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Why Do Talking Heads Claim that Bama "Plays Smarter" than LSU?
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:44 am
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:44 am
Heard. Colin Cowherd say this a couple of days ago, and. Then heard somebody repeat that sentiment last night.
I haven't watched Bama much yet, but LSU seems to do a good. Job of carrying out their schemes on both. Sides of the ball. They seem to be playing smart football as far. As I can tell, although the defense was a little off aagainst. WVU in the 2nd half.
Fwiw, Cowherd also mentioned that, in his opinion, Bama also had the better coach, so I don't think he was necessarily referring to Saban when he said that Bama plays smarter.
I don't buy it, but I haven't seen that much of. Bama.
I haven't watched Bama much yet, but LSU seems to do a good. Job of carrying out their schemes on both. Sides of the ball. They seem to be playing smart football as far. As I can tell, although the defense was a little off aagainst. WVU in the 2nd half.
Fwiw, Cowherd also mentioned that, in his opinion, Bama also had the better coach, so I don't think he was necessarily referring to Saban when he said that Bama plays smarter.
I don't buy it, but I haven't seen that much of. Bama.
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Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:44 am to KCT
Have you missed the Les Miles' tenure? It's not that crazy of a statement.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:46 am to KCT
penalties, fewer blown assignments
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:46 am to KCT
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I haven't watched Bama much yet, but LSU seems to do a good. Job of carrying out their schemes on both. Sides of the ball. They seem to be playing smart football as far. As I can tell, although the defense was a little off aagainst. WVU in the 2nd half.
Your sentence structure. Makes me. Shake my head.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:46 am to KCT
Media respects Saban more than Miles.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:46 am to KCT
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Heard. Colin Cowherd say this a couple of days ago, and. Then heard somebody repeat that sentiment last night.
Because everybody has seen us play this year and they can't say Bama has better players than we do. "As good" on defense, sure. They have nobody like Mathieu, though. Their LBers are better and Trent Richardson is better (but not so much better than our 2-headed monster of Ware/Ford).
So they have to say Bama "plays smarter" or is "better coached", both of which are purely speculative and/or subjective opinions at this point.
This post was edited on 9/29/11 at 11:47 am
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:47 am to KCT
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Heard. Colin Cowherd say this a couple of days ago, and. Then heard somebody repeat that sentiment last night.
I haven't watched Bama much yet, but LSU seems to do a good. Job of carrying out their schemes on both. Sides of the ball. They seem to be playing smart football as far. As I can tell, although the defense was a little off aagainst. WVU in the 2nd half.
Do you always put periods in the middle of your sentences? I'm not a grammar police, but that's hard to read.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:47 am to KCT
Fewer penalties, fewer missed asignments, fewer quizzical play calls, less dubious clock management, generally more discipline and focus.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:49 am to KCT
I think it was about defense and gap responsibility. LSU plays faster but over runs some plays.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:52 am to KCT
Less penalties mostly.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:52 am to KCT
alabama has a very smart team...fewer penalties is the main reason I'd say. Not to mention Les having history with clock management. Granted we've probably had a tougher schedule, we've had some coverages blown. People do need to realize this is against two of the best offenses in the country so it's not as bad as it seems. Even with these assignments blown, LSU is turning the ball over as much as anyone in the entire country. 
Posted on 9/29/11 at 11:54 am to KCT
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hy Do Talking Heads Claim that Bama "Plays Smarter" than LSU? (
Because they don't watch the games and it's an easy and subjective statement to make on a random Thursday show.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:14 pm to KCT
No one said they were SMART talking heads!
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:23 pm to KCT
They play a more disciplined defense then we do too. We pressure and use our good d-backs to lock up.
Bama's favorite thing to do is pressure and drop back into a soft zone, adjusting the zones to the routes. Hard for a QB to pick up on where the zone opens while he has a LB hitting him. Also it sets up for mistakes if you key in on a route cause you think it'll be open.
For example. Cover 2 against a inside vertical route. If the QB reads the defense and sets his mind he'll throw there while being pressure. Balls thrown, tho the QB doesn't know the safety adjusted his zone to that route. Picks the ball off. Or destroys the receiver forcing one hell of a catch or a incomplete.
Bama's favorite thing to do is pressure and drop back into a soft zone, adjusting the zones to the routes. Hard for a QB to pick up on where the zone opens while he has a LB hitting him. Also it sets up for mistakes if you key in on a route cause you think it'll be open.
For example. Cover 2 against a inside vertical route. If the QB reads the defense and sets his mind he'll throw there while being pressure. Balls thrown, tho the QB doesn't know the safety adjusted his zone to that route. Picks the ball off. Or destroys the receiver forcing one hell of a catch or a incomplete.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:38 pm to KCT
quote:his only claim to support his statement was that they have only been flagged 12 times or some shite like that
Colin Cowherd say this a couple of days ago,
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:50 pm to KCT
Bama didn't have a holding penalty for like 10 weeks in 2009. I mean, c'mon now. That's not even remotely possible. Sometimes refs just don't throw flags
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:52 pm to KCT
Colin Cowherd is a contrarian. He gets off on the ego trip behind it.
I heard him go off on a five minute rant a year ago about how momentum does not exist in a game. It's not even him being bold. He just picks a side (usually the one most people aren't picking) and argues some ridiculous point for the sheer attention.
With Bama and LSU being a toss up, it's not surprising that he would pick Bama as his dog in the fight right now since LSU is currently #1 AP (his professional organization).
I heard him go off on a five minute rant a year ago about how momentum does not exist in a game. It's not even him being bold. He just picks a side (usually the one most people aren't picking) and argues some ridiculous point for the sheer attention.
With Bama and LSU being a toss up, it's not surprising that he would pick Bama as his dog in the fight right now since LSU is currently #1 AP (his professional organization).
Posted on 9/29/11 at 7:54 pm to KCT
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Why Do Talking Heads Claim that Bama "Plays Smarter" than LSU?
Probably because for the last three years this has been true. They're in for a surprise this year, though.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 8:26 pm to KCT
Saban has won 2 of the last 3 West Titles. He went 2 straight SEC regular seasons and never lost a game. Les at best right now has some 2 loss seasons and as great a start as this year is we have won nothing yet. Calm down. When Les gets back on top this year he will his hype too. This is a big year for Les. He has to win the West or this year is a disappointment
Posted on 9/29/11 at 8:34 pm to KCT
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Didn't read all of this shite. Ole dumb arse Miles is 2n2 against Saban. Nov. 5 is the tie breaker in Tuscaloser. Blood bath, Tigers win, frick the media. Any other questions?
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