how can we beat bama?

[Coach007]

How can we even score???

1- first remember that lsu is one dimensional. I wish we had played man and loaded the box like this.

2- we are the opposite of lsu. We will spread them and we will throw alot more. That's not the strength of bama at all.

[msstate7]

We're gonna have to play lights out defensively

[Dawgface]

I've already chalked it up as a loss. Obviously I hope a miracle happens.

[Liverpooldawg]

Play lights out defense and pass, pass, pass. We ain't gonna run it on them.

[Coach007]

No doubt. The emotions in this game will hopefully drain them.

Hopefully, our plan to to hit, hit hard, and stop the run. Just man up... blitz and play the run.

[thunderclap]

Play, and coach, loose.

[Blackout]

Gerri Green and JT Gray gotta be monsters. DL HAS TO create chaos

[JohnnyQuid]

pass alot. pick your spots to run - with dak mostly. screens. oh, and chuck it 50+ times. if dan comes out with 2 runs in first series my head might explode

[Coach007]

Play lights out defense and pass, pass, pass. We ain't gonna run it on them.

Will have to. It can be plays considered extension of a run game, but we will have to run.

First play.... screen over the top of their blitz

[BB30]

Yea no way we run the ball consistently dak is going to have to have to play out of his mind ... I think our defense will be up for the challenge. Just worried about scoring bama is playing at a different level completely different team from the first few weeks. Hopefully they will have a little hangover after this game.

[Coach007]

My guess is we will have a wide open playbook.

[Hattdawg]

Dak and Bear will be match up problems for bama.

[Irondawg]

Step 1: get 5 turnovers

[DownwardDawg]

Just have Bama play like they did against ole miss. We'll blow them out.

[Coach007]

It's not just bear. I expect our Te to have a big game.

[BB30]

Yea our receivers will be a problem for them we will just have to protect dak and give him some time hopefully go fast and gas them a little bit

[ShotgunDawg]

Will have to. It can be plays considered extension of a run game, but we will have to run.

First play.... screen over the top of their blitz

Why do we have to run?

I don't understand this

[TUSK]

Step 1: get 5 turnovers

nice

[Bubb Rubb]

Our only hope to beat Bama is for them to come in flat after the LSU game and turn the ball over. If we get their best effort, we won't beat them. We are going to struggle to stop their running attack. We will also struggle offensively.

[Hattdawg]

We Weill have to move the pocket as well, roll Dak out some for passes and possible runs.

[BB30]

I don't necessarily think we have to run I think daks ability to run will force bama to respect him and keep them honest

[Bully78]

How will we tackle Derrick Henry?

[PendingTransaction]

How do we stop Henry from getting 250?

[ShotgunDawg]

Rick Cleveland ‏@rick_cleveland 20s20 seconds ago
State: Load the box on defense, spread the field on offense, go fast... and prayers won't hurt.

[ShotgunDawg]

How do we stop Henry from getting 250?

Same way we stopped Fournette from getting 250. We'll be fine.

Diaz can scheme circles around Steele. Our LBs & DL are just as good as LSU's if not better. LSU is far more talented than us in secondary, not of the DL

[Liverpooldawg]

Will have to. It can be plays considered extension of a run game, but we will have to run.

First play.... screen over the top of their blitz

Why do you have to run? Why do you basically want to give downs away? If Fournette can't run it on them we sure as heck aren't going to. Pass the ball and give Dak the green light to run if it's there.

[ShotgunDawg]

Why do you have to run? Why do you basically want to give downs away? If Fournette can't run it on them we sure as heck aren't going to. Pass the ball and give Dak the green light to run if it's there.

This, let's play to win the ****ing game instead of playing to be balanced or some other BS that doesn't help

[TUSK]

This, let's play to win the ****ing game instead of playing to be balanced or some other BS that doesn't help

this is correct.... **** balance, yall need dak to throw it up and hope a bunch...

[Beaver]

Goodness folks it's not gonna take a miracle. Bama beat Tennessee by 5 points at home. Oh and lost to Ole Miss. This isn't 2011 Alabama. If our O-line holds up, Dak plays well, and we play disciplined on defense then we have a decent shot at winning. We're at home, and if you look at Bama's schedule, they've struggled coming off big wins all season.

[confucius say]

Spread the field and tempo like never before.

[TUSK]

How can we even score???

1- first remember that lsu is one dimensional. I wish we had played man and loaded the box like this.

2- we are the opposite of lsu. We will spread them and we will throw alot more. That's not the strength of bama at all.

get some men?

[Bully78]

Ship the team a truckload of tainted jerky?

