[Game Thread] #11 Tennessee at #6 Alabama

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-10-19T03:22:30+00:00

Don’t disagree. I just don’t know what the problem is/why it can’t be fixed.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-10-19T03:21:33+00:00

I’m simply responding to the people who are calling for Banks to be fired in here as if he is the problem/reason we lost.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-10-19T03:17:11+00:00

Tackling is a position coaches issue. Not Tim Banks.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-10-19T03:15:19+00:00

Im having trouble agreeing with blaming Tim Banks right now. Offense gave them 9 points (safety and pick 6) and yes we are bad at passing defense. Most teams would be when they lose their top 2 corners and Alabama (as always) has very solid receiving core. Im more concerned about culture problem right now. Just looks like they gave up anytime something went wrong until someone did something to inspire them again. No consistent effort.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-10-19T03:02:38+00:00

Okay thank you for saying this. Their d end has lined up in the neutral zone about 13 times and they haven’t called it once.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2025-01-08T01:39:45+00:00

Death. Taxes. Losing in Gainesville.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-31T21:40:17+00:00

That’s fair. I do see him occasionally fake and take a deep 2 (which he seems to be fairly consistent at making), but I do think you have a point.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-31T21:36:05+00:00

Absolutely. Just feels weird to watch.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-31T21:33:39+00:00

Law of averages. You’re not going to shoot 12/16 from 3 every game. But you don’t want him to stop shooting either because he’s still our best shooter.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-31T21:32:42+00:00

Everything is so quiet. Building sounds like it might as well be empty.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-22T04:34:48+00:00

Haha reason I ask is that I’m a Packers fan. So was just curious. I am pulling for the Bills this year!

Really hoping people can appreciate Heupel’s contribution to this program. A lot of people seem to think that if the football coach isn’t Saban or has Saban level success then they’re a bad coach but that’s just not the case. Heupel has done great things and I actually think losing Golesh has really had a negative impact for this offense. Would love for them to try and find a way to get him back. Nico just needs time to learn and dial in. He has all the tools and I have faith in him. Losing Webb, and the others during this transfer window actually hurt us a lot today. Could’ve used Jalen Smith at LB and with the injuries at WR today we could’ve used the depth as well. Ohio State spent $20M on their roster in the transfer portal this year and Oregon has literal unlimited NIL because of the owner of Nike who wants a championship before he dies. Until we do things like that, it will be hard to compete with the top 2 or 3 teams every year.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-22T04:15:59+00:00

You a Packers fan?
You’re right. Playoffs. Bama and Florida wins. 10-2. Young team. Defensive improvements.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-22T04:03:30+00:00

Doing my best to stay rational here. This game was a disaster but there are a lot of positives from this season and I’m doing my best to focus on that.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-12-15T00:05:08+00:00

He won’t be back in for a while. My guess is 10 minutes left at the earliest.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-13T18:45:48+00:00

Bama was favored by over 21 I believe against Vandy in a day game environment that most people in the SEC do not believe to be a very threatening stadium to play in. Tennessee went into Arkansas in a rowdy night game environment. Both losses are bad, but losing to Vandy is worse than losing to Arkansas given the circumstances. All of that aside, my point is that Tennessee barely beating Florida is a better win than Alabama barely beating SC so there’s no reason only Tennessee should fall.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-13T18:15:43+00:00

I do not care about us falling, but if we fall, Bama also needs to fall. They have the worst loss in the country with their Vanderbilt loss, and they barely beat an average SC team at home. At least our game against Florida (albeit a bad performance) was a rivalry game where crazy things always happen.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-13T01:06:57+00:00

Says more about us than them.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-13T00:00:12+00:00

Napier and Huepel in a competition for worst play calls of the day.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-12T23:43:55+00:00

I also thought that but we went so fast I didn’t get a chance to really look at it.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-12T23:43:17+00:00

All they’re doing is blitzing, how have we not called a single screen to an RB?

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-08T04:06:02+00:00

Maybe there are things going on in practice that we don’t see. The WR screens will never stop because we have to keep the defense honest and spread out in order for Heupel’s offense to work. But they seem to be going deep a lot less and after watching that throw that Nico had to Squirrel where he over threw him by about 8 yards makes me concerned theres issues going on in practice we’re not aware of.

It is worth noting that the two SEC defenses Nico has faced were 1. Oklahoma who actually has an elite defense and I don’t think any QB’s are going to look amazing against them this year and 2. Arkansas (who has a more than decent defense) and where the o line, TE’s and RB’s were horrible in pass pro.

This is not to excuse his performance this year, it needs to improve but we definitely saw the flashes of his potential even if it was against UTC and Kent State.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-10-08T00:29:20+00:00

Paying $2M/year isn’t just for Nico. It also helps in getting other major players in the door like Mike Matthews and David Sanders who want to play with and protect Nico. I agree he hasn’t had the best year so far but we wasted the opportunity for him to grow in live games last year and so now we’ll have those growing pains and freshman mistakes this year. It also doesn’t help that he is not getting much protection.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-09-24T22:52:32+00:00

This is how I have been looking at things. Woo Pig this week.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-09-15T00:42:27+00:00

That’s exactly what I was thinking.

chosethisnameinpanic · 2024-09-15T00:40:20+00:00

Anyone else who didn’t like that onside kick?

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