Mrs. J and I were thinking about your trip recently and now the virus has hit we were wondering if the park would stay open.

Have your plans changed any for your trip out West?

It was another win for Bama and it wasn't pretty but it was another win and that is very important as we get close to tournament time. If there is one huge positive with the team so far it is the number of fans turning out for the games. The last three games have been well attended, over 10,000 at each game with one being a sellout and another very close to a sellout and that was one of their major goals for this season, put the fans back in the seats. The games are sometimes tough to watch but I see a lot of effort from this team and that is something I haven't seen in many years at Coleman. I think Coach Oats will recruit well and there are brighter days ahead for the program.

I was there and thought the crowd was pretty good, there were 102,000 sold. I have seen a lot less fans there than were there yesterday and the students hung around better than usual too, There were less students there, I agree.

I have to admit, that's one of the best. I noticed that he didn't have to go change his pants.

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.

Looks like someone is stepping up in this world, a new truck.  :clap:

I agree with you, he's a high school qb, got a ways to go.

Mrs. J and I were just looking at your bird pictures, just beautiful.

The game will be televised on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m.

Wow the pics are just great, as usual.

Bama got a commit today from 5 Star QB Bryce Young who flipped from Southern Cal.

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Yes it was a very, very hot day and the players seemed to handle it pretty good. It took Tua 3 plays to get the ball into the end zone from 60 yards out to start the scrimmage. Tua is Tua and not much more too say about him, he's a ballplayer. The kicking game seems better with the addition of Reichard, he has a very strong leg, punting and place kicking.

it was hard to judge how good the team is at this point in time as CNS was practicing everyone that was healthy. Mac Jones seems settled in in the reserve role but he didn't look as sharp to day as he did in the ADay game. Harris and Robinson both looked good running the ball, Robinson can be a beast when he has to, hard to bring down. Waddle dropped a few jocks with his quick cuts when he had a chance to run with the ball, he is something else to watch.

I though both the offensive and defensive lines had their moments but again it was practice with a lot of new faces. Same with the Dbacks and the receivers, there were some good catches and some good pass defense.

CNS stated that there are some injuries that need to heal and he's looking for leaders on the team. He felt that the lack of leadership was the main ingredient that was missing last year and is now working hard with the players to establish that leadership mentality in them.

Greg Byrne and CNS both talked about the Bama scheduling issue that seems to bother so many Bama critics for not being tough enough. Both stated that they are searching country wide for the better games but very few of those opponents want the Bama game. Byrne stated that most schools are booked through the 2020's already.

It was a fun day and I think this team can be as good as they want to be but we need Mother Luck to become more visible in the locker room for a change and be a blessing for the team. Injuries have really taken it's toll the past few years.