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                ROLL TIDE

Roll tide

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 ???

That's wrong on so many levels.   :-\

 :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:

Eli Gold:

Wind may be a factor.  Not blasting, but enough wind that it could affect kicks, punts, and maybe passes.

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Pretty cold and windy here.

Where r you?

Good afternoon! RTR

Eli:  Will Reichard apparently isn't well enough to play.

 :(

 :-*

Eli’s right. We live about 3 hours from College Station and it’s the same way here.  But, temps are great for the game.

Bama wins the toss and defers. 

Bama kicks off.

 #+

Mond for 4 on first play.

A&M gets a first down by half a yard.

 :popcorn2:

A&M across the 50 for another first.

SC WINS!

3rd and 3 for Aggies at our 33.

First down.

They tried to run a quick one, and we stopped them on 4th, but the clock was stopped.

It was a first down, I thought.

Fromm throws 3 interceptions to lose game to S. Carolina. He had 0 interceptions before game.





 :tinfoil: :tinfoil: :tinfoil:

OK wins by 7, but doesn't cover the spread.

 >:(

Come on defense!

Blown coverage.  A&M inside the red zone.

 :facepalm:

 :facepalm: :facepalm:

Well, that didn’t go as planned.


 >:(

FLAG AGGIES!!

Pass wide right to an open receiver.  Battle missed the tackle at the 3. 
Touchdown Aggies.

Wait!

Personal foul on Aggies for a blind-side block.  WOWie Zowie.

TD Aggies.   :facepalm:

Defense is discombobulated.

 :facepalm: :wall:

Poor tackling again.  Mond runs to the 1.

He gets a TD on QB sneak.

Half the quarter is gone.

Aggies 7    Bama hasn't seen the ball.   :-\

 :wall:

Yeah, unlike us to miss tackles like that.   >:(

It looks like underdog weekend is in full swing.

Even Bama might have a fight on its hands.

 >:( >:( >:(

Hopefully we get to play offense too.   :lol2:

Could very well be.

 :tinfoil:

I hate it when the KO guy takes it out of the end zone.  Luck, he gets 2 extra yards.  But risking injury and other disasters....

Haha Chech!!!RTR

Devonta got tackled! 

Then he dropped the next pass.   :wall:

Jeudy!

 #+

First down to Jeudy at the 45.

Najee powers for another first down inside the 35.

 #+

Harris in beast mode!

 :worship:

Touchdown Alabama!

WADDLE ALONG THE SIDELINES ON A PASS FOR A TD.

Bama 7      Texas A&M 7


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WADDLE!

Waddle for a TD!!!

 #+ #+ #+

Now let's see if we can get a stop!  ROLL TIDE!!!

Let’s see if we made some adjustments on defense this go round.
 :dunno:

We answered.  Maybe the defense learned to tackle during their break.

I like what I’m seeing on D right now.

That’s better

3 and out.  THAT'S BETTER!

EXACTLY! Having 5 freshmen on D doesn’t help either.



 :popcorn2:

Waddle wanted that one.  :lol2:

And a good return of 15 yards for Waddle.  Maybe today is his turn to shine!

 #+ #+

Listening to Eli.

He's bragging on the O-line so far.  Hope they keep it together.

Holding on Jeudy's chance on a deep throw.

First down!

Touchdown Smith!

DEVONTA DOWN THE MIDDLE ON A PASS FOR A TD.

Bama 14      Texas A&M 7


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That slant in vicious!

Smith for 6 more!

 #+ #+ #+

TUA JUST PASSED AJ FOR THE TD PASSING RECORD!

 #+ #+ #+

Yeah and he used to brag on Shula & Francione.




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End of 1st Quarter:

Bama 14   Aggies 7

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They are playing without Chris Owens at center.

Yeah, and I just hope it's okay.  They shifted the linemen all around.

 :popcorn2:

Let’s see if we can stop them this time.

 :popcorn2:

Mond missed 2 big passes on that drive.  But they get a fg.

Bama 14   Aggies 10

May have been offensive pass interference on the Aggie receiver.  He shoved McKinney 5 yards onto his backside that time.

Ruggs takes it out of the end zone again.   >:(

 :o :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

That wasn’t a fumble, thank goodness.

I think he's down before the fumble.   :-\

Ruggs fumbled the kickoff.

Maybe..............

