Originally Posted by
justwin
defensively, we need to eliminate Jeudy. Do that & make the rest of them beat you. Jeudy is their best player. Eliminate him and the rest of the Bama O scores ~24 points to keep you in it.
We need to hit Tua, see how he responds. When we blitz, we cannot peel or delay last second once you come into the final blocker (the RB). try to go through that last blocker and get your hands on Tua.
If the refs only call 3 holding penalties on them, that may be enough. Make no mistake, the AL OL will hold Simmons & Sweat no less than 20 times. Most will be obvious.
When the alabama player(s) through a punch, they should be disqualified. When the alabama player runs out of bounds and back in, it should be reviewed, ruled incomplete. The ref should not pick up the flag due to Saban yelling at them.
Offensively, Fitz is his own worst enemy. If he would just hand the ball off to Kylin/Aeris on the speed sweep at least 5 times instead of zero, we get chunk yards and he takes less punishment, tires their heavy LBs. that is how Hugh Freeze beat them is he ran speed sweep after speed sweep 1H to tire the heavy LBs they use. Every game, we miss out on huge runs to the edges by Fitz refusing to give it up. Kylin is so frustrated. It would be nice to see Kylin get 20 carries, he deserves it. Fitz running will not beat Bama. Sure, Fitz may get some here or there, but that's fools gold. Dak had the same problem 1st half in 2014 in not getting the RB to the edges. Then, in 2H in 2014, J-Rob got so much traction on the edges. I'll take our RBs on the edges vs Bama DBs/tired big LBs every day, every year.
Offensively, Fitz is his own worst enemy. Last week he was 17/28 with 6 uncatchable balls either out of bounds or a line drive deep without loft. This is a 5th year senior. I can guarantee that at least 1 or 2 of those 6 would be caught. He's getting a little better, but just keep it in bounds & study the dam film last two weeks and trust your WRs to catch it. Our WRs are taller and can out jump their DB if it's lofted to them so they can box out and jump.
We have the talent to compete and maybe win. It really boils down to Fitz & the refs though. Plan on the refs making 5 calls/no calls/free review for Bama/ no free review for MSU which we will have to overcome. Will Fitz give the ball to Kylin? Will Fitz give his WRs a chance on passes of 20+ yards with loft & in bounds?
Leo Lewis is overdue. #1 LB recruit in the country...go make some impact plays and quit finding ways to whif and miss the sack, get penalized.
Gotta keep playing Whop, get him involved.
Abrams needs to catch at least one of the three balls he gets his hands on.