Yesterday, Gary Daneilson did his weekly appearance on Finebaum's show. He said in Alabama's SEC losses the pass to rush ratio has been 21:43 with TAMU being the only team to pass more than 22 times. So far Ole Miss has thrown the ball 147 times in 4 games (36.75 attempts per game) and run the ball 161 times (40.25 attempts per game). As Gary said, Stephen Garcia was a "hot and cold" QB like Bo Wallace. I don't see Ole Miss being patient enough to have the same pass to rush ratio the teams that beat Bama have had.Gary Danielson put it well when he said to beat Alabama you need great QB play. Good QB play will not be enough in this game.
Does Bo have that kind of game in him? I just don't see it, but stranger things have happened.
To the theme of the thread:
Alex Scarborough tweeted the below.
As JustNeedMe81 stated in the OP, Ole Miss ranks 34th in the nation in rushing defense by allowing 114.5 yards a game.Only two teams in the SEC are picking up 5 yards or more on the majority of its rush attempts: Arkansas (53.5%) and Alabama (52.0%).
Here's the rushing offenses they've faced:
#49 Memphis (187.8 yards/game, 4.27 yards/rush) -- Memphis rushed for 23 and 0.7 yards/rush
#60 Boise State (174 yards/game, 4.42 yards/rush) -- Boise rushed for 135 and 3.6 yards/rush
#63 UL-Lafayette (171.5 yards/game, 5.08 yards/rush) -- ULL rushed for 193 and 5.2 yards/rush
#108 Vanderbilt (106.2 yards/game, 3.65 yards/rush) -- Vandy rushed for 107 and 4.3 yards/rush
Bama's offense has faced these rush defenses:
#46 Florida (128.0 yards/game, 3.23 yards/rush) -- Bama rushed for 251 and 4.3 yards/rush
#98 West Virginia (198.5 yards/game, 5.26 yards/rush) -- Bama rushed for 294 and 5.9 yards/rush
#104 Florida Atlantic (219.0 yards/game, 5.56 yards/rush) -- Bama rushed for 200 and 5.9 yards/rush
#119 Southern Miss (247.4 yards/game, 5.62 yards/rush) -- Bama rushed for 347 and 6.8 yards/rush
Bama gained more than the opponent's average in 3 of the 4 games with the only exception ending 8 minutes early. Alabama has also had 32 rushes go for 10+ yards so far this season.
Ole Miss held its opponents under its average two games with their most recent game being the most obvious.
I'm not sure if either team has seen the same attack it faces Saturday.