The Oats era begins in earnest tonight as Alabama hosts Penn. Join the Gameday Open Thread and post your thoughts and questions before, during, and after the game.
If you haven't already, be sure to check out our Penn preview written by our own @Andrew Terry
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If you want to nerd out, here's the game notes from Alabama and Penn.
Big early test for Smith and Reese right outta the gate. Game scares me. Their 3 best guys are all seniors as well
I think one of the keys to our success tonight and on the season will be how we handle opponents with size. If we are able to play uptempo and make the bigs run, things should work to our advantage. But we can't let opponents dictate terms with their size.
@GGrantJohnson Their size definitely concerns me.
Here's @Matthew Landry 's keys to the game tonight.
does anyone wanna be a champ and give us their Tunein account info haha.
@Josh Sawyer you should be able to listen at https://tunein.com/radio/Pennsylvania-Quakers-at-Alabama-Crimson-Tide-Nov-5-2019-p1262250/ Just choose "no thanks" when it prompts you to pay-- other Bama fans have previously been able to listen for free.
My fears realized. Tough opener
I’m actually encouraged by the team. Losing like that is tough but last year the team would’ve folded after we went down 9. We shot 35.5% from the field and 28.9% from deep. Not many games will we do that. Losing Herb really showed last night as the defense was lackluster.