Or they really are good at stopping the run

As a player you want to think I can follow this guy into battle I know he will give it his all, he will lead us to victory and if for some reason we don't pull it out we will rally together and take the loss as a team All these factors Russell doesnt have Russell has thrown teammates under the bus the whole year. Ive heard so many excuses this season for this immature fool, cant wait to hear what ammo you have today to defend him.. So here we are at the end of another enjoyable season that was full of the usual suspects and a couple that became unusual. However, looking at this on the first page of the paper it would appear that roses are coming up Burnt Orange. Here is how it plays out on paper. Offense: Texas is ranked 20th in total offense and the Tide is ranked 35th Lets take it a step further. In passing offense, Texas is ranked 14th and the Tide is 84th. Rushing offense gives the Longhorns a 55th ranking and Bama a 12th. So, it is a passing offense against run offense.

Really Well, lets turn to the defense to see how this shakes out. Alabama has a stout defense and so do the Longhorns. The Tide is ranked 2 in total defense and the Burnt Orange are ranked 3 Rushing defense goes to the Horns as 1! Bama is 2 Is that right I believe so. Passing defense sits in the Tides corner at 7 and Texas is 23. If we take these numbers at face value it would appear that Texas beats bama with a run stop game and the passing game as well. But, that is the first page of the paper. Who has Texas played and who has Alabama played So Texas is number one in rushing defense and for good reasons.

One could be the offenses they played were more of a passing team. The other could be that they may not have played any real rushing offense. Or, they really are good at stopping the run. For top 25 rushing offenses Texas has played the 24 and 25 ranked teams in Oklahoma State and Texas A&M respectively Alabama has played 5 teams in this category Teams that earn a living running the ball. Teams like Auburn, Miss St., Va Tech, and Kentucky who are running the ball because either that is all they can do or what the quarterback knows best. I'm not saying that Bama is going to blow UT out rushing the ball, some teams do not accomplish their strengths with a month layoff. However, I don't believe that Texas has seen a rushing game like Alabama's. Pass defense; who has seen what Texas' Colt McCoy is one heck of a player but has only seen Oklahoma and Nebraska with the best pass defense in the top 25. Colt only accumulated 176 and 184 yards passing (thats bad). However, who won the games Alabama has faced top 25 pass defenses in Florida, South Carolina, Va Tech, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

If you raise that to the Top 30 you can add Auburn and LSU into the mix. In some of these games the passing attack was shut down and in others it exploded. Once again, who won the game We know that UT does not have a stranglehold on the rushing attack and Alabama is ranked so high, who exactly has UA played with a rushing defense Florida and.....that is it So, why is UT ranked 55th in rushing offense. In the top 25 rushing defenses UT has played OSU, OU, Nebraska, Missouri, and La Monroe. Is this indicative of the style of football played in the Big 12 or is Texas that poor at running the ball And, is Alabama that good at running the ball or are the rushing defenses that bad in the SEC Something to think about with UT's rushing, the lead rusher Tre Newton, has 513 yards, the second lead rusher is Colt with 348 yards, half of which were gained against Texas A&M.