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ROLL TIDE!

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Alabama’s performance against Houston won’t be enough to convince people that the Tide is among national contenders again, but it certainly didn’t hurt.

There is no time to rest on success, however, as the dangerous Louisiana Tech Bulldogs come to Birmingham Saturday in what promises to be, if nothing else, an exposition of offense from both schools.

Before Tide fans get upset, they need to realize that Louisiana Tech will score points, they will pass for unworldly sums of yardage, and they will give Alabama a good game. They are also capable of beating the Tide. Will they?

QUARTERBACKS

Tim Rattay is 89-of-131 for 825 yards, 6 TD’s, and 4 INT’s on the season so far. That translates out to a 67.9% completion rating. Rattay is not the typical size of an NFL quarterback---too small---but he possesses possibly the quickest release in college football and is undaunted by the task of playing a bigger school. He is adept at finding open receivers, not-so-open receivers, and receivers covered like chocolate syrup on a DQ sundae. Alabama, meanwhile, will counter with two quarterbacks---Andrew Zow and Tyler Watts. Zow has started rather slowly this season, but has proven leadership skills and is very athletic. Tyler Watts, meanwhile, got his first real taste of hand-to-hand combat against Houston and acquitted himself well. Still, however good Zow and Watts may be someday, they are not in Rattay’s league right now. Advantage: Louisiana Tech

RUNNING BACKS

Louisiana Tech will use mainly fullback Terry Pratt and halfbacks Bobby Ray Tell and Arthur Jefferson. Alabama fans will remember Tell, who was a big part of the Bulldogs’ 1997 upset of the Tide. While Pratt is technically a fullback, Louisiana Tech rarely uses that position, meaning Pratt will do most of his damage from the one-back set. However, these three backs have fewer yards between them (109) than Alabama’s Shaun Alexander had by himself in either one of the Tide’s first two games. Alexander, who had a spectacular day against the Houston Cougars, will be counted on to have a similar day against Louisiana Tech. Reserve tailback Shaun Bohanon is developing into a dangerous player in his own right, rushing for 95 yards in relief of Alexander last week. The Tide also has two fullbacks (McClintock and Brown), either one of which is a major force to be reckoned with. Tech has talent, but it pales in comparison to the talent on the Tide’s sideline. Advantage: Alabama

RECEIVERS

Anytime you put the ball up as much as Louisiana Tech does, you have to have some receivers or your success will be short-lived. The Bulldogs have that talent, represented by James Jordan, Delwyn Daigre, and the super-dangerous Sean Cangelosi, who has 255 yards receiving by himself so far this year. Others at the position include Tell, sophomore Allen Stark, and reserve tailback John Simon. While the Bulldogs employ a tight end (David Newman), he is primarily used as a blocker. Speaking of tight ends, Alabama fans got to see Terry Jones, Jr.’s coming out party against Houston, catching three balls for well over 100 yards and causing terror in Houston’s defensive backfield once he had the ball. Alabama adds star-in-the-making Freddie Milons, along with speedster Jason McAddley and experienced seniors Tim Bowens and Shamari Buchanan. In addition, Alabama expects freshman Antonio Carter to be ready to go for this game. Sam Collins got his first real action against Houston and will also play quite a bit, as will improving backup tight end Theo Sanders. This is a tough one to call. Cangelosi is the best receiver on either team, but Alabama has more depth and uses the tight end as a weapon. It comes down, then, to the fact that Louisiana Tech’s starting group as a whole is probably better than Alabama’s group. Advantage: Louisiana Tech

OFFENSIVE LINE

Like Alabama, LaTech starts four of the same linemen from 1998 in 1999. In addition, the Bulldog offensive linemen have proven extremely efficient at preventing sacks to their quarterback. It doesn’t hurt that Rattay has a lightning-fast release, but some credit must go to the men up front, who in addition to being smooth pass blockers, know how to get out in front of a screen pass. Alabama’s front five is still beset by injuries, and center Paul Hogan will likely be scratched from this week’s game just as he was for the Houston contest. Alabama again will start two freshmen on the line with three more freshmen in the two-deep. Louisiana Tech simply has more experience, and they are healthier. Advantage: Louisiana Tech

