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re: I don't think Alabama will win Saturday
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:05 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:05 pm to ReauxlTide222
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I'm REALLY excited to watch the chess match between Saban and our D and JM and their O. It's gonna be some great football.
Playing chess with JFF is like playing chess with a cat. You move your pieces around the best you can and hope he doesn't knock the board off the table.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:08 pm to RTR America
If they keep them out if the endzone on their first possession, I think Bama wins.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:24 pm to ReauxlTide222
All our O-line needs to be is better than Sam Houston State and we will AT LEAST be in position to win the 4th quarter.
Also, we got Christion Jones. /game
Also, we got Christion Jones. /game
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:31 pm to ReauxlTide222
Turn your BAMA man card back in!!!!
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:32 pm to JombieZombie
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If they keep them out if the endzone on their first possession, I think Bama wins
This, and then we need to go get 3 or 7.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:33 pm to ReauxlTide222
I am absolutely not being homer when I say this but I am convinced that not only will Bama win Saturday I believe they will win big.
I watched the Bama - VT game numerous times and I am convinced of a few things:
1. Bama's OL wasn't as bad as they looked - What I saw was a serious stubbornness in the play calling and a lack of execution not bad play, a lack of experience seemed to be the biggest issue especially with live bullets so to speak. It was a perfect situation to have a game under their belts and film to bark about for 2 straight weeks, yeah Bama could've gone 4 and 5 wide and tossed it around and made the D respect the pass but they didn't so even on pass plays VT's D teed off and brought the house on blitz schemes.
2. Va Tech's D was really good and experienced - I kept watching over and over and thought the idea and felt crazy for thinking it until I heard another ESPN Football analyst Trevor Matich, who played college and pro football, on Finebaums radio show say the same exact thing...after watching most SEC teams we will face that VT has the best looking Defense we will see, even better than LSU. That defense stacked the box and played man to man on the outside WRs an easy scheme unless you can dial the pressure with blitzing schemes and Foster was a wizard. They knew they were undermanned and smaller but also knew the DL and LB corps was experienced and Bama's OL wasn't so the plan worked to throw the kitchen sink at the OL and man up on the outside back end zones and the pressure the OL couldn't shake was what threw everything out of whack.
3. The flow of the game because of the Special Teams and D scores was weird - Bama was up early because of the other scores and allowed a lot less urgency to score on Offense...a nice problem to have, but for an offense struggling like Bama's was it can make the offense look anemic
These 3 factors are what gave me hope for this Saturday, I also know this is the game the staff has used as motivation, the VT game a lot of the team didn't seem motivated and was just going through the motions. I expect the whole mentality of the team to be vastly different on Saturday
I could be extremely wrong but it has been apparent to me even in recruiting how every waking moment building this team's D was geared toward stopping a spread attack and downfield passing attacks, guys have all lost weight and gotten quicker and the D was visibly faster. The 1 breakdown on the long TD run was the wrong scheme and a bad tackling attempt on a scheme Bama had no idea VT would run (Saban even said they watched a lot of film and didnt see a single read option scheme with Loeffler's O they broke down out of that scheme) I don't expect Kirby or Saban to make a similar mistake on Saturday, they know what schemes aTm runs, it's the unexpectedness of Manziel and I suspect we will see a QB spy or more effective a run blitz on one side and a contain scheme on the other. It will be interesting to see what Kirby uses. I hope Johnny is ready and not hung over from the Drake OVO convert you can bet he will be at the night before.
I have not made a prediction on this game yet but I will probably on Friday, still have to watch aTm vs SHSU
I watched the Bama - VT game numerous times and I am convinced of a few things:
1. Bama's OL wasn't as bad as they looked - What I saw was a serious stubbornness in the play calling and a lack of execution not bad play, a lack of experience seemed to be the biggest issue especially with live bullets so to speak. It was a perfect situation to have a game under their belts and film to bark about for 2 straight weeks, yeah Bama could've gone 4 and 5 wide and tossed it around and made the D respect the pass but they didn't so even on pass plays VT's D teed off and brought the house on blitz schemes.
