These videos are great! It's amazing how many sports shows on tv refuse to actually analyze the sport they are supposedly an expert at. Keep this going!
Man I am a Clemson guy 100 percent but I work in bama alot .. all you bama fans need to put your flags back up on yall cars and keep yalls head up.. yall know we play every year.. it was just Clemson night. Good game
Been waiting on this. Can't wait to watch it. Proud of our season and our team, and I've said it many times that I'm proud of Dabo and what he's done in his 10 years at Clemson. Congrats to Clemson and 'til next time
I think Brent venables is a good hire for y’all finally I can watch OU maximize their potential on defense bc y’all have the best recruits in the big 12 on both sides of the ball. I remember when Bob Stoops use to coach y’all you had good defense if I remember correctly.
I'll add one thing on the fake field goal. Number 44 was TRIPLE teamed and broke through to make the tackle. None of the other stuff mattered. 44 just straight embarrassed 3 Alabama OLinemen.
@Danny Bowen ok what? He's a down lineman, they are offensive linemen. Even if they decided not to block like you said, he still beat them. Thats the game. When someone decides not to do their job, they fail. They failed. There for, he beat them.
@Danny Bowen Now that is an interesting comment! You say, "you know that's not robbing. But way to not know that." Do I or don't I know? That is sort of like saying, "Clemson didn't beat Alabama, because Alabama let Clemson beat Alabama." How do you keep all these conflicting thoughts in your head, pal?
Wow, thank you for explaining the X's and O's. I am a life long Clemson fan but not a football player. You did a great job of educating me on the nuances of the game.
great video and learning experience matt, helps explain why the plays unraveled the way they did. enjoyed very much. cheers from southern ontario, canada
When Mississippi states defense shut down Alabama for the most part, I knew that is someone had an elite defense and any type of offense, they would have a shot at beating Bama. Now, if you had an elite offense...
Clemson should have won last year...the game was alot closer than the score. Had Clemson had a reliable QB it would have made all the difference. Kelly couldn't complete a pass to save his life. Clemson D line dominated the line of scrimmage
Flx Gld No,Alabama dominates the Sugar Bowl and should have won 41-3. Two bad throws cost Alabama touchdowns. Alabama’s defense,with a real coordinator,,held Clemson
As a Tiger fan, I was really worried about Clemson's secondary getting torched by Tua. Venables did an outstanding job (other than the play to Jeudy) of protecting the safety. He gave up the run outside the red zone, then stuffed them. It was a thing of beauty.
John Tempest as a Bama fan I totally agree. They played with so much more discipline than did Bama. I knew our def backs were all new but after 14 games they should have been better. Nice job by the Clemson Qb too. Kid is a stud. And very humble. Both QBs are. I don’t see Clemson being as good this yr just due to all the losses on the def line. But Dabo will have them ready. ROLL TIDE. Yes and go Clemson. Nice game guys. Hope to see you again this yr.
@@tim6167 Yes Dabo lost his all star D line, I'm more concerned about the losses on the O line. I think you'd agree when it comes to the path to conference championship and CFP, Bama's is the steeper. We have to play A&M in Clemson, ya'll have them (at Kyle field), plus LSU, UGA, and Auburn. Good luck. And I mean it sincerely. My west coast friends are sick of Bama/Clemson and I love it!
Yes your oline played very well. A lot better than I ever expected. I live in Anaheim now and they could care less about college football here. Man I miss the south. Good luck this yr. Gonna be another trying yr for Bama. But I see the sec having a down ur this yr. Lost lots of great players all over the sec.
@@tim6167 Anaheim? You sir, have my sympathy. I hope you've plans to return to America someday. BTW, I was born in Long Beach, have not looked back since 1973. My dad, born and raised in Compton, and I'm glad he didn't live to see what became of his nice working class neighborhood. Tigers back to back!
I really appreciate your analyses, man. Your one of the most knowledgeable analysts on the web right now. Would you mind heading up north once big ten season starts back up? There's a whole market up there just waiting for you. I would consider it a personal favor as a PSU fan.
I’d like to weigh in with my in depth Clemson vs Bama breakdown. 1. AJ Terrell Pick 6.... 2. Clemson Curb stomp commences. 3. The 2019 National champions raise the 🏆. 4. End of my in depth analysis.
