The Alabama coaching staff IMO had no reason to show the offensive hand. Alabama gained a lead early off of special teams play, then scored an offensive touchdown, and gained a 14 point lead on the Sunseri INT for a TD. The play calling was plain vanilla on purpose. They could have exploited the 9 men in the box D that VT was running but IMO chose not to because of our next opponent TAM. Our offensive look will look a lot different next game and I think the tide will be a lot more motivated.

If your being criticized after a 25 point win your doing something right

I hope the big o guys get better.we didnt really shine on that side of the ball.

It's amazing how much this game was like the western Kentucky game last year. Bama had exactly 100 yards rushing and AJ got sacked 7 times. They actually moved the ball on us alot better than VT but they kept turning It over and giving Alabama a short field. It was a real stinker of a football game just like Saturday night and the score ended up being 35-0 I think with both teams looking terrible.

Same guys that are crying now were crying then about how how Stoutland sux, no way we can beat so and so , and DJ Fluker has no business playing D1 football. That team ended up doing ok.
I can't for the life of me figure out why somebody who is an Alabama fan whose been thru the Shula and DuBose years wants to bitch and complain and yell woe is me rather than enjoy the success Alabama is having right now.

Va Tech had 59 plays not counting FGs or punts. They had 4 plays that went for 10 or more yards. Bama held them for 3 or less yards 47 plays, including 29 for 0 or less yards.

Yeah I think this year's defense will be better than last years. They are more athletic. As long as ivory and lake can shut down the run against the power teams we play like Williams and Cody have in years past I think this defense will be maybe even as good as the 2011 defense.

I agree. My biggest concern was Cooper dropping 3 balls and Howard dropping one. If those balls are caught AJ ends up with over 200 yards passing and it's even more of a blowout. The corners were beat a couple times but hopefully having Geno back will help if he's sober enough to play. A 25 point win against a Beamer coached team doesn't happen a lot.

Frank Beamer said about the game "We played one of the best defensive games we've ever played around here"
When Beamer says something like that it carries some weight as far as I'm concerned.

I watched the game again this morning. VT was blitzing and there were no adjustments, no crossing routes, no slants and one screen. Only thing I can tell is that they were content with just forcing the offense to fight the blitz. They must have thought that the lead was enough and they were going to work on some things is all I can tell.

Isn't that the truth!

Heard on the round table yesterday that the bama oline said vt came out in some fronts they had never seen before and ran a lot of stunt that they hadn't seen on film. Sounds like the tech dc did his homework and came out with a good plan. Their oc on the other hand...didn't.