Another season of Alabama Football kicked off Saturday with the Crimson Tide taking on the West Virginia Mountaineers in Atlanta. The Tide struggled in a lot of areas, but never was too far away from West Virginia and came out with the 33-23 victory. As with many season openers, many experts and fans over-dramatize and over-critique the game.
As we do every week during the season, we pick out the best, the funniest and the most truthful tweets and lay them out for your pure entertainment.
Check out this hilarious video of Nick Saban, Will Muschamp, and Dan Mullen reading mean tweets: http://t.co/hFaENM4Omc
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) August 30, 2014
The SEC Network debuted their first Saturday edition of SEC Nation live from Auburn and it was a great show overall (besides it being in Auburn). This segment was probably one of my personal favorites.
Hey West Virginia, Y'all can't even touch our Redneck game. via @wesfrazer pic.twitter.com/Xq4bJuuoV2
— Red Velvet Rick 🥋 (@RickMuscles) August 29, 2014
I was actually in Atlanta during the game and I can safely report that people from West Virginia are about as off and hillbilly as you could expect.
If someone finds Bama's defense send em to Atlanta
— kathryn 🧶🐈 (@Crafty_Kathryn) August 30, 2014
Kirby almost ripped his head off when he tossed his headset
— Good Reads (@SabanSays) August 30, 2014
Just great! What's with the defense? pic.twitter.com/puJb9ZeoNj
— Bama Coming 2023☝🏼 (@Meforbama) August 30, 2014
That picture is a pretty good summary of how fans felt about the defensive secondary. The Alabama cornerbacks probably recieved the worst grade of the entire team, as West Virginia quarterback Clint Tricket had a field day passing to whomever he wanted. But we have to give credit where credit is due.
Amari Cooper has more catches in the 1st half (7) than he did in any regular season game last season.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) August 30, 2014
Game player? pic.twitter.com/iTzG1wTun9
— Bama Coming 2023☝🏼 (@Meforbama) August 30, 2014
Many of you don't know but "Murder Safety," is actually the way Landon Collins is listed on the depth chart.
— the content is good (@BourbonGhost) August 30, 2014
Amari Cooper’s name echoed throughout the Georgia Dome multiple times, as he finished with 12 receptions for 130 of Alabama’s 250 total passing yards. Special Teams probably improved the most over the offseason, as Adam Griffith got 4 for 4 in field goal attempts and had a 63 yard kickoff average. And “Murder Safety” Landon Collins finished with a team-high 11 tackles, including four on his own.
Derrick Henry with the old leather helmet pic.twitter.com/LZfcij4UXX
— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) August 30, 2014
Derrick Henry and TJ Yeldon both were the stars of the offense, who both scored all three touchdowns for Alabama and ran for a combined 239 yards.
Not impressed with Blake Sims? His 24-for-33 day puts him #1 in program history for attempts and completions in a debut game.
— Rick Karle WVTM 13 (@RickKarle) August 30, 2014
Say what you will about the quarterback situation at Alabama, but Sims shined well in his debut. He completed 73% of his passes and three of his attempts were dropped.
West Virginia drops everything one series. Then catches everything the next. Consistency, people! 😑#BAMAvsWV
— NotMrSalter (@DHSalter) August 30, 2014
The defensive MVP? West Virginia dropped passes. If a few more passes were caught by WVU receivers when they were hit square in the chest, it could have been a different game.
Tweet of the Week
When you make bae mad and they won't accept your apology pic.twitter.com/VzWMGNcyoP
— Brennan Pritchard (@Brennan_BP) August 30, 2014
Priceless. This couple will be the talk of the season, most likely.
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