phil4bama

I think DeBoer is a good coach with a great offensive mind. I also think he is a terrible cultural fit at Alabama and doesn’t get it and never will. It may be a moot point at seasons end if Lincoln Riley gets canned. He bought himself some goodwill last night by dominating THE Ohio State University, but Riley being Riley, he will burn that goodwill to the ground in a couple of weeks. USC will make a hard push for DeBoer to replace Riley and I don’t think Alabama could keep him in that case even if we wanted to. DeBoer and Grubb get to go back to the left coast where they fit in and at the premier blueblood football program west of the Rockies historically. That place just needs a jump start and they will return to being the most prestigious football team in the west.
I’m not looking to run DeBoer off but if he chooses to leave, I won’t shed a tear. Replacing him will be a bitch with the dearth of proven coaches in the upper echelons of the P4 but Alabama will survive.
That might be the best ending for everyone involved: DeBoer and Grubb get to go home to a sleeping giant with access to money and celebrities to turn around SC and Alabama gets to reboot with a coach and staff that fit the program.

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Neither MacIntyre or Faizon should go 18/22. So bishop isn’t that much of an issue if we can focus on the run game

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If they stick with MacIntyre, they are screwed. If Faison comes back, he gives them a chance with his athleticism, but not a great one. This mid-season stretch that everyone thought was murderers row has dissolved into games we should be favored in and win if we play like we can.

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Beyond that, they whiffed on targeting, whiffed on several hands to the face/face masks and a few other missed calls.

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Did you miss #73 holding the entire game? He kept getting his arse whipped and his answer was to just tackle them.

Indiana has a helluva lot more money than you realize. Everyone thinks that just because they are perennial losers they don’t have money, but nothing could be further from the truth. They have deep enough pockets to go toe to toe with Michigan and Ohio State if they so choose. They didn’t have to have a GoFundMe account to make Cig the highest paid coach in college football with an escalator clause to keep him #1, they just stroked a check.
And yes, LSU has gone all in on the 2026 football team and are paying well north of $40 million and will go higher if they feel they have to. They have decided you can and they will buy a nattie. It’s that simple. And I noticed something different last night with Lane: he had a couple of opportunities to go for it on 4th down that analytics would have supported but he chose not to. Why? He did it when it was utterly stupid at Ole Miss. i think it’s because he doesn’t feel the need to now. He doesn’t feel the pressure of having to score 40 points just to have a decent chance of winning the game. He knows his defense is as stifling as his offense is high octane so it’s ok to punt. He’ll have the ball back in 3 or 4 plays. That is a dangerous team if Lane isn’t going to shoot himself in the foot a couple of times a year.

Let’s face it, anyone abiding by the rules today is just handicapping themselves. Nobody is enforcing shite. The only unbreakable rule seems to be no pros.
The B1G review crew obviously and blatantly cheated last night to change the outcome of a game for one of their darling programs. Tampering is laughed at, NIL and eligibility limits are open to interpretation, and if something doesn’t go your way, just find a local homer judge to rule in your favor and you are good to go. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Texas got all the calls in Austin next week from an SEC officiating crew just because it makes good business sense for the league. Anarchy is the name of the game now and until a governing body with enforcement powers and teeth is established, if you aren’t looking out for your own interests with an “anything goes” approach, you’re playing at a disadvantage.
Dabo chose to die on that hill of doing the right thing, not using the portal and what did it get him? He’s got a second rate Clemson team that will finish in the middle of a weak ACC and will soon have a pink slip for his troubles.

Lane didn’t help matters by running it up and playing for style points. He fits right in with those coonasses down there.

Russell taking the field again. I know he needs reps but we also need him healthy.

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Grubb watching 12 getting creamed and calling qb draws is nuts

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Most overrated coach I’ve ever seen

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Would like to see him take some velocity off, he’s got a tendency to deliver it high like Milroe did.

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Dude throws a laser beam doesn’t he?

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The Mercer transfer. Carmelo O'NEAL

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Send him back

Better rethink that quick slant ECU