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Bama Meets Arkansas Tomorrow
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No one really expects Saturday's game with Arkansas to be as close as last season's 14-13 win for the Crimson Tide. Arkansas expects to win. Bama expects to win big. Pay more attention to the latter.
This year's contest pits the nationally-ranked (as usual) Crimson Tide against the Razorbacks of Arkansas who are struggles a bit, though with great potential. Arkansas defeated Tennessee this past weekend. Bama blasted the then 8th/6th-ranked Bulldogs of Georgia.
The Crimson Tide leads the series with Arkansas 18-7 before forfeited and vacated games, 15-8 in the record books. Bama has won the last five in row, though last year's contest was far from over in Fayetteville until the end. Jonathan Allen blocked a Hog extra point to give the Tide the one-point victory. The last game in Tuscaloosa, 2013, saw the Tide butchering the Hogs 52-0, ans while no one expects that score in tomorrow's homecoming matchup, many expect it to be a lopsided win for the Tide.
Saturday's game begins tomorrow at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe will be handing the game assignment for the network.
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Duckworth Homecoming Parade Grand Marshall
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Forever Crimson is the theme of the 2015 University of Alabama homecoming. Homecoming festivities are big at any school, and none any bigger than the one at the University of Alabama. The homecoming parade is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT tomorrow in downtown Tuscaloosa, with Crimson Tide head gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth serving as the Grand Marshall.
Duckworth led Alabama to their ninth SEC Championship last spring in her first season season at the helm of the Tide gymnastics team. As a player she was on the 1990 SEC Championship team, and a sophomore in 1991 when Bama captured its second NCAA Championship.
Duckworth told RollTide.com, "I have been in love with The University of Alabama since I took my recruiting trip here. I love our tradition, our environment and the fact that at Alabama, you can truly have it all. I couldn’t be prouder to have been asked to serve as Grand Marshall of this year’s parade."
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Alabama Soccer Plays A Pair This Weekend
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The Alabama Crimson Tide soccer team plays a pair of matches this weekend. Tonight Bama faces Texas A&M on the road at College Station, then returns home to host the Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday.
Bama's matchup with Texas A&M, ranked number 17 in the polls, begins at 7 p.m. CT tonight. The game can be seen on SECN+.
The Sunday game with the Vols will be at 5 p.m. CT in Tuscaloosa and can also be seen on SECN+.
