Alabama lost one game last season and that was to Ole Miss. On Saturday night the Crimson Tide will have a chance for revenge as they will take on Ole Miss in Tuscaloosa as both teams are opening up their SEC schedules. Alabama comes into the game ranked number two in the nation while Ole Miss is ranked 15th.
Both teams come into this matchup having won their first two games of the season and neither team was really tested all that much. This game should prove to be the first real test for both sides.
Ole Miss comes into the game off of two consecutive 70 plus point outbursts. The Runnin' Rebels dropped 76 on the University of Tennessee Martin and then a week later dropped 73 on Fresno State. This game against Alabama will not be as easy to score points but the Rebels come in extremely confident.
The leader of the Ole Miss offense is quarterback Chad Kelly who has put up big numbers in the first two games. Kelly has completed 73 percent of his passes for 557 yards and six touchdowns while only throwing one interception. This will be Kelly's first SEC game and he will be thrown right into the fire against the class of the conference.
Another player to watch for Ole Miss is 6 foot-3 wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo. The junior already has four touchdowns this season and his size could cause a lof of problems for defenses in the red zone.
Alabama has had a little bit of a tougher road to their 2-0 schedule but Ole Miss will still likely be their toughest test so far. The Crimson Tide defeated Wisconsin handily in week one and then went on to blow out Middle Tennessee.
Alabama has put up 35 plus points in each game so far but they will now have to deal with an Ole Miss defense, led by Robert Nkemdiche, that has scored three touchdowns already this year.
Alabama's offense is based around the running game and they have one of the best running backs in all of college football in Derrick Henry. Through two games Henry is averaging more than seven yards per carry and already has six rushing touchowns.
Jake Coker has taken over as the quarterback for Nick Saban's football team and he is off to a mediocre start. Coker has completed 64 percent of his passes for more than 400 yards but has only thrown two touchdowns compared to one interception.
Of note in this game is the fact that Ole Miss has lost their last 12 trips to Tuscaloosa and before their win over Alabama last year, they had lost ten straight in the series.
The game kicks off at 9:15 P.M. Eastern time. For the live broadcast head on over here. If you want the Alabama radio broadcast go here and if you want the Ole Miss radio broadcast go here.