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bamaman64

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Tides inept offense is making Techs defense look like world beaters. Play calling doesn't seem to have changed.
 
The Offense

Most of the yardage has been on two plays. The line is not blocking on running plays.
 
The line is doing a pretty good job, not great. Brodie has time.

Yes, Bama got a large chunk on one play, but they have moved the ball into the red zone or at least field goal territory 3 times besides that one long play.
Now, hopefully brandon Brooks will catch a punt... :(
 
Darby would be dangerous behind a decent line. Most all his yardage is on his own. I think the rushing yardage is under 100 for the day. Darby had 61 just before the last play.
 
its tough to run your offensive repertoire of plays when you lose a starter on an o-line thats young and inexperienced to start with (despite it being the 12th game of the year), your best offensive big play threat, and then dj hall. yeah i'd love to have seen bama score 30+ points but it was not realistic. the offense did what it had to do to win. roll tide.
 
BeenwiththeBear said:
The playcalling almost lost this game.

But... A win is a win.

Congrats on a good year!
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No, playcalling won this game.

Did you see the opening drive of the first half? 8 freaking minutes. Think about that. Over 25% of the second half on ONE DRIVE.

Playcalling was fine. They deliberately went with a ball control game plan. If Brodie doesn't overthrow KB twice, it could have been a blowout.
 
jthomas666 said:
No, playcalling won this game.

Did you see the opening drive of the first half? 8 freaking minutes. Think about that. Over 25% of the second half on ONE DRIVE.

Playcalling was fine. They deliberately went with a ball control game plan. If Brodie doesn't overthrow KB twice, it could have been a blowout.
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I haven't watched the game yet (I recorded it) but if it is anything like what happened all year it something that I think CMS knows is a problem and will do his best to have fixed by next season.

Drive killing dropped passes, overthrows, fumbles, missed blocking assignments. It wasn't all playcalling this season.
 
Our "inept" offense

held the ball for over 9 minutes in the third quarter and controlled the line all thru the 2nd half. :rolleyes: Yeah, "inept" descibes them well. :conf3:
 
HuntsvilleTider said:
held the ball for over 9 minutes in the third quarter and controlled the line all thru the 2nd half. :rolleyes: Yeah, "inept" descibes them well. :conf3:
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I think what he might be refering to (please keep in mind I haven't watched the game yet but only have seen the stats) is that for all the yards we racked up and the time of possession factor we can't do anything with it. We pile up the yards on a team, take time off the clock then can't/don't score, keeping the other team "in the game". Instead we have to resort to a last second field goal to win the game, when if we would have put the ball in the endzone by capitalizing on all the yards we racked up and the time we held the ball it wouldn't have been close.

I see his point if that's what he's saying.
 
All that yardage between the 20's are just window dressing on the stats sheet unless you put something on the scoreboard. Sure, we gave our D some much needed rest, but if we get a few more sccores, our D doesn't have to keep pulling our fat out of the fire til the final gun. Our offense lacks a killer instinct and until it develops one, we'll continue to have these nail biters.
 
What we did not see..

A lot of sacks given up...
a lot of dropped passes...
a lot of holes to run thru..
a lot of penalties...

What we did see..

great D
some bad special teams
conservative playcalling that killed the clock but almost cost us the game
Overthrows on long passes and some inaccurate short passes
Plays when it really, really counted
Lots of heart
coaches who had the team ready to play
Bama making us all proud
 
TommyMac said:
All that yardage between the 20's are just window dressing on the stats sheet unless you put something on the scoreboard. Sure, we gave our D some much needed rest, but if we get a few more sccores, our D doesn't have to keep pulling our fat out of the fire til the final gun. Our offense lacks a killer instinct and until it develops one, we'll continue to have these nail biters.
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TMac, I'm sure you'll take this as an insult but it is scary as to how much we think a like about this situation. I couldn't of said it better myself. Great post and you hit the nail on the head.

Would you mind if I used part of your post as my new signature? Well said.
 
TommyMac said:
Our offense lacks a killer instinct and until it develops one, we'll continue to have these nail biters.
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Haven't we always had a history of nail biters?

Hell, Daniel Moore has gotten rich off of them.

I would love to see us hang 40 points a game but it hasn't been a regularity in my lifetime. (40's)....

I guess my point is overstated on most boards already. We are thin in recruited talent, young players make up the most talented, but they still need (and are getting) experience.

I do not think Mike Shula hung the moon so don't take my points that way, I do think he has done a admirable(sp) job with the cards dealt him.

I would like to THANK the team for a great year...... Bama's not back but they can see us coming. :cool:

ROLL TIDE
 
I am a little stunned by the overall tone of this thread...

This just in - Alabama won the game.
 
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