The rule is well intended, but if you look his initial contact was on the Thigh--well above the knee. He avoided low...and still was penalized. I don't complain about officiating, but that crew was bad all the way around. At least the game didn't hinge on them.
So far this Alabama defense reminds me a little of the Saints defense the year they won the Super Bowl. That defense did give up big plays, but they also made some really big plays. Obviously I think this Alabama defense is better relatively speaking, but this defense doesn't have to shut a team out to win the game. They can give up the big play and then go out and get those points right back.
I remember in Sabans early years as our coach how he kept saying, "We need to find ways to get more explosive plays. Well, insert CLK, and explosive plays have become the norm. It seems he has a talent for figuring out ways to get players open both in the running and passing game. CLK's play calling may be flawed in some ways but they're extremely good.
If kines had Kiffin or sark on the opposite side of the ball with free reign over the offense then at the very least we are undefeated , sec champs,and in the sugar bowl in 2005
Exactly, and it was in Fayetteville. Arky should have beaten A&M in my opinion but stupid blunders cost them the game. Those same blunders with Bama got you blown out in the first half. That's the difference in Bama and mostly everyone else.
I think this sums up how many of us fans felt watching the game. There were some rebuttals to the negative comments, but I don't think anyone here can honestly believe we'll win out if we have the defensive performance in coverage that we had last night.
I thought the Brady Rule was put in place to take out guns away.
Dobbs ain't half the passer Allen is. Sloppy top has a better running game, but that plays to Bama's strength.
Yeah Im beginning to think these threads are "melting while you still won" threads.
Don't get me wrong, we played poorly at times...but suddenly Tennessee, A&M, LSU, and Auburn are all title contenders waiting to knock us off?
Tennessee I don't know how to gauge them even with their injuries and their first loss. They will play us tough, and it could be a Prilosec game or just a butt spanking. Emotions could be very high, and Neyland will be jumping. So it is imperative to silence them and keep our foot on the gas. So I just don't know.
FIFY
It's that Championship Drive to perfection from our Player's, Coaching Staff & down to us Bama Fans that's helped take "Bama Football" to a level never witnessed in college football..It's that kinda "Drive & Passion" to perfection that keeps churning out W's as we continue "The Process" on another NC Run In T-Town..It is what it is & wouldn't want it any other way..
the good thing is our current defense puts points on the board. i think we had 4 n.o.t's in all of 2011. we already have have 9, halfway through this season.
