Thanks Gip! I knew they COULD do it, but would have never predicted we'd have 3 takeaways and ZERO gives. Also... I was worried about our kicking situation... that game is on ice if we make those easy kicks. Couldn't be more proud of those kids, they did the unthinkable! WHOOP!!!
Great win....awesome win by a program that has proven all year that it belongs in the SEC. On JFF..... told ya so....... 8)
If A&M had a kicker, they may well be playing for all the marbles. That's a young exciting team with a veteran OL. Congrats guys. I had been warning people for weeks here about JFF and telling them that he's coming. I could see the over confidence in their eyes. When Zach 'They leave the FG nets up at Tiger Stadium to protect the crowd' Mettenberger put up numbers I just knew it. I honestly thought you'd lose the game because of your kicking game for full disclosure, but I knew JFF would scare the **** out of them. I parked my ass on Facebook all day to keep a running game day commentary with my long time best pal Steve (his father coached and scouted in the NFL/USFL) specifically to torture all of the Alabama fans who were so dismissive. I enjoyed the hell out of that. Thanks Aggies! Congrats again Scott!
Kudo's to the Aggies, what a great win. I had a feeling that you guys would do well, but I didn't think you would win. While Manzeil is awesome, I'm really more impressed with your defense. At half time it was pretty clear that Saban thought he'd taken your best shot and now had you measured. I'm sure he felt like the team would take care of business in the 2nd half. Grind your defense into dust with his running game and finish you off with passing when necessary....but 10-9 in the 2nd half says ...nope Nick you are in for a battle to the end. I do think it's interesting that in games versus the best SEC defenses, Gators, LSU and Bama that JFF gets off to such hot starts and then is under control in the 2nd half. I don't know if that's Sumlin getting conservative in the 2nd half or what. But he's just RS freshman so that's obviously a big part of it.
The Aggies lost to the Gators by 3 and LSU by 5, winning either game and they would be leading the West. What a way to enter the league and they have JFF for at least two more years. Maybe 3 years. He is dynamic.
Alabama barely ran the ball in the 2nd half. Be it Saban, or the OC, someone got away from their strength and hit the panic button.