Your 5 takeaways from the Bama/OU Game...

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I’ve said it all season. Our defense isn’t the same as past years. If Alabama doesn’t win the National Championship, it will be the defense that will let us down.

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It was pretty obvious that we were going to take a step back this season.

Having said that, our defense held Oklahoma to 15 points and 100 yards below their season average.

that 1st qtr defense was lights out. it was the difference in the game.

tua being tua, is a beautiful thing!

our ol needs run block improvement and better discipline.

the lb'ers are hit n miss. which is weird to watch.

it was odd watching ou attack surtain after every other team had went after savion smith

roll tide!

They didn't attack Surtain as much as they were throwing to their all-star wr Lamb.

Well, Alabama’s not had a great year at breaking long running plays. Extremely solid in getting 5-8 yard runs, but no ones broken out into a home run threat.


Lost in the mix: last night was Kylers worst qb rating performance, and also OU’s defense worst qb rated defense performance (for as bad as they’ve been, last night was their worst)
Passing rating stat

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Bama backs rushed for 200 yards with a 5.9 yard per carry average. They had one run for no gain and ZERO tackles for loss. The only thing they didn't do was break a big run, but that can in no way be blamed on the Oline's run blocking. They owned the LOS all night.

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everything you said is obviously correct. now, tell me how many times our rb's were hit at the line of scrimmage and were able to break tackles for the yardage gained? when i say improvement is needed, i say that in terms of how gosh awful bad ou's run defense has been all year. yet bama only mustered 200 yards against them. with improved blocking we should have doubled that. you might not see it that way and thats fine. you're entitled to your opinion just like i am.

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tell me how many times our rb's were hit at the line of scrimmage and were able to break tackles for the yardage gained?

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Last night? Very few. The line was getting great push. Every short yardage situation was converted with ease. As further evidence, no RB will break every tackle. If they were constantly getting hit there would me no gains and tackles for loss.

There were none.

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i say that in terms of how gosh awful bad ou's run defense has been all year.

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Offhand, how bad do you think it has been? Before you guess, let me answer. Run defense is the only thing they were decent against. As the link shows, they gave up 156 yards a game and 4.03 yards a carry. Bama obliterated those numbers- particularly the YPC.

There have been several games this year where run blocking was suspect. Last night was not one of them.

dude simple math tells me your wrong. 200/5.9=33.9. so for at least 16 plays bama got way less than 5.9. blockbuster run blocking at its best, in your world, not mine. but your welcome to keep trying.

1. OU is a bunch of unsportsmanlike asshats. They finally played someone that can out physical them and they didn't like it and started throwing cheap shots.

2. As a result of #1, Alabama lost their collective cool and played very undisciplined which contributed greatly to allowing OU back in the game.

3. ACC officials suck. They lost control of the game about the time that LB pushed Tua way out of bounds and some pushing ensued. When flags didn't fly, OU knew it was open season on Bama.

4. Josh Jacobs-can't say enough good things about this kid. He will undoubtedly leave for the NFL riches and more power to him, but of all the players leaving, I think he will be missed the most. I will certainly miss watching him work. Big salute to Baby Rhino. Godspeed, young man, get you another ring before you go.

5. This will be very unpopular but I posted something similar on the rant. It relates to #2. I think Saban's grip is starting to slip ever so slightly. I never thought I would see so many stupid penalties due to players just not keeping their cool, their discipline/training and poise. And if you had told me I would see that, I would think that those players would all be over on the bench for a long time while Saban blew a gasket. Is this evidence he's not reaching them like he once did? That they don't fear him so completely anymore? This might be the beginning of the end. Enjoy it while it lasts.

If our DB's can catch possible turnovers that hit them in the hands the narrative would be a little different today relative to the defense. There was at least two balls that should have been picked, and another that could have been picked.

The DB's are not producing turnovers, and that is a concern IMO.

I think Saban and Coach Kool gave the D-line the ok to do what you gotta do.