But for at least one game, Saban’s squad showed that even when it’s not flawless, it can fight and overcome.
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Said Carter: “You practice turnovers every day in practice, but I don’t know”. The in-game video presentation drew cheers from ardent fans in Beaver Stadium, but also drew criticism from some who said honoring Paterno is insensitive to victims in the school’s sex abuse scandal. “You don’t ever want to beat yourself, and when you do things like that you give yourself an opportunity to beat yourself”.
“We could have really lost the game based on mental mistakes, mental errors, lack of execution at times that led to really bad plays for our team”, Saban said.
The end result, of course, was the pair combining for 290 of the season-high 334 rushing yards, with Hurts becoming the first Tide quarterback to eclipse the century mark on the ground with 146 net yards since Tyler Watts did it in 2001. Lambert went 2 of 3 passing for 2 yards on Georgia’s final drive that killed the clock. Nick Saban saw the victory he wanted: Alabama gets revenge after taking down Ole Miss 48-43. Akeem Judd is Ole Miss’ top rusher with 153 yards and 2 touchdowns and Evan Engram is the top receiver with 20 catches and two touchdowns. Ham is 3 of 7 on field goals this year, with each of his makes within 30 yards.
Amaechi said playing a similar offensive approach versus Missouri will help the defense when it tries to defend Kelly and the Rebels.
I will never have a pinch of the football knowledge possessed by Bama OC Lane Kiffin, but some of his calls in the first half were head scratching: A reverse play on 2nd and 17 deep in Ole Miss territory? The second was a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown that was the last scoring play the Rebels allowed.
Down the stretch, the Rebels will have to learn to hold on to a first half lead and close tight games.
What followed was Jackson’s special teams heroics that, ultimately, changed the game, and Alabama added insult to injury and tied the game with a hit and fumble of Kelly – recovered by Da’Ron Payne for a six – at the Ole Miss 1-yard line early in the third quarter. “They have to do what I’ve asked them to do to be reinstated”. Three plays later, on third-and-1, he converted and sealed the victory, finally putting away the Rebs after losses the previous two years.
Through two quarters, Ole Miss (1-2, 0-1) didn’t look the part of a double-digit underdog. “Chad Kelly is a really good player”. I’m sure he’s adjusting to what he thinks is best for his team.
For a while, it felt as if the curse of the Ole Miss Rebels was going to continue its stranglehold on #Alabama; the Crimson Tide had suffered defeat at Rebel hands in their past two meets. The Rebels rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown on 32 attempts, an average of 3.3 yards per rush.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Austin Allen threw for 241 yards and a pair of touchdowns in less than three quarters of action as the Razorbacks (3-0) rolled to the easy win. Danny Etling completed 19 of 30 passes for 215 yards in his first start for host LSU, including a 37-yard touchdown strike to D.J. Chark. Ole Miss went three-and-out on the ensuing series, and Alabama again capitalized, as Eddie Jackson returned the Rebels’ punt 85 yards for a touchdown to cut the Ole Miss lead to 24-17 at the half. He is the only running back with at least 90 yards rushing all three games this season. “We’ve played a lot of young kids that have to grow up and understand the value of each play in the course of a game”. “It was a great team win and we needed about every guy that we had out there to contribute in some way”.
