vols are confounding to say the least. one things for sure - if they win the game this weekend its really not an upset. of course the media will treat it as such. but really, this is a very even game. huge edge for bama in coaching right now though. confidence as well. thats what scares me about backing the vols even though they are a tempting dog.
vols are confounding to say the least. one things for sure - if they win the game this weekend its really not an upset. of course the media will treat it as such. but really, this is a very even game. huge edge for bama in coaching right now though. confidence as well. thats what scares me about backing the vols even though they are a tempting dog.
thank you!! this is what ive been trying to tell others also. bama is big time road team this year. and people can say bama can easily have a loss. you can say that about any team right now lol...if you wanna count almost. every loss alabama had last year was by 6points are less. they could have easily gone undefeated. come on guys!!! lot of people will be surprised/upset when bama goes undefeated this year and win national championship. even then i can see people making excuses why they won...the only reason why this seems like trap game is because they labeled this game has hump game for phil fulmer, rivalry, revenge from bamas blowout last year...and theyre banking on tennessee playing superhard and bama coming out flat. not gonna happen. i know guys on the team, and theyre ready. we grew up hating tennessee. this is one of sole reasons guys go to play fb at alabama. is to beat tenn-auburn, win SEC, win NC...plus alabama has motivation because fulmer is only reason bama got on probation in first place!! thats why program has been down last 8 years. we know this! and what better than to destroy the vols this week and get rid of the guy who single handedly brought down the most historic program in college football!!! and i can understand if we werent a 2nd half team because of no choice. but alabama is a dominating huge 1st half team, whos up so much they get bored in 2nd half. IF alabama has to play in 2nd half and get a touchdown or whatever just to win theyll do it...were just that good. hence uga game. if we have to we score at will. weve only trailed like what 45 seconds out of 28 quarters of football this year. if we need a stop on defense. we do that! were just that good. we havent really been threatened. why? because we create a big enough lead in 1st half. and/or defense allows notta. thats all that matters. W's
1. You just reinforced the fact of WHY the rushing yards were up against the Volunteers. "It was because they were trying to RUN OUT THE CLOCK. I think RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK consists of RUNNING the football Major.
2. I'm not very sure to why you think that Tennessee's defense is not very good?
This guy has his head stuck so far up a Gator's ass there is no getting to his head. I wonder where Urban Meyer, I mean Jesus, was against Ole Miss? If this Florida team is as good as they want to be then they will end up getting beat by another bottom dweller seeing as Jesus has told them they can beat them blind folded.
Impressive showing against LSU is the only thing that UF has going for them right now Major. I sure hope that UGA doesn't "throttle their ass."
This is coming from a guy who is full force supports the Gators and their chances at beating a team every Saturday. But damn man when you think that Meyer can flip a coin for them to turn it off and cruise at any moment that is kind of ignorant.
ope:You make some very good points. You should also consider the key injuries for both teams:
The big nose tackle for Bama is out and that is a huge loss for them. Without him, I think Bama will be susceptible to running between the tackles. Preseason this was supposed to be a big weakness for Bama but Cody has been much better than expected.
Tenn will be without their best playmaker, Gerald Jones, on an offense that has struggled mightily to make any plays. He is a huge loss for Tenn.
I've been around southern football for over 40 years and I learned the hard way not to bet these rivalry games. They are very difficult to cap and many times, particularly in this series, the best team often loses and many of the games follow none of the pregame trends or results.
That said, I would take the home dawg getting a touchdown practically any year in this series if I had to bet it.
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PS Tenn has more quality depth at every position other than defensive line than Bama IMO and one of the best secondaries in the country. As for special teams, the Tenn starting punter returned last week from a five game suspension which helped the special teams play considerably.
Just curious, and I'm not jerking your chain, but which positions do they lack depth. Certainly not secondary and we will just have to agree to disagree as to their effectiveness. Not offensive line, though they have underachieved this year under a new off coordinator and blocking scheme. Certainly not running back with Foster, Hardesty, and Creer. Depth at linebacker is not great but better than Bama's. Bama has no depth at QB and Tenn at least has Crompton, as bad as he performed the 1st four games.
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Just curious, and I'm not jerking your chain, but which positions do they lack depth. Certainly not secondary and we will just have to agree to disagree as to their effectiveness. Not offensive line, though they have underachieved this year under a new off coordinator and blocking scheme. Certainly not running back with Foster, Hardesty, and Creer. Depth at linebacker is not great but better than Bama's. Bama has no depth at QB and Tenn at least has Crompton, as bad as he performed the 1st four games.
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