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Alabama All Day: Concluding Thoughts
Scattered parting thoughts on Alabama after watching the SEC Championship Game: The complete series of 'Alabama All Day' posts can be found here. It's a small thing, but one that shouldn't be overlooked and can't be over-emphasized: Alabama's tailbacks finish their runs. It's a yard here, two...
Alabama All Day: The Screen Game
Throughout the first half, one of the few areas in which Florida had found serious success was in bringing a blitz from the corner. Alabama patiently took its lumps and then, with four minutes left in the first half, made the Gators pay. A corner blitzer creeps in pre-snap (top of the screen). ...
Alabama All Day: Zone Defense
Just a quick general observation here on zone defense: the last two games I've worked my way through on a play by play basis -- the Thanksgiving game against A&M and now this SEC Title Game -- have me questioning whether college defenses are capable of playing quality zone defense on a...
Alabama All Day: Marquis Maze
Just a quick observation here. Marquis Maze reminds me an awful lot of Quan Cosby; it's downright eerie. The more you watch the Crimson Tide passing attack, the more you see how much it's predicated on short and intermediate timing routes that are often opened up nicely off play action and...
Alabama All Day: Run Blocking
Rather than describe what a great job Alabama does with its run blocking, let me show you: Alabama gives Florida a twin tight end look, something they do frequently, and to great effect. Here, fullback Roy Upchurch lines up over the outside of the weakside TE Michael Williams, a 6-6, 266 lb....
Alabama All Day: Defensive Notes
A few observations watching a quarter and a half of the Crimson Tide defense: Ever wonder what Sergio Kindle would look like as a player if he were still primarily playing linebacker? Watch Rolando McClain, who possesses a similar blend of unfair speed for such a big body (6-4, 255). Saban asks...
Alabama All Day: Colin Peek
Florida opens the game playing a lot of zone, which seems sensible enough given their desire to keep Ingram in check, until you realize that in the first quarter McElroy is 4-4 for 45 yards when passing against zone coverage and 1-3 for 8 yards when the Gators are in man. It's a catch-22 for the...
Alabama All Day: Opening Drive
First of all, Bama won the toss and elected to receive the football, a decision I generally like and would say I wish Texas did more often if not for the fact that this year's offense has started so slowly, so often. The key to the entire drive is the opening play from scrimmage, in which McElroy...
