Unbelievable stat regarding Alabama's Playcalling in the second half

The game was a total nightmare.

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Hard to run the ball, with the defense having 8 or 9 guys in the box.

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Even a two yard special runs time off the clock.

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You got to take with the defense gives you

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But balance it with what your freshman QB is also giving you.

If they're dropping 8-9 in the box, you can always add more blockers if you're committed to the run. I hate that excuse for abandoning the run. If you're a one-dimensional offense, like we were, you don't have to pretend to be balanced

Yeah, like we were able to make them pay for loading the box. Run wide, go goal line package, but run the damn ball and the clock. Even if it's not successful, going 3 and out running the ball burns a helluva lot more time than 3 and out incomplete passes.

We can debate the run/pass stuff all day but I wasn't a fan of doing the HUNH when we could barely stay on the field. When the objective is to keep Watson off the field and give our defense a rest, maybe snapping it with 20+ seconds still on the play clock isn't the best idea.

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maybe snapping it with 20+ seconds still on the play clock isn't the best idea.

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I guess Sark was trying to avoid the delay of game penalties we've been having lately.

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We can debate the run/pass stuff all day but I wasn't a fan of doing the HUNH when we could barely stay on the field. When the objective is to keep Watson off the field and give our defense a rest, maybe snapping it with 20+ seconds still on the play clock isn't the best idea.

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I'm not going back a rewatch it to determin, but there were several times I noticed that the game clock did not start again too quickly after an out of bounds play. I'm not sure what the normal restart the clock procedure is, but it seemed to me inconsistent. One time, I am almost certain that we ran out of bounds on 3rd down, then as JK was setting up to punt, the game clock did not restart until right before the snap.
I certainly won't use this as an excuse, because, if anything, we probably wouldn't have had time to even run our own late 4th quarter drive.

the 2nd half gave me PTSD

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Alabama's offense is fun to watch when they are explosive and scoring tons of points....but when it bites them in the arse, it makes me long for the methodical AJ McCarron offenses.

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I don't think you have to choose between the two. Clemson had a dynamic offense but they didn't exactly score on any explosive plays against us. They simply drove down the field. Under McElwein, we might've driven the ball down the field but we weren't always assured of a TD in the red zone. It shouldn't matter if the offense is spread or pro style, an elite offense should be able to make explosive plays and drive the ball down the field.

Our inability to "matriculate" the ball down the field Monday night wasn't a new development. We had been struggling with it all year and it goes back to Jalen's inability to be a consistent passer and Kiffin's refusal to stay disciplined when a team couldn't stop our RB's.