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STRICTLY a one trick pony. Let Manziel tweak an ankle and they're a three loss team,whereas Alabama could survive the same to Mc Carron and get by playing defense and running the football.
Johnny Manziel is special no doubt about that. But the Ags are like Auburn a few years back..one man team.

The box scores agree/disagree.

Ole Miss: 125 yards rushing, 3.7 yards/carry
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Texas A&M: 122 yards rushing, 3.9 yards/carry
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LSU: 166 yards rushing, 6.6 yards/carry
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Georgia: 350 yards rushing, 6.9 yards/carry

From these stats, I believe Alabama could've beaten LSU and Georgia without McCarron; however, he was your best quarterback and was picked off twice agaisnt A&M. Would the backup have been able to connect deep against the A&M secondary? Could the backup light up a tough Ole Miss team's secondary? We'll never definitively know, but Blake Sims did not look good in the Spring Game. I'm doubtful.

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Posted by Politiceaux

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 6/14/13 at 10:00 am to Gardevoir

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From these stats, I believe Alabama could've beaten LSU and Georgia without McCarron

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Posted by GeauxPack81

Member since Dec 2009

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Posted on 6/14/13 at 11:21 am to Gardevoir

Came here to say how stupid this was:

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STRICTLY a one trick pony. Let Manziel tweak an ankle and they're a three loss team,whereas Alabama could survive the same to Mc Carron and get by playing defense and running the football.
Johnny Manziel is special no doubt about that. But the Ags are like Auburn a few years back..one man team.

Then I saw: