Over at Roll Bama Roll, Erik Evans is a Georgia skeptic, because schedule, y’all.
Georgia remains one of the more suspect No. 1 teams we’ve seen lately. Their secondary still hasn’t faced anyone above 80th in passing rankings. And that’s probably good: the vaunted defense didn’t get to Will Levis as expected, and each of those “big wins” is looking sketchier each week: Clemson is just a team this season, the Wildcats are still a one-dimensional program overranked from a hot mess SEC East and easy OOC schedule, while the Hogs went from the toast of the town to a .500 team in the space of three weeks.
Meanwhile, Alabama “finally put it all together against solid conference teams, with veteran coaches, in must-win affairs”… against Mississippi State.
If that’s meant as parody, he’s really good at it.
Yeah, this isn’t going to stop – only wait to shut these folks up is to beat Alabama.
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And then it’ll have only come “in a down year”.
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We know this shit will continue from them until we hammer them.
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Even then, it won’t stop. “Georgia wins their first NC in 41 years only because of all the chaos of the landscape around them.” etc.
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Or:
Georgia wins NC after avoiding Bama
Georgia catches Bama in a down year
Despite beating Bama twice, questions remain about No.1 Georgia…
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It’s like I’ve been saying all year – I’m certainly not going to spoil the surprise for them.
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There is no loftier perch than the one that Bammers sit upon while looking down at others.
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Someone should save that and post it in the comment section of their postmortem of the Auburn loss.
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You know, I’m starting to think Auburn might turn out to be a good football team this year. Mike Bobo may actually be turning Nix into a respectable QB. Maybe they’ll even beat Bama.
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Every time Good Bo does well, here comes Bad Bo. The guy runs hot and cold like no other QB I’ve ever seen.
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Yep. That’s why I’m not betting the rent check on Auburn.
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Bo runs hot and cold because he is carrying all those Heisman Trophies in his hip pocket.
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Their defense still appears to have all kinds of holes, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens against Ole Miss.
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I think Ole Miss might be the second best team in the West, but Bo will also probably have a good day against that Ole Miss defense.
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If they do it could be the Laner in the SECCG. (Would then the D have played a good passing attack?)
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I can’t get too cocky because Bama and because I am currently ranked at 60th in the Fabris Pool but I can imagine Auburn beating this year’s Bama team. Nix is getting better every week and for whatever you have to say about the SEC East the SEC West does not look like it is any better.
When Saban leaves and they become either 1) just a really dominant team/ program and not the standard-bearer for the sport, or 2) a screaming shit show, or 3) a combination of the two, I for one will be very happy to check in on that crew over there.
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The West doesn’t have anyone as bad as Vandy. I mean, it’s hard for anyone to be as bad as Vandy. That’s about the only difference I’ve seen so far.
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I’m not sure the West has anybody as bad as Vandy, Missouri, or South Carolina.
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Mississippi State is probably as bad as those last two. And either could beat LSU on a given Saturday.
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saban has never beat a ranked auburn team
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What are you gonna do? Gumps are gonna Gump, and there nothing we can do about it.
These are the same who believe 12 = 18, so what are you gonna do? Stupid is as stupid does.
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There’s only one way to shut them up.
And if we can’t do it this year, when can we?
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next year.
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They will never shut up.
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Hmm…https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
I mean, that’s the only needed retort.
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We HaVe OnLy BeAtEn #, $ AnD ^, wHaT’s YoUr PoInT?
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FTMFs. Bama is the gold standard by which all others are measured so let them go ahead and dawggrade.
To be the man you got to beat the man, but through all the bullshit they talk they are acutely aware that the wolf is at the door.
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Reminds me of Ford vs Ferrari, Ole Enzo knows it is a matter of time.
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Great movie!
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The dumb-ass better start worrying about Auburn instead of looking down the road and trying to convince his marble sized brain that Georgia isn’t a threat.
Alabama doesn’t tackle well and Bo Nix (who is hot or cold) will almost certainly be on fire to win that one.