2. Va Tech's D was really good and experienced - I kept watching over and over and thought the idea and felt crazy for thinking it until I heard another ESPN Football analyst Trevor Matich, who played college and pro football, on Finebaums radio show say the same exact thing...after watching most SEC teams we will face that VT has the best looking Defense we will see, even better than LSU. That defense stacked the box and played man to man on the outside WRs an easy scheme unless you can dial the pressure with blitzing schemes and Foster was a wizard. They knew they were undermanned and smaller but also knew the DL and LB corps was experienced and Bama's OL wasn't so the plan worked to throw the kitchen sink at the OL and man up on the outside back end zones and the pressure the OL couldn't shake was what threw everything out of whack.
3. The flow of the game because of the Special Teams and D scores was weird - Bama was up early because of the other scores and allowed a lot less urgency to score on Offense...a nice problem to have, but for an offense struggling like Bama's was it can make the offense look anemic
These 3 factors are what gave me hope for this Saturday, I also know this is the game the staff has used as motivation, the VT game a lot of the team didn't seem motivated and was just going through the motions. I expect the whole mentality of the team to be vastly different on Saturday
I could be extremely wrong but it has been apparent to me even in recruiting how every waking moment building this team's D was geared toward stopping a spread attack and downfield passing attacks, guys have all lost weight and gotten quicker and the D was visibly faster. The 1 breakdown on the long TD run was the wrong scheme and a bad tackling attempt on a scheme Bama had no idea VT would run (Saban even said they watched a lot of film and didnt see a single read option scheme with Loeffler's O they broke down out of that scheme) I don't expect Kirby or Saban to make a similar mistake on Saturday, they know what schemes aTm runs, it's the unexpectedness of Manziel and I suspect we will see a QB spy or more effective a run blitz on one side and a contain scheme on the other. It will be interesting to see what Kirby uses. I hope Johnny is ready and not hung over from the Drake OVO convert you can bet he will be at the night before.
I have not made a prediction on this game yet but I will probably on Friday, still have to watch aTm vs SHSU
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:35 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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I think you're wrong
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:46 pm to BuccWildBammer
You should be a sports writer. If you're not already.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 4:50 pm to BuccWildBammer
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I heard another ESPN Football analyst Trevor Matich, who played college and pro football, on Finebaums radio show say the same exact thing
This statement by Matich produced a tremendous thread on the Tiger Rant
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:01 pm to RTR America
I'm pretty confident we'll get the job done. The main thing that worries me honestly is the projected high temperatures combined with A&M's HUNH and our lack of experienced depth on the DL. Looks like we'll be relying heavily on some true freshmen on the DL and while they're talented it's imperative that the know their responsibilities and be disciplined or else they'll create big running lanes for JFF.
Also, I hope we won't be so reluctant to use our timeouts if our D is tired or confused.
Also, I hope we won't be so reluctant to use our timeouts if our D is tired or confused.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:02 pm to ReauxlTide222
Bama wins in a bloodbath.
Everybody is overreacting the the 3 games these two teams have played. The good isn't as good as it's looked, and the bad isn't as bad as it's looked .... for either team.
In the end, Bama has better players and better coaches top to bottom.
Everybody is overreacting the the 3 games these two teams have played. The good isn't as good as it's looked, and the bad isn't as bad as it's looked .... for either team.
In the end, Bama has better players and better coaches top to bottom.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:14 pm to sarc
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Also, I hope we won't be so reluctant to use our timeouts if our D is tired or confused.
I hope we have a few designated guys on the DL who will conveniently cramp up whenever we need to sub on the line.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:24 pm to LukeSidewalker
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You should be a sports writer. If you're not already.
This is encouraging since I've been stressing these same points and I'm going to be a sports writer
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:28 pm to Robot Santa
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I hope we have a few designated guys on the DL who will conveniently cramp up whenever we need to sub on the line.
