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Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:56 pm to RollTide66
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Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa Talks Transferring, Saban's Jokes & More with Dan Patrick | Full Interview
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Posted on 9/26/19 at 5:13 pm to RollTide66
LINK ]Alabama Football: Players like following Steve Sarkisian’s script by Ronald Evans
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Scripting plays is a cornerstone of west coast offenses and Alabama football, offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian creates a script for every game.
Alabama football Offensive Coordinator, Steve Sarkisian is a proponent of an offensive style generally labeled West Coast. Like most perceived innovations in football, West Coast was a variation on previous themes. It was preceded in the NFL by vertical passing offenses, the Air Raid and Air Coryell.
The Air Raid goes all the way back to NFL legend Sid Luckman. Air Coryell got its name from the San Diego Chargers head coach, Don Coryell. The Chargers and the Oakland Raiders embraced wide open passing attacks and with both teams based in California, ‘West Coast’ was used to describe the offensive style.
NFL history buffs argue credit for the West Coast should actually go to Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach, Paul Brown. Brown was the NFL guru who decided to use the passing game to set up the running game.
Bill Walsh made the ‘West Coast’ variation of Paul Brown popular in San Francisco. The focal point of the 49ers offense was stretching the defense with horizontal passing. The purpose was to make defenses more vulnerable to both running and vertical passing routes. As Walsh and Joe Montana made the offense famous, they used pre-scripted plays at the start of every game. The script was almost always followed without consideration for down and distance.
Because of Steve Sarkisian, Alabama football also uses game scripts. The offensive players love it.
The way it works is 10-20 plays are scripted during game week. The players study and practice them repeatedly. Nick Saban explained his thinking on the use of play scripts.
this whole script idea is something that you want to try to do because you have certain things that you like, that you want one of two things to happen… you want to see how the defense lines up against it so you know when you go back to it what works best, what complements it best. The second thing is, it gives you a good idea how you prepared all week what the players like and what you feel like you have the most success in terms of creating a little confidence or momentum early in the game.
The players not only love the scripts, they are also so interchangeable, where they line up is fluid. Based on recent video, it has been suggested they sometimes quickly do ‘rock-paper-scissors’ to determine who gets the next prime route. Nick Saban has disavowed any knowledge of such a practice.
The Alabama football scripts are not as rigid as those used by Bill Walsh. There are deviations. There are considerations for down and distance. Sark and Tua make adjustments. All of which makes scripting more effective.
Perhaps a tad bit of context is in order. As Mike Tyson said, “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” No scripts work without blocking, running, throwing and catching fundamental execution.
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Posted on 9/26/19 at 10:10 pm to RollTide66
LINK ]Nick Saban reveals plan for 'powerful' Deonte Brown vs. Ole Miss (BamaOnLine)
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Posted on 9/26/19 at 10:16 pm to TidalSurge1
Posted on 9/26/19 at 11:10 pm to TidalSurge1
Posted on 9/26/19 at 11:13 pm to RollTide66
Thank God we made a move at TE. Watching the games most of our issues seem to be blocking on the perimeter because Forristal and Tennison suck at blocking. I mean they are really terrible.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 11:19 pm to TidalSurge1
LINK es.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nick Saban talks SEC home opener, Deonte Brown By Matt Zenitz | mzenitz@al.com
quote:Matt Zenitz is an Alabama and Auburn reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.
Alabama coach Nick Saban had his weekly radio show Thursday night.
Here’s a rundown of what he said:
SEGMENT 4
— Saban will sometimes write things down during the game that he wants to bring up with the players later on.
— To Saban, Ole Miss is an “emerging” team. “They’re playing really good football,” he said.
SEGMENT 3
— Saban said his favorite car of all-time is a two-seat Mercedes that he owns but doesn’t drive.
— Saban apparently wasn’t mad about his receivers’ in-game rock, paper, scissors competition. It was “no big deal,” he said.
— Saban has been “really impressed” with how much Ole Miss has improved from last year to this year.
SEGMENT 2
— Ole Miss is a 3-4 defense, per Saban. “It will be interesting to see if we can control the line of scrimmage,” Saban said.
— Ole Miss is very much improved on both offense and defense, Saban said.
— Both Ole Miss quarterbacks — Matt Corral and John Rhys Plumlee — are similar, per Saban. Both are athletic and good runners, according to Saban, so he isn’t expecting the offensive approach to be significantly different regardless of which one ends up starting.
SEGMENT 1
— Saban was asked about recruiting and whether there’s a player he immediately knew was going to be a star that he ended up being right about. The player he brought up: Dont’a Hightower. Said he saw Hightower at a spring practice back before he was being heavily recruited and told people afterward: This guy’s really good.
— While Deonte Brown won’t start against Ole Miss, the plan is to get him playing time at both guard spots in this game now that he’s back from his suspension, per Saban. “When he played for us last year, he played very well at times. Some inconsistency because he was a sort of young and inexperienced player. And I think he’s a lot more mature right now. ... I’ve been asked about him a lot this week and for good reason because the guy could be a really, really good player for us."
Posted on 9/26/19 at 11:27 pm to RollTide66
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LINK ]A more confident, detail-oriented Tua Tagovailoa quietly improving his game by Christopher Walsh
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The overall numbers may not show it yet, but Alabama’s quarterback focused on the things to be better overall
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — His teammates said he’s amazing, so good that it got to the point some didn’t want to play against him anymore. Facing Tua Tagovailoa became about as much fun as going to dentist, especially after not flossing since the previous visit.
The humbling drubbing he regularly provided them gave an idea of what it can be like to face the Heisman Trophy contender and Alabama on the football field. They would even occasionally argue about whether he was better at the video game “Fortnite,” or playing quarterback.
And he’s pretty good as a quarterback.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:57 am to RollTide66
Alabama offensive lineman Deonte Brown (65) is eligible to play this week against Ole Miss. Photo | Getty Images
Deonte 'Diesel' Brown could help fuel Alabama's ground game Tony Tsoukalas • BamaInsider @Tony_Tsoukalas
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Before he was affectionately named “Cornbread” at Alabama, Deonte Brown’s high school coaches and teammates referred to him as “Diesel.”
“He’s a large human being,” said Jeremy Perkins, Brown’s former coach at Austin High School in Decatur, Ala. “He’s like a diesel truck coming through when he was out there. He was knocking people down left and right.”
That’s the type of push the Crimson Tide's offensive line has been longing for this season as it has struggled to maintain consistency in the running game. It’s what make’s Brown’s return this week so appealing.
The redshirt junior started five games at left guard last season before being suspended by the NCAA prior to the Crimson Tide’s run in the College Football Playoff. The six-game suspension saw Brown miss the Orange Bowl and national championship game as well as the first four games of this season.
Now fully eligible, Alabama hopes the powerful offensive lineman can inject some life into a rushing attack that currently ranks No. 57 in the nation, averaging 178.5 yards per game on the ground.
First, he’ll have to earn back his spot.
“The plan for every player on our team is the guy’s got to beat someone out if he wants to play,” head coach Nick Saban said Monday. “I mean, nobody’s entitled to play. If he gets in shape, he does what he’s supposed to do, he shows he’s better than somebody else who’s playing, that’s the plan. Just like it’s the plan for every other guy on the team. That’s really kind of up to him. It’s not up to me.”
Brown is listed at 6-foot-4, 338 pounds on Alabama’s official roster. Although, he appears to be carrying a bit more weight than that at the moment. Weight has long been an issue for Brown, who arrived at Alabama three years ago weighing close to 400 pounds.
During his weekly radio show Thursday night, Saban announced Brown had picked up an injury earlier this season that had limited him during the first few weeks of practice. While the redshirt junior is "fine now," there are still some questions over his current overall fitness and whether or not he'll be able to sustain the required level of performance needed as the team heads into SEC play.
“The biggest thing for Deonte Brown right now is whether or not he can hit the ground running,” former Alabama lineman Mike Johnson told BamaInsider. “He hasn’t played the past four games and maybe hasn’t gotten those snaps at practice. What kind of shape is he in? You can say mentally he can help them out, but if he can’t sustain a 10-play drive then he’s going to be off the field. I have no doubt that they have been testing his limits in terms of what he’s willing to endure in order to get out of that doghouse.”
Johnson, a team captain on Saban’s first national championship team at Alabama in 2009, was fortunate enough to avoid his head coach’s doghouse during his time with the Crimson Tide. However, the former offensive lineman did spend a couple of brief stints in the team’s infamous “breakfast club.”
