Alabama football finished minus-3 in turnover margin against Oklahoma in the first matchup this season. That falls on the offense mainly, but the Crimson Tide wants to fix that this time around, too.
A reporter asked the Alabama defensive coordinator a question Tuesday about turnovers, and Wommack saw an opportunity to share his preferred verbiage. “Takeaways,” Wommack replied. “We call them takeaways.
Turnovers imply they gave us the ball. Takeaways implies we took that thing from them. We do. We want to create takeaways.” In Wommack’s explanation for why he uses certain phrasing, he also provided a reminder of one of the Alabama defense’s primary focuses, only behind.The Crimson Tide wants to take away the football.Alabama prepares to face No. 8 Oklahoma on Friday, December 19The last time the two teams played, the Sooners won 23-21. But they had a 3-0 advantage in takeaways. That’s something the Alabama offense will look to fix, but it doesn’t sit well with the defense either.Alabama’s turnovers created short fields for the Sooners. The Crimson Tide defense wants to return the favor for its offense in the rematch in Norman. And frankly, the Alabama offense might need it considering its recent struggles. “We’ve got to take the ball away,” safety Bray Hubbard said. “That’s what we’ve got to do every week. We’ve got to start taking the ball away more.” Prior to the last Oklahoma game, Alabama had grabbed at least one takeaway in every SEC game. The game against the Sooners ended up being the only game during SEC regular-season play in which the Alabama defense didn’t get a takeaway. But Alabama also didn’t tally any takeaways in the loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. Three takeaways over the past four games isn’t bad, but it’s not good enough for a defense that expects them.Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. In 2024, NSMA named him Alabama Sportswriter of the Year, and the Football Writers Association of America honored him with the Edward...
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