re: All the good will Womack built up last year is gone.

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Bama performed far better against all common opponents they have shared with Texas and AU and faired better in all of them (yardage, yards per play, rushing totals).

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Doesn’t really prove how great the situation is. Texas and Auburn also haven’t won a national championship in the playoff era so this is basically like pointing to the guys with no legs and saying “but I can use the urinal”.

It’s 1st and 15, and UT is running the clock, also that picture is out of context and meant to be used as “proof” the defense is terrible bc the W/S rotates to the field prior to the snap, and Hubbard enters the box.

They are trying to stop the run bc of the clock and being down 2 possessions so the CB’s are “midpointing” to allow the single-high Safety to play in the Box.

That explain it?

One more time:

I’m demonstrating/providing an example that I thought was easy to follow.

I am TRYING to give you an example to what can happen to the best defense of the past 25 year in all of CFB if they get hung out to dry and have to face FAR more possessions bc the offense is inept.

Clemson only had 24 points through 14 possessions then scored 2- on their final 3 which put them right at (or near) a 100 total plays.

Once again to clarify: I am not comparing the UT QB in any way shape or form to Deshaun Watson

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4 of them today. 2 on the first 3 possessions of the game. Also 4 against UGA if you want to go as far ba k as a week ago. You are allowing your emotions to control your ability to be objective while also suffering from recency bias

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At crucial points in both games, they couldn’t make s stop.

I understand that fatigue sets in if the offense can’t sustain drives, but the point is this defense has been vulnerable all year. If Kamario Taylor had been healthy, that game could have been a shootout. Georgia isn’t the world beater we thought it was, and they gashed Bama with the run, FSU passed all over the secondary. The offense sustained drives in all three games. We just have to face the fact that this defense is built around soft coverage until it is backed up to the red zone which means teams will take advantage of it when they have the lead and run the clock.

Tennessee has a very mediocre offense, and surprisingly did not run the ball much at all until the second half. The cries about fatigue would hit a little harder if Tennessee were running HUNH the whole game and we didn’t have TV timeouts every 2-3 minutes.

They turned Zstate over 5 times (2 for scores), Georgia IS a good football team, and #5 gave up 4 basically jump balls to FSU deep down the field.
FSU is the game that’s keeping their scoring defense out of the top 15 or so, and they had 68 yards rushing and completed 9 passes the entire game. The problem was that 4 of those completions were for 30 or more yards on #5.
Bama played tight m2m coverage the entire game and he was in good position every time but just panics when the ball is in the air.

I think they will finish top 15 (not top10 unfortunately) in scoring defense by the end of the season.

They moved up to #2 in turnovers and are #1 in defensive points scored which makes that 20.1 ppg drop to 16.2 which would put them 14th nationally.

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4 of them today. 2 on the first 3 possessions of the game

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Talking about 3 and outs for context.
-The first UT possession was a 12 play drive that ended in 3. D tightened up in the RZ, but this series set the tone for the game.
-After a fumble inside our own 20, the Bama D did indeed get a three and kick. However, this includes a drop in the end zone by the UT tight end on a pass that hit him in the hands.
-UT’s third possession was NOT a 3 and out. It started with a 1 yard pass on a rollout that led to a 26 yard gain setting up the FG. Again Alabama did tighten up in the red zone, but the long gainer on a 1 yard completion set up the points.
-The Alabama D then had three really good series with 2 3 and outs and an interception that led to our only touchdown score. I will point out that one of those three and outs was the series where UT imploded with 3 false starts and ended up with 4th and 2.
-After the Alabama TD, the D gave up another 12 play almost 5 minute drive
-After halftime and a 5 minute drive from Alabama to start the 2nd half, UT had a 9 play 60 yard drive for their first TD. This drive saw only one 3rd down
-the 15 play nine and a half minute drive had only two third downs. The UT offense faced a 1st and 15 and a 1st and 19 on that drive.

I am 100% in agreement that the offense was abysmal. I can see that the D was in no way aided by the offense. That doesn’t mean they were good. They were just OK against a less than stellar offense and a limited QB making his second start. That QB ended up 21/31 with 197. We give up way too many easy throws and we miss lots of tackles.

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Prolly not the best strategy with how bad our tackling is on the outside and lack of depth bc our defense is gassed when the offense struggles

Yea giving an inexperienced and athletically challenged QB easy throws all day is baffling to me when we needed turnovers or better field position for our struggling O