re: Stingley Nugget

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Although on both of the deep plays the coaching staff didn't put him in a great position IMO

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bullshite! The first one, sure, that was a clever play by Bama. But 90 seconds left, up by two scores, and Bama on their own 15? The coaches made a good call. It’s up to the corners to not let those guys get behind them. Stingley did nothing - not in the release phase, not in the catch phase - to impede Smith’s sprint to our end zone. Had he done anything - anything at all - to slow Smith, the safety would have been there.

On the other hand, if LSU had played prevent, it’s easy to envision Bama hitting uncontested 10 yard slants to Jeudy or Smith, and them ripping off YAC against a spread out backfield. With the clock stopping on first downs, Bama would have scored in 30 seconds, and LSU fans would have been screaming about the stupid “prevent” defense. Remember this the next time you’re complaining about your favorite team playing prevent.

Correct call. Perhaps they should have benched a pass rusher and added a safety to play three deep. In fact, I do think that would have been better given the circumstances, but I loved the bump and run on the outside. Horrible execution by Stingley. He might as well have not been on the field.