Alabama Coach Accosted By Rebel Fan?

So says Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News:

Technology turned out to be Alabama’s 12th man.

A review of what looked like an unbelievable 41-yard completion on a fourth-and-22 revealed that it really was too good to be true for Ole Miss, and that Hodges had rendered himself ineligible by stepping over the sideline.

Would the officials have noticed without Saban’s gentle prompting?

“They told me they were going to review it,” Saban said. “I told them to give me a time out anyway so they could review it better.”

The camera doesn’t lie. Just don’t try to convince the Ole Miss fans that it didn’t fib a little. Those fans expressed their disdain with 21st-century officiating in a decidedly prehistoric way. Bottles flew (no more excusable in Oxford than it was in Tuscaloosa a few weeks ago.) One Alabama assistant coach was accosted (some witnesses said punched) by an Ole Miss fan as he tried to make his way from the press box to the locker room. The behavior isn’t excusable, although the consternation of Rebel fans is understandable.

Stay tuned for more to see if this is true or not. I trust Cecil Hurt, but I’d still like to see more before truly believing that a fan actually punched one of our assistant coaches.

Oh, and Neal McCready is gunning for some attention with idiotic statements:

Ole Miss supporters will argue that the same reversal wouldn’t have been called if the teams’ roles had been switched and the game had been played in Tuscaloosa. In fairness, they’re probably right.

Alabama 27-24 With Other Thoughts

 

Well, that was certainly exciting, horrifying, and confusing all at the same time. Hats off to the Rebels.

Coach O and company should be proud, they played a heck of a game (especially in the 2nd half). Seth Adams and John Parker Wilson both looked good and bad at times, with both offenses racking up plenty of yards.

Our defense looked awful at times, but they ended up helping us to win the game with 3 interceptions. The Ole Miss defense did not look good in the 1st half, but they appeared to have figured us out by the end of halftime (minus that fumble in the redzone).

Am I happy with this win? Well, yes and no. I am always happy to win, especially on the road with a 4th quarter comeback against an SEC team. However, we really didn’t see any huge changes in consistency. Ole Miss doesn’t have a back breaking defense, so we’ll see how we do against Tennessee this next weekend.

I would say more, but I have a life to live, ya dig? Let’s enjoy this one over the weekend, and get hyped up for The THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER!!!! Roll Tide!

All that you know is at an end

The Gut and I: Ole Miss

I’m actually pretty nervous about the game this morning. We seem to be getting worse and worse, which could lead to disaster today. Let’s hope something good happens today:

Reasons for my gut to say Alabama wins

• We’ve won the last two games against Ole Miss in crazy fashion, might as well go 3 for 3.
• Our RBs haven’t been producing, but they should be able to eat up some yardage against a questionable run defense.
• Saban is 1 for 1 in LF Sports games at Alabama.
• Our defense has been playing better than people realize. I think we can stop Ole Miss if our offense can hold onto the ball long enough.
• Ole Miss plays a more traditional offense, meaning we can actually play that 3-4 defense we’ve heard so much about.
• We’ve got something to prove out there offensively.

Reasons for my gut to say Alabama losses

• Seth Adams is an underrated SEC Quarterback. He can throw the deep ball about as well as anybody in the conference.
• 11:30 am game on the road (we won’t have the fan advantage in this one either). I’ve always hated this time slot.
• Green-Ellis may have under-performed, but I have a bad feeling he’ll have a good game tomorrow.
• Coach O always gets his teams up for Alabama. Put that game last year in Oxford and we might have lost. I don’t know if we’re that much better just yet.
• Our offense may continue to grow worse as the season wears on. Bad signs all around.
• Because this has always been a tough series.

For some reason, I think Ole Miss might win. Still, I think the Tide can win easily if we actually play a more consistent game. Not to dis Ole Miss, but I think Alabama controls the outcome of this game more than the Rebels. Just watch the game and see.