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re: Why is Nick Saban's non BCS title game bowl record so poor?
Posted on 4/13/14 at 9:42 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN
Posted on 4/13/14 at 9:42 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN
quote:Having 2 time outs and 1:45 left in the game with the ball at the 35 vs LSU yet he took the game to overtime instead of trying to win in regulation and lost.
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Yet he always loses at least one big game a year because of his coaching decisions
You mean like attempting a 57 yard FG with an inexperienced kicker instead of going into overtime?
Not kicking a field goal from 33 yards and getting stuffed on 4th and 1 vs a top 10 red zone defense
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 9:45 pm to Gus Bus Driver
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 9:46 pm to Gus Bus Driver
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Not kicking a field goal from 33 yards and getting stuffed on 4th and 1 vs a top 10 red zone defense
To be fair, Cade had already missed one from around that distance. If Yeldon would have converted that fourth and one then nobody would question that decision.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 9:56 pm to Gus Bus Driver
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Not kicking a field goal from 33 yards and getting stuffed on 4th and 1 vs a top 10 red zone defense
I agree. We should have gone for the field goal. But you think a power run offense like that of Alabama could convert a 4th & 1. And didn't Foster miss a chip shot field goal on the previous drive? That might have factored into Saban's decision to go for it on fourth down.
Cade Foster was off and, while it sucks what he went through in the game's aftermath, I'm glad he is no longer in a Crimson Tide jersey.
But here's the sad irony: had it been Foster, and not Griffith, who kicked that final field goal, Foster would have more than likely made the tackle before the Auburn player got to the end zone. As shitty of a kicker as he was, he was probably the best tackler we had on special teams.
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