Blog: Latest Bama News 10/14/2012

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Missouri coach Gary Pinkel says Alabama may be the best team he's seen (links0- al.com

 

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It's a game that had just about everything. There were kickoff returns for touchdowns, blocked punts, long runs, dropped snaps on punts, sacks, fumbles, lightning and weather delays. It almost turned a downright boring game into something worth watching.

Commentary: Crimson Tide weathers adversity to top Missouri- montgomeryadvertiser

 

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RUSHING OFFENSE AThe Crimson Tide offense was nearly unstoppable until lightning did what Missouri could not.

MA give's us a B+...

Alabama Football: Report Card-montgomeryadvertiser

 

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Statistically Speaking: Big day on the ground vaults Alabama's rushing numbers-al.com

 

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Derek Dooley, Tennessee players talk Alabama (video)-al.com

 

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What the Vols will be moving on to is the nation’s top-ranked scoring defense and total defense when the Crimson Tide come to Knoxville on Saturday. Dooley said that despite the negativity surrounding the team’s rough start, he does anticipate it will be difficult to get his team focused and motivated to take on the Tide.“I don’t read it or look at it,” said Dooley of the negative chatter surrounding the Vols. “I’ll be watching Alabama and trying to help our players, give them a good plan so they can go out there and have a chance.” Tennessee’s players echoed that sentiment.

Vols try to put Mississippi State loss behind them with Alabama coming to town-al.com

 

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We’ve been looking for this, and it’s nice to see it’s available. Before Saturday, Alabama had visited Missouri only one other time, winning 38-20 in 1978. Here’s a video of highlights, taken from an old syndicated show done by former broadcaster Bill Fleming

Alabama vs. Missouri, 1978 (Video)- DailyBamaBlog

 

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Alabama won at Tennessee 17-10 in 1972, scoring two touchdowns in the final 2:39. Davis scored the winning points on a 21-yard run, and that’s what’s pictured in the video.

Fan request: Terry Davis’ run against Tennessee in 1972-DailyBamaBlo2

 

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The big man hopped briskly through the cold night air, grinning widely while red-and-white clad Alabama fans clapped and shouted from above. "Six more games!" yelled D.J. Fluker, Alabama’s massive 6-foot-6, 335-pound right tackle, as he strode toward the Crimson Tide’s locker room at Memorial Stadium. With its convincing 42-10 win over Missouri on Saturday, No. 1 Alabama improved to 6-0, only six wins from a perfect regular season. For three-plus hours, Fluker and his teammates had met their coach’s direct challenge, clearly illustrating the gulf that exists between college football’s elite programs and everyone else. "We had a pretty straightforward message to our team: How important is the season to you?" said Alabama coach Nick Saban, whose team improved to 3-0 in SEC play. "It's not the potential you have, it's what you do … with your effort, your toughness ... we have been a very good team and this game was, in some ways, the epitome of that."

No. 1 Alabama handily beats Missouri 42-10 - KansasCity.com

 

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Eddie Lacy was credited with a 73-yard touchdown run on Alabama's second offensive play Saturday, setting the tone for the afternoon as the Crimson Tide chewed up yardage on the ground at will. But if you add the distance he covered cutting across the field while outrunning much of the Mizzou defense, Lacy certainly topped 100 yards on that one carry. That's not something the junior does routinely given a full game. But his career-high 177 yards were the most glaring indictment of a Mizzou defense that had been fairly solid. "It was a big old hole, and I was able to run through it," Lacy said of the touchdown run 45 seconds into the game. "The offensive line came out and they dominated. Every time we had a big run it was because they made a big hole for us."

Bama's run game finds its footing against Mizzou : Stltoday

 

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Nick Saban came off the field Saturday and sized up the afternoon for No. 1 Alabama. "It was tough sledding out there today, guys," the Crimson Tide coach said. The thing is, he was speaking more about the weather than the opponent. "For the conditions, I was pleased with the balance that we had," he said. Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon gave Alabama a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time this season and the duo combined for five scores as Alabama beat Missouri 42-10 in a soggy, lightning-delayed game. The Crimson Tide had a season high 533 total yards and held Missouri to 129 yards -- and just 3 yards rushing. "Basically the offensive line came out and they dominated," Lacy said. "I mean, every time we made a big run it was because they made a big hole for us."

Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Missouri Tigers - Recap - October 13, 2012 - ESPN

 

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"That is maybe the best football team I've ever seen," he said yesterday after watching Alabama dismantle another team, his Tigers, 42-10. "Time will tell. Some people might disagree with me. … I don't see a weakness."

Tigers blown out of the water by Crimson Tide | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri

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"He said he could play, he was able to back in the game and AJ wanted to go back in the game," said head coach Nick Saban. "As long as the doctor said it was OK for him to go back in the game, I was OK with him going back in the game." At this point, Alabama was only up 28-10 and Saban said the team wasn’t in a position where it could sit McCarron if he was good enough to go back in. "We certainly were not to where you get concerned about ‘is this game over?’ because they’re one score away from getting back in the game," he said.

Bama bitten by injury bug-BamaMag

 

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The Alabama Crimson Tide, the best team in the nation, rolled into town and did their thing, trouncing Missouri 42-10 in a game that went as expected except for that hole in the middle in which the stadium was evacuated. After a lightning delay, the final 2½ quarters were played in front of crowd more reminiscent of a spring game than a visit from football royalty. Those who left and didn't return got the gist of it. Alabama was already up by four touchdowns, confirming that the best team in the nation — maybe the best MU Coach Gary Pinkel has ever seen, he said — is way better than an average Missouri squad. From Eddie Lacy's 73-yard touchdown run on the second play from scrimmage to LaMichael Fanning's illegal but physically impressive suplex of MU running back Russell Hansbrough late in the fourth quarter, this was about Alabama matter-of-factly dominating Missouri without feeling it played particularly well.

Nature takes its course as Tide trounce Tigers Tiger Extra - Mizzou Sports | ColumbiaTribune.com

 

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Finally, we see why six out of 232 combined voters in three major polls don’t vote Alabama No. 1, and a stormy day in Missouri opened our eyes. Turns out the process-oriented Crimson Tide loses its edge a smidge when the process is interrupted by, say, a weather delay. Good thing for Alabama it doesn’t happen every week, and good thing the Tide’s lulls don’t last more than a quarter or two. Otherwise, woe would be today’s release of the season’s first Bowl Championship Series standings. And yes, this is dripping satire.

Anniston Star - Tide goes into two quarter slumber after lightning delay but dominant start and finish lead to soaking of Missouri

 

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Junior tight end Eric Waters was carted off on a stretcher in the waning moments of the game because of an undisclosed injury. Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said that he was told by the trainer that Waters was taken off that way as "a precautionary measure." A team spokesman said Waters underwent a CT scan, which came out normal, and was set to undergo an MRI.

MU notebook: Tight end Waters carried off field at end of game - KansasCity.com

 

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Mizzou was never going to win this game. With the nation’s best defense that held Missouri to 129 total yards and forced the ball backwards enough to limit the Tigers to three rushing yards, and with running back bulls in Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon combining for 272 yards and four touchdowns, Alabama had more than enough to ride out the storm. Alabama was the big kid, its arm on the head of the smaller guy swinging away but unable to reach the target. But at least Missouri had started swinging. Where was that from the outset? "I wouldn’t say we weren’t trying," wide receiver T.J. Moe said.

Delay turns out to be MU’s best weapon against Tide - KansasCity.com

 

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A Mizzou team that has lost its way and an Alabama program that appears on trajectory to the BCS national title game converged on Saturday to produce a predictable result: a 42-10 Crimson Tide victory. The dismantling by top-ranked Alabama, which led 27-0 before a lightning delay 21 minutes 20 seconds into the game, punctuated the end of the first half of MU's first Southeastern Conference season thusly: The Tigers are 0-4 in league play and have been outscored 133-55. With the season verging on a shambles, perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the moment is that MU (3-4) has a bye this week before resuming SEC play Oct. 27 against Kentucky. "Good time to get a break," Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel said.

Mizzou drenched, drubbed and dreadful in loss : Stltoday

 

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Alabama vs. Missouri 2012 video highlights: Crimson Tide roll to 6-0 - SBNation.com


TideSports.com - PHOTOS: Bama beats Mizzou 42-10.

 

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