SB Nation User Blog: JiggaTide

Can we PLEASE start talking about FLORIDA now? IT IS TIME.

JiggaTide — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:52:40 -0000

Here are a few things i would like to see next Saturday.

1. Defer the ball to the second half. Let our D, the strength of the team, start.

2. Involve Peek and Upchurch bigtime. I mean it. Bigtime.

3. GMAC does need to come out guns blazing, like the LSU game. Hopefully the pass will set up the run.

4. As much as I love me some Ingy...Alabama produces champions, not Heismans. Give the ball to Trent, often. He is the hot back right now. I dont care what anyone else says, we would have tripled our rush yrdge againt Aubie if we would have stuck with TR as the #1 back instead of forcing it to an injured Ingram. But who knew?

5. I know a lot of you are not "asthetically pleased" with the dink and dunk passing...but I want to see more of that, also. That will be a key factor for victory. Long, grinded out, time-consuming-keep-UF's-offense-off-the-feild drives.

6. Cody in EVERY 4th and 1 or 2 situation, no matter the feild position. We cannot afford to let them ever have the ball unless we have scored.

7. See #2....See 2nd name. ROY UPCHURCH.

I know how good UF is, but I still dont believe they are as good as last year. I know our style is not as beautiful as theirs, but as we all know, Bama almost always brings the competition to our level of football. Remember, Bama was leading in the fourth quarter against the unstoppable machine known as Florida last year...He whos name will not be mentioned somehow willed his team to victory...with the help of an intentional grounding no-call and SEVERAL holding no-calls...but whatever.

This year is different. Bama is a true 4 quarter team and very capable of overcoming adversity. He whom I will not mention will not be able to win in that fashion against us again without a supurb team effort.

I think Bama will win. And I will be the 1st to say it may not be as close as everyone thinks it will be. Although I do expect another nail-biting thriller. We will have to wait and see. Any other thoughts? Please spare the gloom and doom for the preview....haha.

To all UcheaT Faithful...

JiggaTide — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:00:52 -0000

this game was not "stolen"...

A. Offensive playcalling kept the Viles in it longer than they should have been. But our boys played hard and the final scoreboard = winner…F%CK your stats…

B. 2 obvious no- calls saved Vol ass(for as long as possible)…the no call on Julio’s attemptive endzone grab and holding behind Crompton on their inspirational TD drive.

C. Give the Tide SOME slack…Ole Miss and South Carolina brought their TOUGH game and its been a physical few weeks. Our team was tired. UT “found” themselves against UGA and then had 2 weeks to rest and prepare for Bama…and brought EVERYTHING they had.

D. WE ARE 8-0…for a different reason each week, and with no help from zebras< cough> Florida… Thats what is awsome about this team. And thats why we will have another undefeated regular season. GO HIDE IN THE BATHROOM FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND CRY YOU PUKE ORANGE SONS OF BITCHES. THERE IS NO “GENTLEMEN” IN THIS RIVALRY!

Rally call to Tide Fans...Homers and Cautious Optomistics Alike.

JiggaTide — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:40:05 -0000

This team is special. Very special. There WAS some 'magic' about last season...and serendipity(excuse spelling) showed favor to Bama last year. There WAS a shot at the whole pie last season, if everything had remained perfect. The Tide were lucky last season, avoiding serious injury, taking opportunistic advantage in the polls...the starting team was talented enough to win any game played, but there was no depth, which ultimately showed after Andre.

This year is different. This team has no fear. This team WANTS to win. This team has no 'I'....other than the I-formation. This team has talent in every position, as well as depth. Of course, G-Mac had better stay healthy.

This team has balance, young grasshoppa'...

Of course in any given game, you can get beat. Its the way of the force or whatever.

But, the way Bama is playing now, with the overall consistancy they have shown to outlast, overpower(air as well as ground, now), and put away the opposition in the 2nd half, FINISHING rather than just trying to maintain an early lead from halftime on, shows the championship-level caliber of this team--BCS bound or not.

