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We're on the road today, so ...

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:lol: :lol:  Excellent!!

Well a great day to sit inside and be a Bama fan. RTR!

Let's get this thing done!

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Eli: "MSU wearing silver helmets tonight."

We'll be traditional.


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BTW, did you see what the CRABLEG THIEF started last week?

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OMG, the Clemson game isn't going to bleed into the Bama time slot.  They know who is boss. 

Lookin' good, ALABAMA.

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Greg McElroy looks sharp tonight.

 :worship: :worship: :worship:

Let's Roll. RTR!

Will Mack Attack be back this year after his injury? RTR!

Eli said:

"It's one of those games where your butterflies feel like pterodactyls."

 :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Says Bama is "a little banged up at linebacker". Duh!

Yes, against Notre Dame.   :lol2:

Here we go!

Somebody makes pics please. RTR!

Here we go.  Defense first.

MSU overthrows the receiver on 1st down.  WOW!

Good thing his arm isn't as good as his feet.

And again on 2nd down.   :lol2:

Looks like they are showing us why they are a running team.

:popcorn2:

Yeah, they missed a TD.

S-A-C-K!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

What happen? RTR!

 :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

 >:( >:(

Penalty saves MSU on punt.

Can't leap at the punt.  We did.

So do you do an imitation of a statue to block a punt now?  >:( >:( >:(

All this giving their QB time to get rhythm.

affirmative

Wow they are moving easy on us it sounds? RTR!

Da'Shawn is in there.

 #+ #+

Come on defense lets hold them. RTR!

4th and 2.    :popcorn2:

 #+ #+ #+ #+ #+ #+ #+ way to go defense. RTR!

4th down.  They'll punt again.

Good discipline by Bama. MSU to punt. AGAIN.

We sure didn't fall for that "draw them offsides" play! Roll Tide!! (good evening all)

Mullen thinks Bama is going to jump offsides on 4th down? 


Unfortunately nice punt.   :facepalm:

We're pinned deep. We need to execute. C'mon O line, dominate!

Glad we have good discipline. Good evening Mrs Terrie. RTR!

 :wave:

5 yards on 1st down.

0 on 2nd down.

3 and out. O line gets beat yet again.

Harris missed his block; sack.

MSU was showing blitz. We had no outlet pass?

Last 2 games, RBs have been whiffing on blocks.

Next week I am asking CNS in my question the RB's keeps missing so many blocks? RTR!

JK likes those punting awards!   #+ #+

OH while I am thinking about everyone I will be leaving tomorrow morning going to Montgomery for 4 days and next Thursday I have to go back to the VA Birmingham so I won't have much time online this week, NO worries. RTR!

Looked like Harris decided the linemen were handling it.  Wrong!

Receiver shoved AA to the ground. No call !!!  >:( >:( >:(

Offensive interference.

Not called.

Dang come on defense. RTR!

Well, that sucked.  TD run from the 11.  Right over left side.

MSU 7   Bama 0

#42 is getting whipped.

It's early in this game, and we may yet win, but we're not beating Auburn this year.

???

Yep.  We're going to miss Hamilton.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ridley!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Hallaeujah! RTR!

Hurts to the corner for a TD!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Come offense. TD Bama for sure. RTR!

Hurts saluted the military guys along the sidelines.

 #+ #+ #+ #+ #+

I pray our defense quit getting whipped now and let's play tough. RTR!

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MSSt going after our LBs. 


Nice answer Hurts/Ridley.   #+

Time for a MSSt turnover.

 :popcorn2:

How can they find one?

Another flag to keep State drive alive.   >:(

Hootie, that was Georgia stupid right there.  >:(

:lol2:

Look for the players who aren't shaving yet. 

End of 1st quarter:

Bama 7  MSU 7

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A little late to the party. Let’s get this thing done.  :wave:

#42 has been replaced by #18.  I believe he is a true freshman.

