Tua's 20 possessions in 2018

I can honestly say that I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like that statistically...beautiful...RTR!!!

BamaInBham said:

Summary:
20 drives: 14 TDs, 1 FG, 1 missed FG, 2 fumbles on first down, 2 punts

Louisville:
TD 65 yard drive
Fumble after 1st down at the Louisville 35 after driving 41 yards
TD 55
TD 75
TD 25
TD 63

Ark State:
TD 75
TD 31
Punt after failing on 3rd and 1
TD 70
Punt
FG after driving 23 yards to AS 22
TD 89

Ole Miss:
TD 72
Fumble after 1st down at Bama 46 after driving 12 yards
TD 80
TD 62
TD 15
Missed FG after driving 60 yards to OM 21
TD 52

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Here's the picture of the numbers to show all of your Aub and Vol friends...

No wonder Delong has not developed - 2 punts with Tua at QB in 3 games? That is insane.

Tua is going to have a monster game whenever the time comes that he plays for 4 quarters.

It's totally not fair like playing nintendo with the game genie.

dayhiker said:

2 drives over 5 minutes. Wow.

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Both of those were clock killing drives when we were already up big.

So only 2 drives other that the fumbles ended outside of scoring position- pretty incredible stat.


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Snuffy Smith said:

So only 2 drives other that the fumbles ended outside of scoring position- pretty incredible stat.


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I could be wrong but I think both of those punts came when we had already gone into burn the clock mode because we were up 3 or more TDs.

RammerJammer14 said:

I could be wrong but I think both of those punts came when we had already gone into burn the clock mode because we were up 3 or more TDs.

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Both in Arkansas State game
1st quarter 13-0


2nd quarter 40-0

My guess is Saban would have liked to see the 2 minute offense run better on that second one, although he did start the drive off with 2 running plays. That was puzzling to see Tua come back in before the half


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This has truly been an unbelievable start to the season. I am so looking forward to seeing how this offense and Tua in particular does against a decent defense.

Snuffy Smith said:

Both in Arkansas State game
1st quarter 13-0

2nd quarter 40-0

My guess is Saban would have liked to see the 2 minute offense run better on that second one, although he did start the drive off with 2 running plays. That was puzzling to see Tua come back in before the half


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Ha, touché


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TIDE-HSV said:

Is the reason I can't see it is that it's a tweet?

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The picture was from a tweet, but I didn't embed the tweet.

Bamabuzzard said:

I'd like for them to at least play into the third quarter, regardless of the score. It would really suck if the games continue to get out of hand and the starters get conditioned to only playing one half of football. Then when they have to play a full four quarters they struggle to do so. I'm not sure what practices and conditioning are like during the week. But I hope this is considered.

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That is a legit concern. How to practice a full game when you never play a full game? Didn’t we have this problem a few years ago with AJ?


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...and one was on a third and 1!!!

RammerJammer14 said:

I could be wrong but I think both of those punts came when we had already gone into burn the clock mode because we were up 3 or more TDs.

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Bamabuzzard said:

I'd like for them to at least play into the third quarter, regardless of the score. It would really suck if the games continue to get out of hand and the starters get conditioned to only playing one half of football. Then when they have to play a full four quarters they struggle to do so. I'm not sure what practices and conditioning are like during the week. But I hope this is considered.

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Wouldn't it suck more if they suffer a season ending injury in a blowout? I'd think the conditioning stuff is better done in practice where they can avoid things like chop blocks and the like.

I can't think of a better example than the Tua situation. In the first game he hit his head and looked a little shook up. Fortunately it wasn't too bad, but the less of those the better. Then last game he was getting looked at on the sidelines and he went into the locker room early. I'd say it is to Alabama's advantage that he didn't have to play more, and I'd take healthy over well conditioned but beat up (and some Alabama teams have been very beat up late in the season).