🏈 Tell me I'm wrong. Alabama played 1 qtr,

[18Champs]

wheeled back.

 

[tider79]

You are correct sir. And the quarter they played, they dominated an excellent football team. Just goes to show that if they will learn to play all 60 minutes, nobody can come close to beating Alabama.

 

[Tidestalker]

If we are going to completely pretend like the other team's ability to execute, impose their will, or make plays is non existant, then I guess that means Florida wheeled back in the 1st quarter to allow Alabama to get the lead also... Before they decided to "turn it on".

It don't work like that. Saban "wheeled back" before halftime because he wasn't confident in his QB and/or offense. That lack of confidence came from a good defensive game plan, players, and execution. Give credit where it's due

 

[mando]

Saban "wheeled back" before halftime because he wasn't confident in his QB and/or offense.

Ok so I have seen this a few times now. I am honestly asking why you think that? Because of the 3 3 and outs? Is the only reason that happened because Saban went conservative? I think we had execution errors that caused that not so much Saban going into protection mode but I could be wrong.

 

[Tidestalker]

Ok so I have seen this a few times now. I am honestly asking why you think that? Because of the 3 3 and outs? Is the only reason that happened because Saban went conservative? I think we had execution errors that caused that not so much Saban going into protection mode but I could be wrong.

There were 2 TO's in pocket.... The 'D' made a TFL that had FLA at 3rd and 23 at their own 38 yard line with 2:05 left in the half... On 3rd down, Anderson makes another TFL that puts them at their own 35 yard line with 1:25 left. Burning at least 1 TO would have left the 'O' with plenty of time to attempt a scoring drive... He was not interested.

So call it protection mode, wheeling back, playing conservative, etc.... But you can't call it a sign of confidence in the offense. For that, I'd give the FLA 'D' some credit.

 

[mando]

There were 2 TO's in pocket.... The 'D' made a TFL that had FLA at 3rd and 23 at their own 38 yard line with 2:05 left in the half... On 3rd down, Anderson makes another TFL that puts them at their own 35 yard line with 1:25 left. Burning at least 1 TO would have left the 'O' with plenty of time to attempt a scoring drive... He was not interested.

So call it protection mode, wheeling back, playing conservative, etc.... But you can't call it a sign of confidence in the offense. For that, I'd give the FLA 'D' some credit.

I agree with this in that the offense had been shut down 3 consecutive series. So based on what he had seen probably did not have confidence they could change things. Get to half regroup and make the adjustments needed. I can see that with a first year starter in his first road start given those circumstances.

 

[im4uainva]

IDK, maybe...maybe, the first quarter went so well the team got complacent , and cocky. With a team like Bama, you can do that against the Mercers of the World. However, Florida has the talent , and the Coaching, to play some great FB, and they started producing. Florida got embarrassed in that 1st quarter, and got mad, and got serious. The crowd got back into the game, and Bama lost their momentum, and composure, while UF kicked into a higher gear. Those last three quarters were very difficult to watch. But watch I did. Florida made enough mistakes to snatch defeat from the mouth of victory. Thank the fight in Bama to stave off that 2PC that would have tied the game. Very close to feeling the same way I did after the 'pick six' *u game.

ROLL TIDE!

 

[TerryP]

There were 2 TO's in pocket.... The 'D' made a TFL that had FLA at 3rd and 23 at their own 38 yard line with 2:05 left in the half... On 3rd down, Anderson makes another TFL that puts them at their own 35 yard line with 1:25 left. Burning at least 1 TO would have left the 'O' with plenty of time to attempt a scoring drive... He was not interested.

So call it protection mode, wheeling back, playing conservative, etc.... But you can't call it a sign of confidence in the offense. For that, I'd give the FLA 'D' some credit.

For two decades we've watched Saban leave the first half with time outs left in his pocket no matter what the offense was doing.

 

[mando]

For two decades we've watched Saban leave the first half with time outs left in his pocket no matter what the offense was doing.

Also, Saban does not make emotional decisions. He is very calculated in what he does. His decision process is based on what he is seeing in the game but more importantly in practice during the week. Simply take Tua coming into the NC game. He had already decided based on what Tua was doing during that game to make this move if it was needed. He already had a belief it could be needed and he had a plan for it.

This years team he has already said is a work in progress. He has a plan for this and he is executing it.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Bama has a week of practice and a game to get better. That is much needed. Perhaps some of the players are still Happy with the 2020 NC.

