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What Alabama’s ugly win over South Carolina means for the Tide

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We can already see a "gut check" game coming on the road at the barn.

I hope we learn some HUGE lessons from this game, because I could see that game following this script.

The truth is, if we could have centered ourselves during the 2nd or 3rd quarters, this game is probably won by multiple scores, but we couldn't.

The coaching staff and team's job is to figure that out. Arguably, AU's defense will be tougher so I hope we learned some tangible lessons to employ in late Nov.
 
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BamaMoon said:
We can already see a "gut check" game coming on the road at the barn.

I hope we learn some HUGE lessons from this game, because I could see that game following this script.

The truth is, if we could have centered ourselves during the 2nd or 3rd quarters, this game is probably won by multiple scores, but we couldn't.

The coaching staff and team's job is to figure that out. Arguably, AU's defense will be tougher so I hope we learned some tangible lessons to employ in late Nov.
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I'm hoping with the self scouting we're doing....that we see more runs to the outside or off tackle by Jam and Hill.

More run game means less stress on Ty, better executed play action.

I hope we see more attacking gaps with the LB's instead of sitting back and seeing which gap the RB comes through.

I also hope we see a change in Ryan where he keeps his feet instead of diving or jumping when he doesn't have to.....and catches with his hands. This is less likely, may take an off season.

The OL....I hope they can do some sort of patch work to get ready for the DL's we're going to be playing soon.
 
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sanjosecrimson said:
I forget the guy's name who does a segment on ESPN, he usually brings Finebaum on for his take from Saturday's games . He said he learned more about this Alabama team with the comeback win over SC than he has the whole season thus far. I thought his assessment was right on point.
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It's probably Mike Greenberg of "Get Up". He has Finebaum on A LOT during the CFB season. But I agree, you learn a lot about a team when the chips are down and everything is going bad, not when everything is going good and you're winning by four scores.
 
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I saw a great deal of player and unit character exhibited during this game. I didn.'t see aything but one player picking up another after a screw up (a la Mbakwe's punt touch) or Ty's strip fumble. I saw the defense bow up after offensive miscues and ineffectiveness and the Offense bow up when the game was most in doubt. Ugly may describe the overall play but to my mind, this is the best as a group our team has handled adversity in the last 2 years. If they clean the play up and maintain the attitude they exhibited I could see us going far. I feel better about them than I have in a while.
 
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I saw a great deal of player and unit character exhibited during this game. I didn.'t see aything but one player picking up another after a screw up (a la Mbakwe's punt touch) or Ty's strip fumble. I saw the defense bow up after offensive miscues and ineffectiveness and the Offense bow up when the game was most in doubt. Ugly may describe the overall play but to my mind, this is the best as a group our team has handled adversity in the last 2 years. If they clean the play up and maintain the attitude they exhibited I could see us going far. I feel better about them than I have in a while.
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This group seems to like one another and is a team first. Not much lanking around going on.
 
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Yeah, it was a bad game judging by the eye. However, on the flip side, Coach and the team went on the road in a tough environment and beat a tough, unranked team. They sucked it up and made plays when they had to to pull the game out.
A game like this will do one of two things: it will ground this team like the FSU game did and they will get re-focused and work hard or things will go down hill from here.
I think they will refocus like they did after FSU. This team as a whole just seems to have the will to do so.
Could very well be a season defining game.
 
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BamaInCummingGA said:
Yeah, it was a bad game judging by the eye. However, on the flip side, Coach and the team went on the road in a tough environment and beat a tough, unranked team. They sucked it up and made plays when they had to to pull the game out.
A game like this will do one of two things: it will ground this team like the FSU game did and they will get re-focused and work hard or things will go down hill from here.
I think they will refocus like they did after FSU. This team as a whole just seems to have the will to do so.
Could very well be a season defining game.
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Greg McElroy said on his morning show that everyone was doom and gloom about Bama’s performance in his ear. And when he finally watched the game he was like “I thought this was going to be way worse” and basically said that Bama went into a Hostile environment after a meat grinder of a 4 week stretch played its C+ game and got out of there with a win and that it told him a lot about the teams character.
 
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There is a process called Red Hat...it brings in an independent opinion to review a plan and to get a completely outside perspective. It would be great if the staff brought in someone to look at our tape and then say how they would defend our offense and how they would attack our defense. I don't think there would be anything revolutionary but it would make the staff think about how to make changes to keep opponents off balance for the next crucial 4 games. Sometimes you get too close to a situation so an outside perspective can be very valuable
 
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There is a process called Red Hat...it brings in an independent opinion to review a plan and to get a completely outside perspective. It would be great if the staff brought in someone to look at our tape and then say how they would defend our offense and how they would attack our defense. I don't think there would be anything revolutionary but it would make the staff think about how to make changes to keep opponents off balance for the next crucial 4 games. Sometimes you get too close to a situation so an outside perspective can be very valuable
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I believe they already are doing that.

What's why the OC met with gruden during bye week.. and I know the last bye week they was working on some things for defense. I think the staff knows what's the issue is.. but instead of identifying it, they should be focusing on solution to fix their issues.. and I think it's simple: better execution by the players.. and coaches.
 
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It simply cannot be overlooked that we’d had the 4 game gauntlet, which ended with an emotional rivalry revenge game at home. Then you go on the road, against a really good team which due to circumstances is now playing for its postseason lives.

You can’t overstate how difficult those circumstances are. This is something neither Indiana nor Ohio State will ever face. Not saying it has anything at all to do with where either of those teams are ranked, nor how either team will fare in the playoff. Still any critique of Alabama’s performance against South Carolina has to take the above into account or it’s useless drivel.

(I mention the two Big Ten teams because I’ve seen a ton of angst from both over Alabama seemingly getting a free pass for struggling against Carolina)
 
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It is a good article and mentions the 5-game stretch, four in a row against ranked opponents. Strange, but he didn't mention the fact that 3 of the 5 were on the road. And it's tough to win on the road in the SEC.

I'd be curious as to how often this year that a road team not named Alabama won an SEC game. Anybody got any stats on that?

A few other random points:

-- Mbakwe was pure unlucky on that punt touch. Not only was his back to the ball, but he was pushed for 10 yards +/-. It should have been a penalty on USCe. Just another brick in the wall that SEC refs are horrible. But hey, Alabama gets all the calls.

-- I do love the grit and character this team has shown. And the fact that they seem to genuinely like each other. What a refreshing difference from the last 2-3 years!

-- Nine weeks into the season, I think the OL just is what it is. We're 126th out of 135 FCS teams in running success. So I'm not optimistic that the traditional downhill running game is fixable this year. I'm also more than a little concerned about Proctor's ability to even slow down OU's or the barn's rush -- and the domino effect that has to have on Simpson's nerves / psyche / jitters.

Yeah, you can scheme around it, but that necessarily involves giving up something you'd rather not do without. We have some time to develop the wrinkles, but they're band-aids, not fixes. And OU and the barn have time to develop counter-actions. The fact is Proctor isn't going to magically transform into Chris Samuels or Andre Smith or Cam Robinson over the course of 13 days.
 
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