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Title: Arkansas a blast from past for Bama Post by: 2Stater on October 16, 2013, 06:38:32 AM http://espn.go.com/blog/colleges/alabama/post/_/id/17256/arkansas-offense-a-blast-from-the-past-for-alabama
Quote Bielema has fed freshman Alex Collins the football from his first step on campus. The 206-pound machine ran it 21 times for 131 yards in the season opener. He followed that up by running for more than 100 yards in each of his next two games, becoming the first freshman in NCAA history to reach the century mark in his first three games. Today he ranks 10th nationally in carries (123) and 11th in rushing yards (720). According to ESPN Stats & Information, he leads the SEC with 10 broken tackles. A whopping 37.2 percent of his total yards have come after contact. Collins and Williams have done it all despite having an underwhelming passing game to keep safeties like Sunseri honest. Arkansas, by design as much as a lack of playmakers at quarterback and wide receiver, is dead last in the conference in passing yards. Compared to what Alabama's seen of late with teams throwing the ball incessantly, the change of pace will be as startling as much as it is challenging. The Tide's previous six opponents averaged 28.6 carries and 86.7 rushing yards per game, compared to Arkansas' per-game average of 39.6 carries and 216.3 rushing yards. Been a long time since Bama played a team that plays old fashion football instead of the spread, HUNH that everybody's been throwing at them. Title: Re: Arkansas a blast from past for Bama Post by: Catch Prothro on October 16, 2013, 08:13:26 AM Their offense plays to our strength. Could be a shutout.
Title: Re: Arkansas a blast from past for Bama Post by: Reelvalue on October 16, 2013, 08:20:06 AM Their offense plays to our strength. Could be a shutout. Bielema will find out sooner than later that his offense of running with hardly any passing will not work in the SEC as it did at Wisconsin.Title: Re: Arkansas a blast from past for Bama Post by: XBAMA on October 16, 2013, 08:31:09 AM CJ and crew are licking their chops :lol2:
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