My frustration with our offense in the last few years has been that it seems like we have depended on having superior talent in order to have success on the offensive side of the ball instead of outscheming. While we watched spread teams neutralize talent gaps by finding mismatches, our offense just sort of plodded along and tried to force our players to adapt to our system instead of the opposite. We have all of this talent but could never take advantage of it like spread teams seem to be able to do.

This year is different. We are utilizing our talent and Kiffin is constantly looking for mismatches. I'd like to think Kiffin came in, looked at our playbook and said "Nick, this isn't 2003 anymore." It also helps that our QB is mobile and doesn't throw it into the 10th row once the pocket collapses. It also helps that we have the best WR in UA history catching passes from him.

That said, Sims is making throws we never really saw AJ make. Never thought I'd be saying that.

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Posted by asphinctersayswhat

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Posted on 9/22/14 at 4:09 pm to FairhopeTider

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That said, Sims is making throws we never really saw AJ make. Never thought I'd be saying that.

This is true. I can't remember how many times I saw AJ throw beyond a receiver. Used to piss me off. Sims, actually, throws a really good deep ball. Not the strongest arm but puts it out there and allows the player to try and make a play.

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Posted by spacewrangler

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Posted on 9/22/14 at 5:17 pm to FairhopeTider