It turned out to be a pretty good day for the 2nd ranked Alabama Crimson Tide football team. After dominating Arkansas St. 35-0 to move to 9-0 on the season, the Tide later saw # 1 Texas lose on a last second play to # 7 Texas Tech, thus a possible # 1 ranking for Nick Saban's club.This homecoming game provided Alabama another mental test playing a potentially dangerous Arkansas St. team after a big win against rival Tennessee last week and a huge match up set up next week at # 15 LSU. Alabama opened the game with a touchdown on their first offensive drive with a 89 yard march, in which turned out to be the game winning points.
The Alabama defense was awesome all day long making trips across the 50 yard line a
rarity for the Red Wolves. It was the first shut out for Alabama since a 17-0 win in 2005 over Mississippi State. Alabama took a 14-0 lead in halftime mainly because of missed opportunities, and a FG, on offense. The second half was a different story, however, as the Tide was in control the entire afternoon and put another 21 points up, including a defense touchdown on a interception return from All-SEC safety Rashaad Johnson.Freshman running back Mark Ingram led the offensive charge with 113 yards on 12 carries and added two touchdowns. I need those kind of numbers today from my fantasy team. While QB John Parker Wilson did throw his first interception of the season in the red zone, he had a productive day otherwise and led the always methodical Tide offense to another good day.
The probable new # 1 Alabama Crimson Tide now turns its attention to the LSU Tigers in what will be called the Nick Saban Bowl 2. While that is a good story, its certainly not the biggest. Alabama has far more to play for than just making their coach happy to beat his old team. They can clinch the SEC West title with a win in Death Valley, and also put a tighter grip on their national championship hopes with a win of that magnitude. You can beat the Tide will be ready for that one.
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