It was obvious from kickoff that Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss’ offense had no trouble moving he football against Alabama’s defense.
The unit appeared to be helpless all night as it gave up a total of 647 yards which is the most the program had let up to an unranked opponent since 1936.
This kind of success against a Nick Saban led defense is unprecedented, even following some of the struggles on defense that came last season. But there could be another cause as to why that side of the ball was so lost, for linebacker Dylan Moses shared that he believed that they may have had their signals.
“I definitely think so,” Moses said when asked about the signals. “There were a lot of things we had to adjust to and like I said, it didn’t help that Coach Kiffin was our coach for like three years and knows the ins and outs of our defense. So there are a lot of things we need to change, up the signals and all that because I’m pretty sure they were watching it. But we have to do better overall.”
The senior linebacker led the Crimson Tide in tackles with 13 on the night, but saw some struggles himself in pass coverage and shedding blocks in the run game.
Letting up all of these points caused some frustration throughout the team, and head coach Nick Saban said he was “bubbling and boiling” on the sideline throughout the game.
Saban too hinted that Ole Miss may have had their signals as well.
“It seemed like everything we did, they had an answer for,” Saban said. “I don’t know if they had out signals or what but that’s not anything unusual but it seemed like every time we called something, they had the best play that they could have against it. And they had a really good plan and Lane is a really good coach.”
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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77
