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‘Bama EXPOSED

playerpress.com Written by playerpress.com, Sunday November 06 2011
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By Phillip Phillips
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9-6, and so ends another BCS National title run. As any great Coach will admit, you grow and learn from your mistakes. It’s the mistakes that happen twice that keep you up at night. I wonder how many Little Debbie Oatmeal cookies and coffee Alabama Coach Nick Saban will devour as he stresses over the 2nd loss in 28 home games, the 2nd to an SEC WEST opponent, another potential year without the SEC Crown, another potential year without the BCS Crystal Football all because he simply made the same mistake twice.
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I got you scratching your heads now don’t I. You’re asking yourselves, what game is he talking about? He didn’t just mock the Football Coaching God did he? Did he just say Nick Saban messed up & could he really have just compared the LSU/Alabama game to the Auburn/Alabama game of 2010? Well I am guilty, I did, and yes I am about to make some astonishing revelations about last night’s game that will surprise you. Sorry Bama fans but Saban messed up, and for the record the last coach that went on to lose 3 out 5 in a row to either Florida, UT, or LSU (Mike Shula) got ran out of town. Are you going to keep with tradition? Because Nick for some reason just is not able to win those elusive games against the BIG DOGS! You have set a precedent & here in the south we are known as men of integrity, honor, valor, etc….RIGHT? Goodbye NICK!
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So onto the main topic enter Jordan Jefferson. I made a comment to a Bama booster this week, that is Jefferson got significant playing time this week then the game was over. Naturally he took this has meaning Bama would win. Honestly, I felt the same, I never for once thought Nick would allow the same thing to happen twice. That was however until the midway point of the 2nd qtr happened. I witnessed a very pivotal play that was reminiscent of the 2010 Iron Bowl and Cam Newton shifting the momentum into our favor. It occurred when Jefferson tucked the ball and sprinted for a 12-16 yard gain across the 35-40 yd line, end result was a FG on this drive but this put life into the LSU team.
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The final expose for the NATION though was on the 2nd play of the O.T drive for LSU. Being Blitzed on what was to be a speed option left Jefferson quickly pitched the ball to Michael Ford who sprinted towards the endzone, only to stop himself with no one impeding his approach, he would have gone the distance from any spot on the field. Bama showed here that they could not defend the crease to the outside when speed was in play. Throughout the game LSU was able to throw to the short edge & short middle however the pass was a non-factor for them due to Jarret Lee’s ineffectiveness & turnover’s on deep ball.
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Notice I did not mention throwing deep to any point on the field. You have to set that up with the short game against Bama. Also, notice I did not mention running into the middle or through the C-G,G-T Holes, Off-Tackle is pushing the limits. Sweeps & options are the only way to run the ball with the emphasis being speed. Bama is not able to keep up with a speedy back to the edge over the course of 4 qtrs.
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Watch out when Alabama travels to the Plains of Auburn and visits the sight where the Bama fan poisoned TOOMER’S CORNER TREES. Auburn has a lot to play for that Saturday.

 


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