From: chad@chad.b11.ingr.com (Chad McGuire)
Subject: Re: Alabama vs La. Tech
Organization: Workstation Nucleus Support, Intergraph Corp.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:40:54 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.171612.29246@b11.b11.ingr.com>, ryan@aladdin.b11.ingr.com (Ryan Waldron) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep29.144333.5968@b23a.b23a.ingr.com>, rusty@b23a.b23a.ingr.com (Rusty Puckett) writes:
|> |>
|> |> Alabama's offense isn't that bad, even without the deuce.
|> 
|> No, I think it would be more accurate to say that Bama's offense is
|> still anemic, even with the Deuce.  The offense scored enough points to
|> win the game by themselves (I think Bama's defense could have kept Tech
|> out of the endzone for the whole 60 minutes), but Palmer's return did
|> not help the offense much.  And with the exception of the Arkansas game,
|> the offense has been almost completely pathetic.


TOTAL AGREEMENT here.  I don't understand Alabama's offensive philosophy.
I can only hope that Mal Moore is just holding back on his play calling.
We ran a couple of tosses to Palmer and then a reverse off of it (we ran
that from the wrong formation according to Coach Stallings).  We did a 
bootleg rollout one time and completed a pass for 10-15yds.  Other than
those few plays, EVERYTHING is too predictable.

Anytime it is 3rd or 4th and short you can bet your bottom dollar on
Martin Houston up the middle.  He got stopped twice if I remember correctly
this past Sat.

And how many balls did Curtis Brown drop, geez.

No blocking, dropping passes, penalties, predictable play-calling,...
who do you blame it on?


|> 
|> |> A replay of that runback shows an illegal block (in the back of a Tech
|> |> defender) that would have  had a better shot at Palmer.
|> 
|> I have to admit, I missed that.  Who had the illegal block (what number),
|> and where in the runback did it occur?  I want to go back and take a look
|> at it.


Say huh!  I was at the game and saw the replay several times and I didn't 
see any illegal block.  I could have missed it however.


|> 
|> |> Also, don't forget that La Tech's defense is also one of the best in
|> |> the nation.
|> 
|> They're certainly big and fast, and they hit hard.  I've heard from
|> several sources that they're a highly-ranked defense.  Does anyone have
|> any numbers or stats on them, or where they rank defensively among I-A
|> schools?


They were a fast hard-hitting bunch.  They did not overcommit, but
found the ball and swarmed.  Their linebackers and db's were very
similar to Bama's.  I just don't think they had the depth we did.
As for stat's, the one that stands out to me is that La. Tech's defense
had only allowed 3 Offensive TDs in 3 games.  And, after this past Sat,
you can make it 4.  We never got inside their 10yd line.  Tech is
gonna give some other teams some big problems.  They have 18 Seniors
that start.  But, that still doesn't totally explain Bams's offense.

What do some of the other Tide fans think about Mal's offensive genius,
Jim Thomas, Guy McConnell,...?

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