Tuscaloosa

Green Bay was just, it felt like a college town, to be honest with you.

It felt like almost like a Tuscaloosa or something like that, where people just live and, and breathe football.

And that's all you get to focus on.

And, and it was, it was easy to, to know, you know, get rid of a lot of the distractions up there.

North Carolina at high noon down there in Death Valley.

FSU traveling to Tallahassee or to Tuscaloosa.

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But isn't it kind of a fun week in the SEC? Yeah.

I mean, I think it'd be pretty fun if Florida State went to Tuscaloosa and won.

That ain't going to happen, but it would be pretty fun.

See, Alabama fans freak out once again.

He's on the hottest seat in the country.

They're not any good.

I don't think he necessarily gets fired this weekend for losing at Tuscaloosa, but it'll happen soon for him.

And I'm sure he probably knows that by now if he's being realistic.

This applies to a lot of fans in similar situations.

But going into the season, the stakes are obviously always high in Tuscaloosa.

In Kalen DeBoer's case, everyone's ready to prove that they can win the big one in year three, especially him.

But in a difficult first half against Kentucky, people started getting antsy.

I'm talking about Alabama fans specifically, and maybe that does matter, maybe it doesn't.

But we were already asking big questions like, What is his future in Tuscaloosa in just that first half where they struggled against Kentucky? You told Matt Berry that the temperature of the fan base was boiling hot in the first half, and then they come out and they dominate in the second half.

Everything's great.

But I just don't think that that volatility is going to disappear anytime soon.

And you're filling a much smaller section, obviously.

Or it's a destination, like Tuscaloosa.

Well, not that Tuscaloosa itself is a destination, but you know what I mean.

It's the history there with them.

I was a little disappointed with the crowd Saturday.

Let me ask you something, Paul.

You think any of these, some of these idiots like Johnny Biaqueen and Thong and Billy Dee, you think these guys could have gotten in the lineup back in the Phyllis and Tammy and Charles and Jim from Tuscaloosa and the SOS and Iron Man? You think some of these idiots could have gotten in the lineup back in them days, Paul?

See, legend, you're like a great lawyer, and the reason why I say that is you already know the answer to your question.

I set you up, didn't I, bro? You got your fastball, Paul.

Not the most disappointing one, but one of the most disappointing ones in the Costa Boa era.

I still hadn't got over the fact that that 5'5 Tommy Castellano, the future MVP of the Arena Football League, talked all that crap about us and then came down here and beat our ass.

Now, I hear in Tuscaloosa, pal, they said it's not a revenge game.

Okay, it's not a revenge game.

25.5 is a ton of points.

Well, Georgia should be 5-0 when they go to Tuscaloosa on October the 10th.

But right here, this is just too big.

And look, a lot of these big numbers have been covering.

And I felt it was a must-win because...

They are going to lose this weekend in Tuscaloosa, all right? And certainly Alabama remembers what happened at the start of last year.

And while there's no shame in losing at Alabama, they're going to be 1-2 now after they lose, after they get smoked at Alabama.

If they would have won that game at home against SMU, you're 2-0 going into that game.

And I felt it was a must-win because...

They are going to lose this weekend in Tuscaloosa, all right? And certainly Alabama remembers what happened at the start of last year.

And while there's no shame in losing at Alabama, they're going to be 1-2 now after they lose, after they get smoked at Alabama.

If they would have won that game at home against SMU, you're 2-0 going into that game.