***OFFICIAL*** Bama vs USC GAME DAY THREAD!!!!!

[markenk]

gotta give props to coach kines. he made a nice adjustment after our D allowed a TD drive. we are mixing up man and zone nicely making it hard to get a presnap read for mitchell

 

[NYBamaFan]

Did that commercial for Fulmer make everyone as sick as me?

That is why I posted that I think I might puke...

 

[Bama2003]

Hey ya'll Tom Roberts said that brodie might have bruised his left knee
and I hope it's nothing serious.

Has anybody heard anything about it.

 

[TexasBama]

Did that commercial for Fulmer make everyone as sick as me? Not a good idea to show that during a Bama game - its like a slap in the face to Bama!

Didn't know Krispy Kreme did commercials

 

[bat123]

The PNC's are slapping ball st 56-3

 

[ihatefulmer]

I thought we should have went after them on tose last 2 times we had the ball. Could be because BC's limp? the way dominated I would have liked to been up by more.

 

[Chukker Veteran]

Well I'm tickled with the first half. Who would have thought it. Still waiting for the visor toss.

 

[runtheoption22]

few half-time thoughts:

DROPS! geeze....self-explanatory

I think Brodie needs to take a little off of his passes.....he's tending to sail them a little bit right now. No, I'm not making that as an excuse for drops either.

Great adjustments by the D after that first drive.

OL has looked the best on run block this year, so far. Keep it up. Still lots of room for improvement though.

besides the kick OB, Christensen's been alright.

 

[Dartigan]

ARGH!!!!!! THIS is why I don't understand our playcalling going into the half. Not just this game, but others.

Tim Castille limped off the field.

Why didn't we just take a knee if we're not going to manage the clock better and try to score before the half?

edit: if we'd have called a TO, we'd have 42 secs left on the 37. I'm just friggin furious we put our players in harms way like that. It doesn't make sense.

From last week:
http://www.tidefans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=239453&postcount=25

I didn't boo, but I was a bit miffed. Not because we ran the clock out so much as the way we ran it out. With 45 secs left on our own 25, given the way we had rushed up to that point, they knew good and well Tim Castille wasn't about to break a 75 yard run.

If you want to just get to the half with your two time outs - TAKE A KNEE! No need in putting a player in harms way just for the sake of killing the clock. We've already had enough of our knees taken. : /

... I'm seeing a trend. Somebody needs to say something about this to the coaches before they realize it the hard way... if they haven't already.

 

[bat123]

I just hope the D continues to keep on keeping on

 

[trenda]

Great first half for the Tide.

Very smart to play it safe on that last possession. If he takes a knee on those last couple of plays, fans would be complaining about it.

He plays it safe with a couple of runs and a pass (how vanilla is a 3rd down pass in your own territory, anyway?) because, who knows, maybe we break one.

I'll take it. I just hope that Brodie is just tired and that Castille just got hit the wrong way.

We'll find out in a few minutes.

 

[ihatefulmer]

Anybody noticed that we have 0 penalties in the 1st half? thats impressive not having any false starts on the road. This line might be starting to come into there own today folks.


USC has ran 10 plays since scoring with 5;16 to go in the 1st quarter. I'd call that GREAT D

 

[JCase]

Is anybody watching the Miami-Clemson game. Miami just blocked a punt of Clemson, but clemson picks it up and gets a first down. Oh my!

 

[trenda]

I think Brodie needs to take a little off of his passes.....he's tending to sail them a little bit right now.

This could be fatigue. Brodie has been more active in this game than he's been in over a year. Plus, it's our first game during the heat of the day.

 

[rgw]

how our defense schemes for USC's halftime adjustments is big. We'll know when Bama gets another 3 and out at the start of the 3rd.

 

[mikeua69]

Dartigan

Sit down, take a deep breath and enjoy the game. We're playing great football.

 

[markenk]

From last week:
http://www.tidefans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=239453&postcount=25



... I'm seeing a trend. Somebody needs to say something about this to the coaches before they realize it the hard way... if they haven't already.

it's all situational. you want to try a few things on first and 2nd before you decide to take a knee (btw i've never heard of anyone taking a knee to go to half time). so what if darby broke a few tackles and made a 50 yard run to put us at USC 20 yard line? the situation suddenly changes and we will try to score before half. but if those tries don't work, then we just run out the clock and go to half. either way we lose nothing. you just don't make a decision like that with a snap of finger when 40 secs are still on the clock.

 

[ihatefulmer]

Team Stat Comparison Bamas #'s listed 1st.

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs 15 5
3rd down efficiency 6-10 1-5
4th down efficiency 1-1 1-1
Total Yards 280 95
Passing 98 71
Comp-Att 7-15 8-15
Yards per pass 6.5 4.7
Rushing 182 24
Rushing Attempts 30 8
Yards per rush 6.1 3.0
Penalties 0-0 2-10
Turnovers 0 1
Fumbles lost 0 0
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Possession 20:01 10:35

 

[spb34]

This team rocks! I am so proud to be an Alabama fan!

 

[ihatefulmer]

Possession 20:01 10:35
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