ArkansasRazorbacks.com: Tough afternoon at Tuscaloosa
On a big play day, the third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide scored three touchdowns on plays of over 50 yards to defeat the Arkansas Razorbacks, 35-7, at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Also:
- ArkansasRazorbacks.com: Game Stats (PDF), Post-game Notes, Post-game Quotes
- ESPN.com: McElroy has career day as No. 3 Alabama rolls
Video
- ArkansasRazorbacks.com: Razorbacks fall short at #3 Alabama, Post-game Comments
- CBS Sports: Arkansas vs. Alabama Highlights, Arkansas vs. Alabama Recap
Articles
- Chris Bahn: As Good As Alabama Is, Blame Belongs To Arkansas
- Brandon Harris: Two-Minute Drill
- Jim Harris: Arkansas Isn’t Ready for the Big Stage Yet, as ‘Bama Proves
- Alex Abrams: Hogs Have No Faith
- Robbie Neiswanger: Mallett, Offense Struggle In Loss To Tide
- Ryan Malashock: Penalties Keep Hurting Hogs
- Harry King: Bama Just Too Good
Opponent Sites
- The Birmingham News: On this day, Tide’s offense second to none, Mallett no match for Tide defense
- The Huntsville Times: Petrino: Razorbacks didn’t believe, Tide makes Mallett just another QB
- Tuscaloosa News: No. 3 Tide rolls past Arkansas 35-7, Tide defense bottles up Mallett, Razorbacks
Ugh. Our Heisman look-a-like QB looked like a true dub today. Hopefully, he will improve before he is done. No passing game. Dropped passes in some cases. No fire power. No ground game. This game had no resemblance to what you guys have been telling us about this high powered offense. Just like last year, reports were prior to the season that Hogs would roll but they were rolled over. Ugh! Very little good plays called. Did Alabama really burn us 35-7? Was that just a bad dream and we really won the game?
What are our excuses? The talent? No way. There was no coached team on the field. Sure am glad that we were not playing UCA. Would have gotten killed by them, too.
Relax…
Killer…you see, there is this thing called an opponent. Sometimes, an opponent is much better and experienced than you. When that happens, at times you may not be able to establish a ground game, protect your QB, and give up some big plays. This is what happened today.
There is a reason Bama has won 15 of their last 17. They are a good team, with a terrific defense. Combine that with 92000 fans and a bunch of sophmores, not a good environment for the Hogs. In my opinion, the biggest problem today was the punt team, penalties, and oline. There are a lot of positives; for the most part we played well against the run, and were able to hang with them in the first half, despite some killer penalties and a horrible punting game.
Lots of good things to build upon. The experience they gained today will really help them the rest of this season.
You pigs are in for a long day come Oct. 3rd…..GIG'EM AGGIES
We are a very young team.
We talk way too much for our talent level.
Mallett is not ready to talk about the NFL after starting 14 college football games. He will be back next year, maybe the year after.
Our remaining scholarships need to go to defense.
This young team will get better.
With the exception of the 'Bama TD run that included 4 missed tackles by the Hog D, I thought the run defense actually played pretty well yesterday.
I could tell some of our young offensive players, like Grag Childs, had a hard time adjusting to the pressure of the crowd/noise level and a dominating Tide defense.
They're not ready for the bigtime just yet, but I can still remember how terrible we were about this time last season.
We are still improved as a team so far, and will continue to get better.
Texas A&M isn't near the team Alabama is. There defense is about the same as ours, and I would still give our offense an edge over theirs, just because we still have a better QB.
I can't remember the name of A&M's last oppponent, but I do remember them being a no-name team that had already scored 30 points before the game was over. I remember seeing the score was A&M-37, That other team-30, sometime in the 2nd half.