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@ByPatForde
Pat, I have enjoyed your work for over a decade… you’re not always on point. None of us are.
But this tweet is not just admission to the clown show; it’s the whole damn circus.
@Satokech
@Wizards_DnD
Giant watermark “draft” across the page, explicit notice of draft at the footer, titled as draft, and no signature lines (much less actual signatures).
Source: Been drafting goddamned Big Law contracts for 15 years.
LSU booster embezzling $500,000 from a children’s hospital to pay football players is one of the most Louisiana things I’ve ever read.
That story is only lacking a crawfish smuggling operation and some airboats.
We just watched The University of Alabama cut down nets in the NCAA tournament for the first time in the program’s 111-year history.
Talk about a special moment.
Seriously though, after seeing this game aren’t you all stoked to see Michigan beat “deserving” TCU by 5 TDs when they could be playing actual competition?
Everyone is focused on the dudes who are chasing the bag while this in-state stud who committed early, never wavered and bleeds Crimson just goes to work.
DeVonta Smith leads the nation with 1,305 receiving yards, more than 100 better than his closest competition. He also leads the nation in receiving TDs with 15, four more than Kyle Pitts who is
#2
in the Power Five. The
#Heisman
should be clear cut, folks. Smitty is it.
Because it’s a regional ag school that beat a national brand playing without its best defender, a generational college quarterback, its kicker, half a dozen players on the front 7...and then got three points given to them by the SEC — points that proved to be the difference?
Young man is 100% expected to leave for the NFL following his junior year but has already graduated? I’ve been told by a certain fanbase to the east that this is unpossible.
Alabama lost to Texas
UT lost Oklahoma
OU lost to Ok. St
Ok. St. lost to South Alabama
USA lost to Cent. Mich
CMU lost to Ball State
BSU lost to GA. Southern
GSU lost to UAB
UAB lost to Georgia
UGA lost to Alabama
Ergo: Alabama beat Alabama and belongs in the playoffs!
I think the fact that a ‘Bama long-snapper is getting paid $3 million is about all the advertising you need to do for recruits.
The
@AlabamaFTBL
program is unparalleled.
#BuiltByBama
A reader brought up a very good point about the officiating:
You didn't really notice them last night.
There were a lot of fouls, but they occurred in the context of the game; it wasn't the officials taking over.
They let two skilled teams duke it out. Physical but not chippy.
I am becoming convinced that, should Alabama win a national title by a score of 51-50, more Tide fans would bitch about the defense than celebrate the championship.
For the last four days I have just been thinking about what an outstanding coaching job Tech did upending Texas on Saturday.
They were aggressive from start to finish despite being completely outtalented and outmanned. They played it analytically smart on 4th down (6 of 8)…
Monte Kiffin, 84, peacefully passed away today in Oxford surrounded by family and friends. As his grandson Knox said, he’s free of pain and smiling down on us from above.
Please keep the Kiffin family in your thoughts and prayers during this time.
The Giants head coach was Alabama’s offensive coordinator when the Eagles QB was Alabama’s starter — who then threw a TD pass to the Heisman trophy-winning wide receiver from Alabama.
I’m not sure what kind of recruiting pitch you need, other than just turning on the television.
Seriously, the next time any of you assholes decide to fire off a "Bama gets all the calls" tweet, look in the mirror, slap yourself, call yourself a dipshit and go on about your day.
I doubt that Florida State actually boycotts, but if they do it will be because they don’t want to get exposed by Georgia. Boycotting lets them have their perfect season.
Remember those days when Alabama didn’t miss tackles? Didn’t take poor pursuit angles? Communicated on the field? Got timely stops? Forced turnovers?
Those were fun.
If you think that loss is on Bulovas rather than a raft of fluke plays, made up officiating, a MASH unit of injuries and/or bad penalties, that’s a serious you-problem.
Leave that garbage in your drafts folder, sober up, then see if you want to send it tomorrow.
And still don’t
The tweets being directed at Alabama kicker
@JosephBulovas9
for missing a field goal are sadly as awful as I feared. If you’re spewing garbage to a college student, look in the mirror and ask yourself what’s wrong in your own life.
Lots of people seem to be awaiting an “announcement” from Caleb Downs based on some dude in Detroit’s report that he’s in decision mode. He might just go to class and the weight room as usual, and never say a word.
Just because ranked Iowa, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Pitt, and Texas A&M have all lost today, that’s no reason to ignore that Alabama’s defense faced 5 red zone trips and only allowed one touchdown.
Alabama now has three players who are projected at the WR position who posted 100m times in the 10.5s or better at the high school level: Christian Leary, Kendrick Law, and Shazz Preston. For some context, Henry Ruggs set the AHSAA 7A record at 10.58 in 2016
It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to a longtime friend of the site, a wicked humorist, a fantastic beat reporter, and just one all-around helluva nice guy.
RIP,
@CecilHurt
. May the ground lie softly on you. We’ll miss you.
And we got here because a lot of asshurt journalist and fans could not get over the fact that Alabama & LSU were the two best teams in 2011.
They manufactured a furore for the playoff monster they are now bitching about.
Look in the mirror Forde, Mandel etc. This is your legacy
Why don't we ever get to face the dumb-playcalling, forget-to-run, bad-penalty-taking, unmotivated Auburn?
We get the game-of-their-life, Faustian-pact, weird-bounce Auburn.
Since Kick Six, at Jordan-Hare Alabama has had a 4OT crusher, the Gravedigger, and Adam Griffin hitting 5-for-5 in his first visit back.
Since that play, Alabama has won three more national titles and seven SEC crowns.
That is a karmic debt we have avenged a thousand-fold.
Imagine watching this game and thinking that FSU was the team that got snubbed. Georgia is one of the 4 best and proved their point against a pretender.
The product you see on the field in this Georgia vs Florida State game is a direct representation of what you get when a team gets snubbed from the CFP and you tell the kids the games they play don’t matter. Opt-outs ruined the game.
The officials celebrated the kickoff of giving season with a phantom face mask, phantom pass interference, and an extra second to kick while Auburn has managed a perfect game save for procedurals. It’s always good to see generosity of that kind this time of year.