re: Official In-Season Practice, Injury Reports and Press Conferences Thread: 12-0

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That doesn't charge the fact the our oline is garbage. We can't run the ball.

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I wish I had the ability to know two games into the season that the o-line is garbage and can't run the football.



Here's the deal - both USC and Western Kentucky stacked the box to take away the run. Even with that, care to guess how many times Bama backs have been tackled for loss this season? Exactly once.

Now, care to guess that number after two games last season? NINE

USC got gashed. Between the end of the first quarter and last Bama possession, Bama only had 4 runs that netted less than 4 yards and one of those was a 2 yard TD run.

Against Western Kentucky where the game plan was clearly designed to give Hurts a lot of pocket experience, on most plays he had enough time to eat a sandwich, drink a beer, and walk to the fridge to get a second one.

So, in short, at this point in the season there is no evidence at all aside from Saban's calculated comments that suggests the oline is garbage. If anything, the suggestion is that they might be ahead of where the unit was at this point last season.