41 to Nothing.
If you just go by the box score, you'd think the Crimson Tide had a great game, but they didn't. Too many field goals were attempted when the offense should have done a better job of converting opportunities to touchdowns in the red zone.
I will admit Alabama's defense looked excellent in the first half, but they gave up some yardage in the second, even leading to a goal line stand in the fourth quarter to preserve the shutout. That defense was composed of second- and third-teamers.
In the ongoing quarterback competition, McCarron looked better than Sims, at least initially. I also noticed that heralded freshman left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio received a lot of playing time. I wonder if he's going to start soon and Barret Jones is going to move back to right guard. Or they're just building depth.
Both Richardson and Lacy had career games in rushing yards although most of that yardage came on two big runs for each. Regarding the wide receiver corpos, two youngsters contributed to depth there, with strong performances by Kenny Bell and Christion Jones.
It should be an interesting game versus the Razorbacks next Saturday. I'm betting the coaching staff goes with McCarron the whole game like they did at Penn State. And the offensive line better shore up some issues.
SEC play begins.
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