Cheers Tide Fans,
First things first and with all due respect, wishing both teams a hard-hitting, no injuries type of contest.
That being said, I wanted to ask you classy Tide fans (this site appears all class to me) what your biggest concern(s) is for the upcoming game. I understand many of you see it as a walkaway blowout, but I'd like to think it will be highly competitive on both side of the ball - regardless of eventual winner.
So as not to seem like a humble bragger or a compliment-fisher, I'll reciprocate and say that my main concern is your interior D-Line. We have faced some stout defenses this year, but it's hard to find a fair comparison because I'd like to think that even though statistically Wisconsin or Penn State might be on a similar scale to you guys, on the playing field, they are not. My second big concern is that our run D (even though nasty against Melvin Gordon) will not be able to stuff your backs for four quarters. No matter how good Gordon is, the bigger difference is that you guys have a strong passing game where Wisconsin does not, therefore it was easy to stack the box on MG3. Even if we do have success against your run in the early stages, I know Bama has the backs to wear down even a solid D going into the late 3rd and 4th.
Thanks in advance for any substantial responses. Looking for some good, respectful discourse leading up to the game as it's taking what feels like FOREVER to get here.
One more thing. I think the winner of our game wins it all. No disrespect to Oregon or FSU, but I think our teams have the right makeup and strengths/weaknesses to knock off the other two.
First things first and with all due respect, wishing both teams a hard-hitting, no injuries type of contest.
That being said, I wanted to ask you classy Tide fans (this site appears all class to me) what your biggest concern(s) is for the upcoming game. I understand many of you see it as a walkaway blowout, but I'd like to think it will be highly competitive on both side of the ball - regardless of eventual winner.
So as not to seem like a humble bragger or a compliment-fisher, I'll reciprocate and say that my main concern is your interior D-Line. We have faced some stout defenses this year, but it's hard to find a fair comparison because I'd like to think that even though statistically Wisconsin or Penn State might be on a similar scale to you guys, on the playing field, they are not. My second big concern is that our run D (even though nasty against Melvin Gordon) will not be able to stuff your backs for four quarters. No matter how good Gordon is, the bigger difference is that you guys have a strong passing game where Wisconsin does not, therefore it was easy to stack the box on MG3. Even if we do have success against your run in the early stages, I know Bama has the backs to wear down even a solid D going into the late 3rd and 4th.
Thanks in advance for any substantial responses. Looking for some good, respectful discourse leading up to the game as it's taking what feels like FOREVER to get here.
One more thing. I think the winner of our game wins it all. No disrespect to Oregon or FSU, but I think our teams have the right makeup and strengths/weaknesses to knock off the other two.