Hats off to Clemson indeed. Took me this long to even watch this video. They schemed us up for sure. Made plays all night. I remember saying two years ago "I'd rather lose big than to lose on a last second rub play" Yeah... ...nope Round V anyone?
Really good in-depth analysis and breakdown of the game. From a general spectator's view it seemed like Bama just wasn't ready for Clemsons offensive line to dominate the way they did. Saban is still a great coach but I think sometimes people manage to connect some of the dots every couple games and this just happened to be that game where Bama got exposed. No shame in it, happens to every team, just unfortunate for them it was this particular game.
Great video thanks Matt! This game was extremely painful ☹️☹️ tough to end the season this way. Could’ve been much closer if we had scored when we moved the ball to the red zone. But congrats to Clemson. Tua will come back stronger next year
I congratulate both Clemson and Alabama for a fine football season. During the Alabama latter part of the season with more capable opponents, the defense did not appear to be up to the Alabama defense standards. When you loose two very capable Defensive Coordinators within two years, it may have been the results of a substandard defense. Likewise, I know Bama lost a number of quality defensive players to the NFL draft last season, and they were decimated with the departure of so many quality defensive backs. If Coach Saban wants to meet Clemson in the CFP next season, he will have to regroup and get some answers on the defensive side. With all due respect to Tua and the amazing corp of receivers; it is worth repeating, “Championship are won at the line of scrimmage. “ Most of the ESPN talking head essentially ignored Clemson while they kept improving and winning. After watching Alabama all season as well as most of the key Clemson games I began to get an eerie feeling after the big five conference championships. I kept thinking Clemson just keeps on keeping on, and they are being ignored and underestimated. Well, college football championships are still won at the line of scrimmage. Clemson totally dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage. I am saying this as a Bama fan and giving Clemson accolades for a well prepared and played championship game. After the big loss to Alabama during last years CFP semifinals, I would imagine Clemson had a chip on their shoulder and wanting to avenge that loss. Sometimes, the right emotion plays a big part in some football games.
Hey man what editing software do you use? I’m trying to breakdown my little brothers film, but haven’t found one with good annotations and rewind speed.
The only thing injured on Savion Smith was his pride. People just want to say Tua sucks and Lawrence is the second coming but outside of the picks, Tua was dropping dimes into tight coverage while under constant pressure. Lawrence was facing an imploding defense giving virtually no pressure and he was locking in on his primary receiver and throwing 50/50 balls that his receivers were winning. Kudos to Clemson, this was the perfect night for them.
Big question for MW: Will we be able to continue to learn from you during the off season? Hope the big bank, or some other sponsor, will pay for it. Please come up with a plan on how to keep teaching us with these amazing videos. Roll Tide!!!
Way to go Tigers!!! You’ve been a sleeping giant for a long time! Bama fans need to chill cause all y’all have to do is reload. Hope it’s Clemson Bama again next year. Nothing like pissing off the experts.
That rotate to a 3 deep zone masked with a Cover 2 at first was the perfect call against young Tua. Tua can be too smart for his own good sometimes and read one side of the field as cover 2 and then without hesitation throw it to the theoretically open man on the opposite side. Clemson won that chess match and it killed the game.
RU-vid recommended this video for me because I’ve watched everything else about the game. I enjoyed this game more than any other game in my life. Trevor Lawrence will win the next 3 Heisman trophies.
iPooKaePoo he literally just set the record for most touchdown passes by a true freshman ever at 30, and he didn’t start and play into the 2nd half until week 6. Per Pro Football Focus, he has the best true freshman season since they began grading college QBs with a 90.5 grade (out of 100), which is 10 points better than 2nd place.
We knew Clemson could definitely beat Bama. But Syracuse gave you guys the biggest scare all season and they aren't on Bama's level. So don't know how you "knew" you would BLOWOUT Alabama.
@@Qsefthuk121 By watching through the season. You see teams ebb and flow with performance, plus the Cuse game was right after an emotional week. Cuse was circled on my calendar. And TL was knocked out. No one on the field paniced and they were led back to a victory by the 3rd string QB who would start at other schools. Then Clemson had mental breakdowns in the D against Duke and SC is a rivalry and managed their emotions and gunned for Clemson. Clemson had a mission to win the CFP regardless who it would be against. Plus, I dont buy into the SEC hype. There was no doubt in my. mind Clemson would make a statement.
