I missed all of these games this weekend. I was in Cullman, AL in a flag football tournament with my church. My friend and I coached the 9th and 10th grade team…problem is we played teams with 11th and 12th graders. We went 1-3, which sounds bad, but the 9th/10th grade age group has only EVER won 1 game in the last 9 years. Considering we only had a couple of practices and 3 plays out of 1 formation, I’d say we did pretty well…and we played a team that made it to the championship twice (once in pool play and once in the tournament).
Now, on to the real football…
Georgia State @ Alabama
Well. This is what everyone expected. Alabama clearly could have named their score. It was so bad that there were a handful of kids that took snaps and no one outside of momma and them knew their names. But good for you scout teamers! I’m sure it’s ridiculously rewarding to get bludgeoned every week in practice and finally get to see the playing field during a televised game. Well done.
For the fans or for me anyway, the best thing about these games is it gives us a glimpse into the future. Alabama trotted out 4 scholarship RBs (Ingram, Eddie Lacy, Demetrius Goode and Jalston Fowler). The one that gets me excited is freshman Jalston Fowler (6’0, 245) because despite his large frame, the boy’s got some speed.
On defense CJ Mosley continues to shine. He’s really positioning himself for a big-time sophomore season.
And on the bright side, no one threw any bricks at Georgia State coach Bill Curry. So that’s good.
PLAYER WATCH
AJ McCarron – 7-9, 57 yards, TD, 0 whippings from Coach Saban
CJ Mosley – 2 tackles, QBH, 1 INT, 41 yard return, 1 TD
LOOKING FORWARD
Alabama hosts auburn in the Iron Bowl and looks to spoil auburn’s magical purchased oddly undefeated season.
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Troy @ South Carolina
I hope that Carolina didn’t use all their points in this game for the rest of the season! Sixty Nine Points?!
Marcus Lattimore got his handful of carries and watched from the sideline as Brian Maddox and Kenny Miles finished carrying the load.
The Carolina defense shut down a great passing attack (183 total passing yards) and a dynamic WR in Jerrel Jernigan (6 receptions, 30 yards and a TD).
Stephen Garcia stayed sharp (9/12, 198 yards, 2TDs) and Alshon Jefferies caught 5 passes for 123 yards.
If Carolina can stay injury free this weekend versus rival Clemson, auburn might be in for a game.
PLAYER WATCH
Marcus Lattimore – 7 carries, 102 yards, 3TDs/ 1 reception, 6 yards
DeVonte Holloman – 4 tackles
LOOKING FORWARD
Carolina travels to Clemson.
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Appalachian State @ Florida
The score was 35-0 before Appy State got on the board with a FG.
John Brantley had a nice day passing (16/22, 222 yards, INT) but didn’t throw a TD. Jordan Reed did though (2/3, 14 yards). He also ran the ball 11 times for 73 yards and 3 TDs. He’s also 6’3, 240, which is curiously close to some guy named Tim Tebow’s size. Call me crazy, but methinks John Brantley is in for a long summer camp to win the QB job. Oh, and Reed’s TD pass was caught by John Brantley. Just sayin…
PLAYER WATCH
Mike Gilislee – 8 rushes, 56 yards
Ron Powell – 9 tackles, 1 TFL
LOOKING FORWARD
The Gators travel over to Tallahassee to square off against the Seminoles.
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Arkansas @ Mississipi State
This is the game I wanted to watch more than anything this week, but I was busy doing my best Greg McElroy (doing his best Mike Vick) impersonation.
Mississipi State QB Chris Relf did his best Cameron Newton impersonation (20/30 passing for 224 yards and 31 carries for 103 and a TD) and still came up short against the visiting Hogs.
Vic Ballard, poor guy, was having a whale of a game (33 rushes, 150 yards, 3 TDs) when he fumbled the potential go-ahead TD on the one yard line out the side of the endzone in the 1st OT. He was redeemed when Razorback K Zach Hocker missed a 39 yard FG for the win.
