Amarillo Tide

1. Keelon Russell-the guy seems to get better and better each week. Had so many beautiful throws and some crazy throws that most couldn't make. He really is the real deal. Last night showed it.

2. Defense looked a little shaky early on but settled down. One thing that a concerned me a bit was we lost edge containment way too much. Still, Sellers is a huge dude and not easy to bring down and he's way faster than you would think.

3. Luke Metz as laying the wood last night. Played a great game.

4. Red Morgan had a really good night and that pick 6 was impressive.

5. Ryan Williams had a really good night. I want to give him massive props for his blocking and overall effort last night. I had been critical of him clearly loafing a bit in an earlier game but he played very hard last night.

6. Crowell is clearly our best RB. He gives a little spark to the offense when he's out there. Hill is really good if we need a tough yard and all you need is hard straight ahead running but Crowell has the vision and athleticism to really make things happen. Needs to learn you can't ALWAY hurdle guys though. LOL.

7. Grubb did a decent job with he play calling. Not great but not terrible either.. I felt like we were a little lethargic in the 3rd quarter. I loved how the ball was spread around to a lot of guys.

8. Dylan Stewart is a thug. Great player but a dirty one. How the hell was he not ejected from the game after throwing a punch with THREE refs standing right there?!?!?!

9. Refs were their as usual incompetent selves.As a former HS referee, I get it, some calls are going to be miseed. We were called for holding on some weak assed calls yet there were times where our DLs were bear hugged or practically tackled and no calls. There was another TD in the 4th (the last TD?) where another punch was thrown at Mal Waldrep and again no call. WTH ?!?!?!

10. Nick Harbor (USC WR #8) is a freak. Huge guy and very, very fast. He abused Dijon Lee like a $2 hooker out there. Not sure what the answer was for Harbor but maybe some safety help?

11. Looking forward to next week. IMO, this will be the first real test in Starkville. If you haven't watched MSU's QB Kamario Taylor, this guy is IMO the best QB Bama will face in the regular season. He is very, very dangerous. Should be a good game.

RTR!

Ah, there are a couple of negative Nellie’s who will down vote literally ANYTHING. Heck, you could post “Merry Christmas” and these few goobers would down vote you.

Agreed.Some terrible calls in that game.

I still think we have a good defense. IMO, our guys spent too much time believing all the news stories about how terrible FSU is. Fact is, other than the cupcake before Auburn, every team left on the schedule is perfectly capable of beating us if we go out there sleep walking.

Hard to say but the next two seasons will tell. Next year, assuming no one transfers out, we’ll return 10 out of eleven starters. The offense should routinely put up gaudy numbers every week.

We lose most of the secondary (although CKW has been really good about rotating in younger guys during games) along with Pierre, Thompkins, Umeozulu and Woods. Replacing Thompkins and Woods will be huge.

I watched that game. I think it was more than just a meltdown. South Carolina went conservative and IMO, played “not to lose. It didn’t help LaNorris Sellers threw two incredibly dumb INTS in USCe territory.

But maybe what really sealed the deal is Kamario Taylor. That dude is a physical freak. Cannon for an arm and yet throws a very accurate ball. Taylor is (IMO) the best QB Bama will face in the regular season.

I know, people will say, “No, he plays for MSU. He’s not that good.”. HUUUUGE mistake to underestimate this kid.

Just saw this. That sucks because we need these two. Hill doesn’t start but sees a lot of snaps. I seem to recall Umeozulu actually started last week.

Bama 41
USCe. 20

Lottie with 100 yards

I watched a replay of the game and mother of God, FSU several times practically tackled Devon Thompkins and it was right in front of a ref. No call.

Yes, there is holding often in a game but the good players are discreet about it or grab but let go quickly. What I get enraged about is situations like above where our guys are flagrantly held and NO CALL.

What I think should happen at the coin toss, our guys should each have a tube of Chap Stick and excessively apply it to their lips while the toss is happening. When the ref asks our guys, "What are you doing" our guys should respond, "We like to get kissed before we get f*cked.".

Either that or have our team captains roll out a 50 gallone drum of vaseline on a dolly. When asked by the refs what that's for, our guys can reply, "We'll need this when we get fisted by you later today."

We’ll probably never know but I’m assuming he’s homesick/misses his girlfriend back home or is buried on the depth chart and thinks he can do better?

Just a guess.

That was Jah-Marian Latham who has come back from a severe neck injury. The coaches love him and claim he knows the defense backwards and forwards. He’s been a DL most of his career. Maybe he’s playing a position he really can’t play? Honestly, I don’t know.