Indiana (Sign Stealing)

[bamadwain]

That you can remember but it is not unprecedented.

Nebraska 38 Alabama 6

We were out of the Nebraska game when the ball kicked off!

 

[92tide]

Opposing teams didn’t have to worry about stealing Bama’s signs when the offense has been largely one dimensional for the last three years, with no consistent run game outside of Milroe scrambling.

be fair now, we had nearly an infinite number of ways to run the ball into defenders

 

[rolltide7854]

Oh yeah, athletes (no matter the age) are highly competitive and most of the time if you've got a set of truly good young athletes, they'll come up with their own "sign stealing system" to help each other without the coach even knowing it. My 12U team has done that this spring. I literally have not told, practiced, or encouraged any of my players to steal signs. However, they are now reaching that age where they are going into puberty and their minds are developing along with their bodies. So, they are coming up with their own ideas and strategies to get an edge. I applaud it. It means they are thinking for themselves, which is what every coach of any youth baseball team should want.

This group right here, LOL!, is a highly, highly competitive group. These little savages will steal your signs, your wives, daughters and your girlfriends. Be careful! LOL!

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I miss those days; my son is 37 now.

 

[92tide]

That you can remember but it is not unprecedented.

Nebraska 38 Alabama 6

i broke my collar bone during that game doing 2 1/2 year old running around the house stuff and saved my dad the humiliation of having to watch all of it

 

[AlexanderFan]

i broke my collar bone during that game doing 2 1/2 year old running around the house stuff and saved my dad the humiliation of having to watch all of it

TEAM PLAYER!

 

[OconeeTide]

I might be a tad miffed about this if the game was close, or we had a remotely healthy starting QB at that point in the season.


But we didn't.
On the bright side i feel like it kind of forced CKD to augment his approach to the program.

 

[oldtimetider]

That you can remember but it is not unprecedented.

Nebraska 38 Alabama 6

Yep... That one was ugly!

 

[davefrat]

That you can remember but it is not unprecedented.

Nebraska 38 Alabama 6

I was 2 years old for that one.

 

[BamaMoon]

I might be a tad miffed about this if the game was close, or we had a remotely healthy starting QB at that point in the season.


But we didn't.
On the bright side i feel like it kind of forced CKD to augment his approach to the program.

That's a great point. A loss like that makes you look in the mirror.

All great coaches tweak their philosophies. Coach Bryant did it in the 70's when he implemented the wishbone. Coach Saban did it when he brought in Lane and started recruiting game changing QBs. On the basketball side, I think we are seeing CNO make a philosophy change to bulk up and get bigger with guys that will impact defense and rebounding!

If this loss solidified CKD's decision to understand what we need to avoid these type of losses, it will be worth it in the long run!

 

[Joefus]

I by no means think we had a championship team at any point of the season but that still doesn’t mean we can’t hate Indiana for being slimy

 

[rolltide7854]

I was 2 years old for that one.

I was 16, I had to drive to my uncle's to watch the game because my little sister pitched a fit because she wanted to watch cartoons. By the time I got there it was already 14-0.

 

[countrytider]

This reflects poorly on the Staff and especially Wommack.

I mean they knew IU did this but didn’t do anything about it before playing them?

That makes our staff sound like lazy morons and whiners to boot.

Hopefully this is pure gossip and more inaccurate than accurate.

I wouldn’t knowingly post gossip. I know the rules. This is what Wommack told my friend directly.

He didn’t use it as a reason for us getting physically whipped. More so as a reason for the outlier of a season the ended with Indiana as National Champions.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Ignoring the final score for a second.....With the exception of one really important line, the stats of the Alabama - Nebraska game were actually pretty even.


The big bugaboo was turnovers. Not only did we have four turnovers (plus three other fumbles that we recovered) to their two, ours happened in really bad parts of the field -- deep in our own territory, giving the Huskers a super-short field, or deep in the Huskers territory, costing us points. Plus, we gave up a NOT in the form of a long punt return.

Now, if Nebraska had had a longer field, they might have just piled up more yards and scored anyway. But we were doing OK when we weren't busy turning the ball over.

As opposed to the Indiana game where we weren't even close to competitive. Got dope-slapped in every aspect of that game:



So yes, the scores were similar. The methods by which we lost were entirely different.