Only really surprising result yesterday was AU beating Arky that bad. Books made a killing on that game. You can't be anything but impressed by what AU did, but Ark had the look of a team that flat gave up. Surprising considering the hard on Bert has for AU. With the type of offense AU runs, they are going to do that to tired defenses that are undisciplined with as much misdirection they employ. I didn't see a whole lot of Arkansas with the ball and by the time the Alabama game was over, AU already had the game well in hand so I didn't watch much. But from what I've read, Allen took another beating and was pretty careless with the ball. Stretch run setting up pretty nicely for AU as they now get a pretty down and beat up Ole Miss team before a snoozer against Vandy. Traveling to Athens doesn't look that intimidating, then after the SoCon-SEC challenge week, go to Alabama with possibly the West on the line. Who would have thought that 4 weeks ago
Will continue to echo CK's thoughts on LSU. I watched a good bit of that game last night, and it really doesn't look like they are doing anything different schematically on offense, they are just doing it much better. I guess maybe it's the energy level and excitement from coach O and Ensminger? Bittersweet feeling seeing Fournette healthy again. Love watching him play, just wished he would wait until after we play them to look that good. Ole Miss looks like a team that's running out of gas, just like they have the last 3 years. So much talent in the starting 22, just not much depth after that. Chad Kelly made some throws last night that looked like he was trying to turn the ball over. Think they are on the cusp of just saying f!ck it the rest of the season
Missouri, Mississippi St, South Carolina, Vandy and Kentucky are all pretty bad this year. That's 5 teams that would be at the bottom of every power 5 conference. UGA, Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Florida are all teams with some nice parts to them, but doubt they would be in the top 2 of any other conference at this point. aTm, AU, LSU and Tennessee are all pretty good teams I think.
Alabama is going to miss Eddie Jackson. Hate that that's the way his career ends. Hope he makes a full recovery and gets drafted high in April. Safety is probably the thinnest position for Alabama, but I guess that's relative. I expect that Hootie Jones and Tony Brown will be the front runners to take over, with maybe some different shifts in nickel and dime for Ronnie Harrison and/or Minkah Fitzpatrick. The bye week is coming at a good time. As good a runner as Jalen Hurts is, and as unflappable as he appears to be, I was hoping for a little bit more in the passing game from him at this point. Hard to complain with the rushing numbers we've put up, but LSU and AU will certainly be better at stopping the run than the last few teams we've played. Alabama's defense is playing at an extremely high level right now, especially the front 7. I'm less worried about what AU presents on offense, but a fully healthy Fournette could cause issues.
Looking forward to the discussion again as always.