No. ground caused the fumble.  Whew.   8)

Devonta again for a first across the 50...

Still, with Bama's offense, no reason to be taking that chance.

Don't need to win the game with long kickoff returns, but Bama lost at least one game from fumbled returns. 

Robinson catches a swing pass for 10, then runs to the 22 on a handoff.

 #+

Robinson stacked up for -2 on 3rd in a row.   :dunno:

Looks like a blown route.

FG attempt bounced in.

 :lol3:

 :tinfoil:

Jeudy open for a TD, but Tua thought he was continuing across.  Incomplete.  Then they yell at eash other.

Bulovas hits the upright that bangs on through.   :facepalm:

FIELD GOAL - BARELY!

Bama 17      Texas A&M 10


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Lewis making his mark out there today.

 #+

BACK-TO-BACK SACKS and A&M goes 3 n out!

 #+ #+

This IS Waddle's Day!

Great return for Waddle! 42 yards

Harris in for 6!!

 #+ #+ #+

Touchdown Alabama pass to N Harris

NAJEE HARRIS CATCHES A GREAT PASS FROM TUA!


Bama 24      Texas A&M 10


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Great play by Tua to escape the rush, get open to the left for a run, then throw a strike to Najee for the TD.

WOW!

 #+ #+

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McKinney had his hands on that for an int.  ALMOST!

FUMBLE ON A HARD HIT............. MCKINNEY HAS IT!

 #+ #+ #+

FUMBLE!  BAMA BALL!!!

 :lol:

I'm listening to Eli. 

Jeudy caught a 3rd down pass and held on after a hard hit.   :worship: :worship: :worship:

Another 3rd down coming....

Our running game has stalled.

Timeout A&M.  We're on their 13 with 3rd and about 10....

 :popcorn2:

Yep. Need to pass more to open it back up.

 >:(

Intercepted in the endzone.  BUMMER.  First of the year for Tua.

 :facepalm:

Jeudy broke open in the middle, but the A&M safety was waiting for that play.  Good defense.

We had 5 receivers out, and Tua expected they had to play man defense.  But they had a set defense against Jeudy in the middle.

Jimbo can coach defense.   :worship:

Waddle goes into the lockerroom for attention to his hand or arm.

 :(

Anfernee Jennings at the QB's ankles gets a PF call for late hit. 
Not a bad play by AJ, just what we had when he was crawling at the QB as the ball was thrown.

 :wall:

Aggies stumble on a drive to our 40, then call their last timeout.  19 seconds left in the half.  We need to hold them here.

 :popcorn2:

Barmore gets a personal foul for a light slap to the QB's head.  BS call, but it's the rule.

Time is down to 3 secs, so A&M kicks a fg.

Once again Bama fails to control the ball the last 2 min of the half.  Saban will let them know about that!

HALFTIME

Bama 24      Texas A&M 13


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We have 198 yards of offense.

Tua is 13/19 for 161.

A&M leads 13 to 11 in first downs.

We're 5/7 on 3rd downs.

Not our best game, but we're winning 24-13.   #+

Tua seems to be off on his long balls today.

Hope we make to proper adjustments at halftime.

A&M has a good defensive plan.  They've stopped our running pretty well, partly because we had to shuffle our line.  And they have speedy DBs who know to grab the WRs instead of giving up long passes.

I think we're okay, but I won't rest until we put the game away.  This was thought to be the biggest challenge for us, especially after we lost our LBs.  The D has played well so far, and Mond has helped by missing some passes.

 :popcorn2:

Wow, Ruggs returns the kickoff to the 40.  
 #+ #+

I think the Aggies DB’s. deserve some credit for that. I still think we hang another 28 on them in 2nd half.




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Big 3rd down right away, and Jeudy is open for a first across the 50.   :worship:

Najee runs for 10 and another first.

Jeudy catches one for 20 to the A&M 5.

 #+

Forristall to the 3 on a catch!

... followed by a penalty for 5 yards.

Waddle drops the pass at the 3.  Wouldn't have been a TD anyhow.

At least we got 3 out of it.
 :popcorn2:

Field Goal by Bulovas.

Bama 27      Texas A&M 13


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Yeah, a good drive coming out of the halftime.  Can't have penalties there.

Where's Ricky??  :lol2:

I’m pinch hitting for him.


 :lol2:

Terrell Lewis gets a sack.  3 n out for Aggies!

