Game 1: Kent State (Saban's Alma Mater)

13 for 30 yds (3TDs) Analysis: Good coaching getting him only 13 touches (0 in the 4th Qtr) and airing it out early and often. Note: Lacy was 8 for 54 yds & 1 TD

Game 2: Penn State

26 rushes for 106 yds against Penn State
a)1st Quarter: 5 for 11 yards … Pitiful start
b)2nd Quarter: 15 for 62 yards … 22 on one carry
Note: When they needed him most at 3rd and 1 on the Penn State 1 yard line, he was stuffed
Halftime Stat: 20 rushes for 73 yards and stuffed on the one-yard line
c)3rd Quarter: 6 rushes for 14 yards … Pitiful
End of 3: 26 rushes for 87 yds (3.3) and stuffed on the one-yard line
GAME STATUS: In the 4th quarter, the game is 20-3 Bama (out of reach) and they use Richardson again

d)4th Quarter: 6 carries for 35 yards … one 13 yard TD after Lacy did 52 yards of the work solo against PSU
Final Math = 32 for 122 for a 3.8 yd per carry against a very good rush dee

Game 3 North Texas

11 for 167 yds & 3 TDs (Lacy 9 for 161 yds & 2TDs)

RAN TR in the 4th Qtr for a 71 yard TD WITH A SHUTOUT GOING AGAINST HAPLESS MEAN GREEN

Game 4 Arkansas:

17 rushes for 126 yards
1) 4 rushes for 32 yards ... Big gain = 21 yds
2) 5 rushes for 33 yards ... Big gain = 31 yds
3) 4 rushes for 37 yards ... Big gain = 25 yds
4) 6 rushes for 21 yards in the 4th quarter

It was when I watched this in the fourth quarter that I predicted this guy would never even see the LSU game as they ran him with the game already a blowout

If you have these blowouts going, why run the guy you need to be 100% to have a chance against LSU

Game 5 Florida:

29 rushes for 181 yards

1st Half = 15 for 98 yards (long = 22)

but was stuffed at the three
3rd Quarter: 32 yards on 5 carries

4th Qtr: 7 rushes for 72 yds

Again, If you have a blowout going, why run a guy you need to be 100% to have a chance against LSU

Game 6 Vandy ... Saban "wises" up:

19 rushes for 107 yards

1st Half = 7 for 32 yards (long = 20)
3rd Quarter: 12 for 75 yards ... You got the blowout and he's got 107 yards ... What do you do if you're Saban?

You pull him ... Just like Saban did! Lacy was out with an injured foot

My Conclusions: Continued use of TR in the 4th quarter will likely result in his injury. Saban wisely kept him out of the 4th quarter at Vandy, but will this continue for the next two weeks. Against an excellent rushing dee like LSU's, TR will not be a force, even if he has close to 25 carries. He may get his 100 yards, he may not. Lacy has a foot injury and will be slowed. I'd expect to see TR get less than the Penn State numbers. I want a TR healthy when he faces LSU and we beat their arses, so they have 0 excuses.

Bama will have to beat LSU with "McCarrion"

Buzzards will be circling Tuscaloosa Nov 6th after Alabama throws 30 passes in this game

Hell is coming to Tuscaloosa on November 5 ... and it's not measured on the saffir simpson scale but it does wear a hat and "chews the cud" ... and it's defense stomps people's arses and gives them 3 and out on the majority of drives.

May the best team win, and may the best coach prevail!

This post was edited on 10/13/11 at 6:37 pm