Kickoff time announced for Texas-Alabama showdown in Week 2
Texas and Alabama are gearing up for a rematch in the 2023 season from a dramatic showdown a season ago. On Tuesday, the kickoff time and broadcast details were set for the Longhorns’ visit to Tuscaloosa.
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The two sides will face off Sept. 9 with a 7 pm ET (6 pm CT) kickoff on ESPN. That is likely a welcome sight for many after an 11 am local time kickoff for two teams as a part of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff during the 2022 season.
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The sides battled in a dramatic showdown last season with Bryce Young leading a clutch drive for a game-winning field goal with 10 seconds to go in the game. Quinn Ewers also shined early for the Longhorns before leaving the game due to injury.
This season’s matchup also carries a fair amount of intrigue for both sides. The Week 2 showdown will be the first real test for either side as Texas and Alabama open the year with Rice and Middle Tennessee State, respectively.
As for Nick Saban’s squad, the Crimson Tide are searching for a replacement to No. 1 draft pick Bryce Young under center. Alabama is also looking to get back into the College Football Playoff after a rare miss in 2022.
At Texas, Steve Sarkisian is looking for the program’s first season with 9+ wins since 2018. All eyes will also be on the QB position to see if Ewers can develop into a star while trying to hold off newcomer Arch Manning for the starting position.
One the top 2nd tier games in 2023, should be absent burner. Possible NY6 bowl berth on the line.
Could come down to whether or not Bama can cheap shot Ewers out the game again
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Not every team gets to weasel out of tough games like Georgia does. SEC bailed Ga out of one of the only two tough games on their schedule. Bama didn’t get the same benefit.
Dawgs are the SEC favorite son now. They know Nicky is over the hill and on his last leg.
Kirby does need to schedule a ranked opponent early in the season…The Dawgs have opened with Clemson and Oregon in the past so why not again ? O.K. Oregon was a blowout but the Clemson game was a pretty good, low-scoring game and the Dawgs won both games. So Kirby step up to the pump and schedule someone with a Ranking Number beside it’s name.
You probably should check UGA’s future schedule vs OOC opponents.
Win two championships in 50 yrs yall talk sh×t how about we just hurt up all the GA players if we play you clowns this year
BamaNation4Life……
” Win two championships in 50 yrs yall talk sh×t how about we just hurt up all the GA players if we play you clowns this year”
That’s 2 back to back inbred! As for your THREATS! I doubt you even get to play Georgia!!! But if you do and start that deliberately hurting people business! DON’T EXPECT THAT GROUP OF SISSIES TO DO ANYTHING BUT HURT THEMSELVES IN THE PROCESS!!!!
You don’t have players MAN ENOUGH to injure Georgia players!!!! So shut up you jealous sissy!!! DYLAN RAIOLA IS COMING GO CHECK T
BamaNation4Life……
” Win two championships in 50 yrs yall talk sh×t how about we just hurt up all the GA players if we play you clowns this year”
That’s 2 back to back inbred! As for your THREATS! I doubt you even get to play Georgia!!! But if you do and start that deliberately hurting people business! DON’T EXPECT THAT GROUP OF SISSIES TO DO ANYTHING BUT HURT THEMSELVES IN THE PROCESS!!!!
You don’t have players MAN ENOUGH to injure Georgia players!!!! So shut up you jealous sissy!!! DYLAN RAIOLA IS COMING GO CHECK THE RUMOR MILL OF WHO HE IS BRINGING WITH HIM!!!!!
PS. You won’t like it crybaby!!!!!!
Negan
Yea, I noticed it’s a NIGHT GAME!!! Something Georgia never gets. Not unless we are in a rival stadium with a ton of injuries!!!
WHERE ARE GEORGIA’S HOME NIGHT GAMES????
PS. Alabama cheap-shots everybody!!! They only get called for maybe 5%! Cheap shot Ewers and you could get Manning!!!! LOL
Negan
GEORGIA’S SO-CALLED WEAK SCHEDULE….
WHO DOES ALABAMA PLAY THAT IS SO MUCH TOUGHER THAN WHO GEORGIA PLAYS????? If we were playing TEXAS. Y’all would laugh and say TEXAS is overrated!!! What about LSU??? We will play them again in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP! Otherwise we will play whoever beats them!!!!!
Otherwise what is the complaint???? Missouri lost 4 games last season or so I heard! Same as LSU!!!! Kentucky is a solid team. WE PLAY TENNESSEE AS WELL! If Florida improves, they have been a blueblood!!! Georgia plays Ole miss!!!!!
PS. Fact is Georgia has a very comparable schedule to Alabama!!!!!
Negan
That’s a relief. Last year’s game was the hottest sporting event I’ve ever attended.
