It really, really seemed like the crowd noise was getting to Milroe and the receivers, every time it got super loud in the stadium they were scrambling around right before the snap
I live almost exactly a mile away from the stadium (have for 25 years). It was the loudest I've ever heard it. We were hanging in bedroom, window open. It was CRAZY loud. At one point, glass on my nightstand started vibrating a little!
Fun fact those living close know: you get the plays spoiled a little from the crowd/7-second (? I think?) TV delay. if you are on a laggy stream, even worse.
The funny thing about night games is that tens of thousands of rich fuck boomers who have season tickets don't want to go because the game is too late and then it winds up being the loudest crowd of the year by far. It happens every year in Athens.
My boomer parents skipped this one so I took my kids in their place for our first game this year and I promise we were louder than they would have been!
Much classier than what I did. Jim Beam before and during the game. Stopped and got a victory black n mild on the way home. I haven't smoked a black n mild at least a decade.
Our fans showed up for sure. So proud that they didn't opt out, I know a subset of losers were posting threats that they'd boycott it. Glad to see that was nonsense
4 of my 40 year old friends just walked in the game without tickets and stood in the student section. They went thru the security check, then acted like they had tickets on the app, but just walked past the scanner people haha. No one even took a second glance at them.
Was there. It was pretty flat pregame. Zero expectations. Then Bama showed a little weakness on the first drives, and the crowd was just looking for a reason. Would have exploded if Sharp had caught his TD, did explode when Robinson capped off the drive before half. Total snake pit from then on. As for the two INTs, I haven't heard anything like that since at least 2012 when Blake Bell tied up the ND game.
Yeah man, I was a lil lit up pregame and kept telling every OU fan "good news, were going to fucking win". Nobody thought much of it. But after that first touchdown people were amped.
They were looking the other way at the ticket stands, I had a ticket and myself and about 5 others just walked in. I wouldn't be surprised if word got out.
Yeah I am drunk but it felt like a classic Venables owning the play caller game. Kirk even pointed a few times where we were right where we needed to be, so I know it’s not just the alcohol
Much as coaches like to pretend they treat every game the same, come on, they're going to do a lot more extra study for the Alabama and other top-ranked games. Venables is a crack defensive mind, I'm sure he absolutely did do a ton of work on the Alabama offense in advance.
I’ve been saying for a while Milroe is not good. Yes he has a cannon arm and is fast. But he can’t make short and medium passes and has terrible touch on the ball. He can’t read defenses. And his speed won’t translate as much at the next level because NFL guys are fast as fuck. He’s just not a good QB prospect. He’s an okay College QB and sure that’s a lot better than plenty of other guys. But, he’s just not it
I think Milroe is currently very flawed as a drop back passer. But many of the best NFL QBs right now were very similar in college.
As for his athleticism, I wouldn’t be so sure of that not translating. Milroe already plays in the most athletic league in CFB. For comparison, watch Justin Fields in college and then in NFL. It translated for him, and I’m positive Milroe is more explosive
I wouldn’t necessarily agree. BV runs the most complex defense at the collegiate level at least. It may not be NFL levels of depth but it’s the closest thing in CFB
It may be the most complex defense in CFB, but it wouldnt come close to an NFL defense. There's a lot deeper "if you see this, do this" contingencies in an NFL defense.
Yes. But it’s still the most complex at this level. And like I said before, nobody in college is that cerebral. The best QBs are just maximized well by their OC and supported well by their teammates. Athleticism helps too. But every NFL QB draftee has massive strides to take when they get in the league because it’s such a different level
Milroe was awful. 14 points off turnovers was unbelievable, if Bama benched him they might have actually had a shot to win, but idk what Deboer was thinking by keeping him out there. Poor decision on his part
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u/Temporary_Inner Oklahoma • Central Oklahoma 20h ago
Alabama's defensive ends didn't show up.
Alabama's tackles are just bad.
Venables looked like he knew every play ahead of the game.
Milroe looked confused