:popcorn2:

I typed that before G-Mac said it on TV.  :lol2:

Sounds like Keith Holcombe was getting whipped bad. RTR!

Gap coverage is the worst I've ever seen.

Where is Rashaan Evans?

Our defense is sad now. RTR!

Jalen is going to have to win this game for us.

D is struggling with their O line. Hope adjustments are made....soon.  :unsure:

Does MSU have a punter? RTR!

Looks like they are playing #18 on running situations and #42 on passing situations.

MSU 14   Bama 7

Hard to figure out what's happening.  Maybe everyone just needs to play their own positions, and stop helping.  Several players out of position almost every play on D.

That is exactly right.

TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!!! :)  RTR

Ridley then Jacobs for the TD!!! WOOOOT!!!!

Ridley 61 yards again - behind the defense!!

Then a TD up the middle.

Bama 14  MSU 14

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

I hope the KEEP missing Ridley!! #+ #+

I think we scored too fast.  The D is tiring.

 :-[ :-[

When did we join the Big 12?  ???

MO up 7-0 on TN.

KY beat Vandy 44-21

:lol:

Score would be 24-24 by now in the Big12


FLAG?

Whew, that was too close.  Dropped pass MSSt.  :clap:

BLOOM!!! Big SACK!!!

Evans! That the D we know and love.

Exactly.  Just dropped!   :P

Good defense finally.  Rashaan made a nice tackle.

And AGAIN we drop a punt.   :wall:

But we got it.   :clap: :clap:

Still no hands on our punt returner.   >:(

Punt time!!! and we fumble.  :wall: But get it back on our own 17.  :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Can we get ahead at half? RTR!

MO and TN tied at 7

A 62-yard punt.  Eli said there a "strong wind right to left as we watch".  That stadium sucks!

 :lol2:  Figures.  I took MO - 10.5.   :dunno:

TD MO.  14-7 now

Ridley caught it.

Was he forced OB??

Catch but illegal touching.   :facepalm:

What is the answer? RTR!

Ridley and the DB were pushing along the sidelines.  Doesn't that count??

Anyhow, we punt.  MSU gets it after a 50-yd punt (thanks for the nice roll).

MSU at their 30.

Can our D hold again?

Pick 6?

Big stop there.

That wind carried the ball long, and Tony Brown misjudged it.  WOW.

And we are pinned deep again.

D seems to starting to get some grounding. Hope I continues.  :popcorn2:

Need a first down to run out the half.

We're moving.

Only 41 secs left, but we're moving near our own 35.

 Ross Pierschbacher is hurt and out.  Crap.

I think we're very lucky to be tied at halftime.

Short punt by JK with nobody back to field it.

Only goes 32 yards, and OB.  End of half...

Halftime

Bama 14   MSU 14

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Indeed we are and now Pierschbacher is out. I hope we can make adjustments at halftime on defense. I'm afraid we may need to depend on Jalen's feet to gain yardage and extend plays. This will not be a blowout, and we can afford no more injuries.

Our losses on D are really telling in this game. I hope we have some players that can step up and play.

Yeah, no kidding. 

Good luck, boys and girls!   :-*

JET SWEEP!!!

Jacobs bruisin"!

Jacobs again on the short pass.   #+

DAMIEN!!!!

Harris explodes to the MSU 10!

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Great run by Harris! First and Goal

Looks like we're coming out with a purpose.

Let's keep time moving so the defense can rest. Never thought I would say that. RTR!

MSU player (Brandon Bryant) injured.   :pray: :pray:

Coach Saban must have had some gentle, soothing words for the team in the locker room.

Not since we played Clemson!  :lol2:

:lol2:  RIGHT!

And some excellent play calling to start the second half.  Everything worked.

Bryant (safety) still down.  Shoulder?   :pray:

Jeudy was open, Hurts just whiffed on the throw.

O stalls after State injury.  FG.  Bama up by 3. 