It’s hell for a UGA fan to have to pull for Auburn, but I will be. They are rapidly improving and have already faced the best team in the SEC this year.
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Did anybody click through and look at Erik Evans’s bio. He runs a Kratom store and a tout service. A real leading light of the business community.
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I don’t even know what those things are.
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I believe it is a transgender math tutor and massage service.
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Kratom is a quasi illegal herbal pain relief thing. A Kratom store has about the same vibe as a CBD store. A tout service is someone who sells sports betting recommendations. If you remember Street and Smith’s preview magazine, just about every ad was for a tout service.
This is the best guy that Roll Bama Roll can get?
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Says the guy whose secondary turned Zach Calzada into Trevor Lawrence. Sure, we have a struggle win against Clemson, but Alabama has an even closer struggle win against Florida. Also, Kentucky isn’t the old barely-better-than-Vandy program of yesteryear. They beat Florida by a larger margin than Bama did and they’re ranked higher than the Texas A&M team that Bama lost to. Bama fans are whistling past the graveyard and I hope we get to kick their ass in December–assuming they don’t trip over someone else first.
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Our struggles against Clemson were on offense. Bama’s struggles in Hogtown were on defense. Defense travels…
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If we go 15-0 without beating anyone, I’ll be the first to buy a shirt.
Woke up this morning 2-0 in the NLCS and #1 in College Football.
Everyone else is just green as fuck with envy.
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Two walk offs baby. Braves in six.
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In essence what he is saying is,
“Let them eat cake.”
Turned out pretty good for her.
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Speaking of the ACC team that we beat to open the season not panning out as expected, let’s talk about that impressive win they had against Miami in Atlanta that solidified their #1 ranking at the time. Miami is currently 2-4 and has yet to beat a P5 opponent. Their two wins are a two point win over App State and a thrashing of Central Connecticut State.
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And Clemson, for all of their offensive ineptitude, might have the second best defense in the country.
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And had a FULL nine months to prep. Any game with that much lead time with a two excellent defenses will be low scoring.
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Auburn has a shot at Alabama this year. Young doesn’t play well in opponents stadiums, and Bobo should be able to exploit their defense.
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I don’t care what this shit toucher thinks
and neither should any of you.
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Oh, and can someone explain to me why Oklahoma is getting a bunch of credit for winning 52-31 while giving up over 500 yards to a 3-3 TCU team that lost to SMU? Sure, it’s better than a 7-point win over Nebraska, but it’s hardly a huge win for a purported national championship contender.
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Because the
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Well that didn’t work. I was going to say…
Because the QB that was a Heisman favorite sucked and his backup is now the next Heisman favorite. Media loves them some Lincoln Riley for some reason.
And as much as I’d laugh if Auburn beat Bama, I want Bama at 11-1 and cocky when we beat the ever-living shit out of them in Atlanta. And then we can Dawggrade THAT win by saying Bama was overrated and gave us less of a game than Kentucky.
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I frankly don’t give a shit who UGA beats in Atlanta…just do it.
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I was being a little bit sarcastic. I think Auburn could beat them to end the season, but I don’t think it’s especially likely. I’d put it up with my belief that LSU might upset Florida last weekend: possible based on the history of the series, but not anything I’d predict.
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They think Lincoln Riley is cute.
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Evans poormouths the Dawgs in these posts week in and week out, but at the very end he still ranks us #1. He’s cynical and self-satisfied, not to mention more than a little bitchy, but he ain’t dumb.
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Evans isn’t dumb?
I respectfully disagree.
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My thee3e wishes if I found Aladdin’s lamp would be that 1. Bama gets the death penalty from the NCAA. 2. The have to forfeit every win under Saban and 3. They never ever win another football game again……ever.
