BlueChip's Defensive Matchup vs Alabama - Maybe a Reason to Have Hope

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#27
Maybe just a little bit of homerism in the breakdown. I would love for that prediction to play out but I gotta see it to believe it that we can beat Alabama on the road.
 
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#29
vavolfan6 said:
I thought this video did a great job in making a case for our defense matching up stylistically vs Bama's offense. There are some unique perspectives that I haven't read anywhere else.



Key takeaways:

Bama doesn't do much misdirection, which is what causes confusion in our defense. Most of their run game is inside which is good for our LBs. Overall a very simple run scheme that is 101st in the nation.

Most of Bama's passing game is deep outside the numbers. Not alot of checkdowns. Not alot of complex routes..

Bama's OLine isn't that great at pass protection. They hold on to the football as they attempt to go down the field alot. On the other hand, we are healthy on the DLine and #1 in country in sacks.

Bama's WRs aren't physically very big. Our DBs are bigger. Jam Miller is more of a bowling ball thst isn't going to kill you with speed.

BlueChip expects us to run alot of quarter and Cover-0 defense which is what Simpson struggles against. This is becuase Bama's offense likes to throw outside. So if we take those guys inside and bring pressure it causes problems. As long as we stay away from Cover 2 and Cover 1, which is what Simpson excels against, we should matchup well.
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Some of that is true. Some of it I don't believe is.

Bama doesn't do much misdirection in their run game, but they still run a ton of motion pre-snap, which has caused issues with our defense.

Alabama doesn't do a lot of "pure checkdowns" but they still run a ton of stuff short. There is a reason they have an elite passing game without a ton of yards. Alabama is 7th in the country in passing success rate but 30th in yards per dropback.

Alabama has pretty good size. Horton is 6'4/215. Bernard is 6'1/205. Cuevas is 6'3/256. Williams is skinny but still 6'0.

We haven't run any Cover-0 since the Georgia game. And while Bama likes to throw outside, they also absolutely will attack between the numbers for short yardage games. It's why they are so good at converting on third down.
 
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