re: Alabama showing that ND might actually give them a good game?

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If anything, trying to be unpredictable is what got Bama in such a hole in the game. The run game was dominating but Nuss kept calling pass plays on first down. We will never know this but I think Saban somewhat took over the offensive play calling in the 3rd quarter and ran the ball right down their throats.

Bama is at its best when the other team knows exactly what we are doing and yet cannot stop it. When you have 4 future NFL players on the OL and 2 NFL HB's, there are very few teams who can stop a straight ahead pro style run game, even if you gave them the play call ahead of time.

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This. I've noticed alot of teams are not biting hard on those first down playaction passes because they are expecting it. Then on 2nd 10 they are expecting the run and on 3rd and 8 or 6 they are expecting the pass.