re: I miss the days of Alabama just lining up and dominating the other team

Yeah, our running game wasn't great in 2013. We were pretty bad in short yardage situations. IMO, it could've been a lot better this year if wanted to commit to it more.

This is what gets me: There used to be a philosophy that the best way to defeat a great offense is by keeping them on the sideline. You dominate the TOP and suck the air out of the game. That doesn't necessarily equate to running every down, but you do lean on it when the situation calls for it. That is what we did well in 2008, 2009, etc. We don't do that anymore. We have becomes slaves to balance. When its 2nd and shot, we dial up cute pass plays instead of moving the chains with a run. That isn't MTAQ. We simply ignore what seems to be working right in front of our faces.