Hard to really take anything away from it. Its a 4 quarter game. UM-ALA last night both were scoreless in the 3rd. ALA scored 3 against UGA (UGA scored 3, for reference) in the 3rd qtr of SEC championship. Coincidentally, they scored 3 in the 3rd against AUB. Scoring 14 in a quarter is pretty good and well, offense wasn't really the main driver for our w-L record.
An improved & healthy OL and it'll definitely make a difference. When is the last time we had a hint of a healthy unit? Here's to the new S&C along with the new nutritionist fixing those issues!
The problem is only a continuation of what happens in the last two minutes before halftime where quite frankly BN just takes a knee with three timeouts left on the opponents 40. You just cant exlpain that away,...bad bad bad coaching to waste what is a big part of establishing momentum after halftime and getting your team fired up to play the second half. Hell Spurrier and Urban were balls to the wall with 30 seconds left before half hoping to drive a nail into the other teams heart and demoralize them... Why. the hell are we so in a hurry to go into halftime if we dont make any meaningful adjustments during that halftime? Then we come out and $hit the bed in the third quarter. It is not how you win the game...but it damn sure is how you lose one.
The quality of this class will hopefully be matched with the accolades!!! QB, RB and LB Gatorade players of the year for their states.