2014 College Football Power Rankings: Week 7 #7. Alabama - TopicsExpress



          

2014 College Football Power Rankings: Week 7 #7. Alabama Crimson Tide Average rating: 7.0 Week 6 result: Lost 23-17 at Ole Miss Week 7 matchup: Oct. 11 at Arkansas Alabama (4-1, 1-1 SEC) finds itself in the rarest of situations since Nick Saban took over as coach in 2007. Besides sitting with a loss this early in the year since that first Saban-led campaign, the Crimson Tide face the possibility to losing straight SEC games for the first time in seven years with a tough trip to Arkansas on the horizon. After seeing its offense dominate during the first four games of the season, using balance and efficiency, against Ole Miss it was a relatively lackluster performance despite outgaining the Rebels 396-323. The Tide led 14-3 at halftime!!!! getting that lead because of a big defensive play by Cyrus Jones. But after halftime Alabama couldnt finish drives, and with kicker Adam Griffith missing a pair of field goals there was no way for it to hold off the giant surge by the Ole Miss defense and Bo Wallace. We never did anything to take the momentum of the game back in the second half, Alabama coach Nick Saban told Andrew Gribble of AL. #3 The biggest game in school history lived up to the hype for Ole Miss (5-0, 2-0 SEC), as the Rebels knocked off Alabama for the first time in a decade. Ole Miss scored twice in the final 5:29 of play, using a fumble recovery in between those touchdowns to spark the comeback, then Senquez Golson outjumped a 66 tight end for a game-clinching interception in the end zone with 37 seconds left. Ole Miss beat Alabama because the defensive line dominated, the linebackers were sure-handed, and the secondary came through when it counted most, wrote ESPNs Alex Scarborough. The Rebels held Alabama to only 10 points on offense, after the Crimson Tide had come in averaging 42 points per game. By slowing down the Tides attack, that gave quarterback Bo Wallace enough opportunities to come through late with the TD passes to Vince Sanders and Jaylen Walton. It hasnt been the smoothest of 5-0 starts for Ole Miss, and it has a lot to work on still in order to win at Texas A&M this weekend. But for now the Rebels are relishing their best start since 1962.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:02:51 +0000

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