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Alabama vs Virginia Tech

I love the fact that Nick Saban and Frank Beamer aren't scared of a challenge. VT saw what Alabama did to Clemson and are basically saying "so, we aren't Clemson" I love this type of football.
 
Spring game report

Today was a day for the offense to shine. Ill break it down by position

QB Tyrod Taylor looked better. It felt like it was HIS team for the first time yet. That said, he wasn't all world

RB Darren Evans took the game off from a leg injury. Had this been during the season he would play through it, but this game didn't count and he is proven. Kenny Lewis is still recovering from his Achilles injury. David Wilson isn't hear yet, so Ryan Williams was the only RB on scholarship. He didn't disappoint at all. He ran 10 times for 85 yards. He caught two passes for 66 yards. He averaged 12.6 yards per touch!!! Great player!!!

OL Looked pretty good, but it is hard to tell as 3 of the starters didn't play.

TE Well Boone has been the man for awhile, and he has done a good job. However, Drager is giving him a run for his money this spring. It should be interesting to see how things turn out.

WR Good lord we have a ton of these. I I can't give you a report on all of them, but Roberts and Marcus Davis looked especially good. Neither will start.

Defense. Not too much to report on here. Kam had a crazy impressive tackle. Jake Johnson pretty much locked down the Backer position. He is naturally more of a Mike, but we lack a good natural backer, so he is filling in there. The field corner is still wide open.
 
lilhokie said:
Well his first sentence is correct. The 2nd is true but irrelevant.
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I'll assume you believe much like I do that he was referring to Va Tech's offense and defense being better than it was a year ago (which still remains to be seen), not comparing them to Bama's?
 
Exactly. I fail to see how they can't be better. We lost hardly anyone, and we had more starting freshmen than ever before. If anyone can improve its freshmen. Both sides will be better next year. The only thing that looks worse is the kicking game.
 
lilhokie said:
Well his first sentence is correct. The 2nd is true but irrelevant.
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The 2nd is not true. Tulane, Ark and UF and maybe others had already exploited/exposed what was Bama's primary weakness on D last year: poor pass coverage by the LBs. Utah's exploitation was just more successful because Utah's O, especially QB, was better than Tul and Ark; Utah wisely almost abandoned the run from the beginning (24 rushes for 13 yards, most rushes after the initial scoring burst); Bama was not ready to play; Bama's O could not keep the ball.

Having said that, Utah scored 21 points in the first 10 minutes, after Bama made some adjustments, they scored 10 in the last 50 minutes. Saban who makes adjustments on the fly (does not need to wait till halftime), was a possession slow this time. But it was not like Utah had a record setting night - 349 yards of total offense, it just seemed like it :), and it was certainly enough to win the game.

It will be a shock if the problems are not addressed, at least to a significant degree, by scheme and mostly by better execution by an improved LB corps and a better pass rush.

VT likely has a better rushing attack than Utah, but your passing attack and QB does not compare to Utah's. It will be highly unlikely that you can run with any success against Bama and any passing success will be against improved LBs and an improved pass rush.

Also, Bama should be ready to play.
 
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