Chad Kelly is in his first year at Ole Miss.
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The play handed the Crimson Tide its lone regular season loss and ended its 10-game winning streak against the Rebels. Now healthy, Drake has been on fire in the first two games of the season.
Alabama will be out for revenge Saturday evening when it takes on the Ole Miss Rebels inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. “You’ve got to wrap up and swarm tackle, get 11 hats on the ball, which I think we’ve always done”.
Bama fans say the game tonight is their first shot at redemption, and what better place to do that they say, than back in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mississippi State has beaten Alabama eighteen times.
It was a 21-0 quarter and, in total, a 31-0 run dating back to the end of the first half that put the game completely out of reach… until it wasn’t. This big-boy Division 1 College Football in the SEC. “That’s the nature of the beast when you play at Alabama”. If Nkemdiche flattens them before they can get some speed, we’ll be in for a long night.
“So there’s going to be different energy out there for us and we’re going to step up to the challenge”. “I’ve been kind of in and out”, said Kim Sartin, Ole Miss fan. It’s hardly the clash of styles the game might seem.
The Ole Miss Rebels (15) are visiting The Alabama Crimson Tide (2) trying to upset Nick Saban and co. for a second season in a row. While Ole Miss did come out victorious in a close game previous year , it will take more of a Ohio State Buckeyes type of performance to win in Tuscaloosa. “We have seven big weekends with home football games (in the fall) and the A-Day game (in spring)”.
No. 2 Alabama shook up its quarterback rotation Saturday night against No. 15 Ole Miss and went with third-year sophomore Cooper Bateman as the starter.
In reality this is battle that will make one team prevail and one team be forced to feel a wrath that will undoubtedly change the course of their mental and physical prowess as they continue deeper into their conference schedule.
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The Crimson Tide may be higher rated, but Ole Miss comes in on the hot streak, averaging 74.5 points per game and 9.3 yards per plays, figures that lead the nation in both categories. Kelly has been terrific and breakout stars like Quincy Adeboyejo have emerged.