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

The Bulldogs will likely start four seniors across their line, led by sack artist Otis Pitts. Alabama will start the same defensive line that has aided in 12 sacks over the first two games. Alabama has been pleased with the results they have gotten from freshmen Jarrett Johnson and Kenny King, and will need both to contribute heavily in this game. The Bulldogs are deep and experienced, but Alabama simply has better athletes. Advantage: Alabama

LINEBACKERS

Damon Harrington, who led the Bulldogs with 119 tackles last year, returns in 1999. More experience flanks him, with senior Brian Bradford on one side and junior Quincy Stewart on the other. Stewart also had over 100 tackles in 1999. Alabama, meanwhile, will have a full compliment of linebackers for the first time this year, as Darius Gilbert and Chris Horne return from suspensions. The addition of those two may mean that reserve Adam Cox sits out to tend to an ailing shoulder. Freshmen Saleem Rasheed and Marvin Constant looked wonderful against Houston and will be needed again here. Since Alabama will be in the nickel and dime sets for most of the contest, it is hard to say how often all three starters (Constant, Miguel Merritt, and likely Rasheed) will be on the field together. This one is very close, but again, the Tide has far better athletes here. Advantage: Alabama

DEFENSIVE BACKS

The two units are very similar, with both teams having good cornerbacks and depth problems at safety. Louisiana Tech will start Roderick Permetter and Frederick Lewis at the cornerback positions, where both have been effective. Safeties are another story, however, as Bobby Gray, Clint Davis, and a host of others have been unable to shut their opponents down. Alabama, meanwhile, has gotten superb play out of JUCO transfer Milo Lewis at one corner and improved play from Kecalf Bailey at the other. Strong safety Marcus Spencer has been good at run support, and the Tide has been building depth the past two weeks with liberal substitution patterns. Again, a close one, but the Tide seems to have been more effective this year. Advantage: Alabama

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Bulldogs use two kickers: Kevin Pond for extra points and Josh Storrs for field goals and some extra points. Caleb Price will punt, and he has good credentials. Alabama’s Ryan Pflugner has had an up-and-down career, seeming to alternate the good games with the bad. If that holds true, he should have a good day against the Bulldogs, having come off a so-so day against Houston. Alabama punter Patrick Morgan has been better that anyone thought he would, and the kick return game for Alabama still remains a threat. Alabama must cover kicks better, but their punt coverage has been first-rate. Advantage: Alabama

OVERALL

Alabama leads in five categories, Louisiana Tech in three. Several of these could go either way, too, with neither team holding a whopping advantage in anything. Simply put, this is a tougher game than most Alabama fans would like to admit. Louisiana Tech has cut its teeth on tough opponents the last few years and is not afraid to play anyone, anywhere. Alabama, though, comes off a game in which nearly everything went right. Confidence was gained and depth was established.

In the end, anything less than a Tide win would be a huge disappointment. Alabama has the athletes, the experience, and the home-field advantage. Louisiana Tech has Tim Rattay and a cast of thousands, but that cast always seems to play well together. This one could be close, and it is doubtful that Alabama will cover the point spread. Still, I look for a Crimson Tide victory in this one.

Alabama 34

Louisiana Tech 24

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It wasn’t the prettiest win in Alabama history. But it was a day that men began to become legends. A day when the seeds of greatness sown deep in the heat of summer workouts began to push their way up through the fertile Alabama soil. A game to remember. And if your blood runs crimson and you were old enough to walk, chances are you do remember that game, along with 12 other games in that most magic of all seasons. For Tide fans, right up there with landing on the moon or finding out who shot J.R. is that indelibly etched season when everything finally went right and Bama returned to glory. Yes, I’m talking about 1992, and in particular, the fourth game of the season, Saturday September 26, 1992. Walk with me….

