I thought tonight was suppose to be the BCS national title game between the # 1 ranked Notre Dame and # 2 Alabama. Alabama just proved to everyone that the SEC football conference is the best in college football and they manhandled Notre Dame from the opening kickoff. There was speculation that Alabama didnt show enough effort through out the week in practice. The Seniors on the Alabama team took the leading role in getting the teams mindset back into focus for the game that they dream about playing from when they are little kids. Alabamas offensive line who has mostly seniors played an incredible game in pushing the defensive team of Notre Dame who has three players who will play in the NFL. Notre Dame had missed so many tackles in which lead to Alabama scoring 42 points. Notre Dame tried to do something that they shouldnt have and that was to have there quaterback Gholston do everything for them on offense. Notre Dame has good enough players at there Wide Recievers and at Running Back positions. They should have tried to mix up the play calling instead of running almost the same plays over and over. Also i think it was crazy for them to continue on throwing to the right side of the field who Notre Dame had thought they had the advantage against Alabamas best cornerback which he shut down there best reciever.
Notre Dame's defense had shut down teams during the year but tonight was the first time of them giving up more the 70 plus yards in which lead the opponent of scoring a touchdown. They need to improve tremendously in thier secondary because they looked lost and confused in who they had to cover which lead to big pass plays for the Crimson Tide. Coach Brian Kelly of Notre Dame needs to not worry about his offense as much as he does. This off season he needs to look into possibly recruting more of a defensive minset of a team especially in the secondary. The one person that will be hard to replace is Manti Teo who was the heart and soul of the team. He is a truly classy player and student on and off the field. The reason i keep talking about why Notre Dame defense needs to improve is because they gave up a total of alittle over 500 plus yards.
What is scary about this Alabama team is that most of thier players will be returning next year and have the chance to go for a third straight National Title. I think teams really need to look at the Texas A&M film in how they beat the Crimson Tide. Both Running backs Eddie Lacey and T.J. Yeldon had both combined for having a 100 plus yards in rushing. This was an impressive performance by both running backs. This begins the speculation if the coaches poll made the correct decision in selecting Notre Dame as the opponent against Alabma. I think they made the wrong choice and should have selected Oregon. Oregon i believe would have gave a better effort in trying to win this huge game. This is another reason in why we need to have a playoff system in college football because it seems they keep screwing up in the team they choose as either number one or number two. This was an incredible season of college football that had tremendous upsets, teams that shocked alot of people, and many coaches either leaving or being fired. Next Year i think many teams are going to improve more and we will start to see these schools who really dont know continue to grow and show why they belong.
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