re: Looking ahead, or "How to stay within 40 of Bama"

Here is our shot.

Stack the MF box. 8 in the box on early likely running play. They only pass the ball 23 times a game. Hurd is talented, but we make him beat us with his arm. He has accuracy issues. Maybe some pressure up the middle (Keke, Z, and Mack) could throw him off a little.

Hit big plays. We lead the conference in plays 60+, 70+, & 80+. We're 2nd in 10+ & 50+. We have to find a way to hit chunk plays. The horizontal pass game isn't going to work. We have to take shots down the field.

Force turnovers. Bama is elite at protecting the ball. IDK if they're due or what, but we have to find a way to turn them over. Watts and co need to take calculated chances going after the ball if we can force Bama to throw it some.

Bend, but don't break. Their kicker has been worse than ours. Maybe we can catch a break with a miss FG after giving up a long drive.

Finally, 12th man, bring it like the 4th quarter of the USC game. The players feed off of it. We get 22 guys who believe they can hang with Bama then we just may.