20/20 Hindsight | Ole Miss Edition
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On the sidelines, near the end of Alabama's 45-point bludgeoning of Ole Miss, linebacker Nico Johnson was having a conversation with a couple of his fellow linebackers. They weren't chatting about the Crimson Tide's complete dominance on both sides of the ball -- a domination that saw the Tide outgain the Rebels in total yardage 615 to 141. Instead, their conversation covered the third play of the game -- a busted coverage some two and a half hours earlier that resulted in Ole Miss picking up 59 yards and setting up its only touchdown of the night. "That kind of disappointed us," Johnson said. "We wanted the shutout. We want to be perfect. That messed it up." Where it counts -- in the win-loss column -- the Tide still is perfect and still beating teams into submission. That conversation on the sidelines is the reason why.
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"That guy's really a strong back," Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. "Not a burner, but faster than you think. But just so strong, runs right through glass. Best way to describe it is you have to gang-tackle this guy. You have to get four hands on him somehow."
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"We have yet to put together a full 60 minutes of football," said senior wide receiver Brandon Gibson, who caught the first touchdown pass of his five-year career. "It's a scary feeling. Once we get that down ... we'll have a lot of fun this season."
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Richardson broke two attempted tackles at the line on that run, then juked Senquez Golson out of his shoes with an ankle-breaking, stop-start move near the goal line to skip into the end zone. "I saw ol' boy had the corner," Richardson said. "They cut me off at the corner, so I had to try to put a move on him, try to do something to get into the end zone."
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Again, Alabama dominated the line of scrimmage and moved wherever and however it wanted to against Ole Miss, while the Rebels couldn't figure out which way was north. Ole Miss ran the ball 31 times for just 28 yards. Ole Miss' offense line was gobbled up and with it went any hope of moving the ball on this tenacious Tide defense. The Rebels had offensive issues coming into the game, but nothing got cleared up against Alabama. And nothing was going to get cleared up. Alabama looked like a team from another football planet out there. This was major mismatch in the worst way, but Alabama has made it look that way all season.
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban was still thinking about that long passing play that helped keep the Tide from a third shutout of the season. Ole Miss stacked two receivers on that side of the line and the zone defense didn't respond properly. "We just got beat," Saban said. "The guy (Dee Milliner) got beat bad by a good player. ... Nothing tricked us. We have to do a better job of that and not give up big plays. Man, they kill you."
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The Crimson Tide forced two turnovers, stopped the Rebels' only real second-half threat with a goal-line stand and sacked Mackey five times — half of its season total in its first six games. The performance was about as dominating as possible, yet Saban and his players fixated on that opening drive afterward. "We can't let this happen with other teams on our schedule," Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson said. "But I don't know why we seem to play better when we get behind. We talk about playing downhill and I guess we feel like it's uphill when we get behind early, and then we get it turned around."
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Over the last 53 games dating back to the 2007 season, only one player has rushed for 100 yards against Alabama's defense. Tennessee's Tauren Poole had 117 yards against the Tide last season. While Alabama's defense has completely shut down the run in its last seven games, the Crimson Tide have piled up the rushing yards on offense. In that same seven-game span, they're averaging 225.2 yards per game on the ground and 5.7 yards per carry. They've rushed for a total of 1,577 yards in their last seven games and 24 touchdowns.
Richardson leads No. 2 Alabama by Ole Miss 52-7
Alabama's Trent Richardson now has his signature Heisman highlight. The Crimson Tide's bullish back set career marks with 183 yards rushing and four touchdowns and destroyed Mississippi's defense with a 76-yard touchdown run that displayed both his uncommon power and speed in a 52-7 win Saturday night. "I don't think it's the best (game), but it's a good one, and hopefully there's going to be more to come," Richardson said.
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Bama's 615 total yards and rushing total were season highs by far. "Our offense, the more we run it the better we run it," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "We're more like Joe Frazier than we are like [Muhammad] Ali. We have to pound it."
