re: The Perfect College Football Team

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Ummm...yes. But he also had only made 8 and attempted 9 before that. Pretty low number to base that off, isn't it? And, when the chips are down and kind of...well...messed up. I'm not one to kick a kid when he is down, but FG kickers have cost Alabama 2 HUGE games in the last 3 years. It cost them in the 9-6 LSU game, too, and that COULD have cost them the National Championship, too.

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All true but any coach or fan would take 8 out of 9 (89%) all day long. What it tells you is Bama has not had to rely on FG kicking to score points which speaks to Auburn's maligned defense rising up to stop them in the redzone in the clutch. But as I already mentioned, it also points to lack of innovation on critical downs by Alabama; you simply can't rely on your OL overpowering a fired up opposing DL in their stadium. Auburn totally sold out on the dive up the middle and that's just what Bama did on two 4th and 1 plays. Any type of misdirection play would have likely been successful. And yes, Saban is human, he makes mistakes but considering he's won 3 out of the last 4 NC's, it's obvious he makes far fewer than most coaches.