@@erikkunkle9574 You just mentioned 3 teams who aren't even in the top 25 that Clemson had a dog fight with. I don't buy the SEC hype either, but Bama didn't have to fight all season long, then when they went down big in the SEC Champ, they showed tenacity to come back and win it. I've watched both teams throughout the season, and that was Trevor Lawrence's best game all year long...which was aided by some AMAZING catches all game long. Passe Ratings/QBR supports my opinion on that as well. Bama had the most talented defense that Clemson faced all year long, there was literally 0 evidence to support that he would suddenly have his best game all year against them.
@@Qsefthuk121 that's why we play the game and not just award championships off stats. I guess BAMA was playing scrubs the first half against the Citidal. I watched both teams as well. I also read about them. I have followed the Tigers for 41 years, and as Dabo says "Clemson is special". I am not saying aother teams aren't special, but true Tiger fans just knew. I have nothing to back it up with other than I and Tiger nation just knew it, period. Didnt have an expectation or a fealing, but Knew it.
@@mccalljeff Funny I checked schedules, Clemson, Ohio St, OU, Wash, and a few more, so which power 5 team's schedule did you have in mind? And (we'll leave out Texas A&M) but which power 5 team played tougher games vs more physical defensive front 7s from November on, LSU, Miss. St, Auburn, Georgia, OU, Clemson....who? What people said this year: Wait till conference....oops...wait till LSU.."well they weren't that good"...Rival Auburn gonna be tough..oh...wait till Georgia...oh...OU gonna get them....oops...Clemson...see see told you LOL. So let's go with your logic: Bama beat OU who beat Texas so there goes the Big 12...Bama beat Auburn who beat Purdue who beat Ohio St who beat Wash so there goes the Pac 12 & Big Ten. Bama beat LSU who beat UCF so there goes your Cinderella darling (team that game up 40 to Temple) LOL smh. You guys can't be this simple?? And hmmm, overrated...conference title games: Northwestern, Utah, Pitt..LOL! People just out hear slurping and regurgitating narratives, ain't had an original thought ever. Dude right now it's Clemson, OU and Bama and the schedules don't matter. And I'll be dollars to donuts you.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tb9TPH4BWPY.html
@@mccalljeff Aahh I see, narrow you down and you expand the topic..you debate like a wife or girl-friend...lol yeah love Bama football but passion wasn't the premise dawg. So i can see you couldn't go pass (borrowed) sloganeering. you defended your premise about as well as Bama secondary did LOL. Passionate about college football as a whole--when the other teams comes to play, wants it more..hats off...a blow out is much easier to take than a close lost. You like number so here ya go: a few conference titles, 5 rings..in everyplayoff, bout 80-0 vs unranked teams..this run is awesome LOL...damn sure don't have to nut ride another team LOL-the (pent up) hate is always more passionate than the love LOL
@@mccalljeff "They truly did not play anyone all year long. Their toughest game, UGA, got blown out by Texas. As usual, the SEC was OVERRATED!" Nah, You scurried away from your original premise. But it's ok..and it has been settled.. must of what you lemmings do is slurp narratives.
why did Alabama pull the nose tackle on that short Clemson run? Did they not think that the tigers were not going to run it up the middle? Seems like it left them outnumbered by bigger line men.
Alabama was not prepared nor ready for this. Sad to say but that's the bottom line. Clemson beat their ass just that simple. Clemson was well prepped and ready. This loss is on the Bama coaching staff including Nick!
Super Star WR's is how this game was Won! A Pretty Good QB, A More then great Rb thats blinding Quick . Firepower on Offence won this game! Yes I know the Clemson Defence was good too but The Offence was Far better
Right To Vape more like lineup ur best Receiver against their worst DB ( savion Smith ) and Target that side all day . Trevor is good but his job was a lot easier when you only have to read one side of the field
How could you not point out that #44, the player that made the tackle on the fake, beat a triple team to make the tackle? The play looked good otherwise. The overwhelming takeaway from what I see is the Alabama oline trying in vain to grab Clemson jerseys, while Clemson had no problems grabbing Alabama jerseys.
