And they play really tough, physical defensive football.
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The Alabama Crimson Tide got their defense of their national Championship off in style with a dominating 52-6 win over USC in Arlington, Texas.
After entering the game on the third offensive series, Hurts got Alabama’s offense on track. But Saban has shown an eagerness to assemble as much coaching talent as he can. Did our offense look as good as it should’ve?
“Bad first quarter”, said offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. “But there were also some very encouraging things that these guys did”. They did a good job. He trusts the organization he’s set up at Alabama, which is as robust and as clearly defined a structure as you’ll find in college football. “Or is that one of those hypothetical questions that ya’ll like to ask?”, Saban said. Will Blake continue to start and Jalen come in for a change of pace?
Hurts completed 6 of 11 passes for 118 yards. We’re talking two 3,000-yard passers, two SEC titles, a Heisman Trophy victor and a national championship. Unlike graduate assistants, analysts aren’t permitted to be involved in any on-field coaching, including at practice, though their roles inside the building, in meetings and during game-week preparations are just as vital. While the Tide had some explosive runs, there was alot of inconsistency in the running game in the first half. Actually, that was true after just one year, as he was nominated right away for the Broyles Award, given to the country’s top assistant. The Tide play at Ole Miss on September 17, and the Rebels are riding a two-game winning streak against Alabama in what figures to be a key SEC West battle. Freshman Joshua Jacobs had 4 carries for 20 yards and highly touted freshman BJ Emmons had 6 carries for 18 yards. It was encouraging that both players played better as they played in the game, which should be expected of freshmen.
Of course, Saban was still far from completely satisfied after improving to 10-0 in season openers at Bama. Alabama is too talented and deep at receiver. “If I learned one thing from tonight, it’s how insane momentum plays a role in these type of games”. OJ Howard had 3 receptions for 39 yards.
Bo Scarbrough ran for a touchdown from two yards out and Barnett hit Gehrig Dieter for or a 45-yeard score.
Junior Cooper Bateman played late in the game and went 1-for-1 for five yards in mop up duty.
The offensive line had mixed results.
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“A lot of maturity out of him”, said center Bradley Bozeman. Even though the Tide were favored some had though the Trojans could pull off the upset.
