re: Saban comments on the offense post-Texas

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OB's offense isn't bad, it's too complicated. They call a play in the huddle then spend another 15 seconds making checks at the line. Every single down. It's too much to do. Especially on the road. Just call a play and execute.

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The home/road splits on offense are pretty incredible since he's been the OC which definitely lends itself to what you are saying. I'd be curious what our average play clock remaining time is at snap on the road vs at home - I have to think its much lower on the road.

The only home game we played poorly in offensively to date under BoB was LSU, and that was basically because LSU played an entirely new defense than they'd played the entire season and caught us completely off guard. Lit up Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU and Arkansas. Lit up Miami and Georgia in Atlanta. Struggled once off script @ Florida, @ Auburn and @ Texas. Played relatively well @ A&M (turnovers) and @ State (all around solid performance).

Pretty big issue to fix considering we still have trips to Fayetteville, Knoxville and Baton Rouge left and all 3 will be very, very loud (Oxford too but I don't think the same noise/communication issues apply there).