Upon Further Review: Southern Miss

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3. The inside/outside running game:

Five Crimson Tide running backs took handoffs and each averaged at least 6.2 yards per carry as Alabama tallied 333 rushing yards. Yet there was a huge difference running between the tackles vs. on the outside. By our count, Alabama averaged 11.9 yards running around the right end and 9.27 yards outside of the tackles. Minus junior quarterback Jacob Coker’s 11-yard sack the ground game averaged 4.59 years in the interior. “I think we have to be able to run the ball a little bit more consistently and effectively,” Saban said. “We seem to do pretty well when we run the ball on the perimeter, but our inside running game has not been as good as we’d like for it to be.”

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7. Who was thrown at: Like every other opponent Southern Miss challenged the cornerbacks and had some success. Junior Cyrus Jones was thrown at five times with two receptions for 30 yards and a dropped pass. Jackson had two balls thrown his way including the 36-yard sideline gain that was the longest of the game.

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True freshman Tony Brown has four passes thrown at him with none completed. .

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Twice the Golden Eagles got the H-back behind DePriest for gains of 15 and 16 yards, so look for other teams to try and copy.

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