Saw quite a bit of this in games this past weekend (college and NFL). We haven't done it in the past, but people keep saying stop whining about HUNH and deal with it. Well, that's 1 way to deal with it.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:32 pm to ReauxlTide222
I don't either, but I've said that about nearly every other big game. I just don't think we will have improved as much as we need to. A cupcake game would've been nice last week.
ETA: And I don't just mean offense. I'm more worried about the defense than the offense.
ETA: And I don't just mean offense. I'm more worried about the defense than the offense.
This post was edited on 9/10/13 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 9/10/13 at 5:40 pm to MrTide33
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Thisis encouraging since I've been stressing these same points and I'm going to be a sports
writer
It's points mixed with originality mixed with the ability to make someone believe it.
But do it man!!!!!
I agree with the cramping strategy. Take those bitches to Hollywood.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 6:11 pm to sarc
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Saw quite a bit of this in games this past weekend (college and NFL). We haven't done it in the past, but people keep saying stop whining about HUNH and deal with it. Well, that's 1 way to deal with it.
I view the HUNH as a bullshite strategy for beating teams by causing confusion and fatigue rather than out-manuevering them with clever playcalling and creative gameplanning, so I have no problems using a bush league strategy like faking minor injuries to counteract it. Fight fire with fire and what not.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 6:45 pm to Matheson
Ok I've read everyone's posts. I'm not here to take y'all's points and break them down. I'm not tryig to "prove" anyone wrong here and I HOPE y'all are right. Most of y'all should be at least somewhat familiar with me here. I'm almost always positive(I'm an Alabama fan, it's hard not to be) and don't whine about our players or declare defeat before games. I do my best to express my opinion on what I see.
1. Matheson, suck a dick.
2. I think we're overrating VTs defense. Maybe just a little bit but I'm not convinced they're te best defense we'll see all year.
3. I completely understand our strategy and play calling vs VT.
Here's what I'm uneasy about. At times we were unable to run plays as they are intended. Yes it's correctable with practice and scheme. But with the bye week last week and after looking so bad the week before, these things will almost HAVE to work, and click Saturday. I'm struggling to find an analogy to get my point across. It's kinda boom or bust though. Instead of looking bad with time and games to get better we're gonna have to make up a whole hellofa lot of ground almost instantly. That's tough for any team.
I'm more confidant after reading the thread though. And it's not that I don't think we have the talent or ability to win the game. It's just the short turn around and stuff we HAVE to knock out of the park in terms of practice and suring up the play calling and o line. I don't really see why they couldn't have done some stuff to give the line some confidence last game.
1. Matheson, suck a dick.
2. I think we're overrating VTs defense. Maybe just a little bit but I'm not convinced they're te best defense we'll see all year.
3. I completely understand our strategy and play calling vs VT.
Here's what I'm uneasy about. At times we were unable to run plays as they are intended. Yes it's correctable with practice and scheme. But with the bye week last week and after looking so bad the week before, these things will almost HAVE to work, and click Saturday. I'm struggling to find an analogy to get my point across. It's kinda boom or bust though. Instead of looking bad with time and games to get better we're gonna have to make up a whole hellofa lot of ground almost instantly. That's tough for any team.
I'm more confidant after reading the thread though. And it's not that I don't think we have the talent or ability to win the game. It's just the short turn around and stuff we HAVE to knock out of the park in terms of practice and suring up the play calling and o line. I don't really see why they couldn't have done some stuff to give the line some confidence last game.
This post was edited on 9/10/13 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 9/10/13 at 7:07 pm to ReauxlTide222
I just watched the first quarter of the VT game again. The second drive when Yeldon scored the td was a pretty nice drive. The offense was mixing it up pretty well. After that the offense went vanilla. I'm not too concerned about the offense. There ARE problems with the ol but I believe when they are not trying to run the ball every down that they will hold their own.
Posted on 9/10/13 at 7:08 pm to ReauxlTide222
We're just better. Johnny's going to implode. Roll Tide.
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