Auburn wrap-up: Tide goes back to mid-year formula of success to beat Tigers

[JessN]

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Saturday night’s win over Auburn was a bit of a throwback game for Alabama – even if that just meant throwing it back as far as late September. Alabama’s 27-20 win over the Tigers resem…

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[Bamaro]

If we're going to put Simpson in "game-manager mode" he needs to start with managing the play clock much better.

 

[Bama9001]

Great synonpsis. Didn't realize Auburn got over 400 yards. Strange game...never saw 400+ yards seem like so few. Defense did great, got stops and delivered field position.

On the flip side, Ty's 120+ yards passing felt like much more. Almost every yard on every completetion was very consequential. Not much fat on those 120+ yards...all meat.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

1. I think the defense got tired because the doldrums on Offense and we put ourselves in the position we were in at the end of the game.

2. Not trying to hate, but Ty seemed like he was throwing knuckle balls a couple of times.

3. To beat Georgia we may have to alternate QBs with either Ty and Mack and come up with some packages with Keon.

 

[78Alum]

I know we are beat up, but on to the S-E-C Championship!

 

[AlexanderFan]

1. I think the defense got tired because the doldrums on Offense and we put ourselves in the position we were in at the end of the game.

2. Not trying to hate, but Ty seemed like he was throwing knuckle balls a couple of times.

3. To beat Georgia we may have to alternate QBs with either Ty and Mack and come up with some packages with Keon.

They put a giant electro stim thinga majiggy on Ty during the game. He’s beat up, but he’s not beat up enough to lose his spot to a redshirt freshman in Jordan Hare.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

They put a giant electro stim thinga majiggy on Ty during the game. He’s beat up, but he’s not beat up enough to lose his spot to a redshirt freshman in Jordan Hare.

I don't think I said that, but if we play like we did last night on offense this Saturday we ain't beating UGA.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

1. I think the defense got tired because the doldrums on Offense and we put ourselves in the position we were in at the end of the game.

I concur and believe some of the busted coverage in the secondary was the result of it.

 

[92tide]

I don't think I said that, but if we play like we did last night on offense this Saturday we ain't beating UGA.

imho, uga looked worse in their 7 point rivalry win than we did, and tech is a shadow of what auburn is, at least defensively

 

[4Q Basket Case]

If we're going to put Simpson in "game-manager mode" he needs to start with managing the play clock much better.

I wondered about that, and am curious: How much of that was by design (to shorten the game), how much was coaches getting the play in late, and how much was Ty?

I don't know, but I'd like to.

 

[denver]

I wondered about that, and am curious: How much of that was by design (to shorten the game), how much was coaches getting the play in late, and how much was Ty?

I don't know, but I'd like to.

I would think it is to shorten the game but it also leads to stepping off the pedal when you have the chance to put teams away...and I think it kills momentum on offense. Its especially apparent in the second half, where we barely score twice on many occasions...i think we are averaging less than 10pts in the second half in conference games...not good and keeps games closer than necessary

 

[gtgilbert]

I wondered about that, and am curious: How much of that was by design (to shorten the game), how much was coaches getting the play in late, and how much was Ty?

I don't know, but I'd like to.

We've been apt to run the clock way down pretty much all year and it seems like it's intentional, because when we have gone fast (2 minute or whatever), we've executed it well.

the issues appear to be 50/50. Sometimes Ty doesn't seem to be getting the call and everyone lined up until there's only about 10 seconds left, and that's tight to have a lot of motion and adjustments going on. Sometimes he seems to have plenty of time, but is maybe trying to make one to many adjustments or calls to get to the absolute best play possible <or> defenses are baiting him into those audibles on purpose to force the issue a bit.

 

[TideEngineer08]

There is precedent to the situation we find ourselves in. That is, coming off a last second win over an overmatched AU team in Jordan-Hare, and about to face Georgia for the SEC championship. We were in the exact same boat in 2021 and 2023. And both times we absolutely had to have a win or we’d miss the playoff.

How did both of those games turn out again?