🏈 Looking ahead at Arkansas: Here's a breakdown (as in serious football talk) of their running game..

[Hogfan4ever]

Bold prediction, i would concede the notion of a 14 point loss if you guys had last years defense however i truly believe you defense will get shredded on Saturday sure you played Penn St a team starting a redshirt freshman at the QB position Ryan Mallet aint a redshirt freshman. Sure you might stop the run but that young secondary has to try to stop Joe Adams and Greg "Grown Man" Childs

 

[Lamon]

dont listen to everything espn tells you. our defense this year is just as talented

 

[tidenumber1]

Bold prediction, i would concede the notion of a 14 point loss if you guys had last years defense however i truly believe you defense will get shredded on Saturday sure you played Penn St a team starting a redshirt freshman at the QB position Ryan Mallet aint a redshirt freshman. Sure you might stop the run but that young secondary has to try to stop Joe Adams and Greg "Grown Man" Childs

Man look at the competition we have played compared to who you have played. I do not disagree that you have a good offense, but you D is the one getting shredded not our. Our offense is just as talented as anybody's out there. You don't have to have a gunslinger at QB for your offense to be good. We have just as many playmakers if not more. I also have no doubt your D will wear out long before ours does.

 

[srollins]

Malcolm Sheppard and Adrian Davis were non factors last year you guys had trouble running up the gut on a true freshman DD Jones. remember that name cause after the game next week you will have nightmares about him

Apparently the force field is still keeping reality from penetrating the Ozarks.

Nightmares=

:rofl:

I think we'll be OK sport.

 

[BAMA JAMMA]

Malcolm Sheppard and Adrian Davis were non factors last year you guys had trouble running up the gut on a true freshman DD Jones. remember that name cause after the game next week you will have nightmares about him

Bold prediction, i would concede the notion of a 14 point loss if you guys had last years defense however i truly believe you defense will get shredded on Saturday sure you played Penn St a team starting a redshirt freshman at the QB position Ryan Mallet aint a redshirt freshman. Sure you might stop the run but that young secondary has to try to stop Joe Adams and Greg "Grown Man" Childs

The troll sauce is weak with this one...

 

[planomateo]

the few numbers I've looked at from the Georgia game (2009 vs 2010), Arkansas looks the same as 2009 - (penalties, rushing yards, passing yards, 3rd down conversations, etc...) I think Bama's gonna be roasting some pig come Saturday.

 

[AlabamaAubKiller]

And what was the final score on that game last year?

I watched pretty much all of the Ark UGA game sat & If DD jones is the best you got.....ya better go out and gte 3 more just like him.
y'all gonna need em son.

 

[Argo]

Last year, Petrino started moving Mallet out of the pocket because of the pressure. Then, we started dialing up corner and safety blitzes to counter the offense. It will be interesting to see if Saban will put our young corners on an island and bring a safety blitz.

 

[Hogfan4ever]

Man look at the competition we have played compared to who you have played. I do not disagree that you have a good offense, but you D is the one getting shredded not our. Our offense is just as talented as anybody's out there. You don't have to have a gunslinger at QB for your offense to be good. We have just as many playmakers if not more. I also have no doubt your D will wear out long before ours does.

with all that talk of defense our defense is ranked 10 in the nation in total defense your team is number 9 so that will be about even. I give it to you, you guys are a great team but most of your fans are predicting you guys to run through us take the Trent Richardson long touchdown away(52yds) and your rushing totals last year was 40 carries 82yds and thats with the Heisman trophy winner, if you want to know his stats it was 17 carries 50yds on the other hand our pass defense was horrendous. Were at home and i don't see our offense performing bad at home we didn't do it last year we won't do it this year. Arkansas lose i will eat crow. I just don't see us losing at home to a young but talented defense. Final score Arkansas 31 Tide 10

