Saban is BANKING on Tyrann being over-aggressive. Saban hates smack. Tyrann is the KING of smack. He's also very aggressive. I guarantee that Saban has a stop and go route planned for the 3rd or 4th quarter JUST for Tyrann. He's banking on it. I saw Saban interviewed last night and I think Fowler asked him something about the 4th and 1 end around last year. Saban stated something like in a game like this you have to take some shots several times a game. Ole Saban is learning from Miles and realizes that you have to go above and beyond your normal game play to win these types of games. It's gong to be a great one. Hopefully our boys come out on top.
Stop and go only works if you get him to jump the route, and I don't know how much of that he's done this year. Mathieu's only real problem I've seen so far is going for the strip and giving up yards after contact instead of making the tackle.
Saban has players that talk smack before and during games just like every coach does. Our 2003 team made it an art form.
Remember the Fl game where TM7 baited the Fl QB then took what he wanted? Sometimes things aren't what they seem. :geaux:
