Tide Fans –
There is nothing better than watching your team dismantle a hated rival. I despise the Florida Gaytors, and it was truly exhilarating watching The Tide impose their will on Muschamp and his over-hyped team. Everyone was calling upset on this game…Demps and Rainey are too quick for Bama…Florida wants revenge for last year’s beat down, Charlie Weiss’ offense is awesome, etc, etc, etc… So what does Bama do? They did what they do best, and that is to dominate their opponent in every aspect of the game. Florida’s highly touted offense was held to 22 total rushing yards…yes that was 22 yards! And the supposed super fast runners Demps & Rainey…4 yards each. Florida proved to be no match for The Alabama Crimson Tide, and it feels like we are getting better every game! I will go ahead and ask the question…Can anyone stop us?
Beating the snot out of Florida has become routine for Saban and The Tide, but it never gets old to me! I love watching those oh so cheesy Florida fans get all pumped and beat their gold chain adorned chests, claiming that this time they were going to chomp us. The fact that we spotted them 10 points made it even better. Throngs of fans adorned in jean shorts, tank tops, and many other ridiculous clothing combinations, were soon quieted by Bama’s powerful defense and punishing run game. The Swamp was drained…and once again Florida goes home a big loser.
I love this Alabama team! We didn’t get rattled when Florida came out and scored quickly. We just lined up, ran our offense, and started to methodically pound the ball down their throat. The Florida fans were jumping around and fired up as can be after that first touchdown, but that was about it for them. After they saw what Trent could do, and how powerful our defense was going to be…there wasn’t much to cheer about in the Gaytor Nation.
Let’s take a look at The Tide:
Offense:
A punishing run game is all we needed to run up the score on the gaytors. Trent goes back to his home state, and shows them his awesomeness! What an incredible display of power running from Trent…he was unstoppable. Florida knew we were going to run the ball all day, and they still couldn’t stop us! Our line played an incredible game, blowing open holes and protecting AJ all night…. he was never even touched! Not a huge passing game, but enough plays to get the big win. Hanks had a few grabs, as well as Maze. My boy Michael Williams dropped a big pass, but that’s ok…it won’t happen again! I am really impressed with AJ so far…yes he made a few overthrows last night, but overall his poise and game management have been superb. The one moment AJ lost his poise, Saban had a few choice words for him as he ran off the field celebrating. I think it was something like…”Calm the (rhymes with duck) down!” Ahhh…classic Saban! I think AJ is only going to get better once some timing issues are worked out on the deep ball. We have the offense to beat anyone…and we can always rely on our defense to have our back when we are not playing well. Our offense only gets better form here on out…and all we really need to do is keep pounding that ball!
Defense:
Speaking of defense…dear Lord we are good! There were white jerseys flying all over the field last night, making big sacks and hard hits. Minus 1 or 2 busted coverages from Dre “Swaaga” Kirkpatrick, we were spot on. Even Dre redeemed himself throughout the game with several big stops and huge hits. Our pass rush was phenomenal, and we not only “disrupted” the quarterback a few times…but I lost count of how many actual sacks we had. Courtney Upshaw is an absolute beast! After having sacked the QB (and causing a fumble which was somehow never ruled a fumble)…what does he do? He lines back up and sacks the QB again, taking him out of the game. This game started to resemble the Michigan State game with the hard hits, and banged up players…it was awesome! Florida had no answer to our D…they were running around scared like a bunch of little boys. Charlie Weiss was literally sitting on his fat butt for most of the game…pitiful. I didn’t know they made khaki pants that big…wow! Our defense is awe inspiring…and like the offense, I think they too are only going to get better. That is scary!
A huge win over another ranked team. They line up, and Bama keeps knocking them down. I know we must take one game at a time, but right now I cannot wait until Nov. 5th! We have homecoming next, and the Commodores from Vandy will be paying us a visit. Under the new coach, Vandy has shown signs of trying to put together a decent football team, but they will be no match for us. I’m not trying to be cocky…it’s just after watching our defense play last night…they should have a field day against the ‘dores.
The Tide is looking good my friends…looking real good! I am going to enjoy watching us destroy more opponents this season, as we march our way to the SEC and hopefully on to New Orleans (and I don’t mean the Sugar Bowl)! I hope to see you all down on campus for homecoming…it should be a fun time!
Enjoy this win Tide Fans…it was awesome!
Until next week…Roll Tide!
Jason