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Ole Miss's best running play was the QB scramble. Take away three Randall Mackey runs -- none of them designed runs - and three Rebels backs combined for just 14 yards on nine carries through three quarters. The best demonstration of the Tide's strength came early in the fourth, when, after allowing Ole Miss to work its way inside the UA 5 on two long pass plays, the Tide defenders decided to start caring again and shut the Rebels down on four plays.
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13: Different Alabama defenders at least contributed to the 14 tackles for loss.
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Tony McCarron raced through the streets here in a hurry to get to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and hand deliver a note to his son. Tony writes one before every game with words meant to inspire AJ McCarron, Alabama's sophomore quarterback. "Be patient. Be aggressive. Be accurate," Tony said he wrote on the note AJ stuffed in a sock. "Win or lose it will never change the fact that I love you." Tony has seen every one of AJ's games since he began playing at age 4. But Tony's streak was in true danger after he underwent emergency appendectomy surgery Friday night.
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I like that the guys are focused on that first OM drive. Gotta quit spotting leads or squandering early opportunities. This slow-but-steady “solid first half” stuff is not the same thing as playing all 60 minutes at the level this team can play. I know we “wear the other guys out,” but LSU isn’t going to cramp up after 3 quarters, and neither will OU. Getting and keeping the early lead is a better place to be. This is an amazing team, but we can be better.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
LSU cramped in 09
Guess you don’t remember Peterson cramping the entire second half against us in 09. LSU will have “injuries” just to slow the offensive momentum down. We shall see on Nov. 5th.
by DRoberts92 on Oct 16, 2011 10:06 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No, I remember that.....
But it really doesn’t adress my point. And is that how you want to play and plan for the game, that the other side will give up and resort to the football equivalent of peaceful resistance? Me, I would rather plan that my opponent will play all-out for 60 minutes and take the necessary steps to dominate that way. 60-minute domination solves not problems.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Er, "both problems," instead of "not problems"
Too quick on the Post button.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
OSU always gets "injuries"
When the other team has momentum. Oregon, WVU, early yesterday against Tennessee. It’s bushleague bullshit cowardice. And it’s coached.
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 16, 2011 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn, LSU. Obvs not OSU
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 16, 2011 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
How many in the current media are old enough to get this reference, coach?
“We’re more like Joe Frazier than we are like [Muhammad] Ali. We have to pound it.”
I’m hoping Lacy continues to heal up. If we don’t give him more than a few good reps against TN, and give him the off week to be 100% for LSU, so be it.
LOVE the 60 minutes focus discussion — Saban and staff’s words coming outta the players mouths… Outstanding.
What a great road win!
It’s not only nice, but frightening to see our offense AND defense hitting on all cylinders simultaneously. I’ve been hesitant to draw comparisons to past teams, at least not until the season ends..but this team looks as good, or better, than the 09 squad. Perhaps the special teams play is not as good, but overall we looked juggernaut-ish.
"...because you've got your mind right, and that's the way we like it." Nick Saban
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'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
I'm starting to believe that Mark Ingram is right.
Trent Richardson is better than he is.
by toofull on Oct 16, 2011 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I didn't realize there was a lot of question about that......
Don’t get me wrong, he still had to prove it, but I think he is doing exactly that. Enjoy him while we have him. Unfortunately, I don’t think we have anyone quite like either of them coming up behind them. We have some very good backs, but no one quite like MI or TR.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
SUre, I know the talk was there . . .
. . . and we knew he was stronger than Ingram but Ingram was the master of the full throttle cut, a move that made him a little more valuable than Richardson.
Love that full throttle cut........
