Lordofwrath88

Interesting thought.


If Jalen Milroe was plucked and put back in one of our more dismal 2000s campaigns.... think. 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007....


I mean, does he do any worse? I think he'd be a stark improvement in all 5 seasons.

This.

Angry Elelphant is reviled not so much for it's design, it's pretty standard, but for the fact that just about nothing good happened under it.

Alabama won a grand total of 1 National Championship in anything under the angry elephants.... Gymnastics.

She saved us all from Oklahoma Softball.... she can shotgun a beer after every strike out if she wants.

Just checked the calendar, it should also be noted.... the athletic year is still going on until Track and Field wrap up June 15th.




That said, I would have to agree, this has been a substandard year.

In terms of what we were hoping for, I think 2010 still owns the Biggest Underachieving Year of overall Bama Athletics this century.



Football racked up 3 losses and 0 relevant post season with one of the most stacked Saban rosters ever.

Basketball was still building under Grant, but the bubble denied us.

Softball was the #1 overall seed and complete shat the bed against 16 seed Hawaii

Gymnastics attained the #1 ranking several times only to fall apart at SECs and Nationals

Volleyball was meh, Soccer was meh, WBB was meh,

in fact the high mark was Baseball winning their last regional until 2023.

Not bad for a rebuilding year

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A near season full of losses and setbacks all gave way on one night of emotions.

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Alabama actually has a decent chance to better their final finish from last year so long as they avoid a second beam fiasco.

This would maintain Ashley Johnston's overall upward trajectory since taking over. (2023: 10th 2024: 8th 2025:tba) Something that seemed like fantasy just weeks ago.

So this is it. We meet our destiny.

We are now as far as the our seeding says we should go.

Florida has a lock on #1 barring a disaster, and Cal has been rock solid consistent at mid 197 for weeks. Alabama has scored well enough to beat them once. We met in Huntsville and should have beaten one of their rare low 197s.

But we're now in Coleman Coliseum. If Ashley Priess Johnston was evil genius pacing us to peak at the perfect moment, it's now or never.



Regardless of what happens, it's crystal clear we probably should have seen this rebuilding year coming. Cam Machado, Mati Waligora, Ella Burgess, Makarri Doggette and Luisa Blanco all departing at once, an entire rotation of 9.9 threats gone was always going to take a miracle to replicate anything resembling their 2nd place SECs finish in 2023 and 2024. To be frank, I can't remember losing that much talent at once, even going back to the Sarah Patterson days.

Positives to take away are Ryan Fuller and Paityn Walker emerging as 9.9 potential talents and vaunted recruit Love Birt has had to delay her debut till 2026. More importantly, those ladies represent the first class handpicked by Ashley Johnston, so next year will be the first team not majority Duckworth commits, who seem to have plateaued without Dana. In any event, next year will be loaded with experience with Lilly Hudson being the lone major loss.

Needless to say, the Johnston regime can put away a lot of the growing pains this year with a single very possible upset Sunday and taking this "last place" SEC team all the way to Texas and the National Championships. Anything beyond that is icing.

ah, the RollBamaRoll.com tuesday Melt Down Review was always a good time. I 'member

TO DATE:

The best atmosphere in Bryant Denny was the 2010 Iron Bowl.

The crowd was amped to go, the build up was immense and the anger was tangible. There was hate in the air.

Everyone was standing, even the PA system was on board with "Take The Money And Run." It was as close to a European Derby feeling as I've ever felt in College Football.