re: Do ya'll realize how stupid we look

Here's the thought process for the play called: We were driving and had the defense on their heels; they were tired. We had a play called up before getting to the line. We've run that play before with success. If the play works, we win. If it doesn't, we have one more shot with the clock stopped to come up with a better plan.

What went wrong? It wasn't the play call, it was a tipped pass by a talented CJ Mosely, who will be picked up pretty early on in the draft. He tipped the pass and it was caught out of instinct (how many times do you think players practice not catching balls in situations like that?)

In my opinion, it was bad luck. If the ball is thrown a few inches one way or the other, or if Conley doesn't see the ball or just lets it go by, we have another shot at it. The ball was tipped and caught by the wrong receiver. That wasn't the play, but that's what happened. That wasn't a poor coaching decision, IMO. If we score on that play, CMR is hailed as the best coach in town and we are a month away from creaming an undeserving ND team. But the ball was tipped and we're talking about how we could have won instead of how we did win.

CMR called a good game, IMO. The fake punt called right after Saban called his (and didn't execute) was brilliant. Saban was the one who didn't manage the clock wisely. Going into the half, I recall seeing quite a few unhappy Bama fans on the board talking about how he pissed away the clock.

If our defense wasn't gutted for so many rushing yards, or if we didn't bite on the play-action toss, we're playing for the title. Our defense let us down in that game, but CMR called a good one. The offense did what it needed to do, but a tipped pass made all of the difference in the world. I won't put that one on CMR one bit.