Clemson averaged 5.16 Yards Per Play last night

...but ran 99 plays

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...but ran 99 plays

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Ding ding ding

5.15 YPP isn't a great number, but when you run 99 plays it adds up.

Holding them to 7 points up to 10 minutes to go in the third was a phenomenal accomplishment by our defense. However, when you started seeing the play count get into the 40s in the second quarter, you knew we could be in trouble.

Clemson had a dynamic offense with veteran leadership and one of the best QBs of all time. We weren't going to keep them bottled up for long. That's why our offense let us down in the middle of the game. The only way we win that game is if we kept Watson on the sideline. Before the game, I said 28 was our magic number but that those 28 points had to come from long, sustained drives. The fact of the matter is that there is no perfect defense for that offense when that offense is playing at a high level. It doesn't exist. The only way to beat them is to limit their opportunities.

Additionally, I thought Clemson dialed up some great playcalls. It's easy to say that when you have the talent they have but I was impressed at some of their calls.

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Holding them to 7 points up to 10 minutes to go in the third was a phenomenal accomplishment by our defense. However, when you started seeing the play count get into the 40s in the second quarter, you knew we could be in trouble. Clemson had a dynamic offense with veteran leadership and one of the best QBs of all time. We weren't going to keep them bottled up for long. That's why our offense let us down in the middle of the game. The only way we win that game is if we kept Watson on the sideline. Before the game, I said 28 was our magic number but that those 28 points had to come from long, sustained drives. The fact of the matter is that there is no perfect defense for that offense when that offense is playing at a high level. It doesn't exist. The only way to beat them is to limit their opportunities. Additionally, I thought Clemson dialed up some great playcalls. It's easy to say that when you have the talent they have but I was impressed at some of their calls.

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Agree with all of it. And very much agree with Clemson's play calling, it was fantastic.

Their 2nd half route tree along with moving Watson around was as good as they could have done. And, while he didn't get a ton of yards last year or this year, Gallman is the hardest running running back we've played against in the last 2 seasons. That little mother fricker runs hard a shite.

The play they ran right before the end of the 3rd to Leggett was amazing. You could see they were up to something, and then it looked like a wheel route. I was sitting in that endzone watching Gallman out of the backfield and we covered him perfectly. When Watson let go of the ball I thought we had a play, but then I saw Leggett shadowing Gallman on a delay. It was gorgeous, just perfect.

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My God 99 plays.

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The more I see this, the more disbelief I am in. No defense can withstand that.

Pretty good article:

Aftermath: Ignore the big themes — small breakdowns led to loss against Clemson
RollBamaRoll | Erik Evans | Jan 10, 2017

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The unthinkable happened, but the warning signs were there all night for an off-kilter Alabama team...

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