Makes me laugh when texas fans come on a BAMA site and get a dose of reality with stats and opinions and they get offended. If you cannot expect to get a little bit of ribbing and alot of truth why even come here?? It is not as if I went on your website whatever it is and started talking trash or tried to give my analysis.
It is very simple, stop watching your game with the burnt orange glasses on and try watching it as if you were coaching against them and pick out what you see might be some problems. Then watch your opponent and see what they have then compare them.
I have been blasted more than a few times on here but in reality I never said anything that was not true and most of what I said needed to be fixed has either been fixed or patched up. In the beggining we had issues of not covering the back out of the backfield and while we have gotten alot better there are times where we have lapse, see the SECCG with demps out in the flats Javy blew the coverage but demps dropped it. However, we covered the rest of the game really well since Coach Smart jumped on Javy (or it looked like he was telling him to get on him).
We have had some problems in KO coverage but CNS has made phone calls and personnel and scheme changes and it has worked well. I and some others also went through a time where we thought G Mac had some issues but he worked himself out of it and the last 3-4 games he has been progressing very nicely. In the end the SECCG seemed to be the perfect game in all phases of a game.
Will BAMA be able to duplicate this feat or will Texas find the riddle to CNS's complex defense (something no one has done in 13 games +) Only time will tell and you guys can take the underdog role and go back and cry about how BAMA fans think we are just going to wear you out but in reality the truth is this game will be a very tough one to win no matter who you root for.
For texas it comes down to giving McCoy time to find a hole in our defense and stopping our running game and passing game. Both of which are determined by in the trenches, the trouble is that is BAMA's strength.
For BAMA the key is not being predictable, run & pass at ANY given down and make you respect both, give G Mac some time and not turn the ball over. On defense BAMA must make life very short for McCoy speeding up his decision time by 1-2 seconds because of pressure and then contain him if the pocket folds.
How well each team does the above will determine the outcome of this game not the underdog or the david v.s. goliath role. What I think most texas fans don't realize is that we have played a much tougher schedule and coming from the SEC knocking off the defending NC's in such a impressive fashion, texas fans have to realize we might be a little cocky or confident. Had texas drummed nebraska's defense by 32-13 then it might be different but BAMA fans are not stupid we look at stats and teams. When we see your team struggle with good defenses we foam at the mouth because in case you have not heard we have a decent one residing in Tuscaloosa~!~