TerryP
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| FTBL Take aways from week 4
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TerryP
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Which only goes to support what I've been saying. Which defense had the biggest challenge? It's close to a wash here with these two teams.
Yes, Texas is better than Duke. LSU knew what was coming. Bama did not. How do you weigh that?
Don't want to get into you guys spout but I personally do not believe Duke and Texas are in the same league. I believe in total the athletes are much better so even though they may not be as hard to prepare for they are harder to block and tackle.
How good Bama is will be gauged on how they play against the best teams they play not the weaker teams (athletically speaking).
TerryP
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That's not the point of the conversation. It isn't about Duke vs Texas. It's about the four teams LSU has faced versus the four Bama has faced.
The question posed by @Tidestalker was about SOS. It's about four games. Stats, based on four games.
TerryP
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This whole thing with opening with Duke still fascinates me.
We saw a lot of people bitch about opening with Duke.
We see a lot of people bitching about the success Duke had against the defense.
Those two don't meet.
It's been my contention all along that the opener with Duke was a good test for the team. And, I'm sitting here four weeks later seeing what? I see people bitching about Duke because of the name, not what it meant for team development. Not what it meant for guys learning on the run. Against a Trip option attack, for gods sake.
We saw a lot of people bitch about opening with Duke.
We see a lot of people bitching about the success Duke had against the defense.
Those two don't meet.
It's been my contention all along that the opener with Duke was a good test for the team. And, I'm sitting here four weeks later seeing what? I see people bitching about Duke because of the name, not what it meant for team development. Not what it meant for guys learning on the run. Against a Trip option attack, for gods sake.
Tidestalker
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Ehh... I mean, good for the sake of making adjustments. But not good for actual preparation of the challenges the D is going to face.
A spread / dangerous passing attack would have done more good. I don't think anyone is worried about the triple option beating us against the big 4 (LSU, Auburn, Final 4, Championship). Their QB was pretty bad... We will see some pretty good ones.
Big point is that LSU got torched by a legit offense & QB. We haven't played one yet. I'd like to think we would hold up significantly better but it will be a while... Hopefully by then the D makes up ground on the O in practice... After all, that's the best damn offense ANYONE is going to see. RTR
50+yeartidefan
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Thanks. Have to try it. Sure we will create opportunities. Lol
50+yeartidefan
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Its really not a spout ( spat) .....its more just discussing in good fun... see more alike than we care to admit. Lol
JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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Now I know who #85 TE was this past Saturday. This guy did a good job on Bama's last RD drive
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Why Alabama moved an offensive lineman to tight end
The younger brother of former Alabama basketball player Levi Randolph has a new number and a new position for the Crimson Tide football team.
