and here's why.....
Outside of LSU, who has one of the worst defenses in the conference (you can also make an argument for Vandy or UF), the best YPC number in any game by Bama this year is 4.5 vs. Mississippi State.
That's better than MSU's overall average of 4.1 given up by their defense to the rest of the conference, but that's not some kind of murder ball number that makes you think of 1995 Nebraska.
Cubelic and McElroy yesterday were downplaying our running game. "Their Oline doesn't really move anybody. These last three games, those stats are blown up by bad run fits, etc." This may be where the film trumps the analytics, but I just don't see it. IYAM, glad we played Tech before this game. They've been better than Bama at running the football all year. They have the fifth best YPC among P5 teams in the country in P5 games. Think we'll be ready. Probably a lot of teachable moments from that game and we got some good medicine from the tape doctor in the film room.
Outside of LSU, who has one of the worst defenses in the conference (you can also make an argument for Vandy or UF), the best YPC number in any game by Bama this year is 4.5 vs. Mississippi State.
That's better than MSU's overall average of 4.1 given up by their defense to the rest of the conference, but that's not some kind of murder ball number that makes you think of 1995 Nebraska.
Cubelic and McElroy yesterday were downplaying our running game. "Their Oline doesn't really move anybody. These last three games, those stats are blown up by bad run fits, etc." This may be where the film trumps the analytics, but I just don't see it. IYAM, glad we played Tech before this game. They've been better than Bama at running the football all year. They have the fifth best YPC among P5 teams in the country in P5 games. Think we'll be ready. Probably a lot of teachable moments from that game and we got some good medicine from the tape doctor in the film room.
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