Bama gave up 33 ppg after the AU game. That's a 3 game stretch of good teams. They went 2-1.Hire Brent Venables. Do whatever it takes.
Seriously though, once again, defense wins championships. Clemson had the best in the country. Bama had the worst in the Saban era.
18.1 ppg is simply unacceptable for this program with this history and this tradition. We all knew the offense would have to carry the defense this season. And it did just fine at that until you get to the championship level.
People like to scoff at it nowadays with tempo spread and RPO being the toast of the town. But “the same things win that always won... we just have a different bunch of excuses if we lose.” “Work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve...” I would add to that, especially when it comes to championships, defense.
I don’t really have anything super specific. I’m not a coach or X’s and O’s guy. I’ll leave the specifics to those folks who get paid millions for their expertise.
Inexperience in the secondary will take care of itself, as will trying to do too much at the QB position. Need better line depth on both sides of the ball.
Didn’t get pressure on sunshine all night, but that was largely a result of key injuries to our best pass rushers.
All I know is we need to get back to dominating on the defensive side of the ball. That is the hallmark of this program, if ever there was one.
Bama has had more sub-par defenses since the end of 2012 than great defenses. 2013/2014/2017/2018 were all subpar. (for the Alabama standard) I'd put 2015/2016 as great.