However, Stidham’s performance on Thursday night validated everything I wrote in that piece.
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The trick is to contain Fournette while remaining aware of the occasional zone read by Brandon Harris and the fact that Travin Dural and Malachi Dupre are NFL-caliber receivers. He was 6 of 19 for 128 yards with a touchdown and his first interception of the season. “They have five-star talented players at every position across the board. Mississippi State is a good team so we have to be ready”.
Make no mistake about it: the Cowboys made a statement by throttling defending co-champion TCU on Saturday.
The good news not only came as a win on the football in the past few days but on the Alabama recruiting trail as well.
Week 10 was supposed to be one the most anticipated week of action in college football. While those numbers don’t guarantee a “W”, they certainly make it more likely to happen. “He keeps on going so why not, when you have that option?”
Griffith drilled a career-long 55-yard field goal right before halftime. Alabama has wins this season over Wisconsin, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana-Monroe, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, and LSU. Fournette gained just 9 yards on five carries in that game.
Coming into Week 10, all the talk about Alabama’s matchup against LSU was about Tigers halfback Leonard Fournette, but it was Alabama’s star, Henry, who stole the show.
That’s why Alabama’s Derrick Henry should be the front-runner.
“This game could not set up any better for Mississippi State this week”, he told SEC Country. “I’m just trying to win with the Crimson Tide”.
The point? Alabama vs. Mississippi State won’t generate near the hype that last week’s Game of the Century 2.0 did, but the Bulldogs are anything but a slouch.
It’s tough to argue with those results.
Notes: Miles said be expects fullback J.D. Moore, who went down with an apparent leg injury at Alabama, to miss the remainder of the season.
The Bulldogs rank 67th nationally against the run ― 10th among SEC teams. If four teams go to the playoffs then there are five teams standing in LSU’s way to the National Semifinals.
That’s the same Ole Miss team that lost by four touchdowns at Florida, six spots behind Alabama in the rankings, and by 13 points at Memphis, nine spots behind the Tide.
In the ACC, No. 3 Clemson hosts No. 17 Florida State. It’s also highly possible that Alabama will jump the Buckeyes in Tuesday’s rankings because of its impressive victory over previous No. 2 LSU. More on that topic below…
Yes, I’m aware that Boston College and MI allow only 3.9 yards per play, which is.
“It’s a great feeling and there’s no better place to play in the world”.
Though Arkansas and Mississippi State are both underdogs for their games this weekend, it’s a big win over teams like LSU and Alabama that will eventually start making recruits see these programs in an equal light as the Tigers and Crimson Tide.
Of course, it wasn’t just the run defense that stood out.
The only way to to stop Saban and the Crimson Tide is simple, and that is beat them.
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Rebels running backs Jaylen Walton, Jordan Wilkins and Akeem Judd – a combined 21 carries for 112 yards and a touchdown – hurt the Hogs and until Arkansas’ miracles to achieve overtime and win overtime, Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly had the Hogs beat not only completing 24 of 34 passes for 368 yards three touchdowns, but running a game-leading 110 yards with three touchdowns on 11 carries.
