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re: If Alabama is ever going to run the ball this season, this is the game.

Posted on 12/30/25 at 5:35 pm to
Posted by Bamadiver
Member since Jun 2014
4149 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 5:35 pm to
Mudhole
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
29227 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 3:47 am to
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When you have a run game this historically bad, it’s both. The OL can’t run block but the RBs aren’t anything remotely special either


This, along with the coaches involved. I've been saying this for weeks and demanding accountability and always get down voted.

Why posters want to give a pass to the players and coaches involved in the worst running game in the history of this program, and one of the worst in the country, is a mystery to me.
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
13151 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:49 am to
Out of our 6 RB's, not one of them would make the top 3 at UGA. 26 is dancing before 15 even hands him the ball and add that to how slow he is only adds to our problem. 4 isn't fast but if in the I he at least has a headstart running downhill.

The RB coach has produced nothing. Nick just settled for the guy like so many others of his last years hires.

The BSC is real. Bama Sunshine Club.
Posted by RiverCityTider
Jacksonville, Florida
Member since Oct 2008
6793 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 9:28 am to
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Lot of people blaming the backs when the issue is and has been the blocking all season


The backs are slow and lumbering with no instincts.
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9420 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 9:53 am to
I think this the game to actually air it out. Deep shots and runs just to keep them honest but focus on setying Ty up to work the 5-12 yard stuff he's best at.

Indiana won't be running all the wild blitz packages Oklahoma et al do. Emphasize the receiver core being able to consistently get open
Posted by jjv0004
Greenville, SC
Member since Sep 2022
618 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:07 am to
I am not sure about that but I am confident none of our current backs come anywhere close to what we had been used to under Saban up until Gibbs left after 2022.
Posted by stewieie
Florida
Member since Feb 2020
297 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:28 am to
There have been a lot of slow developing running plays that were stuffed at the line of scrimmage. Were there a short windows of opportunity with a hole to run through?
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
26505 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:30 am to
I haven’t watched a ton of Indiana. I assume they run a lot of zone?
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9420 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 1:00 pm to
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haven’t watched a ton of Indiana. I assume they run a lot of zone?


When I watched Oregon and Penn St games it seemdd mainly 4-3 base with mainly man to man and LBs dropping into coverage much more than blitzes.

That's why I was thinking it's the game to air it out since our QB and OL are a ton better when not having to identify tricky blitzes.
Posted by Amarillo Tide
Amarillo, TX
Member since Aug 2023
1862 posts
Posted on 12/31/25 at 3:04 pm to
I put almost all of it on the coaching. You can't have all these former 4 and 5 star O line recruits and the O line be this bad. I refuse to believe almost all of them are busts. It HAS to be the coaching.
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