Alabama’s Da’Shawn Hand carted off with knee injury vs. Ole Miss
RUNNING MEN: Alabama for 496 yards against Vanderbilt and held the ball for 42:55 minutes.
Hurts, who played at Channelview High School, told reporters in Tuscaloosa that while Texas A&M was among his final three college selections along with Mississippi State, he mostly remembers the Vince Young era at Texas from more than a decade ago while growing up near Houston. This week he compiled 298 total yards and three touchdowns.
On the first play of the second half, Damien Harris ran for 46-yards off the left tackle, and put the Tide in a position to score, again.
The Crimson Tide didn’t turn it over in the postseason of 2016 either. The Volunteers’ last touchdown came with 25 seconds remaining in the first half against the Minutemen.
ABOUT ALABAMA (4-0, 1-0): Sophomore quarterback Jalen Hurts has passed for 550 yards and four touchdowns but continues to make his biggest impact as the team’s leading rusher with 360 yards.
“I don’t care really care how many points we’ve scored in the last four games, I’m only anxious about how many we score in the next game”, Saban said.
On Saturday night in Bryant-Denny Stadium, there would be no doubt. Hand was to be a huge player on this Alabama front-seven this year. But it is clear that this will be the Tide’s first test since that game. Alabama added another touchdown and leads 59-3. It was the first score of the season for Jacobs, who had battled a hamstring injury to start the year.
Ole Miss’s offense, meanwhile, began its drives on average at its own 21-yard line.
– The network and start time for Arkansas’ Oct. 14 game at No. 1 Alabama will not be announced until after games are played this weekend. “We want more turnovers, we want more touchdowns”.
The key to an Ole Miss upset at No. 12 Auburn won’t be the size of the playbook but the efficiency of it. Luke said center Sean Rawlings (ankle) is a game-time decision, but receiver A.J. Brown (knee) is likely good to go. “He was fully dressed out and was out there, but he did not do anything live against the defense and probably will not be able to until Saturday”, Luke said of his junior center.
“Do I have enough or did I simplify too much?” Kicker Gary Wunderlich will rest his hamstring.
The Tigers dominated Alabama in straight sets Sunday to win their third consecutive road game and improve to 10-7 on the season and 3-1 in SEC play.
Ole Miss is just the latest to feel the wrath.
Kick time for Vanderbilt: The Ole Miss-Vanderbilt game in Oxford on October 14 has been set for a 2:30 kickoff and SEC Network television.