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Game Thread: 2016 National Championship: Alabama vs Clemson ESPN 7PM EST

Who wins?

  • Alabama

    Votes: 40 35.7%
  • Clemson

    Votes: 72 64.3%

  • Total voters
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Hook'Em0608

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Secondary has been hot garbage for years. Strangely, though Saban can recruit five-star talent nearly anywhere

... somehow doing so in the secondary eludes him.

I don't think they suck at all. Saban leaves his corners on an island and when the pass rush isn't getting there they are going to look bad. I watched Texas play this kind of defense for years when Duane Akina was our secondary coach who had complete control of the DB's. It is just the chance you take when you sell out to stop the run at all cost.
 

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Hard hit to the facemask.
 

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man he took that in the chin
 

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Watson

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It'll take a serious turn-around, some unforeseen big-play, or a defensive score to keep Bama in this one IMO.

Once I saw the D wasn't consistently getting to Watson, saw the end in sight.


Nice play for the sack, but then we see Watson run like that.
Here comes the run game.
 

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... and now the Bama offense takes the field.

Hope springs eternal
 

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Sark's lost some lbs.
 

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Bo is down


... so there goes the running game. :tsk:
 

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If that ape playing tailback goes down Alabama might have a problem.
 

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I don't think they suck at all. Saban leaves his corners on an island and when the pass rush isn't getting there they are going to look bad. I watched Texas play this kind of defense for years when Duane Akina was our secondary coach who had complete control of the DB's. It is just the chance you take when you sell out to stop the run at all cost.
Been Bud Foster's M.O. for 30 years

high risk/high reward
 
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