Auburn’s Gus Malzahn Says Still No Decision On Quarterback For Iron Bowl

Oh how the tables have turned. “He’s a big dude”.

The 6-foot, 240-pound Pettway has missed the past two games due to a leg injury suffered late against Vanderbilt on November 5.

“He’s a big back”, Fitzpatrick said. Anyone who has ever watched an Iron Bowl, however, will tell you that form goes out of the window in these contests as passion and desire take over. “It’s so hard to get a shutout, and our defense has played excellent all year.any time you get a shutout, it’s something special”. He trails Arkansas running back Rawleigh Williams by 103 yards for the SEC lead.

Auburn’s head coach announced Tuesday that the Tigers are planning to have Pettway available Saturday in Tuscaloosa, ending a two-game absence.

The Aggies didn’t look outstanding in a 23-10 win over a Conference USA opponent in UTSA but they did get the victory so that is enough to hold off LSU for the No. 4 spot in our SEC Power Rankings heading in to the final week of the regular season. The Tigers blew multiple opportunities against the Gators with just two scores on five red zone trips and that sloppy play suddenly has a lot of people wondering whether Orgeron will be back next season.

“He is one of our impact players”.

The Madison Academy product – who is 177 yards shy of joining Pettway in the 1,000-yard club – said his ankle is finally “on the brink” of being 100 percent, and he has performed well in the four games this season his backfield mate hasn’t recorded a carry, topping 90 yards in each.

Saban called Auburn a “good all-around” team. We’ve got to get after him and our defensive front has done an excellent job all year. Some quarterbacks we want to keep in the pocket because he’s unsafe with his legs and he can make throws on the run.

“We’re preparing as if those guys will play because we respect all the players that they have at that position”, head coach Nick Saban said Monday. So that’s something that we’re used to.

Auburn isn’t elite at quarterback, but does have a few guys who can scramble in addition to throwing. Alabama also boasts the nation’s No. 13 rushing offense, averaging 249.82 yards per game on the ground.

“Just going to school, the other kids holding up their thumb for six in a row, all that stuff, I hated it, man”, Anderson said. “We need to get refocused and re-centered, and I think everybody will be ready to do that”. He can throw the football vertically downfield very well and he has really had good command of his offense. He’s averaged 158 rushing yards per game on the season, and topped 25 carries in four different games.

“I think that will be one of the keys to the game, us being able to run the football”, Malzahn said Tuesday.

Many believe this year’s matchup has lost a bit of luster, as Alabama enters the game with the SEC West already locked up. In the seven games he has seen action, Pettway has gone for more than 100 yards on the ground six times, including a whopping 236 yards against Ole Miss. It will be the 81st time the rivals meet, with Alabama leading the series 44-35-1.

This season, his first and only with the Tide, hasn’t been almost as productive on the stat sheet. That is, until Saturday when Dieter produced an eye-popping three catches for two touchdowns and just one yard receiving. Jerermy Johnson had 42 yards and two touchdowns. “My name will be etched in stone”.

Dieter is now Alabama’s fourth-leading receiver with 12 receptions for 186 yards three scores – averaging 15.5 yards per catch this season. In a 27-2 victory over Florida past year, Cook rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone and ended up with 183 yards. “I had a little post on Instagram about it”.