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re: At the end of regulation in a 20-20 tie, head coach Marc Trestman
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:17 am to Bench McElroy
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:17 am to Bench McElroy
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Can you blame him for not trusting Cade Foster in that situation?
Well he trusted this other kid with a 57 yarder. If Saban felt that Foster's confidence was shot, he should have used the backup for the much shorter kick instead of going for it. I said it at the time, does Bama not have a backup kicker?
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Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:19 am to Rex
I'm willing to bet Trestman had some players on the field who run a sub 5 sec 40 yard dash.
Saban didn't.
Saban didn't.
This post was edited on 12/2/13 at 7:24 am
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:22 am to Bench McElroy
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Can you blame him for not trusting Cade Foster in that situation? The kid's gone 0-fer in the two biggest regular season games of his career. I wouldn't have any confidence that he would have made that kick either.
Dumb.
Use Griffith if you have no faith in Foster. Why trust a kid to make a 57 yarder but not a 30 yarder?
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:29 am to WildTchoupitoulas
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Why trust a kid to make a 57 yarder but not a 30 yarder?
Foster can't kick it 57 yards. Griffith has done it in practice.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:45 am to son of arlo
Has Griffith not made a field goal from 35 yards in practice? I would guess that if he can make a 57 yard field goal, he could make a 35 yard field goal.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 7:51 am to Choupique19
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Has Griffith not made a field goal from 35 yards in practice? I would guess that if he can make a 57 yard field goal, he could make a 35 yard field goal.
I see your point. I'm just saying Griffith was a club Saban had in the bag and chose to use it on the last play.
If Bama makes either the field goal of the 4th down play, he's the genius once again.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 8:00 am to son of arlo
It wasn't the kick. The only issue was having a bunch of lineman against a bunch of skill guys on the return. 
Posted on 12/2/13 at 8:13 am to Rex
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Saban's decision was absolutely proper.
This. The problem was personnel and/or coverage after the kick. On replay you can clearly see a lack of coverage to the kicker's right side.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 8:21 am to Rex
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Did JD Roberts blunder when he sent in Tom Dempsey to attempt a 63 yarder to defeat the Lions?
Obviously Dempsey and this Griffith kid are equally talented.
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