Well said and I agree, Tom.We still have 2 games left that are not a given, but if we make it. I believe CNS & staff will have them ready. It all depends on which team shows up & if everyone is healthy enough to play to their top level.
Well said and I agree, Tom.We still have 2 games left that are not a given, but if we make it. I believe CNS & staff will have them ready. It all depends on which team shows up & if everyone is healthy enough to play to their top level.
Really?We still have 2 games left that are not a given, but if we make it. I believe CNS & staff will have them ready. It all depends on which team shows up & if everyone is healthy enough to play to their top level.
let us hope.... and hope that we can put UWC away early...Really?
Something to consider about UGA. They play Georgia Southern this weekend and Georgia Tech next weekend. Their defense will be worn out from that option two weeks in a row.
Why do we have to play in base? By going nickel, we can go 3 safeties with HaHa, Nick, and Vinnie playing alongside Lester. That gives us the QB of the defense on the field.let us hope.... and hope that we can put UWC away early...
Back to UGA though....we will have to play base against them, which gave us fits against LSU. Despite some fatigue/mental issues against aTm, we are still better in nickel.
This is the whole concern for me. I've not seen a lot of hunger, fire, or intensity from Alabama in the last two weeks. Not a lot of flying around the football with reckless abandon, more just going through the motions. Considering we've won exactly one SEC title in the last 13 years (fewer than LSU, Florida, Georgia, and even Auburn), the Tide certainly ought to be hungry for another one, but they're going to have to show up, fight hard, and earn it.Hopefully our team is hungry for an SEC title of its own too. Will be a very tight game. RTR
We don't stop the between the tackles run as well in nickel as we do in base. It keeps Nico and DePriest on the field. Against teams like LSU and UGA, you usually need the extra beef.Why do we have to play in base? By going nickel, we can go 3 safeties with HaHa, Nick, and Vinnie playing alongside Lester. That gives us the QB of the defense on the field.
Are you implying that Jawjuh is a tough, physical team?Two weeks ago I would have said we would beat UGA by 3 scores then reality came along. Teams with equal or better lines of scrimmage showed up on the schedule. Who so ever wins the trenches will most likely win the game and Georgia is in my opinion our equal in the trenches.
Our defensive line was beaten as many or more times than not in the past 2 games and therefore the secondary got scorched. Our offensive line on paper should be the best in the land but I told my kids when Bama started 3 & out the first series against A&M that it was gonna be a tough game. Don't know whats going on there but either the team has lost their identity on offense or we weren't as good as we thought. Some have said it was play calling but if its in our playbook we should be able to execute it.
Either way I expect Bama to take care of business the next 2 weeks and be better prepared for a tough physical team after having played the last 2. I predict a single score win for who ever shows up with a chip on their shoulder ready for war. Hope its our guys!
Right behind Bama in the polls and ahead of the 2 teams we just played the past 2 weeks.Are you implying that Jawjuh is a tough, physical team?
Love me some polls . Jawjuh will tell you themselves how tough they are (although I have heard a lot more rumbling than usual form the puppy faithful this year about richt and their soft play)Right behind Bama in the polls and ahead of the 2 teams we just played the past 2 weeks.
Iirc, Murray just about cost them the Tennessee game as wellTheir two bad offensive performances were mainly caused by having no control over the line of scrimmage. Murray was running for his life often in both of those games. He completed 41% of his passes for 259 yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs against South Carolina and Florida. They won the Florida game in spite of 4 turnovers because they were still +2 in the turnover margin that game. Their previous loss to USC - the Michigan State bowl game - Murray had a good first half and completely went haywire in the second half. If you are going to beat UGA it involves bringing out the worse in Murray. He will throw balls up under pressure that everyone coaches the QB to throw away.
That is the key for the defense. Play the run well on first down while holding up in man coverage on play actions, unleash the pressure on second and third down.
Which boils down to how our defensive line plays. If Murray has no pressure then he will likely pick our secondary apart. And if our offensive line does not play up to snuff the three and outs will kill us.Their two bad offensive performances were mainly caused by having no control over the line of scrimmage. Murray was running for his life often in both of those games. He completed 41% of his passes for 259 yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs against South Carolina and Florida. They won the Florida game in spite of 4 turnovers because they were still +2 in the turnover margin that game. Their previous loss to USC - the Michigan State bowl game - Murray had a good first half and completely went haywire in the second half. If you are going to beat UGA it involves bringing out the worse in Murray. He will throw balls up under pressure that everyone coaches the QB to throw away.
That is the key for the defense. Play the run well on first down while holding up in man coverage on play actions, unleash the pressure on second and third down.
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. Yea we have had some issues, and some points in the games where we seemed a little flat, but lack of hunger, fire and intensity really?This is the whole concern for me. I've not seen a lot of hunger, fire, or intensity from Alabama in the last two weeks. Not a lot of flying around the football with reckless abandon, more just going through the motions. Considering we've won exactly one SEC title in the last 13 years (fewer than LSU, Florida, Georgia, and even Auburn), the Tide certainly ought to be hungry for another one, but they're going to have to show up, fight hard, and earn it.