Alabama notes: Tide has fantastic freshmenAlabama continues to be among the nation’s leaders in playing freshmen. The Tide has played 16 true freshmen. Only Florida State (22) and Miami (21) have played more. Arkansas has also played 16. Tight end and special teams player Brad Smelley saw his first action of the season. He caught a 16-yard pass from John Parker Wilson John Parker Wilson (born October 17, 1985, in Hoover, Alabama) is currently the starting quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team.[1] Wilson attended Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama. on third-and-7 from the Rebel 46, keeping alive a touchdown drive. It’s not just freshmen participation, it’s freshmen contribution that has Tide fans celebrating last year’s top-rated signing class. Running back Mark Ingram Mark J. Ingram (born August 23, 1965 in Rockford, Illinois) is a former American Football wide receiver in the NFL who played for the New York Giants (1987-1992), the Miami Dolphins (1993-1994), the Green Bay Packers (1995), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1996). ranks second on the team in rushing with 57.7 yards per game and a team-leading five touchdowns. But inside linebacker Dont’a Hightower and receiver Julio Jones Julio Jones (born in 1989 in Foley, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver who is currently rated as one of the top high school receivers in the country. Jones and fellow-receiver A.J. have garnered even more accolades. Rivals.com named Jones and Hightower to its Midseason Freshman All-America team. Jones had 19 catches for 278 yards and four touchdowns coming into the Ole Miss game. Hightower had 24 tackles, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble through six games. Linebacker Rolando McClain and cornerback Kareem Jackson made the freshman list last season. Wilson’s day John Parker Wilson’s numbers at halftime were 9-for-15 for 152 yards and two touchdowns. He finished 16-for-25 for 219 yards and threw a second-half interception. 300 in Tuscaloosa Alabama won its 300th game in Tuscaloosa on Saturday. The Crimson Tide The term "crimson tide" has several meanings.
Quick hitters Julio Jones had two receptions for 63 yards in the first quarter, including a season-long 40-yard catch and run. … Enrique Davis’s 62-yard run to set up Ole Miss’s field goal for a 3-0 lead is the longest rush by an Alabama opponent this season. The previous long was 30 yards by Michael Smith Michael or Mike Smith may refer to: Journalists
n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. on one play than Alabama had allowed four opponents — Clemson, 0; Western Kentucky, 42; Georgia, 50; and Kentucky, 35. Honorary captain Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, one of the captains of the 1964 national championship Alabama team, was the honorary captain for the Ole Miss game. The series Alabama leads the series against Mississippi 45-9-1 and has won 21 of 24 games going back to the 1977 season. The Tide is also 23-1 in games played in Tuscaloosa. Since the series became an annual event in 1992, Alabama leads 15-2. The Crimson Tide has won five straight in the series now following Saturday’s win. Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt is 5-6 all-time against Alabama, with the first 10 coming as head coach at Arkansas. What’s next The fourth Saturday in October sends the Crimson Tide to Neyland Stadium in Knoxville for the Tennessee game. Alabama is 45-38-8 in the all-time series, including a 41-17 victory at home last season. Game time will either be a 2:30 p.m. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. kickoff or a 6:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network start. Best/worst Best substitution: Before his injury, Terrence Cody played fullback and led Mark Ingram into the end zone. Unofficially, call it the Rogue Elephant offense, because Cody wiped out several Ole Miss defenders on the 2-yard touchdown run. “They didn’t want any part of getting in front of Cody,” Cory Reamer reamer Rotary cutting tool of cylindrical or conical shape, used for enlarging and finishing to accurate dimensions holes that have been drilled, bored, or cored. A reamer cannot be used to start a hole. laughed after the game. Asked what went into the decision to deploy Cody in the backfield, Nick Saban shrugged and said, “Isn’t it a better question why it took so long to put him in there?” Best crowd: Saban complimented the 92,138 at Bryant-Denny Stadium, calling it the loudest crowd he’s seen. Worst poise: Yes, he was excited, but Marquis Maze drew the ire of his head coach when he was called for taunting after scoring his first-quarter touchdown. “Act like you been there,” Saban said. “That’s selfish. It hurt the team.” Worst non-call: John Parker Wilson hit Marquis Maze on a quick screen to the left flat midway through the third quarter. His head appeared to turn sharply with a facemask face·mask n. A protective or disguising cover for the face, often enveloping the entire head: wore a facemask while diving; a skier's facemask; armed robbers who wore facemasks. infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. on a Rebel defender, but it wasn’t called. 
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