Personally, I have not been comfortable with a lead for virtually the entire season. Playing a full 60 minutes was one of the problems that we were supposed to fix from last year, and its still here. That kind of stuff will do a couple of things:bamadezz said:Looking at it from the outside one would think it was due in part to the *comfy* leads they're carrying into the half.
jdpas29 said:maybe going for the jugular on the first few possessions of the 3rd would be better than coming out flat and trying to run the ball. i love running the ball as much as anyone, but if you look at our starts in the 3rd quarter in 3 or 4 big games this year, we do not run the ball well coming out of the locker room.
come out and take 3 shots downfield back to back!?!?!
or maybe script the first 10 plays or so of the 2nd half and have them be variants or different plays that the other team didn't see in the first half?
something has to change or this will spell at least one loss to a power running team that can play field position with us.
Crimsonblood82 said:jdpas29 said:maybe going for the jugular on the first few possessions of the 3rd would be better than coming out flat and trying to run the ball. i love running the ball as much as anyone, but if you look at our starts in the 3rd quarter in 3 or 4 big games this year, we do not run the ball well coming out of the locker room.
come out and take 3 shots downfield back to back!?!?!
or maybe script the first 10 plays or so of the 2nd half and have them be variants or different plays that the other team didn't see in the first half?
something has to change or this will spell at least one loss to a power running team that can play field position with us.
yep, they do need to come out and go for the jugular. I don't know whether Saban knows it or not, but when you have a 24-3 lead going into the third and all you want to do is run the ball and try to run out the clock...you're sending a major message to your team...and that is not a good message. It's a message that you don't have faith in them. It's like...oh boy...we've got the big lead we want...now let's not blow it...let's just run the clock out. Sorry, but you're not going to win many games that way.
elbatider said:Okay, I am going to go against the grain and not blame the lack of intensity against the boys playing the game in the second half and say it has a lot to do with the folks that are calling the shots (ie coaches). We have had a great game plan every game, but you know what. Other teams know how to adjust to game plans and they have do so at half time. Maybe we need to throw something else at them after half time, also I think we get way to comfortable nursing a lead and working the clock with the run. Nothing wrong with that, it is smart to use the clock to your advantage, but not to the point of being predictable by a good defense.
TerryP said:Like I said in an earlier post in this thread.
There is nothing to support the theory we are nursing the clock by running the ball.
Our pass to run ratio in the last half of yesterday's game was as close to 50-50 as you can get.
rooster03 said:You can't blame the play calling but give credit to Ole Miss If memerory serves me right Ole Miss came out and ran the 2nd half kickoff back to around mid field converted a 4th down con. and then scored on a fake field goal. And cody got hurt on the drive to so all the MO had to be on thier side. Alabama throws a big pass play on thier frist poss. of the 2nd half. then a int. so the Mo goes back 2 Ole Miss