Like these keys. To add to this, Alabama’s rushing profile is *weird*
Huge explosive rate, and also one of the worst stuff rates in the country. 20% of runs go for zero or negative yards, third-worst in the P4.
Three Keys Thursday
1) STAY ON SCHEDULE
Carolina cannot live in 2nd-and-long and 3rd-and-long again. Against Mississippi State, penalties and negative plays helped wreck the second half. South Carolina finished with 9 penalties for 98 yards.
2) PRESSURE RUSSELL WITH DISCIPLINE
Kentucky got to Keelon Russell 4 times and forced 2 INTs. Florida State got him once, and he responded with 320 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs while adding 56 rushing yards and a TD.
3) NO FREE EXPLOSIVES
Alabama just put up 567 yards against Florida State, including 247 rushing yards at 6.9 per carry. Missed tackles and busted assignments cannot follow Carolina to Tuscaloosa.
Clean football. Disciplined rush. No busts. That’s the formula Saturday night