As a child who grew up watching Alabama win national championships on television and dreaming of the day I would be there in the stadium, I was somehow cursed to have endured seven rather ordinary football seasons at the Capstone only to have the Tide win it all the very year I left Tuscaloosa. And, as it happened, I was not just away from Tuscaloosa, but outside Alabama, away from the Tide’s primary market base, left high and dry on a one-year stint in the nation’s capital. And so, as with every football Saturday in the fall of 1992, I found myself in a place called Ramparts, just outside D.C., located just off something Northern Virginians called "Shirley Highway," which looked more like an interstate to me, but then again, I’m from Alabama.

Ramparts was (and perhaps still is) part of a phenomenon resulting from the CFA’s late- twentieth-century deregulation of televised college football. Touting itself as a "sports tavern," the place was a haven for groups of half-crazed alumni the nation over, who would occupy one of the pub’s countless rooms, divided from the main seating area by glass windowpanes, to cheer on the team, any team, live via satellite right there on one of the hundred-odd televisions located literally everywhere. Here were verdant Michigan State fans cheering an on-side kick against the hated Minnesota Gophers. In the next room were despondent orange-clad Texans watching the ‘Horns blow a halftime lead over some team who used to be good ten or fifteen years ago. And somewhere in the mix were the ubiquitous UCLA Bruins, who always seemed to get the very best rooms and television reception.

It was loud, even raucous at times, with competing announcers punctuated by asynchronous choruses of triumph and tragedy. The air was wonderfully cinematic, hazy and thick with nervous clouds of cigarette smoke, but always too warm, somehow. The place smelled of spilt beer and chicken wings, sizzling patty melts, onion rings and fudge cake. And then there were the nachos – big heaping plates of homemade corn chips cut into thick triangles and piled with beef, melted cheese, refried beans, sour cream, jalapenos…. Beyond the tables were bustling servers with impossibly large round trays of drinks, frowning over seven-hour tabs to be divided sixteen ways. Multicolored lines of impatient cross-armed (and even cross-legged) fans waiting for a spot in the tiny restrooms, all craning to see what had become of their team during their absence. The high fives all around on a TD. The way the cool brass railing felt on your palms. The closeness you could feel with some guy you had never met and would never see again, just because his sweatshirt looked like yours.

Ramparts, as an old friend would say, was a whirlwind of fun. That is, if your team was on a roll. But when things were going badly, it could be deafeningly lonely, watching the surreal ecstasy of fans in the adjoining rooms as their team scored yet another touchdown. For football purists, winning at Ramparts often came with a frustrating lack of ability to appreciate the nuances – the coaching decisions, missed blocking assignments, knee injuries, and third-down conversions – all were lost in the gabble of the distracting disinterested. For most, losing there was too public, a spectacle of shame played out among throngs of uninvited interlopers, eyebrows raised, feigning sympathy, offering truisms and unnecessary objectivity or simply crowding the windows of a losing team’s room like motorists hoping to see blood at an accident scene.

For Tide fans, there would be little joy in the Alabama room at Ramparts that late September afternoon. The room was too small, even for a less-than-stellar opponent such as Louisiana Tech. And predictably, the restaurant’s satellite reception of our game had failed. The manager vainly flipped from channel to channel with the oversized remote, now stopping to ask if the alumni leader was sure that the game was really being broadcast on a particular channel, now telephoning the satellite company to find out why the game wasn’t there. Sure, we could pick up Indiana versus Missouri or Air Force against New Mexico, but we weren’t interested. We had come to see the Tide, no one else. This madness went on for nearly an hour. I sauntered into another room where some friends of mine, Ole Miss fans, were watching their team choke in a 37-11 thumping at the hands of 18^th ranked Georgia. The room was mostly Georgia folks, who for reasons unknown to anyone, never seemed to settle on any particular location for their own game day parties, choosing instead to overrun the opposing team’s party wherever it was held. I figured I could at least socialize for a few minutes, check some scores, etc., before returning to the scene of what should have been a crimson bloodbath.

