One thing that is frustrating to fans is when a coach gets too cute, too "unpredictable" as a way to win, rather than doing what got you there in the first place and what has been working anyway. What I have said for a long time is that even though Kap is terrific and he is our QBOF, the team is still a power running team. We should have run twice, and it should have been Frank both times. I think throwing it was fine, but I didn't like the two calls. The first was a play that plays right to a tired defense's strengths. Tighten the field to only half or even a third of the end zone. The defense can just flood that side. I want a play that allows Kap to throw to a number of receivers across the breadth or the end zone or even underneath. I am not against fade routes, but they need to be set up, and it needs to be possible for Kap to throw elsewhere. We did not pick up the blitz on that down.

The few times Alabama has lost in the last three years it was when they got away from what they do best, which is run the ball. I like McCarron and think he is going to get even better. But get real, that team is built around Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, Eddie Lacey, and TJ Yeldon. If you don't feed them the ball, you give up the biggest threat.

The same is true for the 49ers. When a team averages over 150 yards per game rushing, you run the ball and make the team beat you. You don't go away from that until they show they can stop it. Baltimore had not shown that.