I know this thing has been analyzed and re-hashed to death. But I finally sat down after 3 days and watched the game again to fully understand what really happened. It is my form of closure. Observations before I close the book on this one:
- amazing how a couple of plays can change a game. White's drop of a 3rd down pass right before halftime and Cyrus Jones drop of an interception on OSU's 20 in the 3rd quarter were game changers. Last TD before half would have never happened and Jone's drop took points off of board.
- clearly the interceptions were huge. A 14 point swing. 1st interception return for a TD against the Tide in 7 years. Amazing
- who could have known that OSU would have a 3rd string QB that looks like Cam Newton ( although not as fast) with an even better arm? Would start for 10 teams in he SEC. They may have been a better team with him- plus the fact there was so little film on him.
- really stung to see Vonn Bell make that last key interception. He seemed firmly on his way to Bama before some signing day circumstances sent him north. Great player we missed on that we should have had.
-still perplexed why we did not take some vertical shots to Cooper during the course of he game. Had single coverage at times. Simply never did it - sure Kiffin has some regrets there.
Great Season by a bunch of kids who represent themselves and the school very well. We just seem to get everyone's bet shot lately.
The highs are many for us Tide fans- but the disappointments are bigger because so much is on the line. Thanks to all for letting me use this site.
- amazing how a couple of plays can change a game. White's drop of a 3rd down pass right before halftime and Cyrus Jones drop of an interception on OSU's 20 in the 3rd quarter were game changers. Last TD before half would have never happened and Jone's drop took points off of board.
- clearly the interceptions were huge. A 14 point swing. 1st interception return for a TD against the Tide in 7 years. Amazing
- who could have known that OSU would have a 3rd string QB that looks like Cam Newton ( although not as fast) with an even better arm? Would start for 10 teams in he SEC. They may have been a better team with him- plus the fact there was so little film on him.
- really stung to see Vonn Bell make that last key interception. He seemed firmly on his way to Bama before some signing day circumstances sent him north. Great player we missed on that we should have had.
-still perplexed why we did not take some vertical shots to Cooper during the course of he game. Had single coverage at times. Simply never did it - sure Kiffin has some regrets there.
Great Season by a bunch of kids who represent themselves and the school very well. We just seem to get everyone's bet shot lately.
The highs are many for us Tide fans- but the disappointments are bigger because so much is on the line. Thanks to all for letting me use this site.