Tide seems ready for Red Raiders...

Tide should win this game going away...

     If Alabama can't beat a Texas Tech team in Tuscaloosa this is going to be a long season. I'm anxious to see if our team has started to adjust to the new defensive rule. It is mandatory we learn how to play defense without touching someone with the ball. I have no idea how you can do that. Since the first peach basket was hung on a wall hand and forearm checking been a part of the game. I have no idea who the sissy was that dreamed this one up. Well, actually I do. I think this is a TV rule. Television believes that higher scores bring viewers. Games are going to last longer because of whistle blowing and free throw shooting. The rule hurts some teams and kills others. If you believe that defense wins games (like Anthony Grant) then this a potential career ending rule. This is an ESPN money rule.

 

   Hats off to Levi Randolph for playing 31 minutes in the last game when he was out of playing shape. That says a lot about the young man. He's a winner. Trevor Releford will take the floor with strict orders of not touching anyone. If a Texas Tech player has the ball he is home free until he hits the paint. Let him go, just shout out to the inside players he's on his way. This is supposed to be the SEC/BIG 12 Challenge. No way that Texas Tech can challenge anyone right now. No disregard to Tubby and Tech but they are probably going to finish last in their league. Tubby Smith can bring them back in time,but he can't bring them back from the dead. That's where their last year's coach left them. Alabama fans take nothing for granted anymore in hoops. But honestly this should be a 20+ win for the Tide.   

Keys for game:

1. TR stays around for more than the first    act
2. Can anyone rebound name Jacobs and Big Swede
3. Algie Key needs a big one
4. Remember this guy name Cooper?  Hope he shows  up
5. Something positive from the freshmen
6. Retin needs to keep it up
7. Break even on the boards
8. Make those free throws. There may be a lot of them shot

Alabama has the speed and quickness to get to the line. If the inside can do anything we should be okay. If Bama doesn't win this game Coach Grant should be concerned. But then again we got the top player in the country to commit to Nick Saban. To some that means all is well. Not me.