re: Inside intel on Tua Tagovailoa from opponents speaking candidly about Alabama QB

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Alabama stopped running the football.....and why we'll never know.

Seriously?

I didn't even watch the game, but I bet I can guess why.

Alabama was running primarily an RPO offense. The QB has the option to run, hand the ball off or pass depending on how he reads the defense. If he's not calling any running plays based on the defense he sees, the defense must be showing him something that he decides to throw on.

In a previous thread, a Clemson player was quoted as saying they were disguising their coverage really well.

There you have it, it's no mystery. The REAL mystery is why so many people don't understand why a team might stop running the ball after having initial success with it (UGA vs LSU, 2018). It almost ALWAYS involves adjustments to the defense to take the run away.

Duh.

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