Amarillo Tide

Just an insane take.

Nick is gone and is never coming back. NIL has changed things forever and while Bama is a top ten player in NIL, we are not now and will probably never be a top five NIL player. As such, we will never consistently stack #1 or #2 recruiting classes year after year like CNS did.

My point is, you need to temper those expectations. Times have changed and the days of Bama going undefeated or losing only one game year after year are gone. I’m sorry but it’s true.

I’d be ecstatic if Bama goes 16-0. From time to time, we have a shot but I’m realistic enough to realize it’s not happening every year. You’re gonna be severely disappointed if you think the good times will continue like they were.

I’ll have some of whatever you’re smoking.

Dude, why don’t you just change your posting name to “Debbie Downer” or “Eeyore”? At least that would reflect your attitude.

I have high expectations for Bama and I understand most of us do too. HOWEVER, some of our fans have insane/ludicrous expectations.

People tend to forget there were a LOT of new starters out there on both sides of the ball. There are going to be growing pains.

I felt the O line played fairly well. Not great but not terrible. These five guys had NEVER played in a game together before. Yes, they practiced/scrimmaged together but there is a gigantic difference between a practice and a live game against another team in front of 80-100,000 screaming fans and on TV.

These guys will gel and improve at least somewhat, maybe greatly. I have faith Klemm will work tirelessly with them. Also, experience is an amazing teacher and honestly, there’s no substitute either. I’m confident the O line will improve.

I don’t know if we have a 1,000+ yd RB but I thought they did pretty well. I was really impressed with Crowell and Brown.

Defense played really well. Yes, they had one busted coverage but that happens from time to time with even NFL defenses. It’s gonna be OK.

I will say, Keelon played well. He wasn’t perfect but given this was his first start, I thought he did really well. He is absolutely gonna have to learn to slide or get out of bounds rather than take all those hits he took. I don’t think he can last an entire season like that. Still, I was impressed.

Anyhow, sorry for rambling but I hope those among our fan base that thought we played poorly can take a deep breath today and be a smidge more objective.

RTR!

Haynes King is back for his 12th season of eligibility at GT. Seems like that dude has been around forever.

I gotta disagree with saying “some people” thought Gibbs was soft. I don’t recall anyone saying that and if there was anyone, they were one out 10,000 of our fans. Gibbs was a great RB.

As for Haynes, I was never really impressed. He had/has good size but I felt like he seldom ran hard and usually ran kind of tentative, almost like he was afraid of getting hurt.

Like 99% of the guys who leave Bama, I wish him well but I never thought he was a huge loss.

For some reason, I thought he’d played at Auburn. I stand corrected.

Personally, I love the jumbo formation. I hope we see it this Fall.

Not sure how true this is but I’d read Haywood was struggling a bit with the mental aspect of the position.

Can you imagine the amount of food those dudes can eat? Holy cow.