****Official Bama vs. Penn State Postgame Thread****

[92tide]

First, I haven't looked at my recording, but, going on memory, when TR was in, they walked the LBs up until they were practically on the LOS. You can't ask an OL to block two men. It was as if they were certain we would run and dared us to pass. When EL was in, there was a lot more space and a more normal defensive formation. It was if they weren't so certain we'd run with EL. I don't think they realized that TR is #1 and EL is #1A - there's not much drop-off at all, if any.

it seems like i saw the same with ingram last year. d's keyed on him when he was in the game. also. i like the 1-2 punch that lacy gives us

 

[TIDE-HSV]

it seems like i saw the same with ingram last year. d's keyed on him when he was in the game. also. i like the 1-2 punch that lacy gives us

I couldn't believe how seldom we went for the edges, given TR's speed. I hope we're just saving that for later...

 

[trenda]

I couldn't believe how seldom we went for the edges, given TR's speed. I hope we're just saving that for later...

I hope we're saving it for later as well; but, if I remember correctly, it seems that we didn't hit the edges much last season either.

 

[BamaJeff]

Congratulation to the Alabama football team and their fans. It was a great day, the weather was awesome and Penn State got beat by a superior football team. It’s as simple as that. Out played and out coached. Good luck the rest of the season.

Roll Tide Roll

Thank you. The PSU fans are great. A cut above any other group of fans that we will encounter. Good luck the rest of the way.

 

[Tide Warrior]

Congratulation to the Alabama football team and their fans. It was a great day, the weather was awesome and Penn State got beat by a superior football team. It’s as simple as that. Out played and out coached. Good luck the rest of the season.

Roll Tide Roll

Good luck to PSU also the rest of the season and I would not be surprised to see them as Big 10 champs.

 

[Rolltide_PA]

a big TY to psu fans. they were all terrific and certainly come out to support the nittany lions.

really only a half decent qb away from being a big 10 title contender

 

[coUrAgeWins]

I couldn't believe how seldom we went for the edges, given TR's speed. I hope we're just saving that for later...

Earle,

I kept saying the exact same thing during the game. Getting to the edge against better SEC teams usually doesn't go so well. But most of the PSU D isn't running at that same speed.I think we could have hit a few more 10+ runs by hitting the edges.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

We played with tremendous effort all day. Can't ask for more than that.

AJ passed his first test in a very hostile environment. He will improve each week and looks very capable.

Oline played well but SEC D-lines will present more problems.

Vanilla play calling seemed by design. No problems from my view. We knew we could wear them out/ let AJ feel comfy.

Don't know why we kick off to the 10 yard line everytime (although coverage was excellent) by design?

Punting will get us beat unless it improves.

PSU fans are GREAT What a wonderful series. Hope they win the rest....

 

[deliveryman35]

Overall, I was very satisified and even though this was not a vintage Penn State team, it was still a quality/signifcant win in my book. Our players executed the game plan, no turnovers, complete domination, and showed improvement from week 1. The team obviously has areas of opportunity to improve, but I've got confidence in our coaching staff to address those issues. As others have alluded to, I think we've barely cracked open the playbook and have kept the playcalling ultraconservative to this point on purpose. IF all we're calling is "johnny up the middle" or straight drop back pass plays once we get into the Arky and UF games, I'll get concerned, but until then I'm not worried at all. I think all that has been by design.

 

[CrimsonProf]

Really pleased with the way that AJ spread the ball around.

Passes to Maze, Williams, Underwood, Bell, Smelley, Gibson and Norwood.

Dumpoffs to Lacy and Trent.

I'm as anxious as everyone else to get the Carter situation resolved and welcome Hanks back to the fold, but our QB is moving the ball around to plenty of receivers, and he's threading a very tight needle. I'm happy with that.

 

[ccc2259]

Great game. PSU really, really knows how to host a football game. Electric atmosphere, super cool white-out choreography, extremely loud and enthusiastic student section, spine-tingling fly-over, moving half-time remembrance of 9-11, and the classiest fans I've ever encountered anywhere. A game experience I'll never forget.

 

[EscaTider]

One thing in regards to the broadcast- Other than a few homer moments by Blackledge, I thought the broadcast team of Nessler/Blackledge was solid. I would go as far as to say they are the most professional duo out there right now. They certainly trump Mussberger/Herbie and Verne/Danielson, though Danielson is solid, IMHO.

