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Title: Hurt: Defense carrying Alabama Post by: pmull on November 13, 2011, 09:29:25 AM Alabama is 9-1 and is by no means out of the BCS Championship conversation after Saturday's events, but the Crimson Tide is doing it almost entirely with one championship component - the defense - and one dimension, at best, on offense.
The Crimson Tide defense is virtually impregnable at this point. The debate about where this defense compares to the great units of the modern era, 1979 or 1992, 2005 or 2009, still has to wait until the end of the year before it is settled. However, this year's unit is compiling some compelling evidence to support its case. Consider the raw numbers against MSU. No, the Bulldogs are not a great offense, but UA held them to just 131 yards - 50 yards worse than their previous low output under Dan Mullen. When the game was still a game, in the first half, MSU returned an interception to the Alabama 4-yard line and got no points. That is defense. http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1292864 |