“Those morning runs and punishments are called the breakfast club,” Johnson explained. “Say you miss a class or you miss a practice, you get breakfast clubbed.”
Johnson said it’s a safe bet to assume Brown has had his fair share of early-morning meetings on the practice field due to his suspension. The faster he can escape the doghouse, the sooner he can get to work at reclaiming his starting spot.
Brown earned a 70.3 grade from Pro Football Focus last season, making him Alabama’s second-highest graded starter on the offensive line behind first-round pick Jonah Williams (89.2). The Decatur native is one of the strongest players on the team and has bench-pressed 500 pounds and squatted 675 pounds during his time with the Crimson Tide.
“Very talented guy because he’s a very good athlete, he’s got great balance and body control and he’s probably the most powerful, explosive guy that we have on the whole offensive line," Saban said Thursday. "But he’s a guard body type, and when he played for us last year, he played very well at times. There’s some inconsistency because he was sort of an inexperienced player, and I think he’s a lot more mature right now."
Brown's added experience might be the biggest attribute he brings to the line. That's something Alabama has lacked with true freshman Evan Neal starting at left guard the past four games.
“There’s been an above-average amount of mental errors in my book from Evan Neal,” Johnson said. “Obviously, that comes with the territory when you have a true freshman, especially with the moving pieces he’s had at center the past few weeks. But I think there’s been some blown assignments. I think anybody who has watched has been able to see he had a few blown assignments. A guy like Deonte Brown, he’s probably the closest thing to Evan Neal size-wise. And he’s also played a bit more football. You would think that he could remedy that situation.”
While Brown could eventually serve as a like-for-like replacement for Neal at left guard, he spent this week working as the backup right guard behind starter Landon Dickerson. If Alabama elects to keep Brown on the right side, it could shift Dickerson to center and bump Chris Owens from the starting lineup. Saban said the plan this week will be to get a better evaluation of Brown by playing him at both guard positions.
“Right now, I think it’s a comfort level of who they’re around,” Johnson said. “Maybe you have a guy like Evan Neal who needs some help and needs a guy who has been in the system more next to him on both sides. A guy like Owens has been in the system longer than Landon Dickerson and can help with making some of these calls, so maybe it makes sense to put him next to Evan Neal. I wouldn’t read too much into it right now. I guarantee there is a heated battle going on right now for those spots.”
Fortunately for Alabama, it’s reached a spot in its schedule where those battles can play out. Following this week’s game against Ole Miss, the Crimson Tide will have an open week before facing a challenging trip to Texas A&M on Oct. 12. That should provide ample time for Alabama to get its diesel truck firing back on all cylinders.
“I’m excited to see what (Brown) can bring to the table,” Johnson said. “I’m rooting for the guy because he’s a guy who’s been around. He has an opportunity to get into the good graces of the coaching staff, but it will be interesting to see where he fits in.”
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:06 am to Tider95
Mel Kiper has Ruggs 7 on his big board. I might owe you some chicken. 
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Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:35 am to RollTide66
With the addition of Kendall as a TE and if Cornbread can get in playing shape, the running game should be a bit better when Bama gets into the meatier part of the schedule...
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:40 am to RollTide66
Who else is hoping for another 5 TD game from Tua? need to pad those stats while possible - when Heisman voters (who never watch games) are looking at the Whys... they need lots of stats like OU and tOSu always show...
Go Tua, Go Tua... TD's b U
Go Tua, Go Tua... TD's b U
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:43 am to RollTide66
If Ole Ms sells out to stop the run, they will probably try to hit Tua as much as possible. You will also see them grabbing, mugging our receivers. That causes Tua to have to hold the ball a little longer. Big plays will be there, though.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:44 am to RollTide66
How do teams prepare for the ‘illegal man downfield’ calls? Is it a know where you are on the field type of thing? Is it a timing thing that is practiced?
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:44 am to RollTide66
I have already accepted the fact that Jalen is going to win the Heisman. I don't think he, or any other OU QB, deserves it but he's going to win it because he plays QB at OU. Riley is going to pad the shite out of his stats in that trashcan of a conference the same way he did with Mayfield and Murray, and you know the media is going to relish giving it to him over Tua.
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Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:51 am to Robot Santa
It's pretty obvious now that any QB will put up big numbers in OU offense while playing those terrible defenses.
