Kalen's bunch got rolled 31-17 by the 'Noles. Roll over tide, you guys stank it up lol

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Florida State 31-17 Alabama (Aug 30, 2025) Final Score -...

Game summary of the Florida State Seminoles vs. Alabama Crimson Tide NCAAF game, final score 31-17, from August 30, 2025 on ESPN.

The possibility of the SEC opening with 3 top-10 OOC losses in week 1 is most excellent!

Edited yesterday at 12:02 AM1 day by JabbaNoBargain

Mr. Ca$tellano$ ca$he$ his check$! Who played better? Archie, Ty is the guy Simpson, or 'Saban isn't there to save them anymore,' Castellanos?😍

This guy was benched by Bill O'Brien at BC? HUH?

Great win for Mike Norvell and the ACC.

24 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Mr. Ca$tellano$ ca$he$ his check$! Who played better? Archie, Ty is the guy Simpson, or 'Saban isn't there to save them anymore,' Castellanos?😍

This guy was benched by Bill O'Brien at BC? HUH?

Great win for Mike Norvell and the ACC.

I think the guy who got benched by Chip Kelly played pretty good.

40 minutes ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

The possibility of the SEC opening with 3 top-10 OOC losses in week 1 is most excellent!

I’m actually pulling for the son of the Lakeridge Pacer who’s under center for LSU.

Ba ba fans are crying in their beers. The SEC ( we are the best) beacon is getting dim.

I’m as happy as can be seeing Bama lose, but I’m surprised DeBoer is struggling so much there.

Saturday Down South credits Castellanos for walking the walk after talking the talk.

DeBoer! What is he good for? Saint Nick wasn't there to save Bama. 😁

Saturday Down South

Thomas Castellanos tried to tell us this upset of Alabama...

Alabama’s inability to come up with answers to the questions Thomas Castellanos asked flew directly in the face of the preseason narrative.

PAWALLLLLLLLLL!

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/paul-finebaum-had-three-historically-bad-takes-before-week-1

Watching the condensed game on you tube, Noles were balling and playing really hard, that impressed me the most. They are for real if they play that kind of inspired ball all season.

Almost seemed like Alabama's O line was bad, but not enough footage to see for sure

36 minutes ago, Solar said:

Watching the condensed game on you tube, Noles were balling and playing really hard, that impressed me the most. They are for real if they play that kind of inspired ball all season.

Almost seemed like Alabama's O line was bad, but not enough footage to see for sure

They were that bad. Saw the whole game, eating massive crow!!!

I’m starting to get Bryan Harsin/Auburn vibes.

The SEC is now 1-6 in their last 7 games against the BIG?

It looks like ESPN will have no other option than to vigorously hype FSU as favorites for the national championship.

Give

3 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

It looks like ESPN will have no other option than to vigorously hype FSU as favorites for the national championship.

Lee Corso's prediction of LSU defeating Penn State for the title looks pretty good after the No. 9 Bayou Bengals road win against No. 4 Clemson.

The visiting QB, LSU's Garrett Gussmeier, whose Dad, Doug, is the New Orleans Saints OC, looked far more composed and in control than did Clemson's Cade Klubnik.

LSU plays Florida, South Carolina, and A&M in Baton Rouge, and will have the better QB on the road against Ole Miss, Bama, Vandy, and Oklahoma. LSU misses Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee.

And don't forget 'overlooked' Georgia. The SEC's standard bearer was buried under an avalanche of Arch hype (tripe?), and how terrific Bama would be with DeBoer reunited with OC Grubb. Georgia plays Bama, Ole Miss, and Texas in Athens and is the SEC's Top Dawg until proven otherwise.

3 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

It looks like ESPN will have no other option than to vigorously hype FSU as favorites for the national championship.

Norvell hit the transfer portal lottery in 2023, was portal-pathetic in 2024, and looks to have hit the lottery again in 2025 with a QB who lacks the offseason love of DJU, but is far more athletic. Plus, Norvell made two great coaching hires.

Bringing in Gus Malzahn (a name that lives in OBD infamy 🤬) from his head coaching job at UCF, where he was treading water, to coach up QB Castellanos and implement a 21st-century offense, and DC Tony White from Nebraska, looks to be (in a possible Week 1 overreaction) two terrific hires.

Again, it was only Week 1, but the Nebraska D that carried the Huskers to a bowl game and a winning record last season did not look as cohesive versus Cincinnati as it did last season. FSU looked gritty, focused, and determined. The highly touted Bama O-line? Meh.

FSU hosts Miami, Pitt, and VA Tech. Plays tough games at Clemson and Florida, but misses SMU and Louisville. The Seminoles have a very good chance of playing for an ACC title. And if Bama does figure it out, Saturday's win could have an impact on PO seeding.

6 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

The visiting QB, LSU's Garrett Gussmeier, whose Dad, Doug, is the New Orleans Saints OC, looked far more composed and in control than did Clemson's Cade Klubnik.

His dad was the backup QB for the 1988 OSAA state football champion Lakeridge Pacers (Lake Oswego). He backed up Mike Miadich who went on to play baseball at Notre Dame. Doug went on to earn a scholarship to the university of Idaho and was eventually drafted by the Saints. However, he only lasted a few seasons in the NFL.

7 minutes ago, Mike West said:

They were that bad. Saw the whole game, eating massive crow!!!

Yikes. Maybe they'll get it sorted out later.

Everyone keeps saying that on paper Alabama is the most talented team in the country. That points at a coaching problem, but...

Perhaps their 5 star freshman QB can get up to speed soon and take over for Simpson and be a Penix like miracle worker.

Perhaps the Grubb offensive scheme is a big adjustment for the players to get used to.

And FSU was really balling.

It's still really early to completely write Alabama off.

Without Penix, perhaps DeBoer and UW would not have won all of those one-score games that led UW to a PO spot, a one-score win over Texas, and a champ game beat down from Michigan?

Penix went with DeBoer because of a Hoosiers connection. All of the terrific WRs Penix threw the ball to were not recruited by DeBoer.

Recruiting at Bama under DeBoer has been very good. With this talent, there should be no no-show games.

In 14 games against unranked opponents, DeBoer is 6-4. In 128 games against unranked opponents, Nick Saban went 124-4.

https://rolltidewire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/crimson-tide/football/2025/06/18/alabama-football-records-unbreakable-nick-saban-derrick-thomas-bear-bryant/84259608007/

DeBoer's hire is looking more and more like the Harsin hire at Auburn.

It's one thing to lose to unranked FSU; it's another thing to get punched in the mouth and out-coached in the process.

Bama plays on the road against Georgia, Mizzou, South Carolina, and Auburn, and plays Tennessee, LSU, Oklahoma, and Vandy 😁in Tuscaloosa. I don't think a mega-upset will happen when Wisconsin visits in Week 3, but the Badgers will come in 2-0 and with an improved defense.

You're right not to knee jerk after Week 1, but none of the predictions that Bama would turn it around in 2025 with a terrific O-line, defense, and Ryan Grubb to call the plays for Ty Simpson panned out in Tallahassee.

DeBoer has a huge buyout (why these ADs do not contract for a Right of 1st Refusal if the coach gets another offer is baffling) but if Bama misses the expanded PO back-to-back, He Gone!

And Danno will receive another salary bump. 😍