Why has Bama been terrible on both sides of the line for 4 or 5 years?

[graydogg85]

Show me the hardware Mike Leach won with his offense...

Oh, I agree. Not advocating for the full-bore Leach offense. Just noting its similarities to our scheme.

We aren’t ever going to be a team that routinely pounds the ball 40 times a game for 250 yards under DeBoer, but we need to get to a level where the run game is at least respectable. I don’t think DeBoer wants to run the full fledged Leach scheme because we have some power formations and we use tight ends.

 

[BamaInBham]

Kirby Smart and Gus Malzahn beg to differ.

Well being the big Alabama fan that you are, you will be happy to remember how Alabama is fairing against her 4 biggest rivals, despite her D not being perfect:

UGA: Alabama has won 10 of 12, CKD 2-1
UT: Alabama has won 17 of 19, CKD 1-1
LSU: Alabama has won 15 of 18, CKD 2-0
AU: Alabama has won 14 of 18, 6 in a row, CKD 2-0

 

[arthurdawg]

From the internet on 5* Keon Keely:
He was rated by the On3 recruiting service as the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2023 college football recruiting class with a 99.35 rating. Rivals.com rated him as the No. 5 recruit nationally. He was also rated as the top pass rusher in the 2023 college football recruiting class.

So what did Alabama decide-- he needed to gain significantly more, no longer a credible outside linebacker?

Grew a bunch... too big for OLB. Now learnign a new position and getting used to SEC level physicality.

I am hopeful we see him reach the promised land next year.