Perfectly called offense tonight

I’d like t9 see some adjustment to what the defense was doing in the 2nd half. The first half was a masterpiece.

Despite the rushing yards I was pleased with the offensive line. They went into a hostile environment and did what was needed to win, give Ty time. Penalties were significantly less too.

The 1H offensive gameplan was one of the best in recent Bama history.

2H I have some questions, but Kirby made some solid adjustments so you have to rip your hat a bit.

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Ball control won the game no doubt. We knew we couldn't run on Georgia but actually did pretty decent with very few negative plays. I'm somewhat encouraged it's getting better.

Georgia started rushing 3 dropping 8 and dared us to run. We didn't do very well

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We still have problems where the pull and cross blocks don't really have great effect because the linemen just aren't fast enough. There were a few times where we ran a counter and the pulling linemen just were getting to the spots quick enough for the back to do anything other than just get mucked up in the crowd.

I've repeated this a few times recently: we don't need an elite running game, we just need an adequate run game. I've made the comparison to the mid-2010s Clemson teams. They weren't the kind of team that was going to win against most quality opponents by handing off to their backs but they'd do it effectively enough (~3ypc) that you couldn't just disregard the handoff. This opened up the play fake and kept the defense honest.

I thought Alabama would need to average 3ypc to have a shot and they averaged 3.1ypc. They need to get better at answering the bell when they need a tough yard. However with the game on the line, they got it done this time albeit with the decisive play being a sorta bootleg waggle that was essentially an option on one defender (Ty would've ran for it if the defender went with Miller).