Comparing The Alabama Crimson Tide & Ole Miss Rebels
Here's a look at how the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ole Miss Rebels stack up against one another statistically.
The Crimson Tide leads in overall yardage 470.0 to 398.0
In rushing yards per game Alabama leads 183.0 to 120.5
Passing yards per game goes to the Tide 287.0 to 277.5
Ole Miss holds an edge in first downs per game 21.5 to 19.0
Alabama has 16.5 third downs per game as opposed to 12 for Ole Miss
In fourth downs per game it's 1.5 for Alabama and 0.5 for Ole Miss
Int/game is 1.5 for the Tide and 0.0 for the Rebels
Punts(avg)Game is 233.5 for Alabama and 126.5 for Ole Miss
Penalty yards per game 8.0 for Bama and 5.0 for the Rebs
Fumbles lost per game is 1.0 for Alabama and 0.5 for Ole Miss
Season Record: Alabama 2-0 Ole Miss 1-1
What is Alabama looking at in today's contest with Mississippi?
Ole Miss biggest strengths: strong defensive line, quarterback & capable receivers
Ole Miss biggest weakness: no doubt a young defensive secondary
Of course an area of concern for the Rebels is how their offensive line will be able to deal with Alabama's defensive front.
What is Alabama looking at in today's contest with Mississippi?
Ole Miss biggest strengths: strong defensive line, quarterback & capable receivers
Ole Miss biggest weakness: no doubt a young defensive secondary
Of course an area of concern for the Rebels is how their offensive line will be able to deal with Alabama's defensive front.
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| Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze Photo Credit: AlabamaVsOleMiss.us |
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Tide Men's Golf In Three-Way Tie For 10th Place
After First Day Of Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational
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| Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
The 16th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide men's golf team is in a three-way tie for 10th place after the opening round of the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational on Friday. Bama shot a 16-over par 296 on the day. The Tide is led by sophomore Davis Riley after day one with a 2-under par 68 and tied for fourth place.
Leading the 15-team field is tournament host and third-ranked Illinois with a 6-under par 274, followed six strokes back by second place Texas A&M (280). Fourth-ranked Oklahoma State sits in third at 7-over par 297, followed by Purdue (291) and No. 24 Baylor (293) completing the tournament top five. In a three-way tie for 10th is The Crimson Tide, Indiana and Southern California, at 296, just three strokes out of fifth place.
Riley recorded four birdies and two bogeys at the famed par-70, 7,205-yard Olympia Field Country Club North Course on the day. The young man posted his 11th career round in the 60s, the second one this season.
Bama juniors Lee Hodges, Tyler Hitchner and Steven Setterstrom are currently tied for 49th overall at 2-over par 76, while redshirt freshman Josh Sedeno comes in at 60th place at 7-over par 77.
The Crimson Tide tees off for the second round at 8:45 a.m. CT on Hole No. 10, and will be grouped with Arizona State and Texas A&M.
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Alabama Women's Golf Tied For First Place
After Opening Round At Mason Rudolph Championship
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| Sophomore golfer Cheyenne Knight Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Firing the low round for Bama yesterday was sophomore Cheyenne Knight, shooting a four-under par 68 putting her in a tie for the individual lead. Making her collegiate debut is freshman Kristen Gillman, and along with junior Lakareber Abe, have both finished with 1-under par 71 and are tied for eighth. Sophomore Lauren Stephenson shot a two-over par 74 and is tied for 30th. Senior Mia Landegren hit a three-over par 75 and is tied for 38th place.
The Tide is grouped with Northwestern and SMU for today's second round. Lauren Stephenson tees off first at 10:10 a.m. (CT), followed by Mia Landegren at 10:20, Lakareber Abe at 10:30, Kristen Gillman at 10:40 and Cheyenne Knight at 10:50.
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Alabama Volleyball Posts Second Half Win Over ETSU
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| Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Alabama senior Krystal Rivers led the offensive effort posing 27 kills, 3 aces, a .379 hitting percentage as well as 4 blocks in the contest. It was Leah Lawrence leading the way defensively at the net with five blocks, one solo and four assisted. Brittany Thomas posted double-digit digs with a season-high 15.
Hayley McSparin posted 9 kills and 3 blocks for the Tide and Mahalia Swink added another 5 kills in the contest.
The Crimson Tide will conclude the weekend today at the Crimson-White Tournament with a pair of matches, taking on Presbyterian (2-10) at 11 a.m. CT and Georgia Southern (7-6) at 7 p.m. CT.
| Game Stats | ETSU | UA |
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| Kills | 49 | 51 |
| Errors | 27 | 18 |
| Hitting % | .147 | .254 |
| Points | 59.0 | 68.0 |
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Blocks | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| TA | 150 | 130 |
| Assists | 45 | 45 |
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Ole Miss Not Lacking Confidence
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Ole Miss Not Lacking Confidence
There was a time when the player at Ole Miss only said they could beat Alabama, but deep down knew it was almost impossible. But with a two-year winning streak going for them, the Rebels really do believe that this third time in a row would really be charm. And they do believe they are charmed when it comes to playing Alabama.
Ole Miss has a difference-maker at quarterback, and the team relies on him to lead. That would be Chad Kelly. In 2015 he led the SEC in passing, total offense and passing touchdowns. He has set 14 Ole Miss records, including total yards (4,542), the third most in SEC history.
Though losing to Florida State in the season-opener, Ole Miss is still riding the wave of their 2015 season (which Nick Saban always says to ignore). Freeze said, "Obviously, playing in two (consecutive) New Year's Six games creates expectations. In order for us to maintain that here, there is an extra step that we need to go. There are things that we as coaches need to improve on as well as our players."
The Rebels have the belief they can really make it to the SEC Championship game this season. Of course, in order to do that, they must put away Alabama again this season which would be three consecutive over Saban and the Tide.
Besides Kelly, only three other offensive starters return, but wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo is a big one among the returnees. He had 38 catches last season for 604 yards and seven touchdowns. Tight end Evan Engram is back. Last season he accounted for 464 yards and two touchdowns.
Other players have been making themselves known this season already, and admittedly the Crimson Tide will need to cut out the penalties and mental mistakes to beat Johnny Reb in his own house.
Alabama has been here before. A disciplined team with coaches that prepare the team. Concentration and execution in this one will bring the Tide back home to Tuscaloosa with a win.
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Cornelius Bennett, Shaun Alexander Nominated
For The National Football League Hall Of Fame
Former Alabama Crimson Tide football standouts Cornelius Bennett and Shaun Alexander are among ninety-four preliminary nominees who have been announced for
the NFL Hall of Fame.
Cornelius "Biscuit" Bennett started 204 games out of 206. When you factor in another 20 starts in the playoffs out of a possible 21 anyone can see he was a significant contributor to the game. As an NFL player Bennett had seven interceptions, scored three touchdowns, forced 31 fumbles, accounted for 1048 solo tackles with 142 assists and is 78th on the all-time list with 71.5 sacks.
He was on the winning team in four AFC Championships, a first-team all-pro five times, six-time pro-bowler, seven-time all-AFC and was also named to the All-90's NFL Team.
Though he had a relatively short professional career, Shaun Alexander made the most of those eight seasons.
Alexander scored a total of 112 touchdowns during his career, 100 rushing and 12 receiving. He was a five-time all-pro, making three Pro
Bowls. Alexander was the NFL's MVP in 2005 picking up 1958 yards from
scrimmage, which included 1880 yards rushing for 27 TDs. Alexander had 9453
yards rushing, giving him a 4.5 yards-per-rushing average. He was named to the NFL’s all-2000’s team.
