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I understand why it appears from the outside that what you guys are saying is true. From the soundbites of CNS you'd think he indeed is blaming the players and not willing to admit the faults of coaching. But for those of us who follow the program closely 365, it does not appear that way at all. I think there are two main things that outsiders don't/can't see. 1) EVERYTHING CNS says to reporters is a message to the players. He doesn't read the articles. He doesn't care what the articles think of him. But he KNOWS that his players read the articles. And he focuses his responses based on the message he wants to send to his players. He has admitted as much many times over. 2) Despite that you will hear small slippages/admissions here and there that seem to be transparency instead of coded messages. Even recently about this game, after criticizing mistakes made by players, he said, "But you can't go hang them up. They're OUR players." In other words, he was admitting that they were the ones that coached them up (or failed to). So it was their responsibility to press in and coach them better.

Ummmm, worst title in the history of SDS? He doesn't "...explain why it hasn't worked for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M." He's answering a completely different questions altogether.

Actually, it's not what he was saying. All purpose yards includes punt and kick returns. The writer said scrimmage yards. But I do think Gibbs has a legit shot at 2000 scrimmage yards. And I'd put his potential all purpose yards closer to 3000.

Classic case of the title of the article making the remarks sound more inflammatory than they were. All he said was that if Burton turns out to be the #1 the offense won't be as explosive as it has been the last 2-3 years. Frankly, it's a fair point. At this point I don't see a Jeudy or Ruggs or Devonta or Waddle in the current group. Maybe one will develop, but I doubt it's Burton if one does. As far as my outlook on the offense and the team in general, I'm feeling great. This is going to be a more balanced offense than we had last year. And some of the potential lack of explosiveness from WR's is going to be made up with Gibbs coming out of the backfield. And more than those things, I think Anderson is right that this is going to be the best defense we've fielded since 2016. Special teams are going to be better than it's been in a few years too. Lots to be excited about. Roll Tide!

I agree that TAMU should have made the tourney. But I'm not surprised that they didn't. Because I feel like that the conference tournaments, aside from surprise teaming winning and getting that automatic bid, have never really tilted the scales for bubble teams.

Not really clickbait. This is a significant loss for us. These two guys came in as a package deal after we lost Scott Cochran and were suppose to turn our strength and conditioning into a cutting-edge, science-based program that would lead the nation in strength and conditioning innovation. We just lost the "science" part of that tandem.

Some of my fellow Bama fans seem confused by the article. This was a discussion about the top 4 teams in the SEC, in the context of what to expect from the SEC tournament. These ARE the top 4 teams. Mathematically. If the tournament started today they would literally be the 1-4 seeds. Hart was just responding to the way the question was asked. And in his opinion there's little separation between the current top 4 seeds.

Not impressed? You obviously haven't been watching the Gamecocks. This is a major upgrade from anything they've had in quite a while.

Interesting call, Keith. Is that the same Jordan Davis who was gassed by the end of the first quarter against Bama and recorded no significant stats?

I don't know if you're trolling with your comments about UGA being out or actually convinced, but there is NO WAY UGA doesn't make the final four.

Nah. UGA doesn't fall to 4 after being the only consistently dominant team all year. It will be: 1) Bama 2) Michigan 3) Georgia 4) Cincinnati

No one on here takes DK seriously, and I understand why. He's a provocateur on Twitter, and those little sound bites make him come across as a D-bag. I use to hate him myself. Until recently when I started listening to his podcast "Dusty and Danny in the Morning" on ESPNU on my way to work. He's completely different than most SEC fans envision him to be. And I was shocked to find out that I agree with him 90% of the time. Anyway, as far as the three points he made, I think almost everyone agrees with them. And in my opinion they are points worth considering. Along with a few other nuggets that a couple of contrarian analysts have offered while suggesting Bama has a legitimate chance in this game. Everyone else seems to have already given the conference trophy to UGA already.

I don't think we will win. But I do like our chances for giving UGA the best fight they've had since the Clemson game. However, I see people making a big deal out of margin of victory for mutual opponents. But that comparison often tells us nothing, because football is all about matchups. Just because Georgia's defense matched up better against Florida's offense than Bama's defense did, doesn't tell us anything about how Georgia's defense and Bama's offense are going to matchup. What IS a problem is that our weakest unit (o line) has to deal with Georgia's strongest unit (front seven). THAT is why we probably won't win. But comparing margins of victory tells us nothing.

100% agree!

Chris, your logic AGAINST Bryce Young and FOR CJ Stroud makes no sense. 1) You say that Stroud will NOT suffer comparison bias because previous OSU QB's with better years lost "against the field." But the Bama QB's in those years lost against the same field as well. 2) You say that Young is not having the kind of year as previous Bama QB's on the night where Young threw for more yards in a game than any other QB in Bama history. 3) There's actually no such thing as comparison bias. The Heisman is awarded for a player's play THAT year and how it compares to the rest of the field THAT year. You site Stroud's "closing argument" by sharing his stats. Young and Stroud have almost identical stats. The reality is that this is coming down to a two-man race between Stroud and Young. With KWIII getting knocked out of serious consideration yesterday, perhaps the voters will put in a defensive player like Jordan Davis or Will Anderson (Davis has the better shot) in that third spot. But you're silly to dismiss Bryce Young's Heisman chances.

I'm surprised at the hate in some of the comments. The author didn't prematurely proclaim anything, just noted that this rivalry could be something to keep an eye on in the future. And then gave his reasons why. With things seemingly falling apart in Gainesville, and the East being generally down compared to the West, it's pretty natural to wonder who is best positioned in the East to rise up to that challenger seat behind Georgia. This week the answer is Tennessee. Literally. And given that Heupel has already exceeded (by far) in year one what was expected with what he inherited, I think a lot of us are wondering what Tennessee might be able to do in the next few years of Heupel sticks around and the NCAA doesn't crush them with penalties.

There's no way Tua sits out a bowl game if healthy. That's the dumbest take I've heard in a while. It completely disregards the young man's competitive spirit and commitment to his teammates. Not to mention that there's plenty to be gained personally by putting one final impression on film for NFL teams looking for a franchise QB.

I have to admit that coach got me kinda fired up to see the Gophers. I'm with Kirk!

I agree with the sentiment of the article. I'm not 100% sold that JG gains a lot by leaving at this point in the season. But I hear the argument of getting ahead of the transfer recruiting cycle. And he definitely did right by Auburn imo. The blame here lies squarely at the feet of Gus. And the Justin Fields '18 comparison is spot on. It seems that some coaches are stuck on the idea that you can't interchange QB's without creating the sense of no QB at all. Interestingly, Jeremy Pruitt has proven that that is just simply not always the case. This shouldn't have and didn't have to end this way.