On the next OT possession, Ryan Mallet and Company ran 4 plays and scored a TD, then stopped the State offense to seal the win.
At the beginning of the season, I can’t imagine many people expecting Mississipi State taking Arkansas, whom many believed to be a dark horse, to the wire in a double OT game. State should be a force in 2011.
And so should Knile Davis! This kid keeps stringing together monster games near the end of the season. He took 30 rushes for 187 yards and 2 TDs and caught 2 passes for 12 yards; 7 of those yards were for the game winning TD.
Meanwhile, Ryan Mallett had another typical Ryan Mallett game: 17/26, 305 yards, 3 TDs, 1INT.
And Jerious Wright caught TWO passes for 105 yards and a TD. Wow.
PLAYER WATCH
Ronnie Wingo – no stats
DJ Williams – 4 receptions, 70 yards, TD
Chad Bumphis – 1 carry, 6 yards/5 receptions, 45 yards/ 1KOR, 23 yards
James Carmon – no stats
LOOKING FORWARD
Mississipi State travels to Oxford, MS for the Egg Bowl.
Arkansas hosts LSU in Little Rock. This game should be awesome.
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Tennessee @ Vanderbilt
In perusing the stats, this looked like a fairly close game.
Tennessee QB Tyler Bray had a decent game (16/27, 232 yards, 2TDs, 2INTs). You’d like to see the turnovers go away, but for a true freshman, you’d probably take that outing every Saturday.
Tauren Poole had another effective day gaining 99 yards and a TD on 23 carries. He’s setting himself up for a nice senior year.
Jared Funk has gotten action in the last 4 games and significant action in the last 2. It seems like Robbie Caldwell is coming around to the fact that Larry Smith is a great athlete, but maybe not so much a great QB. Or a good QB. Or a decent QB.
Not much else to see here, except for another Jordan Matthews sighting!
PLAYER WATCH
Justin Hunter – 1 reception, 15 yards, TD
Corey Miller – no stats
Jordan Matthews – 5 receptions, 62 yards, TD
LOOKING FORWARD
Tennessee hosts a hungry and vengeful Kentucky Wildcats team.
Vanderbilt hosts fellow academic juggernaut Wake Forest. And after the football game, a rousing game of chess will ensue and then, a debate.
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Ole Miss @ LSU
I was shocked to see that Ole Miss scored 36 points on LSU’s defense and then I was embarrassed because Alabama only scored 21. I mean, auburn scored 24. In fact, 36 points were by far the most LSU has allowed all season! Against OLE MISS!?!
And then I see that Ole Miss had a 1 point lead until about 45 seconds left in the game! Unreal.
I guess something clicked with Jordan Jefferson has he lit up the Rebel secondary for 254 yards on 13/17 passing (1TD and 1INT). He also added 45 yards and a TD on 9 rushes.
RB Stevan Ridley chipped in 3 TDs and 89 yards on 18 carries.
Patrick Peterson left his mark with an INT and 151 return yards.
Ole Miss RB, Brandon Bolden and his friends ran wild on the LSU defense, busting them for 236 yards. Bolden and Jeremiah Masoli each chipped in 2 TDs.
Freshman Jeff Scott gave Ole Miss great field position all day with 188 KOR yards.
With this loss, the Rebel’s bowl chances are over, but can still salvage their season with a win in the Egg Bowl.
PLAYER WATCH
Brandon Bolden – 18 rushes, 91 yards, 2TDs/1 reception (-5) yards/1-1 passing, 7 yards
DT Shackleford – 5 tackles
Rueben Randle – 2 receptions, 51 yards
Craig Loston – 1 tackle/ 1 TFL
LOOKING FORWARD
Ole Miss hosts the Mississipi State Bulldogs in the Egg Bowl.
LSU travels up to Little Rock, Arkansas and will try to improve to 11-1; and just in case something happens with auburn, be ready to go to Atlanta and face off against South Carolina.
Just some alleged speculation.
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