Saban is a football genius. (Read first)

First off let me start by saying in no means am I a Saban fan. And the reason this post is a week late is because I wanted to research to make sure Saban was calling the plays the last drive.

This is what I noticed:

On the last drive of one possession games lsu always plays a prevent until the other team gets about to the lsu 35 and Chavis dials up the blitz. Well Saban knew this and exploited it to the max. He knew that lsu defense would be tough inside the thirty. So he comes out n takes what the d gives him. Ah mcarron knows the next three plays before he runs the first one. They can throw wherever as long as they get a first down because of clock stoppage rule to move chains (which I think needs to be done away with). Well they moved the ball and ran a no huddle so lsu could not adjust. Then as soon as they got to about the thirty five he threw an incomplete pass. Saban knew this gave lsu time to adjust and they would be coming out dialing up blitzes. And what is the biggest play you can make against a blitz. A screen. And I do believe that he either gave mcarron the choice or he signaled in the direction once they saw lsu line up. The screen went to the side lsu sent three extra blitzers. And he could have walked to end zone.

Now I didn't notice this right as it was happening so I can't say I would have done the blitz on that play differently. But I do know that the conservative two safeties deep doesn't work in college. The clock stops when teams get first downs. It is too easy for a team to drive 80 yards in 45 seconds on a prevent defense in college. They knew bama just needed a field goal so they weren't going for the home run. It was actually as lsu got the ball back that I realized how Saban baited is into that screen