Saban was very honest about what happened. he said playing Ole Miss a few times under Freeze was a problem. He said it was the one offense they had no answer for so...why not?

The problem with the "basketball on grass" offense is that you MUST have an elite QB and elite receivers and they MUST play well each week because defensively you are gassed. Your offense either scores quick or punts quick. Instead of your defense playing 50 plays they are playing 90. Marv Levy said of the K gun at Buffalo that he didn't realize until years later that all those blown leads were because the D was tired.

Saban didn't need to change, he thought it would make Bama more powerful and it did the opposite and his wake up call was watching UGA the last couple years.

"Joyless Murderball" is the Saban and quite honestly, the Bama way. Run the ball effectively, hit short to intermediate routes but put the offense in the hands of everybody. Keep your defense saved for the 4th qtr. You can't tell me you didn't notice Bama's D giving up last second drives game after game after game the last few years. To the fatigue point. Bama's 3rd down effeciency in the 1st qtr of games was like 5th in the country. It dropped to like 80th or something in the 4th qtr. Yes, you won't see the Tua, Mac, Bryce offense you saw the last few years.