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Alabama’s SECCG Breakdown: Locksley’s failure to run the ball cost the Tide early

Your eyes didn’t deceive you: of all the Alabama coaches and players on Saturday, Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley perhaps had the worst day of them all.

Before the game, I discussed with Dawg Sports the defensive line stats for the Georgia Bulldogs, and noted that they seemed to be particularly vulnerable to a patient, power-running game:

And [look at these] these defensive line splits -- 111th in opponent line yards, 97th in standard rushing down defense, 110th in opponent rushing success rate, 78th in sack rate, 103rd in standard down sack rate.