*** Week 4 NCAA Football ***

What I've noticed is that Alabama usually allows the opponent to let their best strengths to show themselves. For example, Va Tech's strengths are (always have been) special teams and defense. I noted 4 sacks of McCarron, no run game, and they scored a special teams TD on Ala. In the A&M game, as you pointed out, the strength of their QB was plain to see. Johnny Manziel needed to pitch a perfect game, as the A&M defense had no big stops in them. A&M scored at will. When playing LSU, the Tigers' defense shines, and Bama struggles to make plays; when playing Georgia, Murray puts up great numbers...and so on. But Bama comes out on top. So Alabama does not smother anyone with dominance. They don't take away another team's strengths. I think they roll with the punches and find their own strengths to gain scoreboard.  If they played Oregon, the pattern would continue. The Ducks would roll up big numbers and make some quick under 2 min drives on Bama. The Ducks would need to make big plays on defense to get scoreboard on Bama. You have to be poised late in games, or McCarron will be fisting once again and making his 'airplanes' after TDs.. Coach Satan is hard to like, the program is paying players, but the program is fiercely defended by lawyers and fans who've already gone thru a painful death penalty from the NCAA.  Back to the point-- this allowing the opponent some kind of space to show themselves is a sign of a dismissal of the opponent. Bama was clearly uncomfortable with A&M's fast pace, and Oregon will most likely find ways to put up 40+ on Bama. I don't think Yeldon runs so easily on Oregon. So it is all on McCarron. That should be the gameplan: Make McCarron the one to beat us. THAT would be the checkmate....gameover for Alabama. 

I didn't watch the game. But what was affected by the game? TTech still covered.  The game still  went under.  Nothing seems to have been affected by the horrible calls. 

If things were truly "fishy", shouldn't the results have changed?