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re: Bama's Rush Defense overrated

Posted on 11/6/14 at 5:07 am to
Posted by boxcar willie
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 5:07 am to
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you know how many times we heard this shite from Ole Miss? Seriously!


sorry but Bama is not Ole Miss. If we line up in a power run and run straight at them, it is going nowhere fast. 3 and out everytime. Take a look at their front 7 then add Collins into the box, not going to just line up and be successful running at that.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 6:13 am to
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But they completely dominated Arkansas


arkansas held bama to 10 first downs, 2 cooper catches for 22 yards, and 66 rushing yards.

bama had 227 yards TOTAL in that game. Arkansas fumbled a ball into the endzone and missed an extra point. those two mistakes cost them the game...
Posted by LSUfan4444
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 6:45 am to
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arkansas held bama to 10 first downs, 2 cooper catches for 22 yards, and 66 rushing yards.


What in the world does that have to do with Bama's rush defense?

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bama had 227 yards TOTAL in that game. Arkansas fumbled a ball into the endzone and missed an extra point. those two mistakes cost them the game...


Now I think you're drunk.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 6:59 am to
arkansas had more yards in passing and rushing than alabama.

but they were dominated? they lost by 1 point and had a fumble into the end zone. they should have beaten alabama
Posted by LSUfan4444
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:02 am to
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but they were dominated? they lost by 1 point and had a fumble into the end zone. they should have beaten alabama


The thread is about Bama's rush defense (and an assumption that they are overrated because of a weak schedule) and Bama's rush defense dominated Arkansas.

Posted by LSUfan4444
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:07 am to
It doesn't mean Arkansas' rush defense didn't dominate Bama as well, because they did.

But Bama held a team who at the time was averaging 316 yards a game on the ground to a total of 89. That defines domination.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:41 am to
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But Bama held a team who at the time was averaging 316 yards a game on the ground to a total of 89. That defines domination.



that's really good, but arkansas held them to 66 yards as well.
Posted by LSUfan4444
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:43 am to
It doesn't mean Arkansas' rush defense didn't dominate Bama as well, because they did.
Posted by Prominentwon
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:51 am to
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They are far and away the heaviest front 7 in the country


So because they're fat, they can automatically stop the run?
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:02 am to
teams have success against bama going to the outside it seems like. spreading their fat arse lineman out.
Posted by Tommy Patel
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:15 am to
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5 Home games: 329 Passing ypg & 266 Rushing ypg

3 Away games: 225 Passing ypg & 139 Rushing ypg


So they play better 'D' while on the road. fantastic.



could have gone all week without seeing that

Posted by inadaze
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:19 am to
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Alabama better be ready. It's coming right at them.


This is a great game plan against teams that can't handle the physicality, but lately, it hasn't been working vs. Alabama.

UA has the size and strength to go toe-to-toe with the best power-running teams. I favor a more varied, multidimensional attack (at the very least, as an option if you find yourself stymied in the power game), which is something that could be accomplished through the air, or with misdirection/deception in the running game (although I think this is something that needs to be consistently a part of an offense to be polished to the point of reliable, efficient, decisive execution). In my opinion, the power-running game is the best foundation that an offense can have, but it shouldn't exclude strategical variations that play off of it, and work to complement it -- otherwise you're limited to a slugfest, and the Alabama D is built for slugfests.
Posted by Dukkman
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:25 am to
BAMA period is overated
Posted by bigpapamac
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Member since Oct 2007
22421 posts
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:27 am to
Yea a power run game plays right into Alabama's strengths defensively. Just for example, the last 4 games vs Alabama, LSU's rushing game;

1.4 ypc
2.8 ypc
3.6 ypc
1.4 ypc

I'm not predicting similar results or anything, but it's going to take way more than 40 runs up the middle to produce against Alabama.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:39 am to
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but it's going to take way more than 40 runs up the middle to produce against Alabama.


what about 55 runs? because that is what is coming
Posted by bigpapamac
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:43 am to
Not the formula for success against Alabama. You probably won't even run 55 plays if you run the ball that much.
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