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I said in the box that two biggest reasons we lost were
1) EJ's pick. We lost a possession in a game that one possession would have made a difference and we gave up aTD. 14 or 10 point swing in a close game.
2) 1st qtr tackling. Just atrocious. Evan one stop might have kept bama out of the end zone.
There's prolly 5 more plays that woulda made a difference but I'll go with those two as the top.
For all the hilarious arm-chair QBs in the box Mullen did not call a bad game. (he just started the wrong QB). Yeah every play wasn't a winner but they never are. And a lot of times they fail because of poor execution. Part coaching part substandard recruiting. And while I'm at it what the hell was that two point conversion suppose to look like cuz it looked like fail. Statistically roll outs are the most successful goal line call but if you're gonna go up the gut either do it quick or do it behind a blocker.
TG. I can't bring myself to say he called a good game. I'll say that bama didn't take advantage of what we were giving them. At least we played press coverage. Players were in position but failed to make tackles. DB's played better late. That was surprising.
Looking forward to seeing James's breakdown on GNFP.
The downside is that EJ played well enough that Mullen can keep him as the starter. Hope we don't loose AR over this. And TG didn't **** the bed. Saban made him look good so that we won't fire him. That sucks the most.
I didn't hear the post game but supposedly Mullen alluded to needing to recruit better. Duh. I have no hope that he'll do anything about it though.
Hard to tell if bama played bad or we made them look bad. I really wish AR were starting. I'd have more hope against UGA and against bama of we see them again in December (though Bryce will be a better QB by then).
In closing, we have way less talent than bama. Call them an A+ and us a B. I'm shocked we made it as close as it was however credit to bama for letting us hang around.
1) EJ's pick. We lost a possession in a game that one possession would have made a difference and we gave up aTD. 14 or 10 point swing in a close game.
2) 1st qtr tackling. Just atrocious. Evan one stop might have kept bama out of the end zone.
There's prolly 5 more plays that woulda made a difference but I'll go with those two as the top.
For all the hilarious arm-chair QBs in the box Mullen did not call a bad game. (he just started the wrong QB). Yeah every play wasn't a winner but they never are. And a lot of times they fail because of poor execution. Part coaching part substandard recruiting. And while I'm at it what the hell was that two point conversion suppose to look like cuz it looked like fail. Statistically roll outs are the most successful goal line call but if you're gonna go up the gut either do it quick or do it behind a blocker.
TG. I can't bring myself to say he called a good game. I'll say that bama didn't take advantage of what we were giving them. At least we played press coverage. Players were in position but failed to make tackles. DB's played better late. That was surprising.
Looking forward to seeing James's breakdown on GNFP.
The downside is that EJ played well enough that Mullen can keep him as the starter. Hope we don't loose AR over this. And TG didn't **** the bed. Saban made him look good so that we won't fire him. That sucks the most.
I didn't hear the post game but supposedly Mullen alluded to needing to recruit better. Duh. I have no hope that he'll do anything about it though.
Hard to tell if bama played bad or we made them look bad. I really wish AR were starting. I'd have more hope against UGA and against bama of we see them again in December (though Bryce will be a better QB by then).
In closing, we have way less talent than bama. Call them an A+ and us a B. I'm shocked we made it as close as it was however credit to bama for letting us hang around.
