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re: Alabama vs. Florida - Question for Bama Fans
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:20 pm to The Spleen
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:20 pm to The Spleen
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Corral, Trask, and Burrow are the only 3 QBs I can think of that have looked great against our defense the past 2 seasons. I guess we can go back to the National Championship games against Clemson and include Lawrence.
That's what I was thinking.
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Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:20 pm to The Spleen
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I choose to believe it's a good thing as it exposed the weakness and gave us a couple of weeks of practice to work on it.
That is my hope/thought as well. I'm not naïve enough to think we'll be perfect at it, but this same thing happened with Ole Miss last year and we did not have the same sort of confused/chasing our tail the entire game performance again the rest of the season (we struggled vs Florida, obviously, but that was entirely different).
I think they'll be mentally prepared for what they'll see Saturday. Don't know if that will be enough, but I will be kind of shocked if we look lost and mentally fried again.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:22 pm to RebelExpress38
Our defense looked soft and out of shape.
I'm surprised and thankful we won. It's never a good sign when the opponent RB's and QB's are always falling forward for an extra 2-3 yards on every single tackle.
If that same defense comes out this weekend, Kiffin is going to make them cry.
I don't know why people think the Southern Miss game was somehow better. It was Southern Miss. Let's see how they do against a proper offense.
I hope our offensive game plan involves a lot of clock eating and long sustained drives.
I'm surprised and thankful we won. It's never a good sign when the opponent RB's and QB's are always falling forward for an extra 2-3 yards on every single tackle.
If that same defense comes out this weekend, Kiffin is going to make them cry.
I don't know why people think the Southern Miss game was somehow better. It was Southern Miss. Let's see how they do against a proper offense.
I hope our offensive game plan involves a lot of clock eating and long sustained drives.
This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:24 pm to 3down10
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I don't know why people think the Southern Miss game was somehow better. It was Southern Miss. Let's see how they do against a proper offense.
Yea, I didn't really have any positive takeaways from the Southern Miss game on defense. Not a ton of negative ones either (other than losing the TE once or twice), but nothing tangible either way. Southern Miss is atrocious on offense, so there isn't much to take from that.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:26 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Yea, I didn't really have any positive takeaways from the Southern Miss game on defense. Not a ton of negative ones either (other than losing the TE once or twice), but nothing tangible either way. Southern Miss is atrocious on offense, so there isn't much to take from that.
It was all fixable, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. But it's going to be a hell of a test.
Maybe the offense can help out with the clock.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:27 pm to makersmark1
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This made Saban upset because the team kind of peaked early and did not “win their one on one matchups” after the first quarter.
That's frustrating as hell. Against Louisville and Tulane we had the same thing happen. Complete domination of a half and then came out laid back and flat in the 2nd half.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:28 pm to 3down10
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It was all fixable, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. But it's going to be a hell of a test.
Yep - I think it's reasonable to just not have things avalanche like they did last year and did in the 2nd half last weekend. We're going to give up points and drives, but you just can't get into panic mode where every play they run is 8-15 yards like last year and like what Florida started doing.
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Maybe the offense can help out with the clock.
I'll be interested to see what the plan is there. I know you don't want to overthink it and look up and have wasted 2 possessions and be down 14-0, but I have to think in a perfect world we establish the run game/play action pass game early with the 2 Tight End sets and set the tone of the game. Kind of all comes down to how improved the Ole Miss D really is, probably.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge
One thing I hope we don't see a lot of on offense are those WR screens. Our WR corps just isn't the blocking alphas the previous ones have been. I do think this is a game where Billingsley could have a huge game.
I do like how McClellan is gaining confidence every week. He's looked progressively better each game this season. Having Robinson back will be big. He runs so violently and him getting 5+ YPC would go a long way to wearing down their defense.
I do like how McClellan is gaining confidence every week. He's looked progressively better each game this season. Having Robinson back will be big. He runs so violently and him getting 5+ YPC would go a long way to wearing down their defense.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:43 pm to 3down10
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It was Southern Miss. Let's see how they do against a proper offense.
I agree wholeheartedly... at the same time Ole Miss hasn't played a team worth salt this season. The best they've had was Louisville... other than that it's Austin Peay and Tulane.
I'm not one to go transitive on college football games, but Ole Miss hasn't faced a proper defense yet either. Neither their offense or defense has been tested.
Either way, we'll know a lot more early Saturday evening. Roll Tide.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:44 pm to pankReb
We were consistent last weak.
We played like hammered dog shite on both sides of the ball.
Played better on defense the second half.
Blocked a punt, made 4/5 FGs, and fluked out a Win over Georgia
State late.
We played like hammered dog shite on both sides of the ball.
Played better on defense the second half.
Blocked a punt, made 4/5 FGs, and fluked out a Win over Georgia
State late.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:46 pm to The Spleen
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One thing I hope we don't see a lot of on offense are those WR screens. Our WR corps just isn't the blocking alphas the previous ones have been
Agreed - and Bryce and the WRs aren't as fluid in the positioning of those throws and catching them in stride like Mac/Tua were with the last group of WRs. Those are great quick hitters with the chance to be big gains when the timing is perfect and blocking is good, but they can be drive killers when they aren't.
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I do like how McClellan is gaining confidence every week. He's looked progressively better each game this season. Having Robinson back will be big. He runs so violently and him getting 5+ YPC would go a long way to wearing down their defense.
Same - and the big sets with 2 tight ends will require the defense to play bigger, and most teams bigger LBs/Hybrid guys cannot cover Latu and Billingsley, so they have a bad choice to make. It's a big advantage.
This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 9/29/21 at 3:47 pm to pankReb
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That's frustrating as hell. Against Louisville and Tulane we had the same thing happen. Complete domination of a half and then came out laid back and flat in the 2nd half.
It seems to be natural for the kids to relax some with a large lead.... true defenses develop and maintain a killer instinct. Sweet Baby Jesus I miss 2011 and 2017.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 4:11 pm to GBJs
Alabama's bigger problem in that Florida game was the offense going in the tank in the 2nd quarter. 3 straight 3 and outs to follow 3 dominating TD drives.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 5:25 pm to RebelExpress38
quote:To answer your question:
I watched some of this game but was not locked in so I missed most of the plays in the second half.
My biggest questions for Bama fans are how did Florida manage to move the ball and score while being so one dimensional?
What did Florida defense do to shut down that offense in the second quarter through the end of the game?
Ole Miss had 2 100 yard rushers (Conner and Ealy had over 120 each) in last year's game, and both are back this year. It would be concerning to me that Florida was able to score 29 points with a QB who finished with 195 yards and an INT, and 0 TDs. Ole Miss seems to have a much more complete offense than Florida.
They controlled the line of scrimmage.
It should be an interesting game.
Y'all please do us a favor..........don't let us get up 3 quick TDs....we'll just mentally quit if you do.
This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 5:26 pm
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