No Bijan but Texas has receivers that torched us last year and praying the Alabama 2ndary can contain them this time.
Golding is gone so it is likely to be better.
That’s what I’m thinking. Please Lord let the defense improve this year!!
Wait I thought Saban was a defensive guru. Obviously it was Kirby who was the true guru behind those great Bama defenses.
Bama will drill them by 20+.
How do you figure that, did you watch the game last year?
I watched a good portion of the game and I saw Bama getting destroyed at the line of scrimmage and losing if Ewers doesn’t get knocked out of the game.
My guess is Texas will be a better team in 2023 and Bama may or may not be better.
Does Bama have replacements for Young and Anderson?
Does that mean Missouri has a good shot at nail biter in Athens this year?
LOL. Keep doing the Lord’s work.
Vegas is waiting for your Missouri bet.
Bama lost more talent then they are willing to admit. Saban bringing in that QB from Notre Dame is a desperation move. I haven’t seen Saban do that his entire time at Bama. He normally builds from within. Bama could very well lose at least 2 games this season. I know they lost 2 games in the final seconds last season, but that’s ONLY because Bryce Young was the best QB in college football and bailed them out on multiple occasions. I don’t think there is a QB on Bama’s roster that can do what BY did. There aren’t many QBs across the country that could do the things he did.
Take it from a worn down TN fan, just when you think you have the next Heisman QB ready to take over the team, you find out you have a Guarantano.
What would Bama’s defense in 2022 be like with a lesser player instead of Will Anderson?
The opposing offense had to account for Anderson on every play, does Bama have that guy in 2023?
Another reason for Bama’s loss to TN was their coverage was awful. They were holding the TN receivers like a mom afraid of losing her toddler in the crowd. It was the most penalized team Saban has ever had.
Bama has lost a lot of leadership and I haven’t seen anybody on that roster that makes me think they have somebody that can fill that on-field mentor role that Anderson played. He kept players in check. That’s huge when you look at how undisciplined they played last season.
Saban will always field a good team but I do think his best days are behind him. The constant change in coordinators and coaches, the portal and NIL did him in.
Nah, none of that did Saban in. 15 years of dominance and having a complete strangle hold on the sport must have gotten a little boring for the GOAT. He needed a new challenge.
Being who he is, he began implementing this challenge early by grooming baby Kirby so that there could be a worthy challenger to make things a bit more difficult. He also decided to take his foot off the gas a bit to allow for someone else to get a little of the lime light. Saban tips his hat to Kirby on following through with his plan.
He’ll be back for vengeance this year and roll out a couple more Nattys before he sets off to his multi-million dollar mansion he just bought in South Florida. He may even invite little Kirby down so he can fix him his drinks and clean the pool when needed.
The main reason for the TN loss last year was the 17 penalties. A team record for a team that has played football for 130+ years. Golding is gone and Steele will make sure that is fixed.
This post confirms it…..The Standard is just GWhite in disguise.
And Donk you’re mostly right. You can’t have that many penalties and expect to win.
Any college football fan with half a functioning brain cell knows Saban is the best to ever do it. All good things come to an end. Those shoes will NEVER be filled. Bama fans will never be satisfied going forward.
They said the same thing about the Bear Bryant era and look what happened. Satisfaction leads to complacency. Yes, nothing lasts forever but bluebloods do seem to keep sticking around.
Vol88, I agree. The Standard appears to have come unhinged.
Well JFT I heard that in 2010 and 2014 as well.
Heard what?
The Standard……..Yea, Saban took his foot off the gas. Then went on every sports show he could. LITERALLY BEGGING AND CRYING ABOUT WANTING TO BE IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!
Baby Kirby is the reason Saban had the stranglehold!!! Saban will be slick on top before he ever keeps Kirby in a stranglehold in the future!!!!!
Saban never beat anyone he shouldn’t have!!!! Fact is Saban is a recruiter but not a coach. That is why he insists upon a large staff!!!!! King Kirby is a recruiter and elite coach!!!!!!
Want some??? Come get some!!!! Don’t allow your head coach to take his foot off the gas again. IN ORDER TO AVOID FACING GEORGIA!!!!!!
PS. Enjoy your rebuild!!!!! LOL
THE DYNASTY LIVES IN GEORGIA!!!
Negan
The Standard. That’s the brand name of a toilet. Appropriate for the sh1t that a hole spews.
VFL_88…I agree with every point you made in your post. Bryce was a magician with a football, in spite of our porous “o” line.
This game is huge for both programs. The media will greatly react to the outcome and the reaction to that will make for an entertaining week.
LSUSMC…You hit it on the head. This game will be greatly over-hyped and the winner will immediately jump into the National Championship picture. But that’ll be a huge overreaction to one(1) football game. I hope it is a good game and Alabama wins. Roll Tide !