"Even beyond the pain of the ass-whooping-and an especially stinging one at that, seeing how FSU quarterback Thomas Castellanos cashed every single cent of the check he'd shit-talked his way into writing in the lead-up to the game-it is hard for a Bama fan to come out of that game not feeling like they have now watched Rome fall in real time."
"The thing about last year's losses was that you could explain them away as a new regime's growing pains. But, with a full year under his belt and a team full of blue-chippers, Kalen DeBoer's Tide doesn't seem to have grown at all."
"They lacked energy and fight and grit, new quarterback Ty Simpson looked mostly lost, the receivers and running backs didn't do much of anything, and they got totally manhandled at the line."
Alabama entered the season after a disappointing 9-4 year with expectations of returning to elite form under Kalen DeBoer. The season opener began with a promising drive but ended in a decisive 31-17 loss as Florida State methodically dismantled the eighth-ranked visitors. FSU quarterback Thomas Castellanos delivered a dominant, trash-talk-validated performance. Despite a full year under DeBoer and a roster of blue-chip recruits, Alabama displayed little growth: the team lacked energy, fight, and grit; new quarterback Ty Simpson looked mostly lost; skill players produced little; and the line was regularly manhandled. The coaching hire from the Pac-12 also revived coast-based stereotypes about style and physicality.
Read at Defector
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]