I disagree. What has been a staple of Nick Saban since he arrived... the 4th Q conditioning program. I think he and his teams pride themselves on being the ones to bow their necks in the 4th quarter and make a play. The defense had their chance on the 4th and 2 and looked absolutely lost again. Michigan OC had been saving that play all game because he knew he could scheme an easy conversion. The offense had a chance to step on their throat with the last drive and didnt do it. The drive is different if Jalen doesnt underthrow Prentice on the deep crosser, but I dont blame him for throwing off his back foot when he had been hit like that all night. I wish our OC had been saving something all night to use in that situation.

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Posted by OldPete

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Posted on 1/5/24 at 11:10 am to BrianFantana

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The defense had their chance on the 4th and 2 and looked absolutely lost again. Michigan OC had been saving that play all game because he knew he could scheme an easy conversion.

While agree our D looked lost, I disagree that the Michigan OC saved that play. They scored their first TD using that play (or a derivation of it); Corum went thru the middle of the line, went left, no one picked him up, McCarthy dumped it off and he went in untouched.

The play before that 4th down, Corum ran a similar pattern but we picked him up and had him covered…but on 4th down, we let him run free again, not sure why…looked like Moore and one of our LBs both ran with the tight end…

I think Saban should’ve probably called a timeout on that 4th down, once they saw the formation, to make sure everyone was on the same page…

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