🏈 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly National Championship

[alabama mike]

Good-

Bad-

Ugly-

 

[alabama mike]

Good- Ryan Anderson

Bad- Penalties

Ugly- Defensive backs

 

[PhillyGirl]

Good - JK, Anderson, Griffith, Bo

Bad - Hurts, penalties, missteps/miscues, tackling (no wrapping!)

Ugly - Secondary, offense as a whole

 

[footballer]

Good...... Not Much........ BO
Bad......... Offensive Line Play
Ugly........ Lack Of Passing Game

 

[94 Grad]

Good... it's over and deshaun is going to the NFL.
Bad... we lost
Ugly... the box score stats... surprised the scoreboard was even close... ugly ugly ugly.

 

[ColoradoTide]

Ugly - Big 12 refs who won't call push offs and pick plays

 

[PhillyGirl]

Ugly - Big 12 refs who won't call push offs and pick plays

Big 12 refs want Big 12 scores. Can't get those if they keep throwing flags.

 

[EasyTider]

Ugly-our pass defense

 

[rick4bama]

Good Bo
Bad Big 12 ref
Ugly Everyone that wanted Clemson to win! krik and all!!

 

[JoshB]

I mean if you have the ball inside the 5, why even bother calling anything other than a pick play? Its legal evidently... I hate to be one of "those fans" but man... you already got a defense that had to play 100+ snaps because the offense sucked balls for 3/4 of the game and then stuff like that goes against you too?

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Bad and ugly, this thread wasn't even warranted.
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[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

I mean if you have the ball inside the 5, why even bother calling anything other than a pick play? Its legal evidently... I hate to be one of "those fans" but man... you already got a defense that had to play 100+ snaps because the offense sucked balls for 3/4 of the game and then stuff like that goes against you too?

Exactlt.

2 of their scores came off of those illegal pick plays.

Such bulllshiitdr..

 

[94 Grad]

I mean if you have the ball inside the 5, why even bother calling anything other than a pick play? Its legal evidently... I hate to be one of "those fans" but man... you already got a defense that had to play 100+ snaps because the offense sucked balls for 3/4 of the game and then stuff like that goes against you too?

Really, we are lucky to have a chance to win that game... that stats are ugly... 2 of 15 on 3rd downs for us... Zero offense in the second half and very little pressure in the 2nd half.

 

[94 Grad]

Exactlt.

2 of their scores came off of those illegal pick plays.

Such bulllshiitdr..

But they drove the field to get to the 2 yard line... should have stopped them way back on the other side of the 50 if we don't want pick plays to beat us.

 

[OldPlayer]

Good - First half defense
Bad - Offense couldn't stay on the field causing the defense to wear out.
Ugly - Hurts can throw but he can't pass. It's been the Achilles heal all year and Clemson took advantage of it.

 

[JoshB]

But they drove the field to get to the 2 yard line... should have stopped them way back on the other side of the 50 if we don't want pick plays to beat us.

Thats a pretty shitty way to look at it... first off, defense got wore slam out because of how shitty the offense played for much of the game... but second thats not how football is played. You dont get to the two yard line and then concede. Saying it doesnt matter that a pick play happened because they drove to the 2 is asinine. If you are going to call PI on the defenders then you damn well better be calling it the other way, and they simply did not tonight.

 

[pasadena pachyderm]

This absolutely goes down in the history of global athletic competition as a clean sweep for the freedom of referees everywhere to guarantee victory

 

[ElephantStomp]

I understand the offense was garbage 99% of the game, but Hurts gave the defense the lead late in the 4th and they did nothing to stop them. I'm

Those refs were horrible! I don't care if the ball is on the 2 or 52 pick plays are illegal plain and simple and those horseshit refs allowed Clemson to do it on two TDs plus allowed their WRs to push off on damn near every back shoulder throw.

Good-We were in the game

Bad- Our offense for 99% of the game

Ugly- The bullshit refs and our defense. Tired or not the defense had the lead late in the 4th and they didn't do anything

 

[ColAngus]

Ugly - field conditions. Our guys were slipping all night.

 

[Tidestalker]

Damn where to start!

Good:
-Ryan Anderson & Rueben Foster. Those guys played their guts out and were literally all over the field. Can't say enough about how much toughness those guys showed.

-Rashaan Evans showed a ton of potential at MLB. He was reading things very well.

-Hurts last drive. Ballsy! Yes it sucked to be in that position, but that was awesome. Great call by Sark on the double pass, great run on 4th down, great finish by Hurts. Just scored too damn fast.

-JK Scott. Stud. Without him that is a very different game. Glad he'll be back.


Bad:
Well shit.

-Third down conversions. Most of them were not even close.

-Going away from the RB rotation that was a strength all season. Bo is not Derrick Henry, and not giving him breaks early in the game ultimately put him at risk. He's never carried consistently carried the load at this level. The 1 carry Jacobs got he looked great, Harris was good as well. But we never committed to using them all and relied on Bo and Jalen. Thought that was a mistake.

-Receivers with the drops. Not the prettiest passes... But hey, Clemson guys came through for their QB.

-Tim Williams, Non existent. Jon Allen, non existant. Shocking for how great they've been for 2 years.

-Defensive Secondary in run support was really, really bad. Averette & Harrison got ran the f*ck over on the edge. Tony Brown took bad angles all night. Losing Eddie Jackson was a much bigger blow than most of anticipated.

-Averette in pass coverage. He physically worn down at the start of the third quarter and couldn't keep up. One time he literally quit chasing the tight end who burned him. I was shocked we didn't go to someone else for a series or two. And the last PI call... No need with a safety over the top. That was a huge mental error.


Ugly:
Last Drive

-We tried to Blitz right up the middle 3 times... I believe... And got burned each time. Great catches by receivers, but no adjustment by Pruitt/Saban. Seemed unnecessary considering Dabo was burning clock and playing for the field goal.

-Not calling a time out on the last play. Everyone's favorite 2 pt conversion play was set up perfectly for the best QB in the nation... To let that play out with man to man coverage, with no help, to the wide side which was the QB's strong side, was painful. Especially when you've already got beat on a pick play over there. Instead you finish the game with 2 TO's in your pocket and loose on a very simple. Damn.