I don't know what rankings have to do with it.   

They aren't SEC good, no.

Bama wins.  The Barn loses.  A good day for BB.   

Could be.  I doubt Charlie Strong has given up on being a head coach, but maybe he needs more HC training.   

Pretty awesome, and funny, to defeat a National #1 PAC-12 team by run rule.   

Let the coaching rehab clinic begin...

Sounds like satire to me.   

Bama FG and 3pt shooting percentages were in the 30s.


Bama 9/16 FTs
Barn 26/39 FTs


Surprised Bama took the game to OT

I didn't watch the game, but Bama lost in OT, 95-91

Good news.

And yes, Herbert Jones has been missed. He's not just "the team's best defensive player," he's a hustle guy who works in every aspect of the game and motivates his teammates.

Awesome to see this team fight through to the end and then in OT for the win.   

Kept him around for another year or two anyway, that plus this year's recruiting class.

Still lost to LSU, Georgia, Florida... and Minnesota.   

The State of Florida is one of the nation's most fertile recruiting ground, and Mullen is a good coach with needs to fill.  Florida's recruiting classes have been creeping up the rankings since Mullen got there, 13, then 9, now 8. But a lot of coaches go to Florida to poach recruits from there.

Other than the Barn, which was the biggest surprise to me, it is hard to supplant the "old dogs" of the SEC, plus Jimbo is a notoriously good recruiter with the State of Texas at his doorstep.

Of course, consistent recruiting year after year, filling needs, building team chemistry, developing players, and player character are all more important factors leading to championship-level play (as compared to one year's class ranking).