No, not even close. It was common knowledge going into the game that Bama had the best front 7 in the nation, but had a suspect secondary. The game plan should have been throw throw and throw some more. Then when Bama expected pass slip in some runs. However I don't blame Miles for trying to run early. I do blame him for sticking with it after the entire world saw that it wasn't going to work.
If you gave Saban and Miles the same exact players, Saban would win 9 out of every 10 games played. He knows how to adjust to the strengths and weaknesses of his players and his opponents. Miles might find an acorn every decade if he is lucky.
The only way you get the run going is to throw the ball successfully, or try to run traps and counters, zone read with the QB. We throw a ball to Fournette that was wide open and we never try it again. Insanity
He finished 6 of 19 with one of those being a hail mary and you wonder why we didn't throw more? Really?
They definitely didn't do it all night, but what you don't see when they lined up 7 in the box was Eddie Jackson flying in at the last minute to add 8. They did that a lot and just about everytime LSU lined up in I.
If you're still having to explain this after watching groundhog day 5, it's a pointless discussion. we are still dissecting the trivial when it's really about the macroscopic view.
How many of those were 1 receiver routes? The coaching staff did the players ZERO favors with the play calling.