 #+

Looooong punt, but Waddle returns it 30 yards to the 45.

Jordan Battle had a questionable block on the A&M tackler, but no flag.  Battle contacted the tackler from the side before the block, then pushed him.  Could have been called!

 :unsure: :unsure:

Okay, Tua missed Jeudy (barely) on a long pass.  Maybe Tua is a bit off.

 :-[

We overcome another penalty with a pass to Waddle and a run by Najee.   :worship: :worship:

First down at the Aggie 38.  A TD here and we can relax.

 :popcorn2:

Run game seems to be getting more productive.

Wearing them down some, hopefully.

 ;)

Hope so.  And A&M just lost their LB to an injury. 

"POUND 'EM"

TOUCHDOWN PASS ALONG THE LEFT SIDELINE TO RUGGS!

Bama 34      Texas A&M 13


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Nice pass to Ruggs for a TD!

 #+ #+ #+

And now we relax!

:toast4:

Mond runs for a first down.  That's not a worry now.   :lol2:

Yep.

The game seems to be going our way now for the most part.

 :D

 >:( >:(

Interception wiped out by a holding call.  Good call.

Well, crap!

Thought we had that one.

 :(

Mond threw a good pass, but Mond got CREAMED!  He's back up.

Mond threw a nice pass after that, but it's dropped.

Mond is tough!

 >:(


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Mond finds the TE for a wide-open TD.

A&M usually uses the TE lots, but this year their TE was lost with a knee injury.  This guy isn't great, but even Ricky could have caught that one.

Bama 34   A&M 20

Good news: more Tua.

:jump:  :jump:  :jump:

Big run, but Forristall called for holding (again; every game).   :facepalm:

Robinson catches a swing pass and runs for 25!  WOOT!

If at first you don’t succeed, just do it over again.

 :lol2:

Yep and along with Leatherwoods off sides.  :eyeroll:

Jeudy drops a pass.  Wow.

Maybe behind him a tad.

Crap.  Forristall grabs his knee. 

And now our first punt of the day.  Their ball at the Aggie 23.

Tua was hit late there, but he'd run out of the pocket.

We really could use a stop here.

Aggies can boo about the call, but jennings was also held there rushing the QB.

They deserved being backed up.

Almost intercepted.  Terrell Lewis crashed into Mond to pop up the pass.

Jennings and another player ran into each other after it.

Okay, great job, D and appreciate the help, Aggies.  :lol3:

Waddle returns the punt 43 yards to inside the Aggie 35.  WOOT!

:jump:

Our poor offensive execution (illegal procedure, delay of game, holding, etc.) reminds me of the Mike Shula offense.



 :-X.   >:(.   :(. 



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End of 3rd Quarter

Bama 34      Texas A&M 20


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Tua 20/32 for 288.

Najee runs for 10 yards inside the Aggie 20.   :worship: :worship:

Forristall is back in.   #+

Najee runs to the 3.

Harris is have a great game.

 :popcorn2:

ROBINSON STRETCHES FOR A TOUCHDOWN FROM THE 3.

Bama 40      Texas A&M 20


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Robinson is in for 6!  

Needed that one.

 #+ #+ #+

5 offensive plays in-a-row and no penalty by the offense. They must have seen my Shula insult.




 :lol2:

I know those interior D-linemen are tall, but kicking an extra point isn't that difficult.
Almost every high-school team has a kicker who kicks 20-30 in a row.

 :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

BTW, I got a text from 2.  He has a house full of family womens, so he's too busy to join us.

Glad for him!

 :-*

Someone must have an Alabama kicker voodoo doll.

 :unsure:

Frustrating isn’t it and no one can explain it.



 :wall:

Mond fumbled the snap on 3rd and long.

Aggies being Aggies!

PUNT IS BLOCKED BY KAHO!!  WOOT!

Bama 47      Texas A&M 20


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Wow!  Great blocked punt leading to a TD.

Wasn’t expecting that!

 #+ #+ #+

That XP hit the upright, but went through.

WHERE IS REICHARD??

Now we get to see Mack Jones and the boys!

 #+ #+

Joey Galloway and Jessie Palmer pick SEC games each week on the SECNetwork.  They are supposed to pick against the spread, but Joey G sort of cheated this morning and instead said pick the "OVER" on the Alabama Aggies game.  He thought at 61 points, with the way Bama scores, it was easy money.  Since the combined score is already 67 points, it looks like he was right.

