This is a very relevant question… the HUNH has become the "great equalizer" in CFB today. As long as the offense doesn't sub, it can go as fast as it wants… allowing the defense NO time to make substitutions. In that type of game, it boils down to "11 on 11"… and superior depth is a moot point. In that scheme, what AU does is probably the most effective game plan… wear on a defense for 10-12 plays and eventually player fatigue will evolve into a lack of discipline with a key player (see #42 yesterday on Marshall's last TD).It is very obvious that the rules are not going to change to curb the HUNH and it's spreading East. Besides the obvious it should be banned stalwarts, Do we change our subbing philosophy, recruiting, etc....?
If we kick FG's and convert some short yardage situations on offense, we win going away and no one really questions our defense. Those mistakes kept AU in the game and ultimately put them in a position to make a play to win the game.
However, the game plan to beat Bama in the present and probably future is to do the mis-direction / hurry up / no huddle attack. There are possibly only one or two teams that can physically attack us on defense by matching us athlete for athlete (LSU and FSU). Everyone else has to be creative and run something we aren't used to seeing and uses our agressiveness against us.
It was telling yesterday and against Texas A&M that when the hurry-up was in full force, we'd lose discipline at some point… and exhaustion leads directly to that. The game is evolving to an offensive game - defenses will not be able to completely stop other teams, just slow them down for one out of every two drives.I really don't care for 34-28 games. How do we keep the other team from out scoring us?
Are you saying that there is no need for change? If that is so I don't agree. This has been and is an Achilles heel or our system. Although Aubie runs a different type of schematic attack than Ole Miss or TAMU we still are on our heels. Our defense has trouble catching up to game speed against teams like this in the 1st Quarter and coming out of Half-Time.
The answer to the riddle of these type offenses is penetration in the backfield. I can't remember the commentators for the Oregon Stanford game but one of them said penetration kills the spread HUNH offenses. Our current defense doesn't produce penetration by the down linemen. I think we might want to change that approach. I know they don't grow on trees but we need explosive, penetrating type DT's.
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Also, their DEs kept Manziel from being able to roll. When he broke the pocket, he had to run forward to do it.True. You notice that LSU had success against API because they had that disruptive DL.
Bamabuzzard, this is the only thing I think we look into if anything at all. Yeah it can be a great equalizer for the Utah's, Boise's, Oregon's of the world vs above average teams but I don't think it matters over long haul against the Alabama's, Stanford's and even now FSU's out there who play a stout defense.The answer to the riddle of these type offenses is penetration in the backfield. I can't remember the commentators for the Oregon Stanford game but one of them said penetration kills the spread HUNH offenses. Our current defense doesn't produce penetration by the down linemen. I think we might want to change that approach. I know they don't grow on trees but we need explosive, penetrating type DT's.
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I really don't care for 34-28 games. How do we keep the other team from out scoring us?
Are you saying that there is no need for change? If that is so I don't agree. This has been and is an Achilles heel of our system. Although Aubie runs a different type of schematic attack than Ole Miss or TAMU we still are on our heels. Our defense has trouble catching up to game speed against teams like this in the 1st Quarter and coming out of Half-Time.
I am not saying there does not need to be a change but too many bad decisions are made in the heat of the moment or after a tough loss. We need to evaluate what we did wrong or what we did not execute correctly and make an appropriate decision. Saban and the coaches will get this figured out. After they scored to open the half, we stopped them 4-5 straight times in the 2nd half and had chances to close the game out. We did not finish in the last 8 minutes of the game. Some of that was due to players not doing their job, coaching decisions, and just being outplayed during that time. All I am saying is that there were more issues that just defense yesterday.
I really don't care for 34-28 games. How do we keep the other team from out scoring us?
Are you saying that there is no need for change? If that is so I don't agree. This has been and is an Achilles heel of our system. Although Aubie runs a different type of schematic attack than Ole Miss or TAMU we still are on our heels. Our defense has trouble catching up to game speed against teams like this in the 1st Quarter and coming out of Half-Time.
Right but so far, which teams have handled the teams who do this the best? I'd offer Bama and Stanford. Not saying we shouldn't try to get better but we beat guys like this most of the team believe it or not.I really don't care for 34-28 games. How do we keep the other team from out scoring us?
Are you saying that there is no need for change? If that is so I don't agree. This has been and is an Achilles heel of our system. Although Aubie runs a different type of schematic attack than Ole Miss or TAMU we still are on our heels. Our defense has trouble catching up to game speed against teams like this in the 1st Quarter and coming out of Half-Time.