Perfect field goal.  We lead:

Bama 17   MSU 14

:rofl: 

FG puts us up for the first time, 17-14. Not downplaying Bryant's injury for Miss St, because he had an obvious concussion, but it really stopped our momentum.

View from behind Hurts looked like he was throwing right into the referee on the crossing route, and threw into the ground as a result.

Miami up on ND 14-0

OK 17 TCU 7

So, you say I'm losing them both, eh?

So far, it doesn't look like defensive adjustments are working.

Bryant looked like he still didn't know where/who he was as they made him walk off. They should've carted him off IMHO

I agree.  He needed a bed.

Crap.  Their QB just ran for a first down at our 20.

 >:( >:(

This is hard to watch.

 :-[ for our defense.

Our defense has no fight in them tonight. The barn will score 60 points if they don't figure things in two weeks.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen or Defense this bad.

HORSE HOCKEY

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They are pushing our sh** in.

I don't know about 60.

But I know we could lose tonight, beat the Boogers and Georgia, and we'd be in the playoffs with a bunch of healthy players.

 :tinfoil:

Miami 17  ND 0


Life isn't all bad.

Okay, now our offense has stagnated.

At least JK is back to himself.

The MSU qb was vomiting on the sidelines.  WTH is going on here?

 :-X

Perfect pass on 3rd and 10.   :wall: :wall:

We gotta play hard for 60 mins come on men. RTR!

End of 3rd quarter.

MSU 21  Bama 17

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Maybe next year.

What is going on defense have ya'll quit? RTR!

Probably should have bought hard liquor.

Eli:

Stats are ugly.  MSU 59 plays; Bama 32.

4th down.

Thank you, Jesus.

MSU 24    Bama 17

Could be worse.  Can't figure out what's up with the team.  They seem tired and uninspired.

 :dunno:

lsu took a toll of them last week and they are tired I bet. RTR!

I'm sure you're right. 

We got some momentum, then somebody's hurt for MSU (Harris).  Timeout.

Meanwhile, Bo seems to be hurt.  Eli says they're checking on it.

Last week was a tough, physical game, but it's like the team doesn't care tonight. No spark, no fight, no emotion.

I did. Hasn't helped.

Eli said Bo is okay, just aggravated.

Come on offense pound them boys hard. RTR!

Another MSU player sits down, as if injured.   :dunno:

Every time Bama starts building momentum an MSU defender drops to the ground. Starting to believe it's not coincidence.

Every time we get our O going, MSU has a player hurt. Kills our Mo.

State players injured or tired?

I think by design.  :-\

Now we're at the MSU 40, and they call timeout.

Lots of delays by them.  Not sure why, but it helps out defense rest a bit anyhow.

T.O. msu they are trying to break the roll Bama offense is on. RTR!

2 Stater I think you got it right. RTR!

For luck:

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Eli says Jacobs is trying to get the fire back. RTR!

Okay, MSU called timeout.

We've got 4th and 4 at the MSU 35.  BIG PLAY!

 :popcorn2: :popcorn2: :popcorn2:

And yet another injury to MSU?  >:(

Another MSU player down.  Looks legit this time.

We're at the MSU 20.

What a depressing thread.  Ya'll do know we are going to win this game, right?

:popcorn2:

Jalen Hurts ain't nothin' but a winner.

Post of the game!

Touchdown Damien Harris!!

:rofl:

DAMIEN!!! We're not dead yet.

#HarrisForHeisman

Well SC I kind of wish we would get some of urgency about it. lol, RTR!

Penalty on Leatherwood; unsportsmanlike conduct!

 >:( >:(

The "injured" player from a few plays earlier comes in for him.  Looks like MSU's substitution rotation when we are running quick snap.

Doesn't matter.  TD HARRIS!!!

MSU defense is wearing down.

 :popcorn2:

LF:  "Bonehead play"

 :-*

More luck needed:

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Come on defense we are close now don't let them score please. RTR!

