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Alabama By the Numbers: Points Off Turnovers
The consensus concerning turnovers is that they are bad when you commit them and great when you get them. The more difficult question is how can you measure their impact? Coach Saban's answer to this is to itemize every one of Alabama's turnovers -- both those gained and lost -- then examine the...
Alabama By the Numbers: Fumbles
Lou Holtz once explained that fumbling the football was something that could be avoided simply by following the correct procedure. And what, exactly, did that entail? "You take the ball, you put it in the proper position and then you squeeze the ball until you hear the ball go, 'Pssshhhh.' And...
Alabama By the Numbers: Turnover Margin
The common metric to measure turnovers in college football is ye olde Turnover Margin. Count up how many fumbles and interceptions your team made, subtract the ones you lost and divide by games played and VOILA! Statistical goodness! Obviously, there are a number of issues with the data and even...
Alabama by the Numbers: Offensive and Defensive Balance
Yesterday we touched on the importance of balance in the Crimson Tide offense and, earlier this week, we went into a dramatic amount of detail in explaining how dominant the Alabama defense was this season. What is probably most overlooked about this team is how these two aspects of the game...
Alabama by the Numbers: The Crimson Tide Offensive Production
Given the jaw-dropping dominance of Alabama's defense this season, it was often easy to overlook (or, more likely, undervalue) the performance of the Crimson Tide offense. The fact is, they were pretty damn good and a hell of a lot better than the "mediocre" label most outside observers seemed...
Alabama by the Numbers: Opponent Offensive Production
Over the past two days we've looked at how the 2011 National Champion Crimson Tide's defense has matched up historically against other programs and past Alabama squads. Today we'll did a little deeper into the details of what this year's squad was able to accomplish by breaking down what opposing...
Alabama by the Numbers: Total Defense
Yesterday we took a look at the scoring defense that was the foundation of the Alabama Crimson Tide's 2011 National Championship campaign. Today we'll look at how this unit's overall defensive numbers stack up against against the competition and their historical predecessors. Last season Alabama...
Alabama by the Numbers: Scoring Defense
The 2011 National Champion Crimson Tide built its reputation on defense. When the final whistle blew on Jan. 9 in the Superdome concluding season, Alabama led the nation in rushing defense, passing defense, total defense and scoring defense. This Alabama defense, according to ESPN's Brad Edwards,...
Alabama By the Numbers: The Overview
One of the reasons for Alabama's success under Coach Saban has to do with his philosophy toward the game. First of all, he has one. There is a logic to his approach that runs through every level of the program. We have come to call this "The Process" but it's worth remembering that it actually...
Alabama By the Numbers: Sizing Up the Defensive Front Seven
A few years back, the folks over at Tomahawk Nation came up with a startlingly simple yet powerful insight about modern defenses - the bigger they are, the more successful they tend to be. Well, the insight itself wasn't revolutionary but they took the time to go back and look at the numbers to try...
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