This has to be the weirdest TSIO in a long time

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Here we are, already to the Third Saturday in October. This has to be one of the weirdest instances of this game in a long time.

On paper, Bama has the talent advantage like most instances of this rivalry in recent years. However, their last 2 games have really not been good football. SCAR played mistake ball and still hung with them until the end there in a position to win. Bama fans are certainly not happy right now.

Same situation for us. Our last two games have been pretty poor for the offense, but pretty good for our defense. We are 6 points from being 6-0, but nobody is really happy with how we have played recently.

The kicker here is that the winner this weekend gets to keep their CFP hopes alive, while the loser is basically out of it unless they win out in a big way.

Is either team going to figure it out and play complimentary football? Or will we see two zombie teams play 60 minutes of sicko football?

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

I will take a 7-3 win right now

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Exactly. One point wins the game.

The weirdest thing has been the armchair qb response to winning over Florida. Lots of past SEC qb's on here spouting off..

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Exactly. One point wins the game.

The weirdest thing has been the armchair qb response to winning over Florida. Lots of past SEC qb's on here spouting off..

We are all just unemployed coaches trying to stay in practice in the couch

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

I will take a 7-3 win right now

I’m trying to imagine how funny this would be as the AP voters would be clueless on how to rank the winner

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Here we are, already to the Third Saturday in October. This has to be one of the weirdest instances of this game in a long time.

On paper, Bama has the talent advantage like most instances of this rivalry in recent years. However, their last 2 games have really not been good football. SCAR played mistake ball and still hung with them until the end there in a position to win. Bama fans are certainly not happy right now.

Same situation for us. Our last two games have been pretty poor for the offense, but pretty good for our defense. We are 6 points from being 6-0, but nobody is really happy with how we have played recently.

The kicker here is that the winner this weekend gets to keep their CFP hopes alive, while the loser is basically out of it unless they win out in a big way.

Is either team going to figure it out and play complimentary football? Or will we see two zombie teams play 60 minutes of sicko football?

No more Nick Saban should help.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

New world without him.

 

[YankeeVol]

I will take a 7-3 win right now

I’d take a safety and winning 2-0 lol. A win against Bama is always good

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

The way these two teams have mirrored each other the last two weeks is striking. In some ways, the losses to Vandy and Hogs, respectively, make this game more consequential than it would have been if we were both 6-0.

Fork in the road for both teams, and particularly in Bama’s case, it could be a fork in the road for the program itself. The loser of this game could be staring down the barrel of 8-4. The winner could roll out of this one, continue to improve, and contend for a championship.

This is the wildest season of my adult life.

 

[bigorangecrush89]

Saban will definitely be helping them gameplan i bet. He knows Heupel’s system well. Miltoe will be by far the best QB UT has faced all year. Will be a tough game. Just hard to have a tom of confidenece as awful as Nico has been.

 

[EZE]

I will take a 7-3 win right now

I will spot you your TD, and take two safeties and a 4-3 win.

 

[VolBricks]

I’d take a safety and winning 2-0 lol. A win against Bama is always good

if we beat Bama 2-0 on a safety, we would drop 4 spots and Bama would move up 2 spots.

 

[YankeeVol]

if we beat Bama 2-0 on a safety, we would drop 4 spots and Bama would move up 2 spots.

You're probably right

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Saban will definitely be helping them gameplan i bet. He knows Heupel’s system well. Miltoe will be by far the best QB UT has faced all year. Will be a tough game. Just hard to have a tom of confidenece as awful as Nico has been.

Milroe is sort of like Green who we already faced, but Green played a statistically better game against us than he has all season. Can’t have that on Saturday, but I can imagine it will be tough as Banks will want to force Zone instead of Man because Milroe will toast you with his legs if he gets green grass and our guys are way back chasing receivers in Man.

Milroe seems to do best on designed runs instead of improvising scrambles. He sits in the pocket too long sometimes and gets sacked enough to make them beatable.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Saban will definitely be helping them gameplan i bet. He knows Heupel’s system well. Miltoe will be by far the best QB UT has faced all year. Will be a tough game. Just hard to have a tom of confidenece as awful as Nico has been.

