Alabama Head Football Coach Dennis Franchione isn't going to place blame for Alabama's last three losses, all of which were games in which Bama had the lead in the fourth quarter.
In his regular Tuesday press briefing before the Crimson Tide returned to the practice field, Franchione was asked if the defense had been disappointing in not holding those leads. The coach said, "It's a little of both (defense and offense). It may be that if the offense had been able to make one more first down in the fourth quarter and the defense had not had to play as much, that would have done it." Franchione said, "The offense has had the ability to do a little better this year than last year, but it's a team game. There are going to be times when you have to win a game 38-37 and times when you are going to have to win 14-10. I don't feel it's fair to imply the losses are the fault of the defense. The goal of the offense has to be to score one more point than the opponent and the goal of the defense has to be to hold them to one less point than we have. A win is a win and I'll take it 7-6 or 56-55." http://alabama.theinsiders.com/2/22821.html J.E. "Jay" Lisby Bama: Inside the Crimson Tide BamaMag.com To unsubscribe from this list just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the single word "UNSUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the body or visit http://www.RollTideFan.net