This was Louisiana Tech, for heaven’s sake. Winning was as inevitable as sunrise. An overwhelming victory, as opposed to an ordinary one, was only slightly less expected. After all, was this not Alabama, ranked seventh coming off an impressive 38-11 popping of Danny Ford’s Razorbacks the previous Saturday? Had not this team turned the proverbial corner by embarrassing that former bastion of the SWC on the road in front of President Clinton and his daughter Chelsea? Didn’t some Arkansas wag – maybe it was Ford – say to a member of the national media that very night in the wake of the thrashing that viewers had possibly gotten a glimpse of the next national champion? And wasn’t there some guy somewhere voting Bama number one week after week in the AP poll? No doubt, this was a great Alabama team. Maybe truly great. And wasn’t David Palmer, the diminutive Deuce, going to be returning to action after a three-game suspension? It wouldn’t even be close. Or so it was thought.

But then, during the scoreboard show following the Ole Miss/Georgia game came the dizzying news: At the half, Alabama 6, Louisiana Tech 0. And suddenly swept through me that all-too familiar flush of hot nausea mixed with dread and foreboding. It hit the bottom of my stomach like the trailer to a B-grade horror flick: "it started as an average day, AND THEN SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG." Louisiana Tech. La-Tech. The team from Ruston. Standing toe to toe with Bear’s Boys. It was unthinkable. Inconceivable. I had to get back. Back to the Bama room. I needed to be with my family.

Blindly, I stumbled back into the overcrowded chamber where the Tide fans had been relegated, my friends from Mississippi in tow. Except by this time, I viewed them less as friends than vultures awaiting the kill. Or, more accurately, revenants – the walking dead, freshly murdered and now stalking the earth in search of others whose doom was imminent, revealing themselves to the unsuspecting victims at the precise moment of death. I threw open the door to find our television still blinking dark and emotionless in the growing twilight. Before me were tables of droning Alabama fans, some squinting through the haze of Marlboroughs and Virginia Slims extra longs, others chomping busily on chicken fingers or guffawing at their cohorts’ mundane attempts at humor.

They didn’t know the score. And then I saw them – a core of fanatics like me, worriedly huddled around a speaker in one corner of the room, where the chapter president had arranged a primitive telephone hookup to the game through her mom in Russellville or Andalusia or somewhere, by placing her receiver up against the radio speaker. The radio, some seven hundred miles away, was either improperly tuned or had terrible reception. Or maybe there were sunspots. Or perhaps mom’s cordless phone was dying. Whatever the reason, the dynamic voice of Eli Gold calling the third quarter play by play was interspersed with low-pitched bursts of static that seemed to grow from one corner of the speaker and move across the sound in five-second intervals. The quality of the sound was further diminished by the incessant chatter of the unknowing crowd, who had given up on trying to see the game and lapsed instead into casual conversation. The score remained Alabama 6, Louisian…T …g. The ball was at… th…rd line. It was …th down and…. Who had the ball? What was going on? Madness.

Then, as if some divine antenna were suddenly connected to the miserable radio, the static dispersed, and we could clearly hear for the first time that day. And just as suddenly, it seemed that Bear himself smiled down on the floundering Tide, as he would from time to time throughout that perfect season. With 8:18 left in the fourth quarter, with Bama still clinging to a precarious 6-0 lead on two Michael Proctor field goals, Louisiana Tech prepared to punt for the eleventh time that day. David Palmer stood on the Alabama 37-yard line, ready to receive. He snagged the ball and dipped away from two defenders, then raced toward the La-Tech endzone, deftly picking up crucial blocks to spring him free. Sixty-three yards downfield, the Deuce recorded what would be his last-ever punt returned for a touchdown while playing for the Tide. Bama went up 13-0 and sealed a breathless victory.