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

with all that talk of defense our defense is ranked 10 in the nation in total defense your team is number 9 so that will be about even. I give it to you, you guys are a great team but most of your fans are predicting you guys to run through us take the Trent Richardson long touchdown away(52yds) and your rushing totals last year was 40 carries 82yds and thats with the Heisman trophy winner, if you want to know his stats it was 17 carries 50yds on the other hand our pass defense was horrendous. Were at home and i don't see our offense performing bad at home we didn't do it last year we won't do it this year. Arkansas lose i will eat crow. I just don't see us losing at home to a young but talented defense. Final score Arkansas 31 Tide 10

This is the most absurd thing I've ever read on this board, and that's saying something. I can't fathom how our bumbling offense manages to find the endzone and get close enough a second time to convert a field goal. I'm going to assume you're just being kind since you are on a Bama board.

 

[Tider27]

This is the most absurd thing I've ever read on this board, and that's saying something. I can't fathom how our bumbling offense manages to find the endzone and get close enough a second time to convert a field goal. I'm going to assume you're just being kind since you are on a Bama board.

Hell you're just being nice Porter, may I call this member a joke? Nevermind...just putting it out there.

 

[bamaupsman]

with all that talk of defense our defense is ranked 10 in the nation in total defense your team is number 9 so that will be about even. I give it to you, you guys are a great team but most of your fans are predicting you guys to run through us take the Trent Richardson long touchdown away(52yds) and your rushing totals last year was 40 carries 82yds and thats with the Heisman trophy winner, if you want to know his stats it was 17 carries 50yds on the other hand our pass defense was horrendous. Were at home and i don't see our offense performing bad at home we didn't do it last year we won't do it this year. Arkansas lose i will eat crow. I just don't see us losing at home to a young but talented defense. Final score Arkansas 31 Tide 10

So you're saying if we hadn't scored all of those points the game would have been closer? Ooookay.

 

[Hogfan4ever]

So you're saying if we hadn't scored all of those points the game would have been closer? Ooookay.

No what i am saying is that all things that glisten aint gold

 

[UAgrad93]

Hogfan4ever! How do you like your crow prepared?

 

[Nate]

No what i am saying is that all things that glisten aint gold

NC rings and crystal footballs glisten

 

[txhawg]

Hey Hogfan4ever,

Your posts belong in the smack talking forum...

This forum is used for intelligent, real football conversations based on facts. Nothing wrong with some good smack talking with the opponent, but come on..."all things that glisten aint gold" WTH does this mean?!?!?

No need to come over to this board and act stupid. Throw some facts out to back up your position.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Pig fight! Pig fight!

 

[txhawg]

No pig fight...

Just don't care to see someone make a fool of themselves while "representing" my university on a rival's website. As a fan, I believe Arkansas can win. But when the numbers are compared, I can't argue with the fact that Alabama should win.

The OP's right on the money with my biggest concern...Arkansas has yet to show any signs of life in the running game and I don't see this as the week we establish one. That leaves the offense as one-demensional and that isn't a good place to be.

 

['65 Cobra]

Nonetheless, they are ranked #10 and are a VERY good football. I am hopeful our coaching staff and team are taking them alot more seriously than some of the posters in this thread.

 

[TerryP]

Nonetheless, they are ranked #10 and are a VERY good football. I am hopeful our coaching staff and team are taking them alot more seriously than some of the posters in this thread.

Several reasons I'm not terribly concerned about this contest and the one I'll mention here is one of the reasons I said we should win by 14+.

Last year, their downfall was not completely due—but a great deal of impact—to their third down conversion percentage. This year I haven't seen evidence that trend has changed.

They were four for 12 last week. Eight missed opportunities. If that trend continues and they allow our offense eight touches due to 4th down situation you can easily tack 21-28 points on the board for Bama on that one area alone.

I'm thinking at least seven possessions for the Tide, scoring on at least five of that seven and putting around 38 points on the board.

Arkansas? Two TD's and two FG's...