Wrong list Jobu. Blobber is somewhere else. Of course, you should already know this since you spend your Saturday's in T-Town with her. But, shut the fuck up anyway.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'RollTideFan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] Fat Lady to the Stage Please..... > > Observations: > 1. Bama can't stop a running team. See NIU and Arkansas for proof. Allbarn > is the best running team in the SEC. We don't stand a chance against them. > At best, a fully healthy Bama team would have serious problems winning > against allbarn. Allbarn is at full strength and getting stronger. We are > nursing what may become nagging injuries that keep BC and SP from playing > much, if any, the rest of the year. Then the chore of beating allbarn in > allbarn slides down to BA. Sorry, but he ain't ready. That, along with our > very visible depth situation on defense and the lack of an offensive line > that can block and move the ball, will keep us from being a factor in this > (or any other) game. > 2. Looking at the schedule, the teams from Mississippi look to be the only > teams that MIGHT give us the opportunity to pull out a win. I'll go out on a > limb and say that USM will have their way with our defense this weekend > mainly due to the fact that, in the past 3 games, we can't move the ball > enough on offense to give the defense a rest. So, our D starts out strong > but slowly gets beat as our offense goes 3-4-5 and out. Simple exhaustion on > the defense and the lack of an effective offense will lose this Homecoming. > Southern Miss turns their defense loose and plays man-to-man while keeping > constant pressure on our QB - who ever it is. We lose by a big enough margin > that BDS is half full in the third quarter. > 3. Ole Miss picks apart our secondary while running enough (See Florida game > this weekend for proof) to keep us out of balance. With little to no depth > to rotate with on our D, Eli plays it cool and patient while grinding out a > lead that we can't over come. If, for some reason BC is QB that day, look > for the UM defense to blitz each play until they get to him. And they will, > sooner or later. But I think the passing attack of Ole Miss will bring more > to our secondary than we can handle. Close perhaps, but no cigar for the > Bama team. > 4. MSU may be the one that allows us to pin a win on our schedule. The > reasons? BA will have a few games to settle down and might have learned a > new play or two. We have an off week before this game. Opps, MSU has an off > week too, so scratch that note. Ok, maybe there aren't many reasons why we > might win. But with LSU and Allbarn following this game, things are about to > take a bend for the worse. As if it could get any worse. > 5. UT couldn't run the ball against Allbarn, but we shouldn't get too > excited about that either. Every team we've played thus far with a decent > running game has beat us on the ground. Badly. Clausen has the arm to beat > us and after UT watches the film of Passing With Eli, then our weakness at > secondary will shine like a new dime. Look for UT to pass with ease and run > when they need to. UT has yet another open week before coming to T-Town and > that will allow them to instill a game plan that should be very effective > against our struggling defense. And with our QB situation not much better, > or even worse, we simply won't have the players and depth needed to avoid a > big Orange Crush. > 6. LSU. At least we have them at home. Who put together this dayum schedule? > LSU also has a week off before coming to 'the friendliest stadium in the > South'. Rested and ready to start their final SEC run (Alabama, Ole Miss and > Arkansas), LSU will make a statement concerning their invite to Atlanta. > Yes, we beat them down thar last year, but that doesn't mean squat this > year. This final home game of the 2003 season won't be over soon enough. LSU > may let us stay in the game, so to speak, if they pull their starters and > let Bama drive the field against the cheerleading squad and a few guys from > the debate team. Most Bama fans will be glad to see this one in the books. > Same problems as in the other games will keep us from being a factor in this > one too. > 7. At Allbarn. See #1. If allbarn stays healthy and if we play the same as > we've done this far, look for the highest winning margin in the modern > history of the rivalry. So what is the largest winning margin thus far? 55-0 > in 1948 with Bama winning. If a trip to Atlanta for allbarn has already been > decided before this game, Tommy may pull off the Tigers after reaching a > comfortable lead. Maybe we score a mercy TD late in the game, maybe it's a > shutout. Allbarn has (at this point) way too many tools in its scoring > toolbox for us to defend all of them. Four or five excellent running backs, > a QB who at least has experience and can pass, a defense that will be in our > backfield before we react, playing at Jordan-Hair (which, BTW, is much more > intimidating that BDS ever thought about being). All in all, I'm glad I'll > be somewhere over the Pacific when this game ends. We're heading to Hawaii > that Saturday to get a week's head start on our tans before the Bama-Hawaii > game. > > I don't care if you have Crimson glasses or not, the rest of the season > looks very bleak. I'll still be at the tailgate spot by 7:00am for every > home game, but I also know that things just aren't going our way this year. > New coach, no depth, injuries, tough schedule and very emotional losses add > up to a season where all we can do is start the debate on who should start > at QB next year. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
