Alabama vs. South Carolina: A High-Stakes Football Matchup

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00:00As a three touchdown favorite today at home against South Carolina, Kev, how does Alabama

00:06respond to a loss?

00:07Well, I don't go off of the Saban samples, I'll go off of the DeBoer samples.

00:12And while it's not as long, it is about as small.

00:17Since he took the job at Washington, that loss that he had was his third in the regular

00:22season.

00:23Again, Kalen DeBoer has proven to be excellent.

00:26However, the two losses that he had at Washington were not followed up with, hey, we got this,

00:34do not worry.

00:35They lost to UCLA.

00:36They went to Arizona State, no problem, we're laying 15 and a half, oops, they lost outright

00:41by seven.

00:42They gave up 45 points.

00:43Yeah.

00:44Well, then the next week, no problem, we're laying two scores to Arizona.

00:48They won by 10.

00:49They didn't cover.

00:50They gave up another 39.

00:51My bet in this game is South Carolina's team total over 14 and a half, if it was 13 and

00:56a half, it's a full best bet.

00:58At 14 and a half, I think they go through it, but I'm a little bit more cautious on

01:02the chance that Alabama in a show-up spot under DeBoer looks different than Washington

01:08in a show-up spot under DeBoer, where it's more defense first than offense first.

01:13But South Carolina scored 30 plus points against Kentucky, against LSU, and as I mentioned

01:18with the Ole Miss game, they moved the football a lot more than the three points scored suggest.

01:24But I also think it is on the board here, Lacey, that this game is a super shootout

01:28because Jalen Milrow is still leading the country in passer rating.

01:34Jalen Milrow, I still think, play for play, has been one of easily the five best quarterbacks

01:39in college football, and Milrow off the first SEC loss in his career, I expect to dazzle.

01:46I think this game's in the 60s.

01:48To take one from you, I altered it as high as 65 and a half.

01:54That has to make you proud.

01:55Yeah, no, I love it.

01:56I love the look.

01:57I can only look Alabama here.

01:58I'm not as confident in regards to South Carolina in regards to this matchup.

02:03I think they have an identity problem in regards to their offense.

02:07They only scored three points.

02:09I understand earlier in the year, they were throwing it with Sellers, Robbie Ashford took

02:13over when he was hurt, and they had some consistency, putting up 50 against Akron.

02:18But here's the problem.

02:20Again, long third down situations.

02:23Offensive line has allowed 22 sacks on the year.

02:25I just see Alabama's front seven pinning their ears back, getting to Sellers, getting to

02:30Ashford.

02:31I don't care who's back there.

02:32The offensive line, for me, is a main problem for South Carolina.

02:35I think Milrow does eat in regards to this matchup.

02:38I think he throws it to open up the rushing attack later.

02:42I see probably 40 to seven.

02:44I lean to the under, but I'm not playing it because I don't like South Carolina's

02:49offense right now.

02:50So now let me ask you, because I think if you're going over here, there has been a lot

02:54of concern about this Crimson Tide defense in the last six quarters.

02:58They gave up more than 500 yards of total offense to Georgia.

03:02In the last six quarters, second half against UGA, last week against Vandy, who had more

03:07than 400 total yards, and Pavia accounted for 300 of those 400, 67 points, 784 total

03:15yards.

03:16The Crimson Tide are converting it 54% of their third down rates.

03:21And Lee Seaguy, last week, you talked about an Alabama team pinning its ears back.

03:25They did not sack Diego Pavia, and they are now the third worst rushing defense in the

03:30SEC, allowing more than $1.28 on the ground.

03:33Where must Alabama improve first and foremost defensively?

03:36Well, front seven, right?

03:37You got to be more physical.

03:39I think that's the biggest change from Nick Saban to Kaelin DeBoer.

03:42But this is the perfect opponent, guys, to get right.

03:46We'll see if it plays out.

03:47I still believe under DeBoer, get right means Milrow puts 40 points on any opponent.

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