Maybe, but it doesn't look that way. This is a defense that let Ole Miss score 30+ and let Tennessee drive deep into the red zone on multiple occasions -- against LSU or Auburn or Florida, this could cost us. And if Tua isn't back by the LSU game, we're screwed. Jones has a great offense around him, but I'd feel a lot better with Jalen back there.
15:15..........I'll say this: #19 seemed to understand what he did and not fuss about the penalty. I respect the young man for that. It wasn't any kind of violent push, and if they hadn't thrown a flag, I'd been fine with that too. It was definitely 50/50, but #19 next time needs to just get up and go to the sidelines. Don't linger on top of the QB or give any "love taps." Refs are eyeballing the QB's and will throw a flag on almost anything.
Got lucky Guarantano made that very boneheaded decision at the goalline. If tennessee scored there, bama quite possibly would have lost. They had ALL the momentum until that play.
As a die hard Bama fan that is 100% correct. Mac Jones was struggling. Our run game was good but our defense had gotten tired. We were giving up big plays. Swung all the momentum and deflated UT.
19:13 If Tennessee had punched it in here, they would be a touchdown down, with momentum, and with an Alabama QB who was ineffective. We may end up looking back on this play in much the way we see Cody's field goal block (the 2nd one) in 2009.
Bobby Bowden always used to say "A championship team has to catch a least one break a season." It is very true. You are right about the 2009 game, and we may look back on the 2019 game and realize we survived the game without Tua, got past Arkansas, and got him ready for LSU.
My prediction is that Tua at least tries to go against LSU. The concern is whether he'll be 100% or even close to it. But in truth, I think whoever loses that game will still have a strong playoff shot. I'm not sure what happened with Guarantano at all
@@BamaRewind That depends if it is a close game and Oklahoma loses. It's shaping up for Clemson, the Big 10 champ, and the SEC champ (probably the winner of this game) to be in. If Oklahoma wins out, they're in, too.
15:11 Harris would have scored there if he'd gotten both hands on the ball. It wasn't his fault. The blitz rushed the throw, but he had a seam all the way to the end zone.
I agree. And Brian Griese and Todd McShay are terrible on color commentary. The quality of announcing at ESPN has gone off a cliff over the course of this decade.
All McShay wants to do is talk about where players in the game fit in his "mock draft." That's fine for the studio, but I don't really care to know during a game.
@@richardpierce4908 You took the words right out of my mouth. His only interest is how a player will function in the NFL. Many people at ESPN seem to believe that no one is interested in college football for its own sake, and that everyone just views it as a prologue. There are other places you can see this too - announcers constantly remind us that the clock stops while they move the chains after a first down, that pass interference is not a spot foul, that every play is reviewed, that you just need one foot in bounds to catch a pass, and what the college overtime rules are. The assumption is that every viewer is primarily an NFL fan, so they have to be reminded of the different college rules. But in most of the south, the NFL is a distant afterthought. In fact, despite what the TV ratings say, the northeast is the only region of the country where I see more people in NFL apparel than college apparel. On a recent trip to the West Coast, I saw far more college stuff than NFL stuff. I think that the bulk of the NFL's popularity these days comes from Fantasy Football, rather than actually cheering on a team.
ESPN is horrible. They are always hating on Alabama talking about the dynasty being dead and Saban needs to retire, etc. So biased. I would argue that the media as a whole is out to get our program. The CBS people are the same way.