Art Briles...."happy teams get beat"

 

[alabama mike]

IMO, we played very well the first quarter and then went into cruise control for whatever reason in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters. Why? No idea! I do feel that this season is going to be tough at times because we, myself included, have such high expectations. Is that a bad thing? No! We should expect to win but sometimes those wins will be ugly, just like last Saturday. I do have to say that we took a first year starting QB on the road, against a good team and came out with a win. The play calling at times, especially, first down was confusing. On defense, I think at times we try to do too much with coverage for a young team. Thankful to deal with some adversity on the road against a good team and come out with a win. Just my opinion.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Saw this posted on another site......I didn't hear the segment so not sure if true or not

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I was listening to the McElroy and Cubelic show today and they were both saying that it was obvious Dan Mullen was specifically attacking Christian Harris all game long.

 

[NickelDoubleDog]

As Saban said, the team played really, really well for about 25 minutes of the game. No doubt a young team who hasn't faced any adversity yet got complacent and thought a blowout was in the cards. Intensity went down. A couple of plays before half, and Florida gets a TD and some momentum.

A blowout became a nail biter. It's something the players can ideally learn from.

 

[Tidestalker]

For two decades we've watched Saban leave the first half with time outs left in his pocket no matter what the offense was doing.

So you'd probably agree, that ain't "wheeling back"...

 

[TerryP]

So you'd probably agree, that ain't "wheeling back"...

No. I'm not sure what the OP was implying. We did see a quarter of some solid football and then the team dialed back.

 

[Justneedme81]

IMO, They were up 21-3, and I think Offense switched to burn the clock mode because they were confident that Florida would self-implode. SO, that's on BOB... especially, the 2nd quarter with 3 and outs series... That was embarassing and that was half-ass playcalling. Defense lost intensity and all of sudden, We gave Florida hope and they took it and ran with it.

So, I hope BOB learned his lesson and understand this is college, not NFL. Lesson is this: Keep your $#%@#% foot on their neck all game long and make sure they get a chance to come back.

Golding/Saban: I don't know what was said at halftime in the locker room, and Saban is master at adjusting game plans, so I don't know what happened at half time, but everything we've heard from players and saban this week seem to indicate that player didnt' execute game plans as provided. Hellams is likely to get demoted... that was half ass performance from him all game long. WE should've been up 40-3 at half time.

We will find out the practice reports later on this evening to see who's who's at CB/Safety spots. Same goes for WR.

 

[Tidestalker]

No. I'm not sure what the OP was implying. We did see a quarter of some solid football and then the team dialed back.

Or got dialed back. Them other guys' were trying to win too

 

[MunchyOs]

There was another time where we only played 1 quarter. 2010 against the one man team. And boy did it cost us. That ALMOST happened to us again Saturday. Just like the 2010 IB, we saw that a big lead early is NOT the same thing as a big lead later on in the game. That 2nd quarter was too close to the vest.

 

[NickelDoubleDog]

I didn't think O'Brien's play calling was bad. But I don't specifically remember the playcalls that led to 3 straight 3 and outs.

The 2nd half is getting underrated.


From another poster:

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Well, we scored 10 points on 2 possessions in the 2nd half. Both of which started at our own 25. Our offense only got the ball 2 times because our defense couldn't get off the damn field.

The offense had 3 second half drives and all 3 were successful

- Florida cuts leads to 5. Offense goes on 13 play, 75 yard drive to score a TD and make it up a 12 pt game again.

- Florida cuts lead to 5 again. Offense goes on a 14 play, 64 yard drive to kick a FG and make it a 8 pt game.

- Florida cuts lead to 2. Offense gets ball back with 3:10 left in the game, gets a 1st down, forces Florida to use all their time outs and punts back to them with 4 seconds left in the game, effectively closing the door.


So, I mean, "only 10 points" sounds bad in theory, but that theory is based around the idea that we had more than 2-3 drives. The offense can't force the referee to give us the ball for more times to score."

Some film breakdwown

TideIllustrated - How Alabama's offense fared on crucial short-yardage plays against Florida

How Alabama performed when it mattered most against Florida.

alabama.rivals.com

 

[JoshB]

Saw this posted on another site......I didn't hear the segment so not sure if true or not

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I was listening to the McElroy and Cubelic show today and they were both saying that it was obvious Dan Mullen was specifically attacking Christian Harris all game long.

I'm not saying it's wrong, I just personally didn't see them necessarily singling out Harris. Not that I was sitting there watching #8 all game and taking notes, though (which I'm guessing McElroy and Cubelic likely did). To me, it looked like the defensive line was getting pushed back consistently, To'o To'o and Harris both seemed to be out of position on multiple occasions and the most frustrating thing was that almost every single time Florida motioned to an empty backfield they ran a QB draw right up the gut and it didn't seem like a single Alabama player or coach could figure that out. Also, I never saw a DB get truly beat a single time, it just seemed like they were more interested in just grabbing the receiver instead of actually trying to defend the pass at times.