He should have picked games for me today.  :lol2:

Mond runs for 40 yards on 3rd down.  That helps their run stats (which sucked until now).

Seriously!

 :eyeroll:

Aggie TE leaps high for a TD over our little skinny DB (McKinney).

A&M goes for 2.  Not sure why, but whatever.

No good, but another penalty on PI call against Battle.  Ball was too high to be caught, but ref called it anyhow.

Mond runs for it - GOOD!

Bama 47   Aggies 28.

Is that the third off sides for Jennings this game??

 :stop:
 :stop:

We've talked about it, but worth mentioning here.

Jimbo puts so much on the QB in his offense that it seems they play waaaay better when the game is put away.  Too much pressure?

Mond looks like a real talent now; passes are on the money and he's running the offense smoothly.  

Now Jimbo makes $10M/yr and I live on retirement.  So go figure.   :dunno:

Ugly, ugly, ugly execution by offense & defense today.




 :-X

Najee breaks out with a good run for 25.   #+

No rush on the punt.
Our punter, DeLong, kicks one deSHORT, and it goes out at about the 18 of deAGGIES.

 :facepalm:

Maybe our D line is gassed.

Mond running at will.

 :dunno:

And he's losing and running the clock.

Ball goes over to us on downs.

GREAT PLAYING BY BAMA TODAY!  WOOT!

 #+ #+ #+

Devonta got punched and threw a punch.

Devonta kicked out!

 :( :( :( :( :( :(

Wills gets 15 for "jumping on the pile".

 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

Guys losing composure out there toward the end.

Uncharacteristic of a Bama team.

FINAL SCORE

Bama 47      Texas A&M 28


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Good win against a ranked sec west team in their house!

Roll Tide!

Congrats, Bama for a hard fought win!

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ROLL TIDE!!!

This is one of those games that loomed on our schedule.  Road games are tough.
We played pretty well, and seemed to finish without any major injuries.

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Sorry I couldn't join you guys. I'm in P'cola with a houseful of company. We are all happy with the win. I knew it wouldn't be easy, but I was glad to see some good defensive plays to go along with the bad ones.

47-28, not bad! Roll Tide!!!

I didn't see or hear much of the game while finishing a 100.8 mile bike ride in Montgomery. What a weird time we're in to see Bama win by 19 on the road against a ranked SEC opponent, and yet be frustrated because Bama didn't play well.

After LSU's win last night it looks like we're headed for Game of the Century, Part Two on November 9. I don't think the score will be 9-6 this time.

:lol:

I expect the over/under may be more like 96 than a 9-6 score.  :lol2:
Nice to hear you did the bike ride on such a beautiful day (assuming the rain cleared out by then).  Hope you had fun.

Congrats on completing the Century.  Did you have much wind (we did here), or were you able to pace line?

Funny how you added the 0.8 miles.  But I understand, those are the hardest miles.   :lol2:

I once rode 700 miles over 7 days in the Colorado Rockies, and did another 650 with friends the following year.  I'd recommend Colorado riding to anyone.

I, for one, am not frustrated at Bama's performance.  A win is a win.  A 19 point win is domination, and the game really wasn't as close as that.

LSU does look as good as I said at the start of the season -- good enough to give Bama a run for the money.  Probably others are starting to see that now(?)  That game will be a huge challenge.

 :toast3:

The weather was nice. There were some strong headwinds from miles 70-84; that stretch was pretty miserable. I rode with another guy from Tuscaloosa, but we never connected with a group in a pace line. I'd love to travel around and bike some different parts of the country, but with work right now I do well to get 20-30 miles done from the house once a week. I logged 454 miles in July, and then had about 175 between the beginning of August until yesterday.

Then you're hurting today.   :lol:

That's not much of a base for a century.   :clap:

Seems like it was about this same time last year that the team started the "retaliation" part of their game and we got all those penalties as well as suspensions. Cecil Hurt had a good article in the Tuscaloosa News today in reference to Nick Saban's "Rat Poison" theory of last years downfall of the team toward the 2nd half of the season.

You are correct, sir.

Also, I forgot sunscreen and the forecast for cloudy skies proved untrue. My arms are dark red, and I have a helmet strap streak of white on my red face. :facepalm: :lol2: