re: Kiffin to SF?

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Passing that frequently against an OSU D that was committed to stopping Cooper was the clearest example of him either A) overthinking it, B) being outcoached, or C) both. 

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You forgot

D) Listening to his boss who was "anxious to see Bama take more shots down field. And felt as if they didn't do it enough early on in the first half."

I keep reading all the post blaming Kiffin for not running the ball, but clearly it wasn't his sole decision.

Post Game with Saban.

"Q. Coach, were they doing anything defensively that prevented you guys from handing the ball to Yeldon and Henry more and also were you surprised at how well their quarterback, Jones, was able to handle his composure and the way he played at all?

COACH SABAN: Well, you know, I think defensively they did pretty much exactly what we thought they would do. They played bump-and-run and played split safeties, we call that cover seven. We had ways to attack it.

I was kind of anxious to see us take more shots down the field. I don’t think we, maybe, did that enough early in the game. And they did a nice job. But we did a little better job in the second half when we went no huddle, we played faster and did better, and I think there’s obviously a lot of things that we wish we would have done differently to attack their defense."


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