The wait is over and college football is here. The lead up to week 1 starts this week, and in only a few short days, half of the fanbases in the country can no longer dream that this is the year their team will go undefeated. We at Roll Bama Roll may all be fans of the Crimson Tide, but, as usual, we have some widely varying opinions about the Tide and about college football as a whole. To kick off the season, here’s a series of comments from the RBR editorial staff on a whole host of college football topics. Enjoy!
The last two seasons, Alabama attempted the least number of passes per game since the Jalen Hurts years. With Ty Simpson now at the helm and Ryan Grubb heading the offense, what are your predictions for the Tide’s passing and rushing splits per game?
I think it will be somewhat balanced, but based on DeBoer and Grubb’s history, you’d expect to pass a bit more than run. Let’s call it a 45/55 run/pass split
Last year’s unusual offensive strategy was one born out of necessity. The Tide tried to take advantage of Jalen Milroe’s running skills to mixed results. Additionally, Bama had only two reliable receivers. The addition of Isaiah Horton and Lotzeir Brooks plus the emergence of Rico Scott et al should lead the way to an offense much more reliant on the passing game. Rumors have it that Simpson is pretty fair runner. However, it doesn’t seem like he will be asked to do that too often. Short answer: 60% pass, 40% run.
A year ago, I watched Ryan Grubb talk all offseason about physicality and running the ball, then do the exact opposite over the course of the 2024 season. He called about 65% pass plays in Seattle last year once you count 50+ scrambles from Geno Smith as pass play calls. The year before with the Washington Huskies, he was closer to 60%, and that was with the Huskies having a…
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