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College Football Week 7: #1 Alabama At Missouri
| In its last game, for the first time since its regular season matchup with LSU last season, Alabama trailed in a game. It only lasted for 15 seconds. Nick Saban has had his team focused all season and he had an extra week to prepare for this game. | Coaching | Gary Pinkel and Saban were teammates on Kent State’s 1972 Mid-American Conference championship team. They will face each other for the first time Saturday. |
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| A.J. McCarron was an efficient 22 of 30 against Ole Miss, completing passes to 10 different receivers. The Tide did not score a rushing touchdown. | Offense | Missouri’s offensive numbers have been extremely disappointing. Quarterback James Franklin hurt his knee in the first quarter of last week’s loss to Vanderbilt and will miss a few games. |
| Alabama recorded three interceptions and held what has been a good Ole Miss offense to just 218 yards. | Defense | The Tigers have been solid, if not spectacular, on defense. They have forced 14 turnovers and will likely to add a few more to have any chance at upsetting Alabama. |
| It doesn’t get much better than Alabama’s special teams performance last time out: Jeremy Shelley was 4 for 4 on field goals and Christion Jones returned a kickoff 99 yards for a score. | Special Teams | Andrew Baggett was 3 for 3 last week on field goals. Marcus Murphy has already returned three punts for touchdowns. He is electric. |
The winner is
Alabama
4 out of 4
Welcome to SEC, Mizzou. The Tigers are likely to fall to 0-4 in the conference unless they summon a monster effort. Expect the Tide to, well, roll.
-Andrew Kahn, College Football Contributor
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