re: Comparing Alabama offensive coordinators, Sark, Locks, Dabol, Kiffin

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What you want is for that split second for the linebackers and defensive secondary to play run, which gives your receivers that split second to make a move on a route that will get behind or evade those linebackers and defensive backs.

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I think you hit on the entire concept of offensive football. That split second. When defenses are off-balance, or on their heels it's because they are a step behind and a step behind will get you beat.

Our first TD Saturday, the SC safety (#21) is playing about 10 yards back and when the ball is snapped he flies up to the OLBer spot in the box and bites on the Najee Harris fake in the backfield. Tua rolls a little to his left and Najee keeps running on a wheel route. The safety is still watching the ball and totally forgets about Najee in the pass pattern and he ran right by him. Najee wasn't touched until he got to the endzone. All that required enough play-action to get the safety to bite. I mean, after all it was his man.