Well, the last game that Bama played was a 44-16 humiliating defeat vs. a team that has to now be considered an out of conference rival. The players, coaches and fans will be out for blood. If the game gets out of hand early, I wouldn't plan on a showing of mercy. Saban is no where close to Spurrier in terms of running up the score but this game might serve as an exception.
Cut's an Alabama grad, Wallace Wade was a Bama guy too, I expect them to do what they did last time, which is play hard (and score a bunch) in the first half and then coast to victory and play a lot of guys in the second half.
I know Kentucky alums would agree with me wholeheartedly. Spurrier has a streak in him that Saban doesn't; both want to dominate and both strive for perfection but Spurrier enjoys humiliating and taunting on a level that I haven't seen from any other coach in any other sport. Also, on more than one occasion I've seen him run scoring plays so that his squad would cover the spread when he could have allowed time to expire . I've lost money on Bama more than once because Saban refused to do the same. I know that Saban and Spurrier have completely different offensive philosophies but in most years under Saban, if Bama has a 6 touchdown lead, you will see them emphasize running the ball even more so than their run first offense already does. If they break a run for a touchdown or just methodically move the ball to the end zone, so be it. During Spurrier's years at Florida, running the ball was almost a despised but necessary part of the game plan. However, If he had a 6 touchdown lead, he'd still take home run swings at the end zone via the passing game. A passing game designed primarily to maintain possession of the ball and kill the clock was probably something Spurrier couldn't tolerate when he knew that he could score.
Obviously proving these observations quantitatively would take quite a bit of game by game and even play by play analysis.
1996: UF 65 - 0 UK
1995: UF 42 - 7 UK
1994: UF 73 - 7 UK
180 - 14
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IRRC, there is a statue to Wade at Alabama as well as at Duke.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2145
Nice honor for our coach. Named to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, plus he gets to go in with Peyton:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...tcliffe-lawson
Defensive line depth takes a hit:
The roster at GoDuke.com has been updated and Nyembwe is not listed:@AdamRoweTDD
5h5 hours ago
Rising Junior Defensive Tackle Axel Nyembwe is no longer with the @DukeFootball program, @TheDevilsDen has learned.
http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200
Bob Green
How can we have 99 roster players? How many are on scholarship and how many are added in August?
Off topic but I ran into Zach Harmon at the Detroit airport yesterday.
What a handsome, pleasant and polite young man. A+ character!
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'
NC State has voted to approve the sale of beer and wine at athletic events.
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...232498797.html
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