Saturday Football Fever

Ah, spring.

This can only mean the start of warm weather and spring games.

It’s a bittersweet time in the hearts of college football fans everywhere. Spring practice and games give us our college football fix following recruiting. But they also signal the down period in college football from May to August. Four months of rehashing recruiting and trying to figure out how the incoming freshmen will integrate into the game plans shown during the spring game.

For me, there is only one spring game that counts…Alabama’s.

Last year, with the start of the Nick Saban era, 92,000+ showed up at Bryant-Denny to watch a scrimmage. This year, 78,000+ showed up. Clearly, there is still some excitement in Tuscaloosa around Saban’s process.

The Crimson team (1st team offense, 2nd team defense) defeated the White team (2nd team offense, 1st team defense) 24-14. It was an aerial show, with John Parker Wilson throwing for 265 yards and 3 TDs.

To be honest, I’m not sure what to make of this. Has JPW improved so much that he can take over games like this? Did the loss of Simenon Castile and others decimate our secondary? We probably won’t get an answer for sure until the fall, but I know this. JPW looked more comfortable in the pocket and didn’t seem to bail out and throw off his back foot, which he did too much of last year. Add that to an offensive line that has had a year to gel and a solid running game and I think that Bama’s offense will be much improved and more consistent this year. I just can’t wait until Julio Jones and the rest of the freshmen class show up.

And that’s all I can do now. Wait for August to roll around.

Filed under: Conference News, Spring Practice

Tags: alabama crimson tide, bryant-denny, john parker wilson, julio jones, nick saban