tough crowd around here.

…another double digit win today (3 scores today)…

bama is scoring 30+ points per game now…(5 in a row)…compare that to last season’s ‘down’ games…

it would be nice to play invincible and win every game 50 to nothing, but give this team a break (as a fan)…

no worries, if this is what a down game is goin to be…then the rest of this season should pan out nicely.

i was wondering that too, sandman. those missed deep throws caused us several 3 and outs. it gave the impression we didn’t think we could drive against those guys. the mid-range throw was much more effective. who called those?

It was so out of character for Saban, that I think there was something going on that we did not see. On other occassions this year, the team has had an opportunity to add a field gaol at the end (VT, Arky, and one other). In each case, Saban chose to “go for it” with a running play on fourth down – essentially foregoing the points. Very classy and not-Urban like.

When we lined up for the first field goal at the end of the game, I said to my wife “we will not score here, and the final score will be 38-20.” Sure enough, we faked it, and did not score. I think the fake was as much about not putting more points up than it was anything else. Which makes the deep pass 3 plays later somewhat confusing.

I will say this, at the end of the day, the pass was incomplete, and my initial predicition was correct. Had we run it, the clock would have stopped anyway on Change of Possession. So maybe a pass out of the endzone was the safest way to get out of the 4/9 situation without running up the score with a field goal.

I agree with PeteHoliday, and also want to point out that I am not one of those fans who because of a tough game wants to point out what I think is bad about my team. It seems we had a game plan and stuck with it we wanted to pass. Ky is a good team even in the Fl game they did good things. They are well coached and we did what we needed to do to adjust and we had great coverage on the 2 long passes they were just good throws, it could of happened to any team( you get lucky once in awhile) and hey if the star of any team was out wouldnt you practice going to that side, it seems like they wanted to test Reamer they knew what they were doing. If you ran anyone that many times towards someone they are bound to get some yards……..Go Bama

We don’t know what the play call was, but it could have been the same deal as the TD McElroy threw in the Auburn game last year. Maybe the Kentucky defense jumped his first read (which I assume would have been at the first down marker) and McElroy naturally progressed to his second read, the fade.

The call was probably designed just to get a first down but rather than force a throw into tight coverage, McElroy chose to throw it over the coverage to a spot where only his receiver could make a play on the ball.

I don’t think so. The gulf between the top 3 rated teams and everybody else is so great that there is really no need to impress anyone. My own impression of the end zone strike was that the play call did not come from the side line at all. After the fake FG succeeded, McElroy was probably given discretion to run whatever plays he wanted. On 4th down, the young man decided it would be fun to throw a pass into the end zone. And he was right, it was fun even if it was incomplete.

…booed Saban as he ran into the tunnel after the game yesterday.

First off, kicking the field goal on fourth down is running it up. We didn’t. Instead, we faked the field goal, because that was the best way to get the first down and then run out the clock. Second, the pass on fourth down and long at the end of the drive was the only logical play for the situation. If we had run, the clock would have stopped anyway due to the Turnover on Downs, so instead we passed to get the yards. If it were fourth and 3 or 4, we would’ve run, just like we did against Arkansas. I will repeat: Kicking a field goal is running it up; running the ball on fourth and long with some time still left is stupid unless you think you can make it. Our goal was to run out the clock; if we ran into the goal line on the way, then whoop-dee-doo. Coach Saban made the right choice on both fronts, and if you consider that we didn’t run it up against any other team this year, I’d expect people to give us the benefit of the doubt.

1. Thank God for poor decisions by Hartline. This game should have been much closer than it was, but fortunately some really boneheaded plays by UK’s quarterback changed momentum and allowed us to put the game away.

You should see some of his other stupid decisions on a week to week basis…..