Did anyone notice the sideline reporter talking about Bama having all the latest technology on the sidelines.  She said something to the effect that this was the first time she has ever seen players getting oxygen during a game.   Where has she been?  Duh, the players also don't wear leather helmets these days.

 

Yep, it was ugly and messy in the stadium, and I'm not talking about the weather.

The cameras had a hard time finding Georgia's bulldog.

"A thousand miles away from home, waiting for a train."  Jimmy Rodgers

Sorry, but the police missed it and it is not reviewable.  Move along.

What is the rule on the linemen.  If all the linemen, covered and uncovered, give the run key, but stop at 3 yds downfield, is that a legal play or not.  I am not sure how it is written.

Thanks, SC.  We are in total agreement.

 
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Question, is the lineman uncovered?  If so, releasing up the field gives the safety a run read key.  If he is giving a pass key he usually doesn't go up field.  Another reason this is a problem because team are exploiting it and getting away with  it.  The real problem here was the 5 turnovers.  Bama could have survived this play if not for the 5 turnovers 4 of which led to points.
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Oh, no argument there, but i was only reveiwing 1 play.  Bama has to learn to deal with the linemen giving "run" keys on these plays.  Looks like the refs are not prepared to call it on a consistent basis.  We need to learn to defend it, and we should run that type play a couple of times a game.  If it is so hard to defend, we can put the shoe on the other foot.

I agree, but  if you freeze the frames, you will see that they read "run" before the linemen had advanced past 3 yds downfield.  The CB probably should have taken the run, with the safety sliding over to take the receiver.  I don't know which way Bama teaches it, but I sure wish we would figure it out soon.

It is not a moot point.  The refs missed it, they should have called it, we can't get that back.  My point is, we have some things to work on, and the results of the play would have been the same even if the linemen had stopped advancing at 3 yds downfield.

All this attention has been given to the Ole Miss"pop pass" and most people have not even looked at the play very closely. The deception by Ole Miss was not the problem.  The CB on the play released the receiver when the quarterback was about 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage, and when the offensive linemen were approximately 3 yards down field.  The safety had already given up on the pass at this same point, leaving the receiver wide open  So the CB was beaten by the receiver, and ignored by the safety, before the deception by the linemen and the quarterback.  The receiver ran an out and down pattern, and did not appear to be faking a block on the DB.  It is true that the linemen were about 5 yards down field when the pass was thrown, and the ref should have flagged Ole Miss for linemen downfield.  But, the cause of the problem was that the DB and the safety made the wrong decision on defending the run too early.

The problem for Bama started when our left DE lost containment on the QB.  He was not blocked, and lost containment by taking a small step on the fake to the RB, allowing the QB to get outside and having his choice of picking up the first down, or throwing later, when the receiver was well behind our DB's.

This is not to bash anyone for their play, just saying that most people are focusing on the wrong reason for giving up that critical TD.

Go back and watch the video of the play, and freeze-frame it and you will see when the wrong decision was made.

The only thing the videos proved was that JH is flabby, slow, and needs some sun.

The women were yelling, "PUT IT ON!!"

A nigh for a nigh.

After watching this video, I can't imagine that there is a top high school BB recruit that would not want to sit down and talk to AJ, or play for him.  He is one of the few people that I have listened to that makes NBA analysis interesting.  Great knowledge, very articulate, very disarming with that grin, and he has "Been There, Done That" when it relates to the NBA.  And that is where the high profile recruits dream of being.  This is a great recruiting video, and it is out there right now doing its job.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtW3nqYlnC4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtW3nqYlnC4</a>&feature=youtu.be

I kinda figured you would dig this one out of the vault.  Looks like you nailed it early.

I feel bad for the girl, and for JT and his family.  He has taken a major step backwards.  I hope he finds some help before something worse happens.