re: Was the offensive Alabama performance an indictment on Longo ball?

I would say it’s not. Bama jumped on us so we pretty much had to abandon the run half way through the first quarter.

Our o line got blown up by Bama. Bama is just better, doesn’t matter what the scheme is. If you put Longo on Saban’s staff that offense would be unstoppable. Our main problem was defense. It’s really hard to expect the offense to lay it all out there when they are down 28-7 after 1 quarter. They pretty much knew going in they had to play perfectly to even keep pace with Bama. Not even to win, just to keep pace. That is a defensive problem.