re: Saban's Kryptonite

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The problem is that Bama has tried to run uptempo themselves to counteract these hurry-up teams to increase their number of possessions. It actually compounds the issue because this team is very prone to quick three-and-outs on offense which gives their defense less time to rest and leads to their defense wearing down late in the game. Case in point, Bama has 16 possessions last night. Their drives lasted fewer than two minutes in 14 of those 16 possessions. And their defense just completely got worn out in the fourth quarter. The same thing happened against Ohio State and Ole Miss in 2014. Bama's defense collapsed in the second half because the offense had a ton of quick possessions and couldn't sustain drives at all.

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Yep and to add to it it didn't help that Hurts couldn't even complete a pass to keep some clock running during those 3 and outs.