re: Saban: It's virtually impossible to come up with a defensive scheme to stop RPOs

He isn't whining, he's just talking about the game today. Hell, at the end he says it is what it is and we've adapted. But his entire life is built around defense and so of course this is kind of a kick in the pants to him and what he likes. But unlike most stubborn arse coaches he decided he had to adapt to stay in the game, and so he did it, whether he liked it or not.

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“If they’re not willing to change that…,” Saban said with his voice trailing off as he shrugged. “But on the other hand, it's exciting. We score like 40 more points a game than what we used to. Our 2011 team gave up eight points a game. The best defense in the country gives up twice that now and it's going to continue to go that way. It’s very difficult to play defensive football when you can't key the difference between runs and passes."

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