Is football fun again? Yes. Yes, it is. As a throwback that I hope folks will enjoy (and because I have some unexpected downtime), I wanted to put together a quick recap of some of the plays that I found noteworthy during the game. This is mostly going to include an analysis of big plays, because they’re the ones you remember, they obviously matter, and it’s more fun than analyzing why we got three yards on inside zone instead of five.
I unfortunately don’t expect that this is going to turn into an opportunity for me to be an all-the-time shitposter as in years’ past. But hopefully if y’all enjoy this, I can do a few of these a year if there’s interest.
Anyway, enough about me. Let’s watch some football gifs.
I’m going to break down four things in this post:
(1) a comparison of the Xavier Worthy 44 yard TD pass with Bama’s 49 yard throw to Jermaine Burton. Is it a tale of two slot-fade routes?
(2) A look at Jahdae Barron’s interception, which may be a true Boom/Bust play on further review.
(3) A look at Ethan Burke’s evolution against the zone read as the game went on. Really interesting stuff for those who were watching scheme live.
(4) The 39 yard bomb to AD Mitchell.
I'll roll these out over the course of the day as I have time to get it out the door.