Ryan Grubb's Biggest Improvement For Alabama Offense

Against Florida State, the Crimson Tide's offense sputtered after the opening drive of the game. However, against ULM, Alabama did not punt as the Tide rolled to a 73-0 victory over the Warhawks.

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I know it was ULM, but Alabama prepared the way they should have during the week, and it showed on Saturday as the Tide looked dominant on its way to a shutout victory.

Offensively, Alabama did not punt in the win, scoring on every drive the Crimson Tide had on Saturday night.

Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb was asked about where he saw the biggest improvements from the offense from week one to week two.

“Well, I thought their biggest step forward was honestly the week in practice they had. I know that’s probably not the sexiest thing to say, but they did," Grubb said. "They had a good week of practice, and I thought that it really showed. I literally showed them on Sunday that, I got all the information from our strength staff, physical output, they wear those catapults, and I just showed them they practice harder. It showed. I thought that that was something that was kind of cool to be able to show them, back it up with science, but then you watch the game tape, and they played inspired. So I hope they keep that up.”

Ty Simpson's day was better as well, completing all 17 pass attempts he had for 226 yards and four total touchdowns (three passing, one rushing). Grubb said he saw Simpson's decision-making improve the most throughout the week.

"Decision making. I thought he was extremely decisive. He was very dialed on his reads. He didn’t pass up open players. I thought he played great. I thought he was really, really into the game plan all week, and I was really hopeful that he was gonna play very, very well."

Ty Simpson also asked to be coached harder, which Ryan Grubb said he didn't do a good job of preparing him for the first game.

“That’s not surprising. That’s something that Ty certainly shared with me as well. That was something I told him after the first game was, I told you everybody on the team’s got to look inward, what we can own. I thought maybe I wasn’t hard enough on Ty. I didn’t harden him enough for the moment in the first week, and I told him I wouldn’t make that mistake again.”

Alabama takes on Wisconsin at 11:00 a.m. CT on Saturday, September 13.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.