Alabama vs. Arkansas

 

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Hello Friends! It’s football time in T-town.

The hogs came a callin’ hoping not to be the main course. Ryan Mallett, the 6’7 QB, comes off of a 400yd game where he torched a Georgia secondary, but today he will face a herd of big red elephants.

The first quarter was a feeling out process, where both teams traded possessions. Late in the first quarter, Arkansas at 4th down pulled off a fake punt deep in their own territory for a 1st down but the drive stalled.

After the stop, Bama drove the ball down the field with passes to the TE, Colin Peek, and runs from Mark Ingram & Trent Richardson and the Tide got rolling. Richardson ended the drive with a 52 yard run for a TD.

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Mid way through the 2nd quarter, Nick Saban, borrowed a play from Bobby Petrino’s playbook, running double reverse flea flicker. Greg McElroy hit Julio Jones on a 50yd pass for a TD, making the score 14-0 late in the half.

The only time Arkansas got close to Bama was in the 3rd quarter. Arkansas mustered up a 5 play drive for 55yds when Mallett hit Greg Childs for an 18yd TD.

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Now lets talk about Arkansas’ overall stats for the game. Mallett didn’t have a bad game, but his recievers dropped too many passes. Had they caught more passes, Arkansas may have gotten out of T-town with a better showing. Mallett was 12 for 35, for 160yds, 1 TD & 1 INT, which James Woodall picked off and ran back for 23yds. The hogs ground game was nothing to write home about. The leading rusher was senior, Michael Smith, who had 12 carries for 61yds.  The hogs defense has all kinds of problems. Although Arkansas played the run pretty good, they were roasted with the pass.

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Now for the Alabama stats!

Greg McElroy had a career high, 291yds passing. He was 17 for 24 and 3TD. McElroy hit Marquis Mays on a record setting 80yd pass for a TD. The Tide ground game was ok. The leading rusher was Trent Richardson (9 carries for 64 yds & 1TD).

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Now the defense was better than ok. The defense put pressure on Mallett all day. Arenas had 2 sacks and Lorenzo Washington came up with a blocked punt, that allowed McElroy to hit Ingram for a 14yd pass that led to a Bama score. James Woodall had the only turnover, a 23yd interception.

FINAL SCORE: 35-7

In closing, today’s game was a normal day @ the office for Bama. They probably could have scored more points on the hogs than they did but why do that? They don’t want to be known as the Florida of the SEC west. They have more class than that.

Until next time, have a great week!

Roll Tide!