🏈 2011 Season Preview: Wins, Losses And The Alabama Crimson Tide

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http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/8/22/2375632/2011-alabama-crimson-tide-football-preview

Was reading this article today and this paragraph really stuck out

In the end, to the extent that the Alabama defense had issues, it came in the form of their inability to stem bad momentum. Arkansas scored 17 points and averaged 8.9 yards per play in the first half against the Tide before the well dried up. South Carolina started their game by scoring three touchdowns in three drives and averaging 9.9 yards per play. After a woefully ineffective first half, LSU caught fire, scoring 18 points and averaging 9.9 yards per play in their first four drives of the second half. And in the third quarter, Auburn scored 21 points in four drives, averaging 9.0 yards per play. Even the best defenses allow successful drives. Alabama's problem, inasmuch as they had one, was that they allowed momentum to carry over into multiple drives in key moments. The good news: they can pin a lot of this on youth. They have plenty of reason to believe they won't have the same trouble next fall.

very interesting summary of the 2010 Alabama football team.

there are some other interesting stats to look at here and other data, but like I said, this is what really stuck out to me above.