🏈 Good game - no doubt best two teams

[BamaFan334]

At that point it was a wasted down... we went deep in the 4th quarter and wasted a down that put us behind the sticks. It stopped the clock also. I would have preferred to hand the ball off 3 times and punt. The odds of getting 1st down running 3 times would have been better than the odds of Jalen completing one of those 2 deep balls. If you want to open up the runs a bit... go for a 15 yard crossing route or some other medium throw... but what the the coaches were too afraid of was turning the ball over. They called plays around not turning it over instead of what was needed to win the game and in which case I would have preferred to just run the ball and keep the clock moving if that was the thought process....

The time to throw deep would have been more in the 1st or 2nd quarter with the 14 point lead... not in the 4th quarter nursing a 10 point lead...

I could not agree with you any more. I made a point in the Live Thread that JK Scott was wasting more of the clock than our offense. I just don't get why we didn't use the clock to our advantage knowing our defense was tired and holding on like they were.

 

[ComeOnSon]

He can't make our receivers catch the ball, he can't make our line block correctly. Was he perfect, far from it, but he didn't cause us to lose. My main point was he didn't turn the ball over, took what the defense gave him, and was as successful as his teammates allowed. He hit Howard in stride, he hit Ridley and Stewart in the hands, he put one right in Dieter's bread basket, he was never really a threat to turn the ball over from what I remember. I think it's simply unfair of all of our own fans to sit and try to act like he was the driving force behind an inept offense and all of the three and outs. Did we not get away from the run? Were we not consistently throwing boundary passes at the line of scrimmage and allowing Clemson to simply play in a small ten yard box, did we not have a ton of offensive penalties that killed us on 1st down? I'm sorry, but using Hurts as a scapegoat makes no sense and doesn't sit well with me.

Never said it was solely his fault. Pointed out poor line play and penalties. I also think Bama got jobbed on those pick plays. But, Clemson had zero fear of Hurts in the passing game and he proved them right, with the exception of one play which was the result of a busted coverage. I wasn't crazy about the play calling overall either but I believe Hurts' weaknesses in the passing game contributed greatly to the defense being on the field for 99 snaps. Hell, Clemson was comfortable giving up yards on punts all night because they felt they could stop the run and Hurts couldn't beat them throwing. They said as much in post game.
I did not see any progression during the season from the QB spot in terms of the passing game. None. I truly hope that another spring and fall with a new coordinator shows us a brand new Jalen Hurts come FSU.

 

[SnakeFan]

Maybe it is me but it seems the play calling was different in both Washington and Clemson games. Less keeping the field wide than earlier in the season.