Alabama: The Good, The Bad

[tadman95]

I'm glad it's Alabama. Any other team would lead to excuses if ND wins. Got to take the belt from the champs.

[kuehnja]

Brian Hamilton‏@ChiTribHamilton

#Alabama coach Nick Saban on #NotreDame: "I'm not going to get ready to play them until we start practicing. So I've got a couple weeks."

[Dizzyphil]

Better protect the ball, Alabama is going to go for the strip every time someone is gang-tackled. Every time more than two people was making a tackle a safety or DB was in there just trying to strip the ball.

GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diz

[Rocky2820]

I don't want to hear any crap about how much better Bama supposedly is than ND, and I also don't want to hear how we're going to beat the crap out of Bama. For the most part, these two teams match up well and it should be a pretty close game one way or the other.

The biggest advantage Bama will have is experience in this kind of game. This is why I'll gladly settle for a tied game after the first quarter. By that point our guys will be settled in and it'll just be football.

We can play with them, and they can play with us. Can't wait.

[kuehnja]

Brian Hamilton‏@ChiTribHamilton

#Alabama coach Nick Saban on BCS title game vs. #NotreDame: "I don't even know what the date of the game is."


I hate Saban.

Minimizing negative plays will be huge for us. Their DL could get a lot of TFLs on us.

[Rocky2820]

Originally Posted by kuehnja

Brian Hamilton‏@ChiTribHamilton

#Alabama coach Nick Saban on #NotreDame: "I'm not going to get ready to play them until we start practicing. So I've got a couple weeks."

He's so full of crap. Rest assured that the full gameplan will be developed over the next two weeks.

[Woneone]

Originally Posted by kuehnja

Brian Hamilton‏@ChiTribHamilton

#Alabama coach Nick Saban on BCS title game vs. #NotreDame: "I don't even know what the date of the game is."


I hate Saban.

Minimizing negative plays will be huge for us. Their DL could get a lot of TFLs on us.

Why do you think that?

I wasn't too impressed with their DL. I don't remember them getting any pressure without stunting.

Their LB's filled in gaps well, but, again, they were shoddy in pass defense.

I think we'll a few points when we get the ball. I'm just worried, as others have stated, that they'll wear down our D-Line.

Although, Georiga's run D just stinks. Does anyone know how big their linebackers are? They looked really, really small. I don't think Alabama will be able to go for 3-4-5 yards after contact against Carlo and Manti. EDIT: The linebackers of Georgia (that wasnt very clear when I reread it).

I think we'll keep it really close if we limit Yards after contact by they RBs, and I think we're a team, much like LSU, that can do that.