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Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin has made a splash in his first season in Tuscaloosa. TideSports.com has reviewed and cataloged all of Alabama's 945 offensive snaps to give you the three best Lane Kiffin play calls - so far - this season.
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I enjoyed the breakdown of those plays. There are no tell how many plays a team runs in practice that never make it to the games. Everything has to be the right situation to run the plays.
 
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I assume the worst call he's talking about is the QB sneak against Arky though I didn't see Arky mentioned. I didn't really have a problem with that call; the execution left a lot to be desired.

I've never seen a year where there were more brilliant play calls than this year's Alabama team. Coach Kiffin has been remarkable. I don't think this team makes the playoffs without him.
 
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I assume the worst call he's talking about is the QB sneak against Arky though I didn't see Arky mentioned. I didn't really have a problem with that call; the execution left a lot to be desired.

I've never seen a year where there were more brilliant play calls than this year's Alabama team. Coach Kiffin has been remarkable. I don't think this team makes the playoffs without him.
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Yea. That was one of the ugliest QB sneaks I've ever seen. Wasn't a bad call, but as you said, the execution was dreadful..
 
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My vote for worst call of the year by Kiffin was the last play against Ole Miss. The pass in the end zone to anyone other than Cooper.

He hasn't made many bad calls. Kiffin's playcalling has been brilliant this year. I'm glad we've got him.
 
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My vote for worst call of the year by Kiffin was the last play against Ole Miss. The pass in the end zone to anyone other than Cooper.

He hasn't made many bad calls. Kiffin's playcalling has been brilliant this year. I'm glad we've got him.
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That wasn't a bad call at all. A 6'6 OJ Howard just needs to go up and get that ball over the 5'9 DB.
 
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That wasn't a bad call at all. A 6'6 OJ Howard just needs to go up and get that ball over the 5'9 DB.
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OJ learned from that play too judging from some of his comments a few weeks ago. If it happens again he will make that coach.


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I thought his worst was when Bama had the lead and the ball near midfield in the 4th against Ole Miss something like 2nd and 3 and Kiffin called back-to-back passing plays. A first down there all but ices the game. It was a bad time to get "fancy". It also let clock stop (though there was plenty of time). That was a time to run the ball 2 straight times and get the win.
 
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I'll note that a lot of these calls are totally ranked by the results. Like imagine if that first OT play v. LSU blew up...it would be on a Benny Hill Theme Song loop with the LT waving for a screen.
 
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USCBAMA said:
I thought his worst was when Bama had the lead and the ball near midfield in the 4th against Ole Miss something like 2nd and 3 and Kiffin called back-to-back passing plays. A first down there all but ices the game. It was a bad time to get "fancy". It also let clock stop (though there was plenty of time). That was a time to run the ball 2 straight times and get the win.
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I'll admit that I was pounding the chair arms and screaming WHY, WHY WHY!?!?! Overall, he's been an asset, but these were Nussmeier-type calls...
 
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