Game notes: OM vs Bama

[hscoach]

First, let me send congrats to the Bama players and coaches on the win. They may have won the game, but there is still a lot of work to do.
 
Offense:  The offense had 325 yards of total offense.  They gave up 8 negative plays.  A couple of these were passes behind the LOS, most were where the D hit the running back behind the LOS.  It looked like the Rebels had the snap count down a few times and hit the LOS running. The glorified Bama offense had a total of 26 total yards in the 3rd quarter by my calculations.  There were 2 three and outs which accounted for -8 yards. Finally, they put together a drive that went into the 4th quarter which allowed them to have positive yards in the quarter.  They wasted great field position and had to settle for field goals.  The O had drives start on their own 40, 41 and 42 (because of an int) and got two FG’s and a TD.  They had drives starting on the 44 and 36 (another int) going in and came up a FG and TD.  Think about this, if you take away the 2 TD’s that came off of the offense set up by the int’s and the kick off return for the TD, then the offense really came up with 12 points.  This offense, being so hyped, needs to improve.  I have not seen the ability to really just take over a game since Mich. 

QB:   AJ was efficient.  He missed on a throw to Calloway.  The 2nd TD to Cooper, Cooper saved his butt.  This should have been broken up or intercepted.  The throw that was almost picked in the end zone need to be zipped, not lofted.  I will say if Cooper had continued his route inside he would have been wide open for a TD.

RB:  They ran hard and they were hit hard and quickly by the Rebel D. 

REC:  Cooper has emerged as a target that D’s will have to account for.  He, as I stated above, saved AJ on the TD where he went over the defender.  I still question The rec’s ability to help a scrambling QB. 

OL:  Stop reading your headlines.  You have a lot of improving to do.  Jones and Steen got blown up a few times.  The OL did not work together well on some combo blocks and it did not allow the other player to get to where he needed to be.  For instance, the DL was slanting and Jones did not chip the guy Steen was expected to block and Steen was beat inside.  The sad part here is they show signs of being the “BEST OL in the Country”, now it is time to go out and prove it.  They were beat off the line many times which is horrible since they are the ones who know the snap count.  I have not been impressed the last couple of games. 

Defense:   They gave up 218 total yards.  They had 11 negative plays which included 3 picks.  They also had 6 three and outs or less. There were numerous missed tackles.  By my count there were at least 4 on the one scramble play that ended up gaining 1 yard.  They did have 2 ints that led to points, TD’s.  It seemed like they played hesitant, or tired.  They just didn’t seem to be getting to the football.  I really don’ think I saw but 1 big hit by the D.   The Rebels did put together two 75 yard touchdown drives. 
   
DL:  They did ok here.  Numerous players made plays.  Pagan was in on a lot of plays.  No one else really stood out, but this is the way of the D.   They did allow contain to be broken a couple of times.   I did notice Williams dropping in a zone blitz look once. 

LB:  They made some plays, but again nothing really stood out.  They did seem to be late or take bad angles at times when the ball was run outside.  I am not sure about the penalty on Johnson for interference, not even sure the ball was catchable. 

DB:  They were in position most of the day as they came up with 3 ints.  They also knocked each other off of a couple of ints.  They are going to have to do a better job fighting thru the wide rec screen blocks.  They also took some bad angles on a couple of plays.
 
Penalties:  Nothing of real note here.  The only thing I will say is it looked like the Rebels got away with a hold on their first offensive play of the game.   

Special teams:   The kickoff return provided one of the best hits of the night by Perry. 

Finally:  Bama has not looked like the number one team in the country, to me, the last couple of games.  The OL has got to do a better job.  The offense as a whole has to do a better job.

Please feel free to comment.

Good Luck and Roll Tide Roll 
14 and counting

[Chechem]

Thanks, HSC.

[XBAMA]

good stuff Coach ...

yeah , take away the  Christion Jones kickoff return and the
Milliner interception for a easy score , we stunk the place up
for real , hats off to the OM staff for bringing it like they did .


welcome back Cat 

[SUPERCOACH]

Good stuff Coach.  I mentioned in another thread about AJ throwing into coverage.  He got away with one there, and the worst part is that it ending up being a touchdown.  This will only reinforce in his mind that he made a good play even though it was a very poor decision to throw that pass.  Hopefully he will see how lucky he was during film study today.  I'm sure it will be pointed out, but he may just ignore the coaches and think to himself that he made the right call since it was a TD.

[Merk]

Coach, what is your take on the OL's lack of protection on a run play and them doing a pretty good job on pass protection. Did they just get out quicked on the run plays??

[hscoach]

Coach, what is your take on the OL's lack of protection on a run play and them doing a pretty good job on pass protection. Did they just get out quicked on the run plays??

I think it is a combination of things.  One, I am not sure the O is changing up the snap count enough.  Two, I think they are trying to get to the second stage of their block instead of taking care of the beginning.  For instance, I saw, what I think, should have been a combo block between Jones and Steen.  Jones does not help and Steen's man crosses his face and beats him.  It could be stepping with he wrong foot.  I also don't think they are coming off the ball hard enough at times.  I saw Jone get blown at least once last night.

[hscoach]

One note I left off and was going to put in the Finally section.  Where is the emotion?  I only saw it a couple of times last night.

[SUPERCOACH]

I'm watching the replay right now.  Ole Miss is fired up and hitting hard.  Our guys look bored.

[Merk]

Coach, what is your take on the OL's lack of protection on a run play and them doing a pretty good job on pass protection. Did they just get out quicked on the run plays??

I think it is a combination of things.  One, I am not sure the O is changing up the snap count enough.  Two, I think they are trying to get to the second stage of their block instead of taking care of the beginning.  For instance, I saw, what I think, should have been a combo block between Jones and Steen.  Jones does not help and Steen's man crosses his face and beats him.  It could be stepping with he wrong foot.  I also don't think they are coming off the ball hard enough at times.  I saw Jone get blown at least once last night.

Thanks, Coach! 

[ricky023]

It did seem to be a boring game. To much Press has swelled some heads but a few days of 1 on 1 and 2 on 1, should help them out. I mean till their noses are bloodied. That might wake them up. One thing for sure a RB is hit 3 yds behind the LOS and his feet in the air over his head will not gain much yards. Hey, see I just figured it out. RTR!

[Old Tider]

Anybody think we'll see more no-huddle opponents after this demonstration?

[SUPERCOACH]

Anybody think we'll see more no-huddle opponents after this demonstration?

Oregon. 

[ricky023]

Maybe LSU will try something but you got thr right idea. We got tired on Defense Sat. Nite. RTR!

[bama87]

I agree. We were uninspired football and won by 19. That said, I think CNS will finally get their attention. It seems the OL has either tipped plays or stayed with the same snap count. I thought the DBS played well, but they need to do better fighting off blocks.

[BAMAWV]

Thanks as always, HSC!

The first possession, second series of downs was disastrous. DeAndrew White was injured. Kevin Norwood had a ball knocked loose on a big hit. Then Christion Jones got leveled. PUNT. It seemed to set the tone for some time (til the KO return for TD).

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