And on that fake FG, even with all the questionable stuff you pointed out down the field, the LT,LG,C just failed to block 44 so it was over before they factored in, actuallyI'm guessing 45 is a LS and not their normal C cause he looks a bit undersized/overmatched
Tua’s for in the first play & the way it looks like Jerry Jeudy is expecting the ball makes me think it was just a bad throw behind Jerry Jeudy. Alabama doesn’t have the outside receiver run slants like that & they went back to jerry jeudy deep for td right after that. I think they were tryna get there playmaker the ball
On the pick 6, number 4 rounded the route off terribly. He put his self ahead of the ball, it was a perfect pass to a time/spot on the field. The defensive call took full advantage of the situation. Jeudy did not run a square route and was out of position on a timing play.
that actually wouldn't have made a difference on this play. he was running an out whether rounded or not he was going to the sideline. The ball was definitely behind him. if he was getting the ball it should have been outside shoulder if anything towards the sideline. I think there was just total confusion because where the ball was placed looked like Smith should have caught it.
Jacob Hayes I guess you lack the understanding of a timing route. Tua was throwing to a time and space. Jeudy came off the line angling towards the sideline and then rounded the route off on top of that. A correctly run route would have put the ball on his chest. It looked like confusion because Smith was setup for a timed block after the catch. The coverage called put Terrell squatting in the flat in perfect position to defend the pass. Pressure in the backfield and the dbs positioning made the int possible, but poor route running was the bust in the play. ...and if you want to know who messed up, look at Saban. I’m not a great lip reader....but he clearly said, “g*dd*mit Jeudy!” Pretty sure that was the ESPN field pass broadcast.
10:38 is your basic “65 in combo” the QB should of never been thinking seam at all. It’s to push the coverage and allow your outside receiver to break under the coverage zone or flat out beat the guy in man but either way after watching this video I feel the Bama QB doesnt have a great QB IQ and I’m guessing is so stacked he got away with a lot of what he was doing to this point
I wasn't shocked that Clemson won. I wasn't shocked at the margin of victory. What was shocking is how crappy Alabama played. That fake FG attempt Clemson's D from the 3rd down stayed on the field and was in the fake FG prevent defense. How many defenders was on the line for the 1st down? Another play that showed Alabama gave up was in the 4th quarter when Bama had the ball deep in Clemson's territory on 4th down and they ran Tua to the left and before he got outside the tackle 3 Clemson defenders was there to greet him. Why not put Jalen Hurts in where you can have an RPO? I really like how you broke down this game film.
The telling point is you will never see non recruited walk on be all American or high draft choice at Alabama, cause they never have walk ons. Bama doesn’t recruit below 4 star. Kind shows who best coach is when you beat # 1or 2 recruit class with average and walk on guys
It seems to me Tua has issues of throwing to short field receivers even when they are wide open. Maybe he’s used to long ball to his best wr who beats the safety most of the time. Unfortunately that night did not belong to Tua and his Bama team. He needs to improve his patience not to force the long throws especially there’s double even triple coverage. His long ball is very accurate and yet there’s situation you don’t force it.
Dam Bama defense was soft. Clemson exposed the youth. Clemson O Coordinator and D Coordinator prepared all season for Bama and executed the game plan that night. Dabo is spectacular as a Leader and Head Coach.. The good thing is Bama will be back in it. We win one every other year. ROLL TIDE!!!!
G Grace - Bama Boy Clemson May have very well spent all season preparing for bama, but if Bama didn’t spend any time during the season and their 60 point blowouts preparing for Clemson, you got to wonder nick was thinking. Alabama had maybe one or 2 games to be worried about, same as Clemson. The sec east champion is no longer a pushover like those year where Missouri and Florida were squeaking in with 5 losses. The ACC coastal champion has unfortunately been a pushover the last 2 years. Those 2 divisions have been very up and down, it looks like the sec easy may now have a team approaching eliteness, hard to say at this point though as Kirby has not beaten bama yet. The last 4 years have shown us that the national title goes through Tuscaloosa and Clemson. To win it, those 2 teams must be beaten. See you in 2019 cfp.
