Tipping Plays

I've seen a couple of mentions that the Western Kentucky coaching staff had discovered something about Bama while watching film. They were reportedly able to determine whether a play would be a pass or a run based on DJ Fluker's stance. One of the articles said that the WKU staff claimed they could predict this accurately 90% of the time. It supposedly has something to do with his size. They were saying that being 6'6" and 320 lbs means he has to really drop down to get ready to dig off the line to block for a run. If it's a passing play, he has to be ready to shift.

Coach reportedly asked them about it and they told him they didn't know anything about all that. Whatever.

I do know that I was concerned after that game. We have the best offensive line in the game and they let a squad of bottom-feeders drop the quarterback six times. Six times. I don't have the means to review the game repeatedly, but I do seem to remember AJ getting sacked, or at least flushed, from the right side more often than the left. It seemed like their guys were running past poor #76 like he had some sort of stank on him.

I'm actually relieved to know that he may have been tipping plays. We can work on that. Maybe I'm naive sitting here at the computer, but that seems to be a lot easier fix than anything else. The alternatives to why we had so much trouble from the right are far too troubling. The solutions to these alternate explanations are even more troubling. So, let's just be glad that it's something as simple as DJ being mindful of his stance and get back to business.