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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:19 pm to
Posted by DBG
vermont
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:19 pm to
Their defense didn’t play poorly. They played soft and didn’t seem to recognize that when they pressured young he panicked
This post was edited on 12/31/21 at 6:20 pm
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RIP Wayde
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:19 pm to
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:20 pm to
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Damning game for Luke Fickell


Agree.
He should have recruited a Heisman QB and the best players at every position.
He would have won the game.
Posted by DBG
vermont
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:20 pm to
Lineup on point, damn near Jalen Rose-esque
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:21 pm to
I saw a game where Bama just overpowered them on most plays.
And then I fell asleep before halftime.
Posted by LittleRockHog501
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:25 pm to
He had 6 year seniors each of the last four seasons?
Posted by LittleRockHog501
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:27 pm to
That's well below their average and they only had 17 points late with their offense having like two sustained drives all game
Posted by UncleLester
West of the Mississippi
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:29 pm to
Mercer and Southern Miss each scored multiple touchdowns on Bama this season.

Luke was scared.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:32 pm to
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They were too afraid of Williams over the top so they kept the safeties back and UA killed them for it in the run game.

And I’m no strategist but I never saw them adjust. Was clear after first ten plays how this would play out if they make some changes. Right?
Posted by Gump Stomper
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:41 pm to
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Damning game for Luke Fickell


Agree.
He should have recruited a Heisman QB and the best players at every position.
He would have won the game.


exactly.
Yeah, if only he had enough sense to tell all of the 4 and 5 star guys in Ohio to attend UC and not OSU.
Don't know what he was thinking.
This post was edited on 12/31/21 at 6:42 pm
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:48 pm to
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Eta- it felt like his approach was to keep it close and hope to catch a break. Didn’t seem to try and create any opportunities themselves.
His Qb had 5 passed tipped at the LOS on quick pass plays due to the d line abusing the o line that bad and sacked his qb on a Hail Mary play in under 3 seconds

This isn’t a video game. You can’t just “go for the deep one”. Their only chance to actually win the game was to keep it close to the best and hope Bama makes mistakes

Between the muffed punt and Bryce young errant passes it almost happened
This post was edited on 12/31/21 at 6:50 pm
Posted by slackster
Houston
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:49 pm to
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What fricking game did you watch? Young was very uncomfortable in the pocket for the majority of the game.


They blitzed once in the second half. Rarely blitzed in the first half too.

They were getting pressure at times without the blitz, but they needed to force the issue and didn’t do it enough. Alabama converted 2 3rd and 15+ And got 12 yards on 3rd and 14 then converted the 4th down play.

The Cincy defense simply wasn’t good enough either.
This post was edited on 12/31/21 at 6:52 pm
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:52 pm to
Alabama had an advantage in the trenches, and there wasn’t much that was going to overcome that.
Posted by lsupride87
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110052 posts
Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:54 pm to
Alabama ran the ball at will and pushed the Los back 4 yards with only 4 rushing on defense

That happened constantly all game. When that happens your only chance as the other team is pray you keep it close somehow and hope the other team turns it over
Posted by slackster
Houston
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 6:55 pm to
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His Qb had 5 passed tipped at the LOS on quick pass plays due to the d line abusing the o line that bad and sacked his qb on a Hail Mary play in under 3 seconds This isn’t a video game. You can’t just “go for the deep one”. Their only chance to actually win the game was to keep it close to the best and hope Bama makes mistakes


But that’s not their style. I hate the idea of getting to the big stage and then laying an egg going away from your strengths.

I watched the game - Ridder had time plenty often enough. Just wasn’t executing and they didn’t ask him to take many shots, unfortunately.

A bunch of underneath routes was what Alabama wanted them to do, and they happily obliged.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
44494 posts
Posted on 12/31/21 at 7:17 pm to
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Just wasn’t executing


That is what I mostly saw.
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