If Saban is helping the current staff gameplan, Deboer better call the moving company now. That is not healthy.

 

[adam.vol]

if we beat Bama 2-0 on a safety, we would drop 4 spots and Bama would move up 2 spots.

At the current rate, we’re going to have to win the whole SEC just to get a spot in the playoffs.

 

[joevol33]

I’m trying to imagine how funny this would be as the AP voters would be clueless on how to rank the winner

If we beat bama, we'll move within 2 spots of them

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Here we are, already to the Third Saturday in October. This has to be one of the weirdest instances of this game in a long time.

On paper, Bama has the talent advantage like most instances of this rivalry in recent years. However, their last 2 games have really not been good football. SCAR played mistake ball and still hung with them until the end there in a position to win. Bama fans are certainly not happy right now.

Same situation for us. Our last two games have been pretty poor for the offense, but pretty good for our defense. We are 6 points from being 6-0, but nobody is really happy with how we have played recently.

The kicker here is that the winner this weekend gets to keep their CFP hopes alive, while the loser is basically out of it unless they win out in a big way.

Is either team going to figure it out and play complimentary football? Or will we see two zombie teams play 60 minutes of sicko football?

I am concerned that preseason, our Oline was terrible overrated by almost everyone. We have a lot of experience, but their talent has not measure up to expectations. This has hampered our offense and caused some problems for our talented, but inexperienced QB. He has had problems adjusting to having to gain experience while under duress and unfortunate conservative play calls that our Oline has failed execute. Being aggressive on first can relieve the pressure of so many second and long plays,. . .

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

I am concerned that preseason, our Oline was terrible overrated by almost everyone. We have a lot of experience, but their talent has not measure up to expectations. This has hampered our offense and caused some problems for our talented, but inexperienced QB. He has had problems adjusting to having to gain experience while under duress and unfortunate conservative play calls that our Oline has failed execute. Being aggressive on first can relieve the pressure of so many second and long plays,. . .

Our tackle situation is unfortunate and I just don’t know how it will improve unless we keep rolling Nico out away from the left side edge rusher.

Rest of the line seems okay enough.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

I will take a 7-3 win right now

I'd take a 3-2 win.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Our tackle situation is unfortunate and I just don’t know how it will improve unless we keep rolling Nico out away from the left side edge rusher.

Rest of the line seems okay enough.

Our best Oline play has been at center and left tackle. Right tackle play has been executable and good enough to hold win most games.

 

[Tenacjim]

I’m trying to imagine how funny this would be as the AP voters would be clueless on how to rank the winner

If it’s us, we drop. Bama would stay put or jump a couple of spots.

 

[Swiftybaby]

Milroe is sort of like Green who we already faced, but Green played a statistically better game against us than he has all season. Can’t have that on Saturday, but I can imagine it will be tough as Banks will want to force Zone instead of Man because Milroe will toast you with his legs if he gets green grass and our guys are way back chasing receivers in Man.

Milroe seems to do best on designed runs instead of improvising scrambles. He sits in the pocket too long sometimes and gets sacked enough to make them beatable.

My blatantly obvious keys to this game 1-stop milroe in the run game 2-hammer Ryan Williams early 3-pound the rock

 

[IndianaVol]

Saban will definitely be helping them gameplan i bet. He knows Heupel’s system well. Miltoe will be by far the best QB UT has faced all year. Will be a tough game. Just hard to have a tom of confidenece as awful as Nico has been.

Good - I work with a couple of Bama grads and they are hearing that Saban hanging around the program may actually be hurting the product on the field.
Players are torn between listening / playing Saban's style of ball and the new guy.
For me, I hope it's true and it sets them back decades...

 

[IndianaVol]

It is probably the weirdest TSIO in 20 plus years.
Both teams not performing near to expectation.
We're ranked close to where we should be, I think, but Bama is still a little too high...they should be 10th at the highest.