I saw ESPN's SEC Blog Twitter Account in the middle of the 2nd half...

LSU kept us in our base 4-3. Oregon against our nickel with CJ Mosley on the field will also struggle. LSU is the only team I think could force Alabama into playing with so many in the box as they did. Everyone else is gonna get a 5-6 man front with a safety/lb hybrid watching the run.

1. The secondary was always a bit of a concern for me. I trusted milliner and Lester but the rest was very unproven. 2. LSUs offense and the QB especially played easily the best game they have all year. The bye clearly helped as some of our guys said y'all showed stuff they hadn't seen before.

Oregon has a tremendous offense, but it's based largely on their running game. Their passing attack is average.

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Tweeting that the Alabama staff had expressed to them at some point in the period between Fall camp and this game (didn't specify when) that their Secondary was the more vulnerable part of the defense.

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I think this is why a lot of Bama fans felt let down that Tyler didnt play and Johnelle tanked the season prior to our game early in the year.

The Bama fans on here at least, knew that the secondary may be their weakest link and they talked as if they wanted to see it tested.

So it is no surprise that the Bama coaching staff may have thought the same. It really isnt Bama's fault that their secondary had not been tested this season.

This is just something else we can blame on Johnelle if you all are cool with it

A lot of Bama fans already realized that the secondary was a little shaky this year (relatively speaking, they are still pretty good, but not really elite in coverage skills). What happened Saturday night was a combination of Mettenberger playing a hell of a game (did the light come on for good or was this one of those singular games QBs have sometimes ala Garcia against Bama in 2010?) and also Alabama's secondary showing that it has some issues.

It's not like Alabama's defense, even the pass defense, is bad. They certainly bent on Saturday but did not break in a hostile environment with very little help from the Bama offense in the second half. They were on the field all night and still only gave up 17 points. If that is an off night for the defense, then I'll take it. A lot of teams would absolutely kill for their defense to only give up 17 on the road in a game like that when the opposing QB is definitely on his game.

They are not one of the GOAT defenses like last year, but they are still among the best if not the best in the country again.

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Since the King's English is evidently a challenge for you

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no, my challenge is in following your logic. you say that Bama had trouble with a "heretofore" subpar passing offense. But Bama didnt play a subpar passing offense. they played a pretty damn good one from what I saw. Mettenberger played lights out. It doesnt matter what they've done heretofore. They were good on Saturday night

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no, my challenge is in following your logic. you say that Bama had trouble with a "heretofore" subpar passing offense. But Bama didnt play a subpar passing offense. they played a pretty damn good one from what I saw. Mettenberger played lights out. It doesnt matter what they've done heretofore. They were good on Saturday night

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No bro...Your challenge is still reading. Your Clintonian efforts at parsing my quite simple post notwithstanding, you're coming off as pretty stupid here.

Everyone knows they played well Saturday Night. We are not arguing the merits of their play. What is the topic of discussion is that in light of the way LSU played-which was a vast, spectacular improvement-against your Secondary, do you think that your Secondary should be a cause for concern.

IE-Did your Secondary have a hand in making the LSU Pass offense look better than it had all year?

I can keep going on this if you'd like to use some more Clintonian logic here, but once we get to the point where you're trying to define my impersonal pronouns we'll probably hit a wall.

Either way, your turn, Webster...

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do you think that your Secondary should be a cause for concern.

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it was already the most inexperienced group, so it was already a concern. But credit needs to be given to LSU because they executed very well.

when you try to downplay LSU's success to use it as a flame against Bama, you are just shitting on the effort that your team gave.

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Now you're creating straw-man arguments, attributing them to me in a weak attempt at reverse-flaming me.

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wrong again, my friend. why dont you try using that google link to help yourself understand what a straw man argument is. You are the poster who said that LSU's passing game was Subpar and asked whether Bama fans were concerned that LSU had some success. Do you realize how disrespectful you are being to your team and the effort they gave? They played a great game, give them some credit.

i know you're just trying to flame and make yourself feel better this morning. but get some better material, your shite's weak.