There is every reason to believe, by observing the way our future opponents have performed in their 1st four games, that every game could(not will) pretty much turn out like our SEC opener, if not better.

Every team is to be taken seriously and never overlooked...and thoroughly prepared for. But honestly, our team againt UK, Ole Miss, USC, UT, LSU, MSU, AUB....oh, and Chattanooga(cough)...as of right now, I do not see the reasoning behind loosing to any of these teams, aside from grave mental errors and injuries to multiple players.

IMO...we have faced the scariest 'O' (Arky) and the best 'D' (VT) on our regular schedule this year...and pretty much dominated, wether the score shows it or not. Urban Meyer is not our coach.

Let the pundits talk up the flava of the week. Let Bama stay at #3. The rest of our opponents are such and such and yadda yadda...good football teams...and so and so is a really good, talented, you know, you know...

but...

THEY HAVENT PLAYED US YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roll Tide...Beat UK!

Now that everyone is a lil calmer...maybe...

JiggaTide — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:30:18 -0000

look, AFTER the first quarter...

we played a tough game with Utah. And we won that 3 quarter game 17 to 10. that is not sayin much but what can you say? utah was a damn good team and they deserved every inch of what they got.

ours worst fears occured for this game and our depth was seriously exposed. with smith gone, the backup gone, upchurch gone, the o line reshuffled with inexperienced players playing different positions...

utah caught passes. bama did not. utah capitalized. bama did not.

the tide deserved to be there, no matter what anyone says. but they arrived not as the same team that got them there. and the predictable happened.

congrats to utah...maybe there will be another chance one day

Ahhh...LSU jonno...

JiggaTide — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:30:52 -0000

Thank you for your insight on our blogs(see the no-respect-card thread)!

It is great to see good hearted smack being laid every once in a while!

But lets be perfectly honest...

If Bama doesnt show up for some reason or isnt fired up for some reason...I know LSU can beat us and prob would. They are a pretty solid team...as far as lines go.

However, there is no reason to believe the Tide will roll flat this weekend... So thats pretty much that. You believe Scott will be your savior this weekend? He is a powerful rusher, no doubt. But trying to run through our defense WILL not work, barring radical or catastrophic events....so for that i am sorry, LSU.

AS FOR LSU...how do you plan on stopping Coffee, Ingram, Upchurch, AND Grant...for 60 mins.?

As far as quarterbacks go, RIGHT NOW, Id put Wilson over the 'duel threat' QBs of LSU...Its all about game management, ladies and gents....

Bama has the Best O-Line in the SEC...and arguably the best D-Line....or is it the other way around?....

And NO...Bama will prob not score 50pts....Unless yall want to throw a few pick 6s to us, im sure Woodall and Arenas would love a couple more....

And lastly....COACHING, COACHING, COACHING...SABAN OVER MAD HATTER HANDS DOWN....Yes, Miles won a title wih SOMEBODY else's players and almost lost last year to a sizably inferior Alabama team coached by that same SOMEBODY with someone else's players....AIGHT?...did i lose anyone there?

And this year is only a rebuilding year...a damn good one too...AIGHT? Roll Tide!

If we are #1....

JiggaTide — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:16:50 -0000

....Then roll tide everyone!

But everyone outside the the Bama universe will still S#@T on the Tide anyway...

You wanna see a week on the ESPN channels where the #1 team is NOT touted or praised or deemed 'beauty queens of CFB' or 'unstoppable'....then LET Bama be number one....In my opinion, we deserve to be there.

Personally, as far as that goes, I dont care as long as we are there at the end. I know Saban wont have this team looking at 1s and 2s anyway. And to prove that we belong at the top by winning every game and doing it methodically with concentration and not raw emotion should be enough motivation for this Tide team to play well and FINISH these three games...(and we dont even have to run up the score!)

...mark these words...Florida will be in for a big shock WHEN they face this team next month...

There are still doubters out there looking at scores and saying how bad ass UF is putting up these ridiculous numbers and that they now are the best one loss team out there.....

HAHAHA! Guess what I have to say about that? Bama is the best UNDEFEATED team right now (ooooh smack, I know)...kudos to Texas Tech, by the way...

