Dawg4Life
11-16-2014, 01:40 PM
First off, I have never really had any problems with Bama fans during my visits. I have had many more problems with the Bama fans from my home state (MS). With that said, that is a large collection of people that couldn't find their way to a classroom if their life depended on it. Rooting for Bama is the ultimate self-esteem boost for the non-educated! Anywho, here is what I saw:
1. Field position absolutely killed us in the first half. Given the circumstances, the defensive effort was pretty good.
2. We have been living on our red zone defense all year. Yesterday was a bit of a letdown in that we were unable to score in the red zone while Bama was able to score 3 TDs. It's hard to fault the defense though (see #1 above).
3. Give Bama credit for scoring the last TD. I looked at my friend after we scored to make it 19-13 and said "we're about to win this game." The crowd was scared s***less at that point. Sims scrambling was the key to that drive. I sincerely believe if Love gets off of his block and pushes him out of bounds, we win that game. That run still sickens me.
4. The play calling early in the game was the worst I've seen from Dan. You cannot take JRob out of the gameplan that early. Now, let me be clear...we were getting our asses whipped up front. However, throwing the ball repeatedly is not the answer. One of my favorite things about Dan is his ability to confuse defenses with the running game. I thought yesterday we got away from that and ultimately put ourselves in a hole.
5. All in all, just a very sloppy game from the offense. The interceptions, missing M. Johnson wide open in the endzone, Jameon's dropped pass on third down, penalty inside the one yard line...just really sloppy. I'd like to know what happens if just ONE of those goes our way.
6. I bragged on the defense and will continue to say that they played well enough to win. However, outside of the first 5 minutes of Auburn, when have we forced a turnover? We have turned the ball over 10 times against Auburn, Arkansas, and Bama. This is concerning going forward.
7. How we were in this game late says a lot about our team. They kept fighting and ultimately looked like the better team in the second half. Bama fans wanted to get our asses on the bus as quick as possible. I feel better about us today than I did Friday. Maybe I'm nuts but I wasn't sure how good we were to be honest. The errors I mentioned above are very fixable.
8. We are a very good football team. Flawed? Yes, but we can win this thing. I believe last night MAY have been a blessing in disguise. If we lose to Vandy or UM, then hell no it wasn't. We will win out and be #4 in the playoffs.
Thanks for reading.
1. Field position absolutely killed us in the first half. Given the circumstances, the defensive effort was pretty good.
2. We have been living on our red zone defense all year. Yesterday was a bit of a letdown in that we were unable to score in the red zone while Bama was able to score 3 TDs. It's hard to fault the defense though (see #1 above).
3. Give Bama credit for scoring the last TD. I looked at my friend after we scored to make it 19-13 and said "we're about to win this game." The crowd was scared s***less at that point. Sims scrambling was the key to that drive. I sincerely believe if Love gets off of his block and pushes him out of bounds, we win that game. That run still sickens me.
4. The play calling early in the game was the worst I've seen from Dan. You cannot take JRob out of the gameplan that early. Now, let me be clear...we were getting our asses whipped up front. However, throwing the ball repeatedly is not the answer. One of my favorite things about Dan is his ability to confuse defenses with the running game. I thought yesterday we got away from that and ultimately put ourselves in a hole.
5. All in all, just a very sloppy game from the offense. The interceptions, missing M. Johnson wide open in the endzone, Jameon's dropped pass on third down, penalty inside the one yard line...just really sloppy. I'd like to know what happens if just ONE of those goes our way.
6. I bragged on the defense and will continue to say that they played well enough to win. However, outside of the first 5 minutes of Auburn, when have we forced a turnover? We have turned the ball over 10 times against Auburn, Arkansas, and Bama. This is concerning going forward.
7. How we were in this game late says a lot about our team. They kept fighting and ultimately looked like the better team in the second half. Bama fans wanted to get our asses on the bus as quick as possible. I feel better about us today than I did Friday. Maybe I'm nuts but I wasn't sure how good we were to be honest. The errors I mentioned above are very fixable.
8. We are a very good football team. Flawed? Yes, but we can win this thing. I believe last night MAY have been a blessing in disguise. If we lose to Vandy or UM, then hell no it wasn't. We will win out and be #4 in the playoffs.
Thanks for reading.