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Ump just blew an obvious game ending check swing call. Ultimately didn’t matter, next guy fouled out. Really should be able to challenge check swing calls in MLB and CBB

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Blowing a 10 point lead

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10 point leads are blown all the time. 10 run leads…not so much

Bama chased Ole Miss’s starter in the 4th and is up 5-2. Not a bad start to a game we were a material home underdog in. Our BP can definitely blow this, though.

The double bye is there for the taking for us, but Ole Miss is a -200 favorite because our bats are bad far too often. We absolutely love to strikeout at the plate.

Realistically, we might need A&M, LSU, and KY to all win to get the 4 seed…and that probably isn’t happening (can’t see LSU having enough pride to care today, and KY may not recover from yesterday).

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So ditch the Saban standard? What are the standards you think we need to abide by now?

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I hate to break it to you, but not even Saban himself could uphold the “Saban standards” the last few years and we were barely beating bad teams.

We gave up 5 TDs to one receiver in a single game to miss the playoffs in 2022, under Saban. Imagine what this board would say if Womack and DeBoer gave up 5 TDs and 200+ yards to 1 WR in a single game :lol:

2021 and 2023 took literal miracle plays in the IB against 2 terrible AU teams to make the playoffs (AU RB allowing us to throw him OB in 2021, and 4th & 31 in 2023).

Not only could Saban not uphold the “Saban standard” and decided to walk away, but the coach/team most able to replicate that standard has also struggled to maintain it as I mentioned. He hasn’t won a playoff game since 2022 and hasn’t gotten anywhere close to a Natty even after Saban is gone (could argue 2024 was bad injury luck with QB going down in SECCG).

In summary, it sounds like a pretty ridiculous idea to hold a standard that the coach who established the standard couldn’t hold in this environment along with his top protégé. We still need a standard as a program and I’m not sure DeBoer is intense enough to win enough playoff games without the extra prep time (and misses a lot of the small details in situational awareness), but I’m not going to fault him for not being able to do what Saban couldn’t do himself. Be sure to let me know the next time we give up 200+ yds and 5 TDs to the same WR.

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I get the feeling Byrne thought there was real interest in CKD entertaining other schools and leaving.

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I 100% believe he at least had a conversation with his wife about it. You could tell in one of DeBoer’s interviews that while he doesn’t want to be labeled a quitter or a guy that runs from a challenge, he’s also not the kind of guy that thrives under extreme pressure and intensity.

I think he also is beginning to realize that the Bama fanbase expectations need a significant reboot, and he doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt like a person who’s won a NC or multiple NC’s would get. The best coach in the SEC hasn’t won a playoff game since 2022 and lost to Pete Golding last year. Times have changed.

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That would make you a decent human being.

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Said no one about LSU fans, ever. STTDB and piss balloons may legitimately be the trashiest fanbase in the entire US…in any sport at any level

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Pearl wouldn’t exactly be a Saban. Won nothing except local pie eating contests.

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:lol: No lies detected.

Wasn’t sure how closely the “Saban” reference held.

Side note, if Hurley had beaten Michigan, I’d have probably reluctantly put him close to Saban’s accomplishments. 3 NCAA basketball championships, with one being at the height of NIL, would be pretty close to 7 CFB championships in difficulty. The NCAAT is the hardest championship to win by a mile (although for big spending teams, that may be actually going the other way in basketball since we’re seeing a lot more chalk in the NCAAT…more parity in football nowadays, but probably less in basketball). He probably would need 4 or even 5 to pass Saban, but 3 would have been extremely impressive.

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Hitting a HR that clears the bases almost always ends the game in a loss. Better to get runners on and keep momentum until the tying run is at the plate. The HR prior to the tie is such a momentum killer

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Never fails. Let’s the current pitcher or new pitcher just reset like it’s a clean inning.

Nicely done OU…props to A&M to try to make it close in the 7th. Too little too late

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A road sweep is quite literally no big deal in baseball

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Alabama is good at baseball and will host

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Now you’re talking out of both sides of your mouth. Let Bama get swept in Colombia next weekend, and both of these will be proven false. It’s not likely, but it certainly is possible

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How odd.

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Is it, though?

We swept you…with the worst fielding team in the entire league…that’s called PTSD, or at least humiliation remembrance.