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    #1 01-08-2019, 05:23 PM
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    How so? Did Alabama all of a sudden turn into Vandy or something...? utep? Oregon St? What the hell happened??? I'm curious as to how all of this rambling going on Clemson has surpassed anything that Alabama has ever done, how the SEC is so weak now because for once in the last 12 years Bama was throttled...what I see is finally maybe someone has caught on and figured out how to get there and stay there...Alabama has a little company on mountain top...

    here's what you folks are looking at... Alabama was shut down in the red zone...Tua made two terrible reads. 3rd downs killed Alabama both on offense and on defense. That's where Clemson won this game...stat wise this game was even...Clemson took advantage of 3rd downs both offensively and defensively and Bama could respond....and when they got an opportunity to punch it in they took advantage of it...where Alabama could not...plain and simple...
    as you know, stats don't win football games. Noone cares if you drive the ball down the field if you cant score. They lost because they couldn't stop Clemson.

    Bama was averaging 5 yds a carry for all three running backs. Why not run the damn ball early and control the clock.
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    #2 01-08-2019, 06:04 PM
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    as you know, stats don't win football games. Noone cares if you drive the ball down the field if you cant score. They lost because they couldn't stop Clemson.

    Bama was averaging 5 yds a carry for all three running backs. Why not run the damn ball early and control the clock.
    Lots of information we don't have so it makes us question the game plan. With all the film breakdown by consultants i was really surprised that Hurts didn't get the call to start this game and with those three running backs, especially number 8 just totally dominate up front with the running game. I believe a whole quarter of that type pounding would have really softened up the front 7 and wore down the safeties by the end of the first half. Like you said they only needed each carry to average 3.5 yards and those 4 guys are well over that number. Clemson did great but my personal thought was Bama dropped the ball on game planning, that is not like Saban.
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    #3 01-08-2019, 06:04 PM
    The offense moved the ball very well.. anytime they wanted just about... except in the red zone....once they they got on the short field, they went wide and that was it..... Clemson stopped them when it mattered on the shallow end and on 3rd down...when it mattered...
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    #4 01-08-2019, 06:07 PM
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    The offense moved the ball very well.. anytime they wanted just about... except in the red zone....

    I find moving it in the red zone kinda important......
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    #5 01-08-2019, 06:09 PM
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    I find moving it in the red zone kinda important......
    Red zone offense was no good... That's where Clemson shut down Alabama...
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    #6 01-08-2019, 06:22 PM
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    Red zone offense was no good... That's where Clemson shut down Alabama...
    Red Zone D was not too good either......
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    #7 01-08-2019, 07:17 PM
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    Red Zone D was not too good either......
    Right...Clemson owned the red zone and took advantage of it's chances to score...Bama did not...they could move the ball outside the 20s....and the 3rd downs killed Alabama....
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    #8 01-08-2019, 07:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by mrlawler1 View Post
    Right...Clemson owned the red zone and took advantage of it's chances to score...Bama did not...they could move the ball outside the 20s....and the 3rd downs killed Alabama....
    well then, you can't keep it out and you can't get it in who cares what you do between the 20s......its about the red zone!
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    #9 01-08-2019, 07:59 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by mrlawler1 View Post
    Right...Clemson owned the red zone and took advantage of it's chances to score...Bama did not...they could move the ball outside the 20s....and the 3rd downs killed Alabama....

    And 4th downs. I love it, the empire is done.
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