Also, Alabama is throwing the ball a lot more this year. Alabama was running play action last night and they weren't even trying to run the ball to set it up. Very strange. CSU and Va Tech games have both had very weird play calling.

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Posted by RTR America

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Posted on 9/22/13 at 5:40 pm to harmonics

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Also, Alabama is throwing the ball a lot more this year. Alabama was running play action last night and they weren't even trying to run the ball to set it up. Very strange. CSU and Va Tech games have both had very weird play calling.

The weirdest thing about it was the 3rd down plays. The WR's just couldn't seem to find the 1st down markers. Getting into 3rd and longs didn't really help that though

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Posted by m2pro

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Posted on 9/22/13 at 5:46 pm to harmonics

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Also, Alabama is throwing the ball a lot more this year. Alabama was running play action last night and they weren't even trying to run the ball to set it up. Very strange. CSU and Va Tech games have both had very weird play calling.

True, but one thing is for sure... The OM game is the first game without some sort of weird factor.

1. Va Tech seemed like vanilla offense because special teams scored a lot and we wanted to reveal as little as possible to A&M. Not to mention that Va Tech seemed a bit undervalued in the preseason.

2. A&M we OVER prepared for and psyched ourselves out. But, still not sure why our secondary seemed that ineffective.

3. McElwain does know Saban's mind very well. That sounds like a TOTAL excuse, and it may be. We should have annihilated CSU. Maybe Saban was being nice to McElwain by giving that team a boost. Maybe Saban was playing vanilla. What we DO know is that it is unprecedented for Saban to seem -that- polite to another team. It would take a serious conspiracy theorist to go along with all that.

Ole Miss time now. It's time to play. If we look weak against them, I will concede to myself that we definitely have discipline issues that are to blame. And really, I'm already there. It's just sort of the last game I'll give the team to win me over and keep the faith. I've been struggling here. We definitely don't seem like the team of the last few years.

All good though. Alabama is the greatest football program of all time, and Saban likely the best coach of all time. Blasphemy a bit I know. I reckon they can have a down year from a national title here and there without too much backlash.