Yeah, not sure how you can say we win by 38 and not be able to afford a turnoverwell, certainly no one is going to accuse you of jumping ship or dogging the team. : )
Yeah, not sure how you can say we win by 38 and not be able to afford a turnoverwell, certainly no one is going to accuse you of jumping ship or dogging the team. : )
If you read my post I don't do that. I'm with you a a few that do. I just posted my view.well, certainly no one is going to accuse you of jumping ship or dogging the team. : )
Respectfully I think there was more to it than that.Yeah, not sure how you can say we win by 38 and not be able to afford a turnover
I do think this years defense has some issues from time to time, it's not as good as last years defense, they were about as perfect as a college defense could be and we lost 4 legit first round picks from that side of the ball.like i said before, we've dogded a lot of bullets in the passing game this year, where receivers have been wide open and were either missed by the qb or they dropped the ball...but they were wide open...which means that our coverage wasn't good enough and which also means that a better passing attack would likely have been successful in those wide-open situations. case in point (and i'm not saying this would have affected the outcome of the game at all but it's the most recent glaring example) but the int in the auburn game where the tight end tipped the ball and it was intercepted...the tight end was wide open for about a 20+ gain...if the ball had been thrown well. if we let guys get that wide open against GA, and we don't get pressure on murray, he'll eat us alive on those plays. i'm not saying our pass defense is terrible, but it's rating has been inflated somewhat by the fact that we've allowed guys to be wide open consistently through the season but the other side has not been able to capitalize on it. if we don't get pressure on murray, he will have open receivers and more than likely he'll get the ball to them.
Good post, but it's actually even a little more in Bama's favor and lower-scoring than your numbers indicate, particularly on offense. This is so because your numbers include games against FCS opponents - not a good measuring stick, because performance against FCS opponents tends to inflate and/or skew stats.Looking at season long performance - both Alabama and Georgia score 13 ppg more than their opponent's defenses have allowed all season. Very even. Defensively, things look a bit different:
Alabama allows 21 fewer points per game than it opponents have scored
Georgia allows 11 fewer points per game than it opponents have scored
Alabama has never allowed an opponent within 13 points of its average ppg this season, while Georgia has allowed 5 opponents to reach or surpass its ppg average. Georgia has simply not been as consistent. But when Georgia is on its game, its is right there with Alabama defensively.
Using GA's season stats, the final score would be Alabama 28, Georgia 22
Using Alabama's season stats, the final score would be Alabama 31, Georgia 17
I am going with a score that reflects Alabama and Georgia playing up to their full potentials defensively:
Alabama 24 - Georgia 17
Bamamoon,heres some more numbers for you to crunch, mark richts record against the crimson tide. 3 wins 1 lossLove the number crunching! That's good stuff. Here's hopefully what matters the most:
Bama: CNS > Georgia: CMR
How many of those 3 wins came with what is on the line this Saturday? I'll take Saban any day of the week.Bamamoon,heres some more numbers for you to crunch, mark richts record against the crimson tide. 3 wins 1 loss
These are the sort of things that UT fans said before firing Phil Fulmer.Bamamoon,heres some more numbers for you to crunch, mark richts record against the crimson tide. 3 wins 1 loss
They said on Atlanta news that while Richt is 3-1 vs Bama he is 2-3 vs Saban.How many of those 3 wins came with what is on the line this Saturday? I'll take Saban any day of the week.
Kinda misleading to throw that number out there don't you think when only one of those games matters right now. Oh, and what happened during that game???Bamamoon,heres some more numbers for you to crunch, mark richts record against the crimson tide. 3 wins 1 loss
None of those previous games matter to us. The only one that matters is the game yet to be played. To what game are you reffering??seeing as how weve never met in a championship game before??Kinda misleading to throw that number out there don't you think when only one of those games matters right now. Oh, and what happened during that game???
The last one matters more than the others you brought up because that was before CNS was our coach. What, the three victories are against Shula and Dubose?None of those previous games matter to us. The only one that matters is the game yet to be played. To what game are you reffering??seeing as how weve never met in a championship game before??