Clemson on pace to give up more points to LSU than Alabama

Bama D only gave up 31 to Auburn, 28 if you take away the gift 3 during halftime

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Golding is said to be terrible

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That's because he is.

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and needs to be fired.

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That's because he does.

Injuries cost Bama a National Championship. It’s just plain shite luck

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So you don't know about playing Auburn.

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I know Auburn pulls shite out of their arse, but I don't recall anything from this years game being crazy

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Do you think 11 games compares to the normal 3 years a player would have in the system before being put in such situations. And that happened many times, not just 1. Injuries didn't just stop prior to the season, they continued all long. They played with no depth, probably getting banged up along the way themselves.

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No its not the same, but it doesn't excuse the scheme. It doesn't excuse missed tackles. It doesn't excuse lack of a pass rush. It doesn't excuse 35 being out there in coverage.

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Meanwhile, as I type this LSU just once again scored a TD on the so called best DC in college football right now. And why does have that? Oh yeah, because he shut out Alabama's great offense last year.

But still nobody will dare say a word about the offense and continues to complain about the few mistakes by the inexperienced defense. In a year that even with the healthy players, the offense was expected to need to carry the team a bit.

I'm curious, how many more points would the offense need to spot Auburn before we start to say maybe it wasn't the defense that lost the game?

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Okay. Let's go with your argument of lack of experience. Mac Jones doesn't get a pass for his lack of experience?

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What? They got a FG after time expired. How much more Auburn Luck can you get?

And of course the trick play that screwed up the punt and gave them a 1st down.

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The FG was bull shite, we can agree on that, but that’s on the refs, nothing Auburn did or didn’t do.

The frick up on the punt was crazy, I’ll give you that. But a mental error on the coaches

I’m on my iPad and can’t figure out to quote the rest, too tired and sick to figure it out.

But, yes they’re not as strong and probably fast as they will be. But they still should know how to tackle. The coaches should know not to have Lee covering anybody on obvious passing situations. We have to delay blitzes every time we blitz?

It’s Saban’s defense, but I’m pretty sure Kirby and Pruitt both were far more aggressive and creative. And yes I get it, they had some experience to mess around with. But after 11 or 12 games they should know enough of the defense to do anything to pressure the QB.

The difference though, and the point I’m trying to get at, is that I saw almost no development with any of these guys on defense. It’s been that way for 2 years straight. I saw Mac grow and develop. We saw Waddle grow and develop last year. I saw Billingsly making some plays late in the year.

Maybe I’m completely wrong. The injuries played a role in our failures this year, but there was time to develop those guys and I just didn’t see it. But again, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Golding is the best DC Saban will ever have at Alabama and was just dealt a shitty hand this year. And I hope he is the best DC we ever have, it means more championships for us and less for LSU and Clemson. It looks as though he’ll have his chance to prove himself next year so we will see.

I get that Kaho/Harris are faster than Lee, but my understanding is that Lee was the signal caller, you can't pull him off the field and you can't make up all that time Lee spent in the offseason learning the signals no matter how much time Harris or Kaho spent.

If we are going to talk delay blitzes, which I think is a far more valid concern about the scheme, I do think there is a component here where we know Saban lives in the film room. If the delay blitzes were not working, but still being called, there has to be a reason unknown to fans. I have no clue why we ran so many and I would love to see more of the aggressive blitzes Golding was known for prior to UA. But, without saying Saban is always right, because that's lame, I do think there is something we are missing in terms of the defense in why delayed blitzes were so heavily favored.