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‘Extremely confident’ Alabama offense needs Bryce Young magic against dominant Georgia defense
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‘Extremely confident’ Alabama offense needs Bryce Young magic against dominant Georgia defense
Nick Saban opened his case for Alabama to upset No. 1-ranked Georgia with a very simple premise of the Crimson Tide not beating itself.
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Their confidence wains when we hit them in the mouth and drop their diminutive QB on his butt 4-6 times. Limit the turnovers, use the Tight Ends and let the defense eat-Game Over.
I’m Extremely Confident that the Dawgs Defense are gonna be coming after Young like a hungry Dawg after a nice steak !! I’m Extremely Confident that the Dawgs Defense are Much Better than the Auburn Defense !! I’m Also Extremely Confident that the Dawgs Offense are Much Better than the Auburn Offense !! THIS is the Year of the Dawg !!! Go Dawgs !!!
I can't wait to watch the Dawgs front-7 terrorize the Bama O-line and QB!
THey are who the are and we are who we are. They aren't going to change their stripes in a week and neither are we. I think we all know who the better team is, now there is only one thing left to do is -prove it!
I did have to laugh about the diminutive QB statement though. Oh the irony.
Our defense will not rattle Young. He is a silent assassin. Auburn made him uncomfortable and that's what you have to do. If you give him 3 1/2 seconds to throw it he's going to go deep and light it up. We shut down the run and shut down their ace receiver we win-simple as that.
I've said all along this is our year. WHy not this year? Some said, "Well we don't have to win it this year, blah,blah,blah."
That's loser talk. THis is our year!! Go DAWGS!!
Fourth quarter will not be kind to Alabama this year.
I agree with these commenters....UGA is the more skilled on defense and offense. My only caveat is Saban's uncanny ability to "adjust" the second half....ask Auburn. I am sure Coach Smart is aware of this...the whole of the SEC is by now. However, this Georgia team is on a whole other level. Bennett has greatly improved as well. What a day Saturday will be when Bennett beats the "great" Bryce Young statistically and athletically. Stets knows what he has to accomplish. I believe he is ready. His attitude is ..."keep it fun." Focused but fun. Bama has many chinks in its armor. Game after game exposed Bama's defensive and offensive frailties....even against supposedly much lesser teams. Bryce kept them in games. I will admit he is good but has not encountered an elite defense like UGA's. Therein lies the difference. Stop him...game over. And game over it shall be. UGA will emerge victorious.
I agree. It is almost like we need to have a plan to have two different halves of football. "If" we are winning in the first with one strategy, we need to go into the second half and confirm in the first series whether or not that will work in the second half. If history proves correct, it will not. Bama will have adjusted and will take whatever was working away from us. We must be willing to play two different strategies in this game. Bama has out adjusted us at halftime... every.. single.. time.
Saban is the best college football coach on the planet and will have some of these "issues" ironed out by Saturday.
And yes, Bryce Young has been the Tide's savior this season. I can't help but like the guy. He is a fierce competitor but cool as a cucumber. Our #1 priority should be sacking, disrupting, and containing him. Period. Expect Bama to follow that same rule and throw all they can at Stet.
The 11 penalties Saturday killed Bama drives, and gave Auburn first downs on multiple occasions. 36 sacks against Bama this season? Holy cow. Their O-line is simply piss poor. We better add at least 8-9 more sacks since Auburn was able to get 7 sacks. Our D is much better. Robinson is a RB workhorse, and I'd be surprised if he isn't back in the lineup by Saturday. Worst case scenario for Bama - start the other guy and then work Robinson in in the 2nd half if needed.
It's probably going to come down again to who controls the line of scrimmage, who gets a running game going, who gets more consistent pressure on the QB, and mistakes/turnovers. Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes...that may be the difference. We didn't have any penalties on Saturday and in general we have been pretty good on reducing silly penalties this season. I do worry that Metchie and Williams will cause some issues for our secondary and pass interference penalties will result.
If we play like we have been playing and don't get flustered and lose focus on the big stage then we WILL win. If we get some uncharacteristic bad vibe, lose confidence, stop believing, stop executing, and make mistakes, and then start looking like a different team...then we may blow this game. Let's not do that.
Bottom Line: Bama needs to prove they belong in this game....Dawgs need to show them that they don't.
GO DAWGS!!
The biggest second half adjustments I saw in the Iron bowl was the officials. They went from calling a fair game in the first half to swallowing their whistles when Bama had the ball in the second, especially in the fourth quarter.
Saban is the GOAT, and he knows Bama "shouldn't" win this game, and that's when he's the most creative and dangerous. I wanna know who the backup QB is for Bama, and make sure we have a plan for him this time. I suspect Saban will run Young more on Saturday than he has all year, particularly if he can get outside the pocket. Risky, yes, but what does he have to lose? I suspect he'll send the house against Bennett early and often, so I hope our screen and slant games are on point and that every player knows the hot read on every pass play. I think Saban may go 2 TEs and no RB a lot, hoping to make the Dawgs bring five or more to get pressure. Can't wait to see the route trees Monken creates for this game and for the stunts and selective exotic blitz package Lanning dials up. Looking forward to seeing how many guns and bullets the Dawgs bring to this fist fight. Go Dawgs!
Georgia is the ONLY team that can beat Georgia.
If we play the way we can and have then not a single team will beat us to the National Championship. I seriously believe that.
However, if we fall flat, don't execute, don't play up to our potential, don't believe, lose focus....which all leads to mistakes....then we will get beat.
I expect there to be a lot of hands up on the BAMA D-front. We'll need to throw a lot on 1st down, not wait til it's 3rd and 7. THat's a loosing proposition.