do billboards have to do with any of the rest of your ramblings here?


A fanbase who is pissed off enough to organize a successful gofund me to put up billboards and fly banners over the Grove is pretty motivated. What is the plan currently? Two billboards in Birmingham, one in Knoxville, one in Oxford, and the flyover banner?

When you get a large enough and angry enough mob assembled it is almost inevitable one or two will take it way too far. Over the past five years we have seen plenty of “peaceful protests” turn into “mostly peaceful protests”. You have a lot of angry LSU fans talking about what they can do to Sankey, the SEC, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. Some are spouting that the billboards are just the beginning. That is what the billboards have to do with it.