Glad you've stayed, Ricky.  This pacle is empty!   :worship:

Have to get a stop on 3rd down. They haven't been able to do it all night.

Minkah limping after that tackle.

 >:(

Finally a couple of things go our way. Time for Hurts to champion.

We get the ball at our own 20.

6:30 left.  We need a long drive!

 :clap: :clap:

Boys haven’t quit. Just have keep battling.

What went our way? RTR!

Bo runs for 2 first downs.

:jump:

Run game catching fire!

Run Da Bawl:clap:

Damien runs for a first down to the 30.

:jump:

Finally, a call for us!

Pass interference on Ridley!  First down at the 16.

:jump:  :jump:

Milk that clock. RTR!

40 yard field goal attempt...

off the upright and NO GOOD!!

:jump:  :jump:

 :wall: :wall: :wall:

God in Heaven help us!!!!!!!!!! RTR!

Jet sweeps working, driving down the field, so we abandon it.   :(


FG NG.   :(

Good defense.  They punt from their 30.

:jump:  :jump:

Horrible play calling by Bama, a doinked FG, but we hold on D. Got to move the ball this time.

Do your thing, Jalen.

We start at our own 32.

Here we go.  1:09 left.

Ridley to the 48.  44 secs left.

:jump:  :jump:

For luck:

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 Can we make a FG deom herte? RTR!

Ridley to the 26!!

:jump:

TOUCHDOWN pass to true freshman, SMITH!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

:rofl:

25 secs no timeouts for MSSt.  We got this.   #+ #+ #+

 #+ #+ #+ :pray: #+ #+ #+

Well I must say thank you Lord. You did show me. RTR!

Oh my gosh - Sigh

Holcombe needs to have to quit playing he is good at Baseball but not football. RTR!

Alabama Crimson Tide comes from behind and wins  31 - 24!!

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:  :jump:

:rofl:  :rofl:

 #+ #+ #+ #+

ALABAMA WINS!!!!! Roll Tide Roll!!

Miss St blew their wad for 3 1/2 quarters, but we kept our poise and went ahead. Then kicked it out of bounds for a little more excitement. Then a hail Mary with the first ever pass interference call. BUT WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEW.  Good Game.  Nice to hear Rammer Jammer!

He did it. Champion.

Thank you Jesus. RTR!

I already did that!   :lol2:

Speaking in tongues preacher?  :lol2:

Got excited. No sir spelling in tongues.  :lol: :lol: :clap:, RTR!

I think it's Old English.  Maybe Scottish?

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Great win tonight for the Tide!

Maybe this wake up call is exactly what the team needed to get ready for the booger eaters.

Roll Tide

We seemed to have done everything we could to lose this game. The D was uninspired for much of the game, but came through when it counted. We thought before the season started that there may be games where we had to depend on the offense. We did tonight in spite of the fact that Miss St had a great game plan and stopped us often.

Having said that, we will have to play much, much better to beat the barn. I hope this game woke the team up and got their attention. They have 2 weeks to heal and prepare before they play the barn.

I think I am more relieved than happy tonight, but it beats the heck out of the disappointment of losing.

Roll Tide!!!

 :lol: :lol:

Hope so. 
And best hold off on that phone call for a couple of weeks!  :lol2: :lol2:

Agree. The defense will have to play better against Auburn. I'm not worried about Bama's performance in that game as much as I am that Auburn is having one of those Auburn years where they get things going and ride a wave of emotion to an Iron Bowl win.

Amen.
Glad to see that Da'Shawn Hand was able to play, as was Jacobs.  Both are special players who can dominate their positions.  What a weapon Jacobs was during the 4th quarter!

That said, we need someone to help in the gap left when Hamilton was injured.  Holcombe seemed to struggle the entire game.

Especially since the Golden Horseshoe is presently being dislodged from Brian Kelly's..er...possession, and we know not where it will end up.

