Tide Preparing For Warhawks
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It was back to business for the University of Alabama football team yesterday. There was and is a lot of work to do after this past Saturday's 43-37 loss at the hands of the Ole Miss Rebels. After two days off, Bama went back at it, a two-hour practice session in full pads on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields.
Practice yesterday focused on fundamentals, as well as full-on preparation for this week's foe, the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks. This will be the first visit to Tuscaloosa by the Warhawks since 2007. This will be only the third meeting between the two teams.
One of the Tide's key players will be out, not only for this game, but the rest of the season. Robert Foster went down with a shoulder injury in the Ole Miss game this past Saturday. Alabama head football coach Nick Saban said, "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." Also out for the game is Cole Mazza, but according to Saban he "is out for medical reasons and when he can return, he will be back."
The Tide welcomed back defensive back Jabriel Washington. He was back doing drills with the secondary after suffering an injury in practice before the opener.
Looking at this week's opponent 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."
Game time between Alabama and ULM is 3:00 p.m. CT in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on the SEC Network with Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb and Kayce Smith. This will be the third straight home game for the Crimson. Last week brought an end to the Tide's home win streak. A new one begins this Saturday.
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Tide Women's Golf Is National Team Of The Week
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Alabama women's golf has been honored this week by Golfweek, being named the National Team of the Week following their season-opening win at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tennessee on the Vanderbilt Legends Club South Course. Also being honored is sophomore Lakareber Abe, who has been named the Golfweek Player of the Week following her capturing the individual title at the same event.
The Tide opened the tournament with a 6-under par 282 on Friday, 8-under 280 on Saturday, then a 2-under final round giving the team a 16-under par 848 for the weekend win. Northwestern was second with a 15-under 849.
Though capturing the individual win, Abe began the tournament with a 5-under par 67 in the first round and was in second. Saturday she came out and shot a 4-under 68 and a final round of 69 putting her at 12-under par 204 for the win. Lauren Coughlin of Virginia was second with an 11-under 205.
Bama is back on the course Friday, October 9th at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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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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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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