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and number 4…The Board of Regents strips Alabama of their College and University status and a wealthy Auburn grad buys the campus and starts up “The University of Auburn at Tuscaloosa” and then the same thing happens to Auburn and Troy or Tuskegee end up with both campuses and then, following the trend, UTK is stripped of it’s status and ends up as the “Vanderbilt at Knoxville” campus and GT ends up as “Kennesaw State University Trade School in Atlanta”. Maybe it will all happen.
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But since Aladdin only gives three wishes, I’ll just take mine back.
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I’d ask for the ghost of William Tecumseh Sherman to turn Tuscaloosa into Carthage after the Romans were through with it.
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Or a more practical way to do that would be to just get a few hundred Tennessee fans to move to Tuscaloosa. That should have the same effect.
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I don’t care enough about Bama to do any of those…
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What are the three things a Bama fan fears the most?
1. A tornado coming through the trailer park.
2. Saban demanding the refs put time back on the clock for a kick-six against Auburn.
3. A moving van with a Tennessee license tag driving slowly down their street.
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so when we beat Bama the excuse from them will be…it wasn’t a good Bama team.
these people to our left (when facing north toward athens)
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Weak…
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KY had 51 yards rushing..
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Georgia’s SOS is 11.7. Bama’s is 12.3. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
Anyone who thinks Miss. St. is a “solid” team should be forced to watch Miss. St. football every Saturday for the rest of his life. Why would this Erik Evans dude say such a thing about the Fightin’ Leaches? Couldn’t be because Miss. St. beat TAMU, could it?
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Someone else beat TAMU too. 🙂
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But Arkansas is just a .500 team. They’re mediocre at best. It must be true because I read it on RBR. When Bama beats them they’ll suddenly be “solid,” though.
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Even the Bama fans who read RBR are mocking Evans’ claim that Cincy would be a “near-unanimous No. 1” if “they were in a bigger conference.”
CarrotTop4 on Oct. 18, 2021 at 10:38 AM:
‘Not only does [Evans] have Cincy at #2, but he apparently thinks they should be #1. And not just in his poll but everywhere, a “unanimous #1”.
Gimme a break. Here are Cincy’s wins:
Miami of Ohio
Murray State
Indiana
Notre Dame
Temple
UCF’
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Don’t look now, but there are only two teams in the west who can get to Atlanta without any help by winning out. The Iron Bowl is going to be a hell of a game.
In the east, there is only one.
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I saw a very interesting thread in the comments of a Matt Brown article on The Athletic site yesterday (Behind the Ballot). A guy compiled the records of every FBS schools’ opponents against other FBS teams, removing the game against that school – to try to determine who had played the best opponents. For example, the records Clemson/UAB/S Car/Vandy/Ark/AU/KY have against FBS teams, not including Georgia.
Georgia’s opponents by far had the best record against FBS teams at 25-10. Michigan’s (17-9) and OK State (17-13) opponents were closest, but still 8 fewer wins. Kentucky is second in the SEC at 14-11. ‘Bama’s opponents are 12-12, and the Gators opponents are 7-11.
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We will have 3 common opponents with Bama over the next 6 weeks. He can put a plug in it until those are played.
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“One” of the more number one teams? Hasn’t Bama been number one until now?
Is it legal for this guy to jerk himself off in public?
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Well, by “one of the more suspect No. 1 teams lately” this Evans doofus doesn’t mean to suggest that any Bama team lately ranked No. 1 has in any way been suspect. He’s talking about, uh, all those other suspect No. 1s. Who can forget how suspect LSU was in 2019?
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Who left counts as a “test” for our offense? Oklahoma’s Oklahoma, we already beat Clemson, Ohio State doesn’t seem to know how to play defense this year, and Alabama gave up 40+ to a 2 loss TAMU.
Who is left in the top 10 that we couldn’t run the score up on? These Bama homers will never be happy.
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“One of the more suspect teams we’ve seen lately”??…The only other one we’ve seen lately IS, Alabama…so what exactly is the point you’re making in the article?…Georgia is as bad as….Bama?….
I’ll take that as a complement!
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