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Blog: Latest Bama News 9/17/14
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1. Nick Marshall and Kansas State? The Auburn quarterback was nearly a Wildcat.
2. Banged up in the win over UCF, Missouri running backs Marcus Murphy and Russell Hansbrough are both expected to be ready for Indiana while wide receiver Levi Copelin – already suspended this year – has been dismissed from team.
3. Tennessee wide receiver Josh Smith has a high ankle sprain – will not practice this week.
4. Former Tennessee and current Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten on the Vols: “Butch [Jones] has definitely got them going in the right direction.”
5. Texas A&M faces SMU this weekend before the schedule takes a tougher turn. Coach Kevin Sumlin: “We worry about us.” Wide receiver Speedy Noil will miss the SMU game with a leg injury.
6. Texas A&M has a “noted turfgrass expert on campus” to help solve problems with the Kyle Field turf.
7. With Florida coming to town, a different feel at the Alabama practice. Concern over a lack of turnovers? Crimson Tide hasn’t had an interception in 15 quarters.
8. Alabama will be without safety Nick Perry for the first half against Florida after getting ejected in the Southern Miss game. What changes will it bring to the defense?
9. Florida offensive coordinator Kurt Roper has faced Alabama before when he was at Duke.
10. Florida coach Will Muschamp ‘the biggest branch from Nick Saban’s extensive coaching tree.’
11. Georgia wide receivers Malcolm Mitchell and Justin Scott-Wesley “very doubtful” for the Troy game. Cornerback Shattle Fenteng has a shoulder injury but possibly back by Tennessee game.
12. What to make of the quarterback situation at Vanderbilt? (Coach Derek) ‘Mason is all over the map on this one.’ Vanderbilt could be without two defensive starters Saturday.
13. Why South Carolina will have to pack its own energy this weekend at Vanderbilt.
14. LSU-Mississippi State will be a homecoming of sorts for nine MSU players from the Pelican State.
15. MSU hasn’t won at Tiger Stadium since 1991. Tigers have won 21 of last 22 contests.
16. LSU lined up a fullback seven times on Saturday. Six times the fullback got the ball.
17. Bye week gives Kentucky the opportunity to get healthy and coaches the chance to evaluate redshirts.
18. Earlier in the season, Arkansas cornerback Tevin Mitchell asked Bret Bielema about the possibility of resdshirting: “I went ‘whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.’”
19. NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. attended the Ole Miss practice Tuesday.
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