 

[deliveryman35]

One thing in regards to the broadcast- Other than a few homer moments by Blackledge, I thought the broadcast team of Nessler/Blackledge was solid. I would go as far as to say they are the most professional duo out there right now. They certainly trump Mussberger/Herbie and Verne/Danielson, though Danielson is solid, IMHO.

I agree, and happen to think that Brad Nessler is the best play-by-play guy in the biz right now.

 

[2bseen]

We just got back home and I saw a couple of things. Looks like the d lineman are not getting the push or pressure on the qb they you should with a top d. The Psu qb got hit but mostly by lbs. Psu linebackers looked almost like they knew the snap count. They are fast off the snap. The middle of ol still needs some work but were alot better. Aj did what he should, no mistakes. We meet lots of Psu fans and all but a couple were great. Very classy fans. Thanks.

 

[WMack4Bama]

We just got back home and I saw a couple of things. Looks like the d lineman are not getting the push or pressure on the qb they you should with a top d. The Psu qb got hit but mostly by lbs. Psu linebackers looked almost like they knew the snap count. They are fast off the snap. The middle of ol still needs some work but were alot better. Aj did what he should, no mistakes. We meet lots of Psu fans and all but a couple were great. Very classy fans. Thanks.

That's all I'm saying

 

[2bseen]

Oh forgot to add can we please get a punter. It was loud and they put pressure on almost every punt but still..

 

[lincoln_osiris]

We just got back home and I saw a couple of things. Looks like the d lineman are not getting the push or pressure on the qb they you should with a top d. The Psu qb got hit but mostly by lbs. Psu linebackers looked almost like they knew the snap count. They are fast off the snap. The middle of ol still needs some work but were alot better. Aj did what he should, no mistakes. We meet lots of Psu fans and all but a couple were great. Very classy fans. Thanks.

That's all I'm saying

Our defense isn't exactly made for d-lineman to hit the QB. It sets up multiple looks and overloads with pressure coming from linebackers and DBs from all over the field.

 

[Florida Tom]

If you did not enjoy this game you don't like college football it show all the good from both sides. I think we had 1 PF for a face mask but it was far from the Dirt we watched from other teams. So much talent & it appears they have the Heart to go with it.

 

[DownUnder]

I know of this great island country where they have plenty of strong-legged kids who can punt the ball...

 

[Al A Bama]

PSU's defense & their punter/special teams will help them win some games in the Big 10, I was underwhelmed with their offense but honestly our defense had a lot to do with the way they played.
As for Bama, right now I still see some issues on our team, mainly oline and special teams (we need some help in the kicking game.)
But overall impressed with McCarron and the poise he played with today, took some risks early but it worked. Some of those passes may not work against an SEC defense though. Our running backs & defense are as good as advertised. Just need some stick-um on the secondary to haul in some of those picks, lol. I do think once our offense gets clicking/irons out some of those snafoos, we're gonna be very good all around.
Really nice win on the road in a loud stadium against a pretty good team. I'll take it.

I'm very happy that they did it, but I think it was a very BIG mistake for Penn State to ROTATE their QB's. There was NO continuity in their offense as a result of the way they rotated. If they had kept in their first QB, the game may have been a lot closer.

I noticed several teams on TV yesterday that have kickoff specialist who can put the ball in or beyond the end-zone. Bama needs this kind of kick-off to help prevent runbacks. It looked like all of our kickoffs were between the 5 and 10 yard lines. That gives the receiving team a GREAT chance to break a big run-back! It's great to have a former high school linebacker as a kick-off specialist, but I wish he could strengthen that leg so he can really put the ball at least 10 yards farther.

AJ McCarron? I was disappointed in the number of tipped passes in the backfield. I'm glad that none were intercepted and run back. Now, he did play with poise. But this can't keep happening. I know this was an OLine problem, but some of this was AJ's fault also!

Penn State looked like they had been in the weight room in the off-season determined to improve.

One other thought: I like and respect JoePa, but it's time to go Joe. He is hurting the Penn State program! Now, I'm glad he is the coach and he has never beaten Coach Saban (at MSU or Alabama), but a head coach needs to be able to be on the sideline to get in some faces when things are not going as expected by the coaching staff. It would be and is dangerous for that OLD-timer to be on the sideline.

One question: while in the press box yesterday, I did NOT see him put on his glasses until the close to the end of the game. Does he wear CONTACTS?

Roll Tide Roll!!!!!!!