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What’s Really Wrong With Alabama’s Run Game? "The Film Guy" Brooks Austin Breaks It Down

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4.9890 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

“The Film Guy” Brooks Austin joins The Next Round for a deep, film-driven breakdown of Alabama football. We examine what is holding the Crimson Tide’s run game back in 2025. Is the issue scheme, offensive line execution, or running back play? Brooks details the problems he's seen and explains what must improve for Alabama to regain its ground-game identity. We also preview Alabama vs. Oklahoma, including how the Crimson Tide’s offense matches up against the Sooners’ stout defense and what quarterback John Mateer brings to OU’s attack. Brooks highlights why linebacker Yhonzae Pierre is emerging as one of Alabama’s most explosive defensive players and how he could impact Saturday’s matchup. This episode is packed with Alabama football analysis, Oklahoma scouting insight, and high-level college football breakdowns. If you enjoy in-depth film study, hit the like button and subscribe to The Next Round YouTube channel for more SEC football coverage, Alabama insights, and national college football conversations. #AlabamaFootball #RollTide #CrimsonTide #BamaFootball #OklahomaFootball #BoomerSooner #OUFootball #SECFootball #CollegeFootball #CFB #AlabamaVsOklahoma #BamaVsOU #alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really good one.

0:08.0

Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.

0:13.0

They looked good, really, really good.

0:17.0

Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the loft, including the car.

0:24.5

Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.

0:28.1

Thanks, Canva.

0:30.1

I think by request, the film guy was asked to look at Alabama's run game, and because he's a man of the people, he said, I will do it for the people.

0:37.0

And he has done just that. He is with us now. He is Brooks Austin. Welcome in Brooks. How are you today? I'm doing good. I didn't feel as if it was much of a chore. I love watching run game, even if it's not great, you know, which it's not great right now. I'm not going to lie to you. The numbers tell you that. Let's talk about it. The numbers tell you that. So what is the first thing you jumped out?

0:56.6

When you look at Alabama

0:57.4

run game, and I assume you broke down numerous, numerous games. What is the main thing that jumps out

1:03.5

at you? A scheme is tight. Like the scheme is good. When I go evaluate run game, all I want to care

1:10.7

about is in its most simplistic

1:12.6

terms, guys, this is how I look at it. Do we have hats for hats? Meaning, if there are seven guys,

1:19.5

seven potential threats in the box, do we have six hats dedicated to the six most, you know,

1:26.1

dangerous and then putting the back on the seventh free hat in the box.

1:30.8

I think they're good and tight on scheme.

1:32.9

Are they good and tight on execution of scheme?

1:35.4

No, I would say they are not.

1:37.5

They're a duo football team right now, which means they're really trying to run behind

1:41.3

Caden Proctor's butt quite often or the right tackles butt quite often and getting real double team down on the line of scrimmage and trying to get some movement.

1:50.4

And we'll talk about that here in a second, which means you've got to be really good at tight-in and wide receiver on what I call insert blocking.

1:57.5

We're going to take a wide receiver and insert him onto a linebacker or

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