Bama By The Numbers
0 Number of times Alabama football has given up this season
0 Number of games Alabama has "been out of" this season
0 Number of turnovers created by the Tide against Ole Miss
0 Number of games Alabama has "been out of" this season
0 Number of turnovers created by the Tide against Ole Miss
1 Number of games the Crimson Tide has lost this season
1 Number of successful field goals this season
1 Number of starts for Cooper Bateman this season
1 Number of successful field goals this season
1 Number of starts for Cooper Bateman this season
2 Number of games Alabama football has won this season
2 Number of starts thus far for Jake Coker
3 Number of games Alabama offense has scored 30+ points this season
3 Number of games in which Alabama opponents have scored in double-digits
3 Number of games in which Alabama has scored in double-digits
3 Number of games played in which Alabama has been favored this season
4 Number of penalties against Alabama vs Ole Miss
3 Number of games Alabama offense has scored 30+ points this season
3 Number of games in which Alabama opponents have scored in double-digits
3 Number of games in which Alabama has scored in double-digits
3 Number of games played in which Alabama has been favored this season
4 Number of penalties against Alabama vs Ole Miss
5 Number of turnovers in Bama's last game
9 National Ranking in rushing defense
23 National Ranking in total offense
29 First downs for Alabama vs Ole Miss
32 National Ranking in rushing offense
37 National Ranking in total defense
38 National Ranking in scoring offense
43 Most points given up by Bama in a single game this season
63 National Ranking in scoring defense
70 Number of points given up by Alabama this season
93 National ranking in passing defense
109 Number of points scored by Alabama football this season
215 Rushing yards by Bama offense vs Ole Miss
288 Passing yards by Bama vs Ole Miss
341 Passing yards given up by Bama vs Ole Miss
433 Total yards given up by Bama vs Ole Miss
503 Number of total yards gained by Alabama offense vs Ole Miss
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Guest Commentary
Ok guys, I'm gonna warn y'all ahead of time. This morning I'm a pissed off fan girl. Now, let me explain before you get upset. I am not upset with our boys! Never our boys!
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Saban continued, "I think our players had tremendous energy in this game, but we have to learn to channel our inner energy and focus into the right places so that we get better execution on a more consistent basis. That starts with me, it starts with us as coaches in terms of doing a better job through the course of week in preparing guys to be able to go out there and execute better, so that's really where it starts. The focus is to improve our team. We are looking forward now. There are many lessons to be learned in the last game, and hopefully our players will learn those lessons and we will do a good job of improving our team in the future so that we can get more consistent execution."
With five turnovers in the game resulting in points for Ole Miss, Saban turned to the issue in his comments. " Now we have to address the ball security issues; we have to address getting turnovers; we have got to eliminate the big plays and the negative plays on both sides of the ball," Saban said.
Saban then turned to some of the outstanding players of the Ole Miss contest. "With that said, we had several really outstanding performances...Derrick Henry and Richard Mullaney on offense, Jarran Reed and A'Shawn Robinson on defense and Adam Griffith and Tony Brown on special teams. Adam had a great onside kick, did a great job on ball placement on some of the kickoffs," Saban continued.
Next up were the injuries, with Saban saying, "We have two injury updates. Robert Foster is going to be out. I didn't think this was going to be this big of a problem, but he has a shoulder injury that will require surgery, so he will be out. Cole Mazza is out for medical reasons and when he can return, he will be back."
Turning to this week's contest, Saban said, "UL-Monroe coach Todd Berry has done a really good job there; he has been there for a while. These guys do a myriad things on offense that are very hard to defend: a lot of formations; a lot of motions; a lot of adjustments; fast ball; the quarterback is very efficient, very accurate. They have got nine starters back on defense, and they play physically, tough defense. I think the focus for us is to get our team better, and it wouldn't matter who we were playing this week because that still would be the focus of what we need to do."
Alabama hosts Louisiana-Monroe this Saturday inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Game time is set for 3 pm CT.
9 National Ranking in rushing defense
23 National Ranking in total offense
29 First downs for Alabama vs Ole Miss
32 National Ranking in rushing offense
37 National Ranking in total defense
38 National Ranking in scoring offense
43 Most points given up by Bama in a single game this season
63 National Ranking in scoring defense
70 Number of points given up by Alabama this season
93 National ranking in passing defense
109 Number of points scored by Alabama football this season
215 Rushing yards by Bama offense vs Ole Miss
288 Passing yards by Bama vs Ole Miss
341 Passing yards given up by Bama vs Ole Miss
433 Total yards given up by Bama vs Ole Miss
503 Number of total yards gained by Alabama offense vs Ole Miss
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Guest Commentary
A Pissed Off Fan Girl Speaks Out
By Melissa Epling
Ok guys, I'm gonna warn y'all ahead of time. This morning I'm a pissed off fan girl. Now, let me explain before you get upset. I am not upset with our boys! Never our boys!
