Watched these spring practice clips and all I hear about is spread this, tempo that, RPO this. Nobody runs the damn option anymore and it breaks my heart. I remember the 1979 Sugar Bowl when we ran that wishbone to perfection, Barry Krauss and those boys just pounding the rock, the quarterback reading the end man on the line of scrimmage, the fullback hitting the hole. That was football. That was Alabama football.
You watch what Georgia Tech used to do with that triple option back in the 90s, how theyd control the clock for 40 minutes and make your defense quit by the fourth quarter. Now everybody wants to throw it 50 times a game and run these fancy motions. The option is a dying art and thats a shame. Coach Bryant understood that you dont need all that window dressing when you can line up and make a man block a man and let the quarterback make one simple read.
These new coordinators coming in with their binders full of analytics and formations have never felt the beauty of watching a perfectly executed option pitch. The mesh point, the timing, the discipline it takes. Its poetry. Now its all about NIL and highlight reels. Give me the old days when we ran the wishbone and dared you to stop us. That was real football.