Apparently it ended up in Jacobs' arse tonight!

Looks like Mark Richt has a firm grasp on it. 

You have to give MS State some credit.

When they dominated LSU, I said that they could be our toughest game this season.  Then they lost easily to Georgia and Auburn, and all talk of State was forgotten.

But Bama got State's best shot tonight.  They schemed to Bama's weakness (usually a strength) of a depleted LB corp., and they executed their game plan flawlessly until they ran out of steam.  (They even knew that would be an issue and tried to run as much clock as they could).

Bama has a week to rest up, play Mercer, and then there will be an All Out War in the Iron Bowl.  May the best Bama team win.

Right now, he is just good, not lucky.  :lol2:

Think Georgia wants him back yet?   :lol2:

Richt belongs at Miami.  He's a complete different coach there, relaxed, just got back from the boat. 

He probably already had the horseshoe, when Miami squeaked out consecutive come from behind wins against FSU and GA Tech earlier in the season. 

We haven't had a game like this in a while.  It was a test of the team's character and they showed great character to hang in there in a hostile environment and come out with a big win on a day when #1 and #3 teams lost.

Have to say Jalen won me over tonight.  He made some big plays especially pass completions when we absolutely had to have them. OL seriously sucked all night. Can't run off guard or really between the tackles. That's what worries me most about IB.  I don't know why with such an aggressive pass rush we didn't run any screens.

Too many mistakes on D but in the 4th qtr they came through when it had to be.

IB will be a war.  Brace yourselves...

If we can quit dropping passes and play our position on defense we would be hard for anybody to beat. I hate to say this but in all fairness auburn would have beat us tonight. RTR!

No word yet about the injuries.  Ross Piersbacherdeomhertedeom-herte??

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HSCoach gonna have carpal tunnel after this week's analysis.  :stars:

Should be out by IB.   :lol2:

 :lol: Aren't you the optimist?

It'll be thicker than Michener's Hawaii.

Blasphemy!

Look men, they beat UGA.  We all thought UGA was a top team.  But in hindsight, what have they really done this year?  They ran roughshod over the SEC East :eyeroll: and beat Notre Dame by 1 point in a tough game.  But did you see any of the Miami whipping they put on Notre Dame last night?  As it turns out, both Notre Dame and UGA were both extremely overrated.  Everyone thought UGA was strong because they beat Notre Dame, and everyone thought highly of Notre Dame because they played UGA tough.  That circular logic got a cold hard dose of reality last night.

All night last night the announcers were all giddy about the prospect of #1, #2, and #3 losing on the same day.  I said there is a big difference between #1 and #3 compared to #2.  #2 has been under the bright lights for 10 years, while the other 2 have never been battle tested.

Do ya'll not remember the 2009 season?  I know ya'll haven't forgotten about the UT game and Mount Cody blocking 2 field goals.  We also had to come from behind to beat Auburn with a final drive right at the end.  Then G-Mac broke some ribs in the SEC Championship game, but they kept it secret and he still played against Texas.

Last night our team proved that they have the heart of a champion and can win when their back is against the wall.  Sure, we do have some injuries at LB.  #42 will get better with more reps and we may get some others back in a couple of weeks.  And Auburn's OL is nowhere near as strong as Mississppi State's.  Jalen is still driving the bus on offense.  After they tackle him a few times they might run out of LBs too.

Victory is not guaranteed in the Iron Bowl, or any other game for that matter.  But I sure as hell won't concede before we even play the game.  I might not even do it after we play the game for that matter.  Coach Bryant once said he never lost a game, but every now and then the clock hit 0 before they got finished playing.  Why give up before the clock has even started?

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I'm so ashamed.   :-[ :-[

Pic or it didn't happen.  :lol2:

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 :lol: E-cred!

SUERCOACH ...  #+ #+ #+ #+ #+

Prognostication of the week!  #+ E-cred!