Offensively, the game was among the most forgettable of the year. Aside from the Palmer’s tremendous punt return, there was little else to mark the game. But hidden from the Tide-loving patrons of Ramparts on that Saturday in 1992 was the emergence of what would eventually make this team the national champion that we all exalt today: the stifling, overpowering, awe-inspiring defense. The Bulldogs were held to a measly 117 total yards, including 27 rushing attempts for minus eight yards. After the game, Louisiana Tech quarterback Sam Hughes was heard to say that "[t]hey [Alabama] are the best ‘D’ I’ve seen since I’ve been playing football. They’re awesome."

What does all this have to do with this week’s tilt with Tech? History shows that, while the scoreboard may not match it, the seeds of what will become of this year’s edition of the Tide will be visible by the day’s end. Greatness? Maybe. This bunch of La-Techsters may not be as defensively powerful as the squad in 1992, but offensively, they can create problems for almost anyone. The Elephants’ Memory has not forgotten that Tim Rattay & Co. dealt a deathblow to the 1997 Tide in Tuscaloosa on homecoming. Let’s hope the team will remember as well. You know what they say about paybacks. So, here’s to the Deuce, the Defense, and the magic of 1992: May there be a thousand more just like you. Here’s to the gang at Ramparts: Pass me some more of those nachos. Here’s to the seeds of greatness within every Bama player this Saturday: Roll Tide!

Percentage 1.000%

The prediction department had another perfect weekend, but again, there were few real contests taking place. This week is much different. Only one game---Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas---represents a likely blowout. Every other game in the conference, including Louisiana Tech at Alabama, could go either way. There is another problem, too. For those of you that read the individual team profiles before the beginning of the season, you will remember that I picked the following upsets this week: Auburn over LSU, Florida over Tennessee, and Oklahoma State over Mississippi State. The question is, do I stick to my guns, or do I look at new information (Florida’s problems on defense, Auburn’s woeful play) and change horses mid-stream? Read on and find out.

TENNESSEE AT FLORIDA

In the Gators’ first two games, they have made the offenses of Western Michigan and Central Florida look very good. That is because Florida returns only one defensive starter from last year, and they are in the unfamiliar position of having to play signees in order to compete. Tennessee, meanwhile, has played just once---against Wyoming---and came out looking less than stellar. Remove the second quarter from that game, and what have you got? A Cowboy victory. So what happens here? Tennessee, for the first time, will enter the Swamp a likely favorite. They are licking their chops at the prospect of beating the Gators at home for the first time since the invention of the wheel. Florida, meanwhile, is playing defense back on their heels and is relying on their offense to bail them out. This game could come down to any factor, but I look at special teams and coaching. In those two areas, Florida holds the edge.

Florida 37
Tennessee 31

KENTUCKY AT INDIANA

This may prove to be the toughest game this week to pick, and could also be the closest. Kentucky travels to Bloomington to meet a rising Hoosier team that returns eight offensive starters, including its entire line. Kentucky has so far been full of sound and fury, signifying little. The Cats lost badly to Louisville, a team with only a slight edge in overall team talent and speed, and then spent last Saturday whacking poor Connecticut around the yard just for fun. There won’t be any of that this week against Indiana, and while Kentucky may win, they are very unlikely to do so convincingly. The difference? Indiana has a superb defensive line, while Kentucky couldn’t block the nuns of St. Anne. Also, Indiana has a comparable offense to Kentucky’s, which spells doom.

Indiana 34
Kentucky 30

EAST CAROLINA AT SOUTH CAROLINA

East Carolina has two wins against opponents from larger conferences. South Carolina has two hard-fought losses against North Carolina State and Georgia, and will be at home for the first time under Lou Holtz. This one has all the makings of a game built on emotion and heart, but unfortunately for the Gamecocks, they are still the Gamecocks. East Carolina has victories over West Virginia and Duke, while South Carolina still is unsettled at quarterback and has scored 9 points over two games. They should score here today, but East Carolina has many offensive weapons and should pull it out.

