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Andrea Edelson
Talhas, flav. , Alabama Coach Kalen Debor said after a disappointing 31-17 losses To Florida State There is “no excuse” for what happened on Saturday.
Crimson Tide game came as a favorite of about two-tachdowns. But after a successful opening drive, they could not run the ball continuously, nor could they slow down the state of Florida and its new form.
With the game being two minutes left, Florida State began celebrating on the field, while Alabama was left in search of an answer – especially in a season that began under the debut in the year 2 with the expectation of college football playoffs.
“I am confident that we got a good football team,” said Debor. “But we cannot play on our heels. We are not going to be what we think we can, what we want to be, if it is so. And it falls on everyone. I don’t raise a finger on the players.”
Alabama started the game with a 16-play, 75-yard drive, in which it put the tone in front, converted to the third and fourth downs and may not appear to be that no one may be wrong. Even without running back Jam millerAlabama used an effective rotation and new early quarterbacks Ty Simpson Throw some clutch.
But this was a slogan after that, as the Florida kingdom adjusted defensively and began to turn the pressure on Simpson. According to ESPN Research, Seminols pressed Simpson on 16 of its 51 dropbacks. He was 1 -10 for 30 yards with three sacks on pressure.
Without Miller, Alabama used four separate running backs, but they were ineffective. The longest run of the day was 13 yards.
“I think we got a little decent and we thought we have lived on the first drive, and it’s not how it is,” Simpson said. “Credit to those people. They worked hard for four quarters. We took it.
“We understood that we can’t just play well for a drive. We have got to string, keep playing, do not look at the scoreboard.”
Meanwhile, Simpson Freshman was not on the same page with All-American receiver Ryan WilliamsWho left the game late. Simpson was targeting just 5 -11, which included 0 -off -3 from below 5 yards.
Florida’s state coach Mike Norwell praised his team for being a more physically prominent team in the game-crying very far from where the seminols were a year ago-a 2-10 team that could not run the ball. Norwell hired Gas Malajan as his aggressive coordinator, a coach who was his part of success against Alabama when he was the head coach in Obern.
Seminols reached 230 yards compared to 87 for Alabama.
Later, Malzan said on X: “Tonight felt like old times.”
Perhaps a factor was the crimson tide played without starting a defensive tackle Tim Keenan IIIBut without that, Alabama did not make several plays behind the scripture line, which caused only one sack and three damage.
“There is no excuse about what happened,” said Debor. “We step on the football field. They step on the football field, and we got to play the ball. We got to play our ball style. It’s not this year last year, and it’s going to be a tough climb for us, but you can’t think of it in a big scope of things. You’ve got to focus at this time.
Alabama lost to two touchdowns in a season opener for the first time since 1970 (21 points loss against number 3 USC). Now Krimson Tide will have to find a way to re -organize with a difficult season, and the pressure on the debur is increasing.
“We have talked about this team about chemistry and talked about how close we are and how much we have worked hard to do a lot of things,” Debor said. “We will know if he sticks.
