torn on this one…totally agree with we owe the SEC nothing and like the concept of giving them the finger. On the other hand, I believe you play the hand your dealt to the best of your ability.
Not playing Bama will not help your recruiting or message you are selling your fanbase. Bama will win the game but not like the first half of LSU yesterday. Bama is focused on Florida , then playoffs. Bama will shut down Burks and the run game. Neither Franks or Jefferson will have a good day at qb but team needs to play the gold standard team that is part of their permanent rotation each year.
Yep play the game because we play Bama every year in SECW. They will win and start pulling starters early. Saban doesn’t want another Tua ordeal like last year.
I wish you’d give it up with this “loss to Missouri diminishes you”. That’s no more true than losing any other game, and less true than losing, say, to Western Kentucky or Colorado State. I get that you don’t respect them, but they’re still an SEC team with a winning record.
This is not a classic Bama defense. They can be had. Ole Miss threw for 365 yards against them and ran for 268. We’ll score some points, whether FF or KJ are in there. But they might score 60 by halftime.
Bama has best defense in SEC allowing 18.3 pt per game and of the 165 points allowed , 29% was the Ole Miss game. Since that game , the new comers have become a good unit as witnessed by the scoring in the last 5 games. 17 points is most allowed with a shutout and 3pt to Ky.
Comparisons of points allowed: Ark 33, Aub 25.2. Florida 25.1, GA 20.6, Ky 26.4, LSU 33.4, MSU 28.4,Mizz 27.9, Ole Miss 38.8, South Car 36, Tn 31.2, Tn 31,2 TAM 22.1 and Vandy 36.8.
That loss to Mizzou ended any momentum this season would have. I find it funny that the same guys who have posted that the defense didn’t let go of the rope in the 4th qtr yesterday now want us to lie and get out of the Bama game! For sure they have let go of the rope. More like they want to quit.
Because we were so close in 2 games and absolutely had the refs take one win away, and possibly the LSU game also, we are taking the final 3-7 record as very negative. If this had been a normal football schedule, this team, even with those 2 devastating losses, would probably have been 6-6 with a decent bowl coming.
We would not have played FL or GA. We would have been 3-1 (losing to ND) in the OOC schedule. That is a great season following 2 1/2 seasons of 0-19 against SEC teams.
This is how we should look at the way this season unfolded. We were oh so close to a 5-3 SEC record and actually won 3 SEC games. Our last week’s loss to MO was devastating, but even in the loss, we should feel much better about our offense going into next season even if FF does not come back.
Play hard against Bama, then prepare for our bowl game, while looking positively towards 2021! Been 2 or 3 years since I’ve looked forward with any anticipation for a new football season.
I said they let go of the rope. I give them a pass on LSU running it right down their throats it was all backups. But really the defense looked same as last year against Florida and the game against Mizzou was as bad as the games last year. They had a chance to win the game 40 seconds and no one expected them to rise up. We end with 3 wins I had them at 3 maybe 4. Some are excited about the 3 wins. We could have beat Auburn with a first down instead we went conservative 3 and out. 14 point lead and the defense gets absolutely scorched to cut it to 7. What did we do? Very conservative 3 runs and a punt. I see Pittman’s DNA and sorry he didn’t seem to sense that our defense wasn’t going to stop them? Yeah I know he’s untouchable right now but my fear is in 2-3 years we will see this over and over. He’s too conservative that might work at Bama and they aren’t even conservative. Loved him going for two but did it take him until then to realize that Mizzou was going to score a 100 TDs in a row. I could see that the second we got a 14 point lead and the defense let go of the rope or quit. What 300 yards in the 4th? I hope Pittman wins and wins big but he has shown his DNA. When LSU can’t stop a deep pass to save their lives and at the half he says we have to run the ball? Just win should have thrown it every down in the second half we would have scorched them. They ever lost their best DB and we still didn’t challenge them deep near enough. Is it better than last year under Chad…Yeah but that’s not my hope for the program. Sorry you guys hate my thoughts but that is my non agenda thoughts.
Not sure Blue if you meant that for me but I respect you as a poster. I am not a person that gets angry on a message board. I daily talk to lifetime hogfans and enjoy it!
I have some knowledge of the game and not a Belichek but I can tell you yesterday I was praying that after Mizzou cut it from 14 to 7 that Sam would throw on first down. I am afraid we have seen his DNA.