re: How worried should Bama be this week?

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I think it's funny so many people assume Ole Miss is going to score 28-35 points on Alabama.

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Why? Because of last year?

Last year was a complete mess for Ole Miss due to everything surrounding the program. The two years prior to last year, OM put up 43 points in both games. Bama lost a lot of experience out of the secondary from last year's team, while OM's offense has improved.

The majority of sane individuals know that OM isn't winning the game, but the WRs will posed a major threat to your DBs. The top 3 receivers are no doubt going in the first few rounds of the draft this year (barring injury), while the 4th receiver has looked just as good so far this year. A team have 1 to 2 NFL caliber receivers is one thing, but when you have at least 3 that are that caliber at one time is difficult to stop for anyone.

While the competition hasn't been great, you have to remember that the leading SEC rusher is in the OM lineup as well. OM is not as one-dimensional as seasons past. They will not have a great deal of success running the ball vs Bama, but they will rush enough to keep your LBs up toward the line to stop the run leaving the underneath routes open for the All American WR playing in the slot to eat up the middle of the field. You roll your safeties down to take away the underneath routes then you have 1 on 1's on the outside with NFL caliber receivers against less experienced corners. All while have a D coordinator calling plays for only the 3rd time.

There is a huge chance for OM to score. Again, this isn't saying OM will win..not at all. However, to assume OM will not score a few touchdowns just shows you haven't looked into anything other than the names of the two colleges playing.

I'm more concerned about Ole Miss's offense exposing weak areas in Alabama's secondary and LB corp that better teams will be able to take advantage of.

Ok.