phil4bama

Earlier poster nailed it. We try to be too complex in our blocking scheme between the tackles against a loaded box. We shouldn’t be running into 8-9 man boxes period, but if we’re going to be stubborn, two things have to happen: 1)drop all the pulling, trapping, chipping, double teaming against superior numbers and just block straight ahead and knock somebody on their arse 2) Jam needs to pick a hole and hit it hard instead of boogieing up to the line like a dancing bear, jump stopping and hopping and trying to change direction in the backfield. Hit the damn hole and if there ain’t a hole, make one!
Grubb has to run the edges earlier and more often to get teams to stop stuffing the box. If we can get plays like the TD where Proctor sealed the edge and pancaked that dude, we can run for days outside.
The reason people want Daniel Hill getting more carries is go back and watch the tape; on his first couple of runs UT hasn’t gotten Daniel on the ground yet. They stopped his forward progress, but they never took him down. Maybe fatigue by the defense factored in but Hill ran hard, ran decisively, and was hell on wheels to bring down.

I know Cig is the hot name but I will be surprised if Matt Rhule doesn’t get a call. He played LB at PSU and has been a successful coach everywhere he has been except the Panthers. They are nuts if they don’t at least ask him.

Enjoyed every play of that shitshow. A couple of observations: you couldn’t have reversed that fumble/TD no matter which way it was called on the field. It was too close to call and certainly too close to claim incontrovertible evidence for reversal. That was the worst officiated game I’ve seen in years. The final 2 minutes of the first half took 37 minutes to complete. Why? Because they were reviewing every single play. The missed calls and the blown calls both ways were absolutely ridiculous and indefensible. Kirby’s phantom time out, Auburn head hunting Gunner Stockton specifically and Georgia in general and the refs did very little to get control of it until they threw a few flags late in the game. They should have gotten both teams together early on and told them if it didn’t stop, the unsportsmanlike flags were going to fly and players were going to get ejected early and often. The level of officiating for an SEC game of that caliber is embarrassing and the league is doing very little to improve it. Again, it’s karma coming home to roost and frick Auburn, that’s what you deserve but between last night and the Oklahoma game, the officiating has been a disaster.

Yes, we have the 2nd best pass defense in the country because we have played 4 teams that really don’t throw the football that well and everyone feels like they can have success running the ball. I wonder why?
Maybe because our rushing defense is 90th in the country per NCAA stats. That’s pathetic! And it’s another L just waiting to happen. There’s no excuse for our run defense to be that bad except for piss poor coaching/scheme.

Before you say “but it’s Vandy”, they are averaging 49 points per game and just scored 50+ in 2 consecutive games for the first time since 1915. That offense is for real and it is absolute kryptonite to our 1A high school defensive scheme. Womack better be spending every waking moment figuring it out and teaching it to the kids in a way they understand their job. I’m tired of guys looking completely lost and hesitant because they don’t know their responsibility.
I’m not worried about our offense getting their share of points, but Vandy and Pavia are going to play keep away to keep Ty and Co. off the field and if Womack allows them to slowly drive down the field with 15 play drives, that will be their most effective defense. This won’t be an easy game.

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quote:Need to get better at controlling run game on D 1.25 seasons in I think it’s what it is.

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Translation: Womack ain’t gonna figure it out. He’s out of his depth.

Womack’s defense gave up 227 yards on the ground. That won’t cut it. We still can’t set an edge and get gashed on the outside. Receivers run free when they go deep. Pressure on Stockton was nonexistent. Alabama won that game in spite of Womack, not because of his defense. They were fortunate and UGA didn’t play very smart at the end of the game.
I can’t stand this scheme and have said from day 1 it will not work in the SEC. We have complained about it almost every game. Womack has to go. The defense can and must be better.

Why is the tail wagging the dog? College football teams like Alabama should tell ESPN we’re playing Wiskey at 6pm. You’re welcome to show up and broadcast it if you like. If you don’t, we’ll find someone who will. As for 11am, go frick yourselves. It’s one of the few things I feel empathy for LSU on. I can definitely see them saying the game is at 6:30. If you ain’t there, we don’t care! We’ll play a verse of Neck for you!
Don’t you think that at least the blue bloods should be able to dictate game time to the network instead of vice-versa?

The quarantine was only for about a week. She was very involved in the Mal Moore building that year.

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Seems like the worst time to be in college to me

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Not necessarily. My oldest daughter was a freshman at Bama that year, worked in the athletic department, and got to be around arguably one of the best college football teams ever assembled. Undefeated through an exclusively SEC schedule and whipped the Buckeyes for a natty and nobody even came close to beating that team except Florida. The Slim Reaper won the Heisman the Biletnikoff and the Maxwell, Mac Jones won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm and Davey O’Brien, Najee won the Doak Walker, Alex Leatherwood won the Outland, and Big Dickerson won the Rimington.
And the basketball team made it to the Elite 8 for only the second time ever to that point after winning the SEC regular season and tournament. So while she missed some things like a normal rush, caught COVID and had to quarantine here at home, she got to be a part of an extraordinary year for the athletic department.
She quit her job there at the end of that year and things haven’t been quite right or that good ever since.