Alabama’s backfield will receive a boost against the Georgia Bulldogs with freshman Bo Scarbrough becoming eligible this week.
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Wynn said the offensive line’s fundamentals will play a big part in deciding the outcome of this game.
Expect to see a few of that at 2:30 p.m. Saturday when Alabama (3-1) travels to No. 8 Georgia. “They don’t beat themselves much”. “We rushed with four and played a lot of split-safety coverages, which really helped us, because they couldn’t run the ball”. “We’re certainly a developing team right now”.
But they seemingly had a lot going for them the last time Alabama came to Athens in 2008, only to get punched in the mouth.
Offensively, things start with sophomore tailback Nick Chubb for the Bulldogs. It wasn’t until Georgia’s Chris Conley caught a tipped pass and slipped to the ground at the Alabama 5-yard line as time ran out that the Crimson Tide punched their ticket to play and eventual destroy No. 1 Notre Dame, 42-14, for their second straight national title. Indianapolis, whom the Falcons face November 22, figured to be one of the better teams this season but opened with two losses before outlasting Tennessee 35-33 Sunday.
“Nick Chubb is very strong, physical, fast, explosive”.
Saban says Georgia plays like Wisconsin with “regular people”. I’ll back the Eagles but I don’t think it’s wise to ignore UL Monroe completely…. He’s effective in their screen game so you can’t discount him as a receiver in any way, shape or form either. “This guy is by far the best back we’ve played against all year long”. He’ll try to surpass the legend against the Tide. If Chubb is to break the record, he’ll become just the 11th opposing player to rush for 100 or more yards against Alabama during Saban’s tenure. “But it’ll be one of those games that I would guess everyone is going to be at their best”.
Alabama ranks first in the SEC and fourth in the country allowing just 56.75 rushing yards per game. Regardless of what the polls say, Bama is a top-ten-quality team, and they don’t know the meaning of the word “quit”.
“I believe we’re a team that will compete with anybody and will lay out for each other”, he said.
Granted they have as good a roster as any team in college football, but they are suffering at the most important position.
“We just didn’t come out fired up, I guess”, Lambert said. “The fact that we are an underdog gives us that much more motivation to go out and reclaim our reputation”. This week’s game against Point (NAIA) likely will be easier than the following week (Gardner-Webb, which is in their conference, the Big South and has been playing football since 1970).
Outside of Chubb, Saban said “don’t discount No. 1 either, the next guy that comes in, because he’s a pretty good player as well”. Michel has rushed for 223 yards and four touchdowns this season, including two scores last week against Southern.
Alabama beat Louisiana-Monroe 34-0 on Saturday. Marshall has scored three touchdowns and is averaging 5.7 yards a carry.
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Overreaction narrative: They smoked their first two opponents, then got cocky! “If we do our jobs up front and win those matchups and keep quarterback Greyson (Lambert) upright, nobody’s going to be able to stop us when those backs head downhill”.