But like its been said before...(insert team name here) has not faced a team like Bama yet...Roll Tide and beat LSU!

Hmmm...Gator Muscle...

JiggaTide — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:32:54 -0000

Is Florida REALLY this freakin awsome?

I know they are a points powerhouse and all....and Georgia has lost all composure at this point....and not to be looking ahead for too long, but since the Tide rolled today with the shutout and now the 24 hr celebration is in effect till preparation for LSU......Lets have some cooler talk....

At this point I believe we WILL win 2 out of our last 3 games, if not win out...and it looks like the Tide and the Gators in Atlanta....and although there has been a lot of NC talk lately, as of now, I really dont care about a National Title anymore....

Florida is trying to make a statement and now and I WANT BAMA TO SNUFF THEM OUT....

Is anyone honestly scared of this Florida team? Am I the only one that thinks Bama has something for them...if they did beat us in a SEC Champ game...i dont think it would be by 30+ points...

What do all you football heads really think...leaving the kool-aid on the table?

Rest in Pieces, Playmakers

JiggaTide — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:35:59 -0000

Hmmmm lets see,

Thunder and Lightning, CHECK.

NO SHOW Moreno, CHECK.

ERRRRIC BERRRRY, gobble gobble, M FER CHECK!

Whats left on the list?

LSU....Scott

MSU....ummmm ummmm....Croom?

AUB....Lester? Tate? (cough) Burns perhaps?

Not overlooking Arky St...JUST SHOW UP TO PLAY, TIDE!

Go on , all you talking heads over at ESPN or wherever....Keep overlooking Bama.... Keep making love to Texas and USC....Talk up LSU for the next two weeks on how they will knock the Tide off simply because they wont loose 3 big games this season....I cant wait till Bama empties that stadium in the 3rd quarter....

Here at Alabama, we dont win beauty pageants or Heismans...WE WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS!

We Have Nothing to Fear...but Fear Itself!

JiggaTide — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:19:25 -0000

I know....corny.....

This IS still a very young team. And now we are all at the point where this IS a NC race...even if we kid ourselves trying NOT to think about it. But all of this is happening stupid fast.....we wernt supposed to be here now...top 15...maybe, 8 and 4, 9 and 3, possibly.....but hey, undefeated and almost a shoe-in for another trip to ATL this season....I can dig it.

Make no mistake about it ladies and gents, we ARE going to Atlanta. There is no certainty we will be victorious, but were we supposed to be there in the first place?

But if the TIDE is sooo bad now, I cant wait to see what they look like good...

Look at it this way...Adversity has presented itself in many different ways the past few weeks. The Tide have responded each week and won each week. These players want it and though THIS team does not have the depth and experience to DOMINATE every game this season, they have the hunger and raw talent to win every game they play....Ole Miss is a very tough team and they played us hard. Cody's injury rattled a lot of heads and took away much of the focus from this young team...only to have them hold the line and win the game...

Saban WILL have this team ready for primetime and have the VOLS pucking orange all over their feet this Sat.

The Tide is rising...and this IS the calm before the storm....

Hey!!!! Where are the score predictions?

JiggaTide — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:31:47 -0000

Was it a post from last week that got trumped by more and more recent posts?....oops...i probably should have dug some more before posting this....my internet service was down for 2 days for crying out loud! Im trying to make this 70 words people, so "bear" with me... No opponent should be overlooked of course, BUT im prob one of many who believe that THIS is the toughest game we will play this season...aside from the game to be played in Atlanta come December...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

i BELIEVE, though, that if (cough...when) the Tide pulls out the W Saturday, we are honestly looking at a historic undefeated season with a NC appearance....barring injuries, of course.

If the tide falls...cough...then I forsee a superb 10 - 2 season with a decent bowl and and a serious ass whippin' to expedite the 'processing' of Tom Tubby.....

Either way, a great start to the rising TIDE!

Oh yea....BAMA 38 OLE MISS 21..... RUN RUN RUN it down their throats!