I really don't think a OU QB will win it for the 3rd straight year.
I really don't think a OU QB will win it for the 3rd straight year.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 9:11 am to RollTide66
Hopefully we will be able to get Brown back and Randolph in there at TE and be able to run the ball in short yardage situations. We have to be able to do that to win the NC.
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Posted on 9/27/19 at 11:51 am to IB4bama
I think we win the title based on adjustments we have made this year on offense and how we are preparing. I read last year a few CU players talk about how starting in preseason camp they were already preparing to play UA. They played every game as if it was lining up against us. I sort of see that same type of approach this year with us. Yes CU has an easier schedule to do that with but the move to slants and RPO appears to be a design to eliminate these teams play fast and disruptive front 7s that gave us a fit last year. AU, LSU, UGA, and CU. Our offense this year gets ball out faster, which protects Tua and then we are off to the races.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 12:37 pm to TideWarrior
LINK ]Explaining Alabama kicker’s hip flexor injury, what it means moving forward By Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com
quote:Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.
For all the agita caused by Alabama’s kicking game, the sight Saturday afternoon was a new one.
Not a missed kick but spotting freshman kicker Will Reichard leaving the injury tent and slowly walking to the locker room was a new one for the Crimson Tide faithful. Through four games, the rookie from Hoover showed promise of ending the generation-long struggle kickers have had in Tuscaloosa.
Diagnosed with a hip flexor injury, questions about Reichard’s availability moving forward were natural. Kicking injuries aren’t all that common compared to the contact-heavy position on a football field.
So, AL.com spoke with one of Reichard’s kicking coaches and an orthopedist to help explain the severity of a hip flexor injury and how it relates to the game.
After the game Saturday, Nick Saban said the injury occurred when Reichard kicked the tee on his third kickoff of the game.
It’s important to note the difference from the plastic tees of the past that looked more like a pedestal and the kind of tee kickers use now. The Ground Zero tee looks like a block of black rubber.
“It is extremely heavy and doesn’t move,” said Birmingham kicking coach Mike McCabe, who has worked with Reichard since he was in elementary school.
“That’s a lot of force coming through that just stops your leg real fast,” McCabe said. “That can cause some bruising or swelling.”
McCabe said Reichard’s brief comment to him indicated it “felt like he pulled something.”
A Facebook post by Reichard’s mom from earlier in the week stated the kicker felt and heard a pop after the kick. An MRI revealed a slight tear in the hip flexor tendon that should be fine after a few weeks of rest, she stated in a since-deleted post.
That would fit with what Saban said Monday when asked about Reichard’s status.
“I don’t think this is something with a kicker that you can sort of push the guy along and have him have something that’s going to aggravate him for the rest of the season,” Saban said “So we need to get it right now.”
Dr. Michael Ellerbusch of Southlake Orthopedics in Hoover explained the rehab process for this kind of injury. They call it “relative rest” with some non-painful rehab that includes stretching and modalities like ultrasound and electrical stimulation.
Recovery time can vary but it normally takes a few weeks.
“You can reinjure it if you come back too early,” Ellerbusch said. “What we would do once he had no pain to walk, full strength, full motion of the hip without pain, then he would start a return-to-play program that would typically involve things like jogging, then do some sprinting and doing some drills and then he would progress back to the kicking component of it.”
From a kicking standpoint, McCabe said Reichard is smart with the way he handles the health side of the game. He doesn’t over-kick in practice, though wear and tear is part of the game.
Looking forward, McCabe sees big things for Alabama’s young kicker.
“Me worried about Will Reichard?” he said. “Nah. He’ll do great things at Alabama.”
Reichard is 4-for-7 on field goals including well-struck makes from 48 and 49 yards against New Mexico State. He also has touchbacks on 22 of the 29 kickoffs, though he missed one of his 22 extra point attempts. Joseph Bulovas, the starter for most of last season, stepped in as the replacement while Skylar DeLong handled all of the punting duties they shared.
And when Reichard is back on the field, Dr. Ellerbusch noted work remains to remain healthy.
“Once it is healed, you want to stay on top of it,” Ellerbusch said. “So, he would be on some kind of a long term stretching and strengthening program to try to prevent re-injury because there would be a slight increased risk of re-injury.”
Posted on 9/27/19 at 1:23 pm to RollTide66
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