Washington’s defense played well. I was baffled by Kiffin’s play calling. But I am baffled every game by it. When I saw the Washington offense, I knew the Bama would eat them alive IF they did their jobs. They are so good because they are smart. They are intelligent. With a few exceptions, they are real college students. I do sometimes judge a book by its cover and have misjudged quite a few Bama players over the years. But the really good Bama players this year are the real deal as far as student athletes go. (I am not sure about Bo Scarbrough. Heh. Tonight was the first time I have heard him speak. He has had issues with grades. And he has not been given a star role.)
Kiffin is his own worst enemy calling plays. When something is working well it does not faze him in the least and he will get too cute and drives stall.
They should have run it far more today, but Kiffin loves the passing game and the razzle dazzle.
I watched the game and disappointed the Dawgs did not change its scheme coming into and during the game. The Dawgs needed to adopt some max protect schemes to give Browning time to throw the ball downfield against the weakest part of the ‘Bama defense. Instead they kept to the shotgun, 4 receiver sets with only 5 blockers and Browning got smashed with only time for dink and dunk passes.