Nick Saban Lays Out The Championship Blueprint On Offense, Now Notre Dame Must Catch Up, “The game

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Nick Saban Lays Out The Championship Blueprint On Offense, Now Notre Dame Must Catch Up, “The game

Author: whatsamataU (25140 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:22 am on Mar 30, 2021

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is different now, people score fast,” Saban said in a recent interview. “I grew up with the idea that you play good defense, you run the ball, you control vertical field position on special teams and you’re going to win. Whoever rushes the ball the most for the most yards is going to win the game

“You aren’t going to win anything now doing that,” continued Saban. “Because A, the way the spread is, the way the rules are, to run RPOs. The way the rules are that you can block down field and throw the ball behind the line of scrimmage, I mean those rules have changed college football. No huddle fastball has changed college football.

“I changed my philosophy about five or six years ago … We said we have to outscore em.”

Unfortunately for Notre

Link: https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-football-nick-saban-blueprint-irish-must-catch-up

Replies to: "Nick Saban Lays Out The Championship Blueprint On Offense, Now Notre Dame Must Catch Up, “The game"

Nick Saban Lays Out The Championship Blueprint On Offense, Now Notre Dame Must Catch Up, “The game [LINK] - whatsamataU - 8:22am 3/30/21 (25) [View All]
- Nowhere in that quote does he say running the ball and physicality up front is not important. - tky21 - 9:27am 3/31/21
- Driskell makes no sense,. He thinks Mike Leach is the next national champ. Total garbage [NT] - DonMiller - 6:08am 3/31/21
- Glad to hear a Saban quote many here denied this a few months back. Catch up Kelly. [NT] - oldirish - 9:39pm 3/30/21
  - A new nickname... [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:41am 4/1/21
    - Ha. Good point. [NT] - oldirish - 10:32pm 4/3/21
- Sounds a lot like the Brian Kelly “Get over it” offense back when most here thought he should RTDB [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 8:53pm 3/30/21
  - yep, yep. [NT] - oldirish - 9:40pm 3/30/21
- The Offensive Flat Earthers at NDNation must receive this about as well Magellan's circumnavigation. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:50am 3/30/21
  - They've taken to parsing Saban to suit their purposes. - D2 - 7:33pm 3/30/21
    - The greatest coach of the modern era says that they are wrong. Remember, they wanted Harbaugh. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:43am 3/31/21
      - The vulgar slob with a decided schematic advantage was their man. [NT] - ND521 - 1:33am 3/31/21
- Shit blogger post again [NT] - holybull101 - 9:14am 3/30/21
  - Driskell is a shit blogger for sure. Some truth in what Saban says. Bare in mind he had one of the - tky21 - 9:05pm 3/30/21
  - What a whiner. [NT] - whatsamataU - 3:13pm 3/30/21
  - It's Saban's own words on video! Do you need it to come from one of your special feel good sources? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:48pm 3/30/21
  - The quotes are Saban's own words. Backed up by the video. [NT] - Aragoto - 10:55am 3/30/21
- Saban's teams averaged 210 rush yards per game over the past 12 years and it's a power running game. - tky21 - 8:50am 3/30/21
  - And he converted with Tua 4 years ago and that average is now dropping. His words mean more than - BaronVonZemo - 9:52am 3/30/21
    - In each of the past four years Saban ran more the ball more times than he passed. - tky21 - 8:58pm 3/30/21
      - Another meaningless stat since his teams were up by 28 by end of 1rst Q. I'd suggest - BaronVonZemo - 12:45am 3/31/21
        Tell me, where is it in that quote he says running the ball is no longer important? - tky21 - 9:17am 3/31/21
        Where in that quote did he say that beating baby seals is no longer important? - BaronVonZemo - 10:26am 3/31/21
        You are incorrect on a number of points. First, Saban did not say "you have to score fast," he - tky21 - 11:10am 3/31/21
        No matter how long you talk or spin, Nick Saban said what he said. Deal. [NT] [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 11:38am 3/31/21
        Agreed. He said what he said and he does what he does. [NT] - tky21 - 11:50am 3/31/21