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42-17 Bama. Tua plays one quarter and the practice squad finishes up.  8)

98 to nothing.

48-9

CNS holds it below 50 (just for spite)!   :lol2: :lol2:

Well after much thought; it seems only fair; that the real guys show up against Jimbo and the boys.
Alabama-51
TA&M-13
RTR!

42-12 Bama

53-13 BAMA

Bama wins.

TUA 56  TAMU 14

52-10 Tide.

59-0 Bama

45-17 Tide. Can't wait to see how Tide deals with QB Kellen Mond and his running.


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ALABAMA - 52

GARY DANIELSON - 0

Oh great, last week Danielson channeled his inner Verne and kept confusing Auburn and LSU.  It wasn't just the players, he kept getting the entire team wrong. 

Well if this guy had any scruples he would have step down when his daddy did. RTR!

One of the Aggies' best players, WR Kendrick Rogers, has a foot injury.  He sat out last week, but is expected to play against Bama.  Stay tuned.

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https://www.covers.com/editorial/Article/b5089c65-be00-11e8-a984-125516351e3a/Covers-top-betting-news-trends-odds-and-picks-for-college-football-Week-4

Including switching the coach's names and even who won the previous year.

Winner Winner!  Congrats...

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Did I miss something?   ???

Ditto.

 ??? ??? ???

I gave you an ecred for picking the closest but I may have to take it back if I'm proven wrong...   :lol2:

No refunds on this site.


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Hold on folks.  2 is the winner.  His score was closer.

You newcomers can't count.

Everyone needs to give 2 at least 2 e-creds for modesty and refusing to argue.

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:lol: :lol:

 :duh:

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

 :dunno:

I declare that anything less than Bama -98 is not a valid entry.  :lol2:

Please splain?  He guessed 42-17 (which is the score I originally wanted) and MD guessed 45-17.  The final score was 45-23, right?     ??? ??? ???

I'm starting to think one of our oldtimers lost his slate and chalk and didn't take his shoes off to count...

Do point spreads count for anything?  :dunno:

Not in your case... MD was still closer...   :lol:

:lol3: :lol3: :lol3:

I still vote for 2.   :lol2: :lol2:

Y'all just jelly cuz I was closest to the halftime score.  :lol2:

Right.  You get 4 e-creds for being modest and polite.

(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/6137908480/h71DD9910/)

Yep, that's me.  :lol2:

Always thought you were taller!   :dunno:

Wasn't the spread 22 points?   :dunno:

I think y'all are going by 2 different sets of rules.  :dunno:

I never understood this game.

Me either.  But it sure attracts players.

Like flies to rotten meat.  :lol:

 :-[ :popcorn2: :tinfoil:

I was thinking long legs and ticks.   :lol3:

(https://i.imgur.com/W5bOerA.gif)

Ok, you win.  :worship:

You owe me another e-cred.  I gave you 4, and your pick is still in doubt.

I actually gave you one before I read this. Bama winning makes me giddy.

WHEREAS, MD was only 6 points away from correctly picking each team's score;

WHEREAS,  2 was 9 points away from correctly picking each team's score;

WHEREAS,  2 was 3 points away from correctly picking the margin of victory;

WHEREAS,  MD was 6 points away from correctly picking the margin of victory;

WHEREAS, the name of the contest is "Pick the Score"; and

WHEREAS, the name of the contest is not "Pick the Margin of Victory"; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that MD has been declared the winner; and finally be it further

RESOLVED, that the true winner ALWAYS picks 98 to nothing.

You are the king.  But your resolutions are unsubstantiated by your whereasses.

 :lol:

Ok, I give up.  :stars:

:lol3:

Lordy, with all the Whereas's I am not sure what this thing says, so I just take what ever is given. RTR!

Lol.  Ecred for this effort.  GREAT Job...  :lol3:

Correct.  About time someone straightened 2 out.    ;D


With margin of victory, someone picking 22-0 would win.  Someone picking 98 to 76 would win.  We could have a separate margin of victory contest, but his ain't it.


And 98-0 always wins.   ;)

Funny part is, we had this same discussion on Tidesports -- prolly 6-7 years ago.
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CP, Mrs 2 has this down to a fine art.  :lol2:

ecred  :lol:

hey I tried some of these people just don't understand tenrsea arithmetic

I ate the rat poison.

Lots of that going around.  And it's not just the total-team poison:

PUNTING:  Our punter sucks.

O-LINE: We may be pedestrian at run blocking.

LBs: We can't afford ANY injuries to starters.

FGs:   :dunno:

TEAM LEADERSHIP:   :dunno:

After 4 weeks of data this seems like a pretty accurate assessment.

Agreed. Our punting as I said yesterday and was trying to be kind, we need to invite students for tryouts for punting. I noticed and he had all day to punt I counted 5 seconds one time. So no reason for him not to be a 40 or better punter. RTR!

DeLong has the skills.  No need to have tryouts.
I'm guessing the coaches are trying to change some of his habits, and he's struggling with the changes.  The biggest difference between hs and college punting is the rush.  You have VERY little time to punt in college.  Coaches must ensure that punters get the punt away; so punters must shorten the time by making changes in technique.  I'm guessing he's making changes, and that's making him think more than he's accustomed to.
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Eli called two of his punts a "shankapotomus".

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The A&M punter was great. He kicked perfect spirals for about a 60 yard average. His punts were high and long. In contrast DeLong's punts were low, often end over end and short. His rugby style punts were fails. Those are the ones he shanked. The lone knock on the A&M punter is he tried to get it out of the back of the end zone with most of his punts resulting in touch backs. He never tried to pin us deep near the goal line.

The A&M punter set an NCAA record for longest average yesterday.

https://247sports.com/college/texas-am/Article/Texas-AM-Jimbo-Fisher-Alabama-Nick-Saban-Braden-Mann-122358595/

His punts were impressive. The height of his punts were as good as JK Scott. Apparently he does not have any touch. His 60 yard punts into the end zone would be more effective if they were 50 yarders. I do not know his net punting average but I bet it was less than 40 yards. Still good, but should have been better.

One thing for sure he could skyline the punts if he slowed down. I bet Jimbo will talk with him about that. RTR!

On a positive note, I think Bulovas has improved as a FG kicker. I was far more impressed last night than the previous games. Austin just wasn't getting it done, so that change was welcome.

I'm not disappointed in our kickoffs either. If we can get the punting game going in the right direction, we'll be ok.

All true, but we have Tua.

:lol:   ... and Jalen.  We'll know more about Jalen if he plays this week.

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Yep! I'm sure the talking heads will be going over this all week.

Can you believe it's Game 5 already?   :(

I know. This season is flying. Kind of like our football team.  8)

We're where we expected to be; great offense and young, improving defense.  Fortunately we've been lucky with injuries lately.  We're good.

GOOD TUA FAULT?   :dunno:  Some suggest the team is depending on Tua to win.

We have not played as I expected us to on the O-line, The punter is way off in what I thought he should be able to do. I think we need to get our running game going then we would really be dangerous. The reason I say this is because if we can draw the DB's up to help on the run then our passing game would be even more stronger. RTR!

Most of the play makers have to be pretty happy -- Tua distributes the ball very well.  They all get their chances, especially the WRs, but even the TEs.  The old defensive plan of stopping the run against Bama doesn't work, although teams still are trying it, hoping Tua has a bad game.  But I think Tua's "bad game" would look like most QBs best game.