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Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:40 pm to redgreen
Adrian Hubbard and Courtney upshaw were not skinny
Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:41 pm to redgreen
:confused:
Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:43 pm to BlackAndGoldTigers
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Adrian Hubbard and Courtney upshaw were not skinny
Hubbard wasn't that thick, he was just tall. He was 6'6 compared to a 6'1 or 6'2 Upshaw.
Johnson and Hightower are also of the 'fat and slow' archetype.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:48 pm to BlackAndGoldTigers
Too fat, too slow
and TOO MUCH for Mizzou.
and TOO MUCH for Mizzou.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:20 pm to jbond
Wish we had that fat boy, #62, back in the middle at NG.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:59 pm to RollTide1987
quote:Bama has also mostly avoided playing good offenses and when they did they looked average to bad.
Also...since 2008, Alabama has finished #1 in total defense in the SEC every season, as well as has finished Top 5 in the nation in each of those years.
This post was edited on 7/19/14 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:10 pm to Rabern57
OP actually has a great point,. those guys stumbling around the backside of plays.
This post was edited on 7/19/14 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:19 pm to Rabern57
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Bama has also mostly avoided playing good offenses and when they did they looked average to bad.
There are also only about one or two good offenses to be found in the SEC in any given year. And while our defensive stats don't look nearly as good against them, we more often than not hold them well below their season average. Take Auburn for instance. Yeah, the defense got pushed around, but they still held Auburn 100 yards below their season average. Texas A&M got the better of that trend in 2013, but not in 2012. We held them to 140 yards below their season average in that loss at Bryant-Denny.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:29 pm to Rabern57
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Bama has also mostly avoided playing good offenses and when they did they looked average to bad.
Bama plays basically the same teams that Auburn does. So you're basically admitting that Auburn's D has been a dumpster fire for the last decade.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:46 pm to RollTide1987
quote:The point was they are not playing enough teams to show they are that good and not just looking good because they don't play anyone. The top offenses they do play they aren't shutting down like you expect a top defense to and alot of the time the offenses are scoring alot.
There are also only about one or two good offenses to be found in the SEC in any given year.
Also as far as saying they held them to less than normal the same can be said that they scored more than Bama gave up on normal. There are teams that hold the same offenses to less.
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 12:04 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:10 am to BlackAndGoldTigers
Im always amazed by how many football fans are completely clueless when it comes to the 3-4 vs the 4-3.
I blame the Madden generation. People have this idea that positions, such as end, are the same in every scheme and can be swapped in and out without consequence.
I blame the Madden generation. People have this idea that positions, such as end, are the same in every scheme and can be swapped in and out without consequence.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:14 am to Roger Klarvin
You mean they shouldn't go get 255 pound ends to try and occupy 2 blockers?
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:16 am to Roger Klarvin
quote:I think Saban will eventually have to go to a 4-3 to cover the spread HUNH teams as more teams start running it.
Im always amazed by how many football fans are completely clueless when it comes to the 3-4 vs the 4-3.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:24 am to Rabern57
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The point was they are not playing enough teams to show they are that good and not just looking good because they don't play anyone.
They don't play anyone? Do they not play in the SEC against virtually the same teams Auburn plays every year?
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The top offenses they do play they aren't shutting down like you expect a top defense to and alot of the time the offenses are scoring alot.
Kind of like LSU in 2011 when West Virginia put up over 530 yards of offense on one of the greatest defenses of all-time? A great defense is going to have a bad game every now and then.
P.S.,
2012 and 2013 Alabama were good, not great, defenses. 2013 more so than 2012.
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There are teams that hold the same offenses to less.
The fact that you are using the transitive property to debate football tells me everything I need to know about your football IQ.
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 12:27 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:24 am to Rabern57
3-4 vs 4-3 is becoming an obsolete debate these days. Most teams spend more time in their nickel packages these days than their base defense most games.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:26 am to Rabern57
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I think Saban will eventually have to go to a 4-3 to cover the spread HUNH teams as more teams start running it.
The 3-4 is actually more ideal - just not his version. Besides he uses a 4 man front 75% of the time per his own words. His problem is getting his personnel groupings out there. In any base, you need hybrid athletes.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:30 am to bisonduck
Bama played with at least 5 DBs on the field just about every play against A&M the last two years.
Outside of the annual three yards and a cloud of dust bowl against LSU, they are in their nickel packages more often than not. That is true for most defenses these days.
Outside of the annual three yards and a cloud of dust bowl against LSU, they are in their nickel packages more often than not. That is true for most defenses these days.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:33 am to BlackAndGoldTigers
12–2
14–0
10–3
12–1
13–1
11–2
72-9
over the past 6 seasons.
You're right, we totally need to blow everything up and completely start over.
14–0
10–3
12–1
13–1
11–2
72-9
over the past 6 seasons.
You're right, we totally need to blow everything up and completely start over.
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 12:34 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:36 am to IAmReality
Its still unfathomable to me that the 2010 team lost three games. That team was stacked with NFL talent.
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