Rewatched first half last night. Thoughts on stamina:

Jan 9, 2019, 9:45 AM

Interestingly in the first quarter, Clemson had only run 10 offensive plays and Alabama had run 25 (I can’t verify this I tried but pretty sure they said this in the cast). Anyways with 12:45 left in the second quarter commentators note that bamas line is hands on hip sucking wind. Now about the same time Clemson’s line is getting oxygen on the sidelines. No doubt our guys are exhausted too. But after 10 plus a few plays I don’t understand how:
1). Bama dline was so gassed already
2). How are they so dominant against sec opponents if that reflects their conditioning?

I’ll watch the second half tonight. But if I see what I think I remember, both their oline and dline was a little stronger than ours at the beginning. But clearly, as the game goes on our lines conditioning is reflected as it almost seems like we are getting stronger. I know it’s because they are getting gassed. But is it possible that a team as dominant as bama has been is that poorly conditioned? Oklahoma showed that the number one thing was to survive their initial surge, which they didn’t, and then you can win. We not only survived but flourished then dominated.

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little of Ali / Foreman. Ali used his superior brains to survive the brawn of Foreman early on, let him punch himself out, then came off the ropes and destroyed him. Bama, like Foreman, was used to knocking people out early. That is why the Pick 6 was so pivotal, even though it was very early in the game. It let Bama know that there was not going to be any quick knockout in THIS game. In our previous games, even the one we won, we were always fighting from behind. This meant Bama could count on their running game to eat clock. Our offense in this game took that away from them, and forced them to be a pass first team, which, as it turns out, they were not that good at. This is when the conditioning really came into play. This is why Dabo playing so many players all year was so important. It might not have been needed against the ACC, but he knew that depth and conditioning would be needed in the playoffs. Dabo is won smart Cheerleader.

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Both sides of the ball.***

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