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re: WTF happened to "make his arse quit!"
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:27 am to FairhopeTider
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:27 am to FairhopeTider
I thought going in, we'd win about 14. After 21-6.. I was confident as ever. When they got the TD before half, I was like.. crap... there goes momentum. When they put the first half stats on the jumbotrons.. I was like.. this isn't gonna be good. They dominated the first half, we were very fortunate with the turnovers.
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Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:53 am to Alahunter
Whatever success we had on defense was destroyed on third downs.
We were great on first and second downs, but not only is giving up first dowms on third and longs not good for stopping a teams offense from scoring, it also kills morale when the d busts their arse to put them in a third and long only to have the secondary let a guy run wide arse open for a 20 something yard gain, or the QB scrambling for a 12 yard gain.
3rd downs are what lost us this game and really every game we have lost under Saban. We fix our third down defense, we are unstoppable. If not, it will continue to come down to the wire against most good teams we play. You can't dominate the opponent without dominating third downs.
We were great on first and second downs, but not only is giving up first dowms on third and longs not good for stopping a teams offense from scoring, it also kills morale when the d busts their arse to put them in a third and long only to have the secondary let a guy run wide arse open for a 20 something yard gain, or the QB scrambling for a 12 yard gain.
3rd downs are what lost us this game and really every game we have lost under Saban. We fix our third down defense, we are unstoppable. If not, it will continue to come down to the wire against most good teams we play. You can't dominate the opponent without dominating third downs.
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