[Coach007]

Why do you have to run? Why do you basically want to give downs away? If Fournette can't run it on them we sure as heck aren't going to. Pass the ball and give Dak the green light to run if it's there.

1- it helps take pressure off the passing game. Don't run, more pass blitzing.

2- to compare LSU's run game to ours is flawed. We don't use the same style at all.

We can run.

[Boya]

Step 1: get 5 turnovers

With two of those TOs being kick off returns...

We have to find a way to slow down the game early...get a score or 2 with big plays and then make them one dimensional
(pass) then hang on

Basically the blueprint they used against us last year

[Homedawg]

Why do we have to run?

I don't understand this

Because he has been saying for 6 weeks we have to run. And 6 weeks later we still can't run. So we will start against bama, perfect sense****

[Homedawg]

1- it helps take pressure off the passing game. Don't run, more pass blitzing.

2- to compare LSU's run game to ours is flawed. We don't use the same style at all.

We can run.
Yea w have to show a few runs only to keep them honest but if you think we can run you are as stubborn as Mullen has been for 6 years against them. We can't. Period. What have you been watching?

[msstate7]

Yea w have to show a few runs only to keep them honest but if you think we can run you are as stubborn as Mullen has been for 6 years against them. We can't. Period. What have you been watching?

Our best running plays will be if Dak scrambles. Need Dak to take off when opportunity arise

[Liverpooldawg]

1- it helps take pressure off the passing game. Don't run, more pass blitzing.

2- to compare LSU's run game to ours is flawed. We don't use the same style at all.

We can run.

If we HAD a running game I would agree with you. We don't. Trying to run the ball is just going to put us behind the chains. It will put MORE pressure on the passing game because there will be fewer potential productive downs. Give Dak the green light to run if it's there but called running plays will basically be giving downs, and yardage, away.

[Coach007]

Yea w have to show a few runs only to keep them honest but if you think we can run you are as stubborn as Mullen has been for 6 years against them. We can't. Period. What have you been watching?

Then we won't win. We will need SOME sucess, or we won't win. They will switch to a 3 man front, add a db and will pin their ears back on Dak. Count on a spy being on Dak

[Coach007]

If we HAD a running game I would agree with you. We don't. Trying to run the ball is just going to put us behind the chains. It will put MORE pressure on the passing game because there will be fewer potential productive downs. Give Dak the green light to run if it's there but called running plays will basically be giving downs, and yardage, away.

Then we will not win! Period.

[Charlie_Sheen420]

A blessing from the grindmaster Evan Stone wouldn't hurt...

http://i.imgur.com/Zl3aXh6.gif

[Homedawg]

Then we won't win. We will need SOME sucess, or we won't win. They will switch to a 3 man front, add a db and will pin their ears back on Dak. Count on a spy being on Dak

Let me save you some trouble;if you are sitting around this week hoping we can win based on running the football, save tour energy because we can't. Go play golf, go hunting, go knit a sweater, watch curling, something. We can win, if dak plays like he has, we cause Coker to turn it over and if we don't give up the big play.

[Coach007]

Let me save you some trouble;if you are sitting around this week hoping we can win based on running the football, save tour energy because we can't. Go play golf, go hunting, go knit a sweater, watch curling, something. We can win, if dak plays like he has, we cause Coker to turn it over and if we don't give up the big play.


Who said anything about winning based on a run game?

[TUSK]

Let me save you some trouble;if you are sitting around this week hoping we can win based on running the football, save tour energy because we can't. Go play golf, go hunting, go knit a sweater, watch curling, something. We can win, if dak plays like he has, we cause Coker to turn it over and if we don't give up the big play.

remind TUSK to give you a drink...

[Homedawg]

Who said anything about winning based on a run game?

Oh so we have to be able to run meant nothing?

[Liverpooldawg]

Then we will not win! Period.

So trying to do something we have had trouble doing against ANYONE against a team that just stonewalled Leanord Fournet is a winning gameplan? That's insane.

[Reason2succeed]

All running backs should basically play H-back this week. No pure runs just pick up the blitz and roll out into the flat all day long. By doing this they will occupy a LB or safety. Slot receivers should have a field day or sing coverage on the outside and Bear will eat.

[Boya]

The key is going to be us capitalizing on early momentum....they will come out flat and we have to get them in an early hole and then hope all hell breaks loose with big plays and turnovers that go out way
Re: bama v. Ole miss 2015
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We use inside RB draws, middle screens, QB draws ....everything we can to Exploit the inside ( it won't be handing to shump up the middle on 1 st down)

[smootness]

Goodness folks it's not gonna take a miracle. Bama beat Tennessee by 5 points at home. Oh and lost to Ole Miss. This isn't 2011 Alabama. If our O-line holds up, Dak plays well, and we play disciplined on defense then we have a decent shot at winning. We're at home, and if you look at Bama's schedule, they've struggled coming off big wins all season.