East Carolina 24
South Carolina 17

VANDERBILT AT MISSISSIPPI

Vanderbilt looked like a bowl team against Alabama, then nearly got beat by Northern Illinois, an outfit that lost to a 1-AA team AT HOME, for crying out loud. Ole Miss, meanwhile, looked like Broadway critics at a Three Stooges festival against Memphis---that is, disinterested. While they put points on the board against Arkansas State, they hardly looked perfect, and this is a team from whom big things were expected. So what we have here is the Underachievers Bowl, with the Rebels and the Commodores racing to see who gets to sponsor it. Vanderbilt could do a lot for respectability in this game, but probably won’t. Ole Miss simply has too many horses for Vanderbilt to keep up.

LOUISIANA TECH AT ALABAMA

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LOUISIANA-MONROE AT ARKANSAS

They used to be Northeast Louisiana, now they’re Louisiana-Monroe. This week, they’ll be Louisiana-Flattened.

Arkansas 47
Louisiana-Monroe 6

AUBURN AT LOUISIANA STATE

Once again, LSU began the year by underachieving. San Jose State, truly a doormat team, was made to look like BCS contenders by the Bayou Bengals, who seem unable to string together two good games no matter who the opponent. That bears well for the Auburn Tigers, seeing as how LSU dismantled North Texas last week. If the jinx holds true, Auburn could walk with this one. Still, Tommy Tuberville has his work cut out for him. Auburn has won by a touchdown or less now two weeks in a row against teams that hardly conjure up images of smash-mouth gridiron giants. The key in this game will be the play of Auburn’s offense against LSU’s defense. Neither seems to have much in those respective units, but something will still have to give. Auburn has a new problem---Robert Bironas, arguably the best kicker in the SEC last year, now seems to be auditioning for a spot with LSU’s historically sorry kicking corps. As for DiNardo’s bunch, they have looked terrible against Tuberville-coached teams in the past, and this could be another example of it. In addition, team captain and top receiver Larry Foster was arrested for---get this---purse snatching on campus this week. What’s going on down there? If Auburn’s offense can give them anything, they stand a real chance. I’m picking a one-point game---with, of course, a shanked LSU point-after-touchdown being the difference.

Auburn 21
LSU 20

OKLAHOMA STATE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE

Believe it or not, of the three upsets I picked this week, this is the one on which I came closest to changing my vote. That’s because Oklahoma State lost its starting quarterback, Tony Lindsay, in week one on the way to a 24-7 slide-by over pitiful Louisiana-Lafayette (nee Southwestern Louisiana). However, the Cowboys made a wondrous improvement from week one to week two, slaughtering Tulsa 46-9. The difference here is that, unlike Mississippi State, Oklahoma State has a balanced offense that can score a ton when it is operating properly. The Cowboys also have good special teams. The defenses are about even between these two schools, although MSU should take that category based on their athleticism. Still, I won’t be impressed by the Bulldogs until I see quarterback Wayne Madkin actually win one for his team. He may get his chance here, but I’m sticking with my original pick.

Oklahoma State 27
Mississippi State 19

IDLE:Georgia

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Depth Chart for La Tech (*=true freshmen)

OFFENSE

SE 84 Shamari Buchanan 7 Sam Collins 25 Dennis Bonga

WR 80 Jason McAddley 26 Arvin Richard 36 Jay Stubbs

TE 82 Terry Jones, Jr. 89 Theo Sanders 87 Johnavon Morgan

LG 71 Marico Portis 70 Jason McDonald 79 Ray Marshall

QB 5 Andrew Zow 14 Tyler Watts 18 Luke Tucker

FB 30 Dustin McClintock 6 Marvin Brown 43 Alex Malone

RB 37 Shaun Alexander 28 Shaun Bohanon 29 Ahmaad Galloway

DEFENSE

RE 54 Kindal Moorehead 38 Shawn Draper 94 Derek Sanders

RT 97 Cornelius Griffin 90 Jamie Carter 67 Kelvis White

SS 41 Marcus Spencer 19 Jason Jones 32 Phillip Weeks

P 16 Patrick Morgan 44 Lane Bearden 3 Jason Kellen

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