Bama Fatigue

I'll chime in, and I do know I'm a guest here so will try to be as objective as can be.

The WR thing is the only thing that people constantly harp on when comparing those 2 games, yet for some reason unbeknownst to me people completely and totally ignore the other MASSIVE difference which is that we played an entirely difference defense in the SECCG than we did in the title game. In 2021 we played defense pretty much the exact same way in 14 games, and an entirely different way in 1. This is pure conjecture on my part but my GUESS is that our coaches tried ot think so many steps ahead and they ended up outsmarting themselves. My GUESS is that our coahces basically said somehting like "Ok, saban has 12 games of film on our defense doing ABC. So to counter that, he's going to do XYZ. So that means, we ghave to do something to counteract XYZ.". We played a lot looser off the ball than we did in most other games. We played FAR more QB contain that we did in any other game, it's like we were absolutely terrified of Bryce running that that was priority #1 was to not let him get out of hte pocket. There are numerous examples of some of our 1st round NFLers on the DL just absically standing straight up a thte snap and just kinda hanging out and not even considering rushing the passer.

Of course it'd be foolish to discount the loss of 2 great WRS, obviously that had an impact on the game. But it's annoying that nobody ever points out our completely assbackwards defensive game plan either. Fast forward to the NCG and you can see we emmployed the saem defense we played every other game. The DL rushed like crazy, we played more tight man coverage at CB. We brought more pressure. In that game we didn't care of Brryce got some yards on the ground, the bigger priority was making him unconfortable and not letting him have all day to pick us apart like he did in the SECCG. I think any neutral observer would agree that we got to him MUCH more often in game 2, and that has nothing to do wiht WRs being in or out.

Paul Finebaum is an idiot so I don't have any idea what he's said that prompted this thread. But I do think that our defensive gameplanning from game 1 to 2 is woefully undervalued in regards to the outcomes.

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Because one could say Bama does not beat Texas if Colt McCoy

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If if this was true, and it’s not, these injuries are not the same. Bama hurt Colt by hitting him. Our size and strength was too much for him. Metchie and Jamo were both non-contract acl injuries. UGA had nothing to do with them. Those injuries could’ve happened against the Citadel just as easy as they happened against UGA. If fine to say we would’ve best UGA if they didn’t get injured without acknowledging Colt.

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I understand your point. Georgia defense played much better that game. That tight man coverage though is much easier to do against slide bolden than Metchie and Williams.

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I don't disagree. Obviously you'd rather face backups than starters. My point though was that our entire defensive gameplan was night and day different from one game to another, which reflections 100% on our planning and not on the players on the other team.

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watching the game winning play be dropped by Hall when you’ve held the lead for nearly the entire game and mowing Metchie and William easily make that play is one reason why you see Bama fans react this way.

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I undesrtand but we could easily say similar things. Our best pass rusher was lost for the season in jacksonville, wouldn't it stand to reason he could've been a big help in the SECCG? We also lost an all american DB and our starting RG early in the season, who knows how much they could've helped. Pickens was clearly not fully healthy and only got a handful of snaps. Etc.

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How do we know this to be true?

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Yeah, I contend that our whole game plan was for mccoy, and he was knocked out early. Good teams always play best in their first or second quarter. It's about who can play well for 4.

I think we would have destroyed them either way.

You won the game.

No way in hell do you think the loss of our two best receivers didn't alter the game then you sir are a big liar.

Why do we have so many Georgia, Auburn, and Arkansas fans with access to this board?

I don't see rival teams posters posting on other team boards.


Give me access to the Auburn and Arkansas boards pleaseeee.

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Depends on the game…

Colt McCoy was 2-2 for 9 yards when he left the game; I think we win that game regardless of their QB…

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I think you missed the whole point.
We had a body of work with Georgia. We scorched them in a game only a month before. Texas had never played us.

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Pickens was clearly not fully healthy and only got a handful of snaps. Etc.

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LOL comparing Pickens with Williams...just LOL!