That team played til the bitter end. They never gave
up! They fought! They laid their hearts out on the field. Those end
zones are stained Crimson with the blood, sweat & tears of years
worth of Crimson Tide players. And they were stained a little more last
night for sure.
Yes,
there were mistakes. There always will be. No one player or team is
perfect. No, we shouldn't have given up 5 turnovers. But, they fought
& tried to come back. As far as I'm concerned, my boys are winners.
To come back from the deficit that we had in order to come within 6.
That takes the hearts of winners. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Listen to the real fans of Bama Nation & ignore those others.
As much as I love them, I am a little disappointed in our coaches. Hold on. They're getting paid for the tough times too so hear me out. I still do
not understand the offensive play calls. We. Are. Alabama. We run. If
that doesn't work, we run another back. If that still doesn't work, we
try yet another amazing back. Passing has never been
our M.O. I am perfectly aware that it has worked for us in the past.
But we had QB/WR relationships that were wonderful. Unfortunately that
has yet to really develop this year. Part of that is another issue. We need a
starting QB. I'm at the point that I don't care which one Coach picks.
Be it the right one or the wrong one...just name one already! Our
offense needs a leader. Give one of them the job already & make them
do it! By having multiple QBs, they have no sense of pride or
responsibility or even accountability. Make them step up! They both have
talent. Just choose one to be it & know that heaven forbid
something happen, we're ok at the backup level.
Now...on to the reason I felt I should warn y'all. Our fan base has seriously upset me. I'm sorry, I don't care how late it
is, if you have tickets to watch a game in BDS, you stay til the end. I
am on Va, a time zone ahead & I was up til almost 2am
stalking my feed on Twitter as well as getting text updates from
friends. I have to work today & I stayed up supporting our boys. If
this misplaced Bama girl can do it, so can those of you inside BDS. You
best believe if I am ever lucky enough to get down there to watch a
game, I'm staying til the very end. Whether it's because I'm singing
Rammer Jammer or because I'm proudly applauding our team as the walk off
after a lose. It does not matter! If
you a proud enough to wear the Crimson, be strong enough to back it up.
Otherwise, please go jump on a different bandwagon because you're making
the real Bama Nation look bad.
A
couple years ago, Coach Saban asked the students to stay for 60. Right
now, hoping he issues that same challenge to the rest of the fan base
because they need to hear it.
Ok, I'm going to step off my soapbox. Damn good effort, boys. Keep it up. Y'all are a force to be reckoned with.
ROLL TIDE forever!!
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Saban Addresses Ole Miss Loss
Looks To Louisiana-Monroe
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban addressed the media in his Monday press conference at noon yesterday. He spoke of the hard-fought loss to the Ole Miss Rebels last week, as well as an injury report and the upcoming contest with Louisiana-Monroe.
In his opening statement Saban said, "I was really pleased with the effort that our players gave in this last game, they really played hard. They showed a lot of resiliency to keep coming back, give themselves an opportunity to even be in it with 2:50 to go in the game, and have a chance to have possession of the ball to win the game. But, there were just too many self-inflicted wounds to overcome, regardless of the effort and how resilient we were. It would be easy to sit here and say that the turnovers were the issue, but we need to have better fundamental execution of what we are doing. There were too many negative plays on offense, too many big plays on defense and too many missed cues on special teams in terms of who is blocking who."
With five turnovers in the game resulting in points for Ole Miss, Saban turned to the issue in his comments. " Now we have to address the ball security issues; we have to address getting turnovers; we have got to eliminate the big plays and the negative plays on both sides of the ball," Saban said.
Saban then turned to some of the outstanding players of the Ole Miss contest. "With that said, we had several really outstanding performances...Derrick Henry and Richard Mullaney on offense, Jarran Reed and A'Shawn Robinson on defense and Adam Griffith and Tony Brown on special teams. Adam had a great onside kick, did a great job on ball placement on some of the kickoffs," Saban continued.
Next up were the injuries, with Saban saying, "We have two injury updates. Robert Foster is going to be out. I didn't think this was going to be this big of a problem, but he has a shoulder injury that will require surgery, so he will be out. Cole Mazza is out for medical reasons and when he can return, he will be back."
Turning to this week's contest, Saban said, "UL-Monroe coach Todd Berry has done a really good job there; he has been there for a while. These guys do a myriad things on offense that are very hard to defend: a lot of formations; a lot of motions; a lot of adjustments; fast ball; the quarterback is very efficient, very accurate. They have got nine starters back on defense, and they play physically, tough defense. I think the focus for us is to get our team better, and it wouldn't matter who we were playing this week because that still would be the focus of what we need to do."
Alabama hosts Louisiana-Monroe this Saturday inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Game time is set for 3 pm CT.
