That opening drive against the Tide was not good at all. As Coach Saban once said, Mizzou "ran through our ass like shit through a tin horn."
Alabama responded although it took a while for the offense to get its stuff together on that first drive after some help from the Tigers because of a taunting penalty and an offsides.
Ty Simpson had a solid day despite the sack that caused the fumble in our territory at the start of second half. He had 23 completions on 31 attempts for 200 yards with three passing touchdowns to Riley, Horton, and Hill.
I am really liking how Isaiah Horton and especially Lotzeir Brooks are developing in the offense.
Mizzou has a very good rushing defense, so it's no surprise the Tide had some difficulty at times in the run game. Overall though, Alabama gained 125 net yards on the day but no touchdowns in the running game.
However, I liked seeing Daniel Hill get more work as possibly the second running back. He's a load.
That drive in the third quarter needed to end in a touchdown, not a field goal. It would have if Simpson wouldn't have gotten stepped on by his lineman.
One aspect of the Tide's defense that has to improve is pass rush. Per Jesse Palmer, Alabama is last in sacks in the SEC. That stat has to get better.
One aspect I liked of this game though was that the Tide's defense forced two fumbles. They just didn't recover either of them.
In addition, Hubbard and the freshman Lee had an interception each, and Lee would had one earlier in the game if he just would have held on to the ball. He had an outstanding read on the pass.
The pass rush is going to be severely hindered in the next game versus Tennessee because the Vols get the ball out of the quarterback's hand so quickly.
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