This all day.

[drunkernhelldawg]

How will we tackle Derrick Henry?

And he key quesion finally appears on page 2

[drunkernhelldawg]

Why do you have to run? Why do you basically want to give downs away? If Fournette can't run it on them we sure as heck aren't going to. Pass the ball and give Dak the green light to run if it's there.

It's not giving downs away. It's playing football. This idea that we can just come out in the spread and speed up our normal game on a dime, and then score like Oregon last season is what is insane

You can cringe every time we send a back up the middle if you want, but if we don' do that, Dak will spend the evening flat on his back. We're going to beat Bama, but we're going to do with our team, and that means we'll do it with our game. We might show one or two new plays, but the main thing is we're going to play our normal game.

[MadisonDawg]

It's not giving downs away. It's playing football. This idea that we can just come out in the spread and speed up our normal game on a dime, and then score like Oregon last season is what is insane

You can cringe every time we send a back up the middle if you want, but if we don' do that, Dak will spend the evening flat on his back. We're going to beat Bama, but we're going to do with our team, and that means we'll do it with our game. We might show one or two new plays, but the main thing is we're going to play our normal game.

Love the optimism from another late night dawg. Talked to Fred Ross and Dak tonight, they seemed pumped about ole miss losing tonight. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

[JohnnyQuid]

I'm good with no runs other than designs qb keeps or some read option/option. if we give it to holloway up the gut 1 ****ing time it's 10x too many.
toss it 50+ times. see what happens. don't play tight as dicks hat band play nothing to lose, which is what this is. nobody (mostly) will pick us to beat bama after they raped lsu. air raid freshman! !

[Dawgface]

1- it helps take pressure off the passing game. Don't run, more pass blitzing.

2- to compare LSU's run game to ours is flawed. We don't use the same style at all.

We can run.

We can't run. Haven't all year other than Dak.

[SallyStansbury]

-We should feel them out on the first possession and let them march down the field with us playing soft on D, just the first series***

- we need a steady dose of Shump and Holloway up the middle on early downs to keep BAma honest*** If our guards finally get their footwork and blocking technique right, this should be easy money****

[blacklistedbully]

We must not waste carries on Shump. Every down will be more crucial. Sacrificing any of them, much less 8 or more to Shump could be the nail-in-our-proverbial-coffin. Use Williams and Lee, if Lee is healthy. Hit Malik Dear with some quick screens. Also run enough bubble screens to keep Bama from, "storming-the-castle" with their D-line.

When we use Holloway, it must be the right way, like we did with Perkins his Freshman through Junior years.

Please Dan, open up the playbook. Coach to win!

[Coach007]

Oh so we have to be able to run meant nothing?

you think that having to be able to run and win from a running game is the same thing?

[Coach007]

So trying to do something we have had trouble doing against ANYONE against a team that just stonewalled Leanord Fournet is a winning gameplan? That's insane.

LSU running isn't the same as us running

[defiantdog]

Bama is soft in coverage and depend on the pass rush to disrupt a play. Quick passes will keep their defense honest.

As far as their offense, Coker can't look off receivers. We need our dbs to be on their game and not get caught looking in the backfield. Ri Brown and his beard might be the key to our defense next week..... We need to disrupt the running lanes .

[MabenMaroon]

You know what! Shump might be the answer. Game plan using Shump up the middle a bunch, the Bammer D-line will be tackling themselves before Shump hits the line, effectively blocking for us, then Shump into the secondary***

[Taog Redloh]

Dak play out of his mind, and win the TO battle.

[cheewgumm]

Mullen can NOT game plan like 1st half last year. Gotta pass to set up run ( if we run at all). Pass , pass, pass, then pass some more.

[tcdog70]

Just do what we did the second half last year. Spread them out and dink and dunk with only Dak running. Where our strength is our receivers , that's where we beat them. Henry is a beast but our beast is the former Alabama player of the year in basketball-- The Bear. Throw it to him early and often. Our running game will be quick passes. If they load the box we will burn them. Go empty where Dak is unaccounted for and let him Run. Shit if the Vols can play them so can we. Plus playing at home is a big deal.

[NCDawg]

LSU running isn't the same as us running

Right, they may stop Fournette, but they'll have a hard time stopping Holloway.