But I think we’re watching something even better now. And I dont see a speed loss whenTR is making those wide-stance moves that the broadcasters are so fond of highlighting. Every really good back has something special. How they and their team take advantage of it is the key, I think. Like Mark, TR can put the team on his back if need be, but it doesn’t look like that will be necessary. And even when it isn’t necessary, his strength and explosiveness are a breakout threat on every play. I have a ton of Ingram highlights, and I love watching the guy, but IMHO, and really it is just for my own fun, I really love watching TR. Whether it was that 50-yard TD burst against Texas, or the tackle busting against Arky two years ago, the early games last year, or this year’s human highlight reel, he’s just a blast to watch.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
IMO Mark's vision was superior, but just barely
TR is something very special, it just too bad the Heisman field is QB heavy this year. Hard for a RB to overcome QB stat padding.
"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." -Thomas Paine
That's always been obvious.
I said it last year and got jumped on.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
"Saw ol' boy had the corner..." made me horse-laugh.
That is now become part of my vernacular.
Never truss a big butt and a smile.
+1
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
By the way . . .
. . . kudos to the announcers, yesterday. I thought they were both very good but especially the color commentator.
I agree.....
I was worried about the team when assigned, but they managed to keep the game pretty interesting, and were pretty good with the instant replay in pointing out key play components. Of course, it helped being a Tide fan.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Oct 16, 2011 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Some observations about the Grove/Ole Miss Campus
Maybe the most beautiful campus I’ve seen to date. Trash cans everywhere. The OM fans suck. They poor-mouthed their own team every chance they got. The Grove is beautiful, and it’s full of a bunch of rich pricks trying to out-do each other. I have never seen so many people carrying so much food. The people of Oxford, MS definitely didn’t get the memo that we’re in a recession.
Alabama fans were pretty quite as well, up until halftime. We really stood up and raised some hell from then on. V-H stadium is very nice to look at, but not at all user friendly. They were not ready for the crowd that Alabama brought.
As for the game…well, 52-7 probably speaks well enough for itself.
TR’s cut back inside the 10 was freakin illegal…he may just be the best RB Bama’s ever had. And that’s sayin’ something.
Get your cigars early this week. They’re gonna fly off the shelves quickly.
Roll Tide Roll!!!
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
as much as i love shuan alexander
You have a strong arguement.
by Bravo Crimson on Oct 16, 2011 11:52 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
How many places
would a kid like him not be starting as, at the very least, a sophomore? Crowell and Lattimore aren’t fit to carry his jock and they were both anointed program saviors as freshmen. Trent might have been the best RB in the country last year, and he was our backup.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
he was the better back in the NC game against Texas
by Bravo Crimson on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
TR was great in the BCS CG, but to paraphrase "W"
you may be “misremembering”. TR had a great run (and went over 100), but Mark was our bread and butter in that game, consistently moving the chains and dragging Texas defenders all night (also exceeding 100). Mark’s performance in the BCS Championship Game was outstanding.
"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." -Thomas Paine
same architect
I haven’t researched this subject, but I believe the same person who designed the alabama campus also designed the Ole Miss campus. He designed UA’s then UM’s, so he was probably able to perfect a few things.
by Chuck Finley on Oct 16, 2011 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
You're referring to William Nichols,
the Gothic Revival architect.
As a whole, I’d say our buildings are easily more handsome, while their campus layout is better suited to the intimate environment they have cultivated (though not to expansion).
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by animalcracker on Oct 17, 2011 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions
when was severe depression known as being an injury??
by Bravo Crimson on Oct 16, 2011 1:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Embarrassmentitis.
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by SpockJenkins on Oct 16, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Frazier/Ali comment
Jeff, have no idea how many in the current media are old enough to reference this analogy but I assure you there are many tens of thousands of Bama fans who can relate. RTR
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I can’t wait. Bracing for epic.
That cutback/juke was everything the muffed punt by Florida wasn’t: a stunning display of skill and athleticism. I’m going to enjoy him while he’s with the Tide, and I’m going to miss him when he’s gone. He’s going to make a pro team very happy some day soon. Anyone who can break Emmett Smith’s records bears watching, and tonight is but a small part of that proof.
I will put an asterisk next to an Alabama Crimson Tide "fake national title" the second one is given. That day has not and will never come. But to be fair, I'll give you 1941 if you give me 1945 and the Missing Ring of 1966.
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