Nothing seemed to click for Ole Miss against Georgia except Blair Walsh’s three missed field goal attempts for the Bulldogs.
One of the strength’s of the Rebels team going into the season was their offensive line and running game. The Rebels were held to 36-yards rushing led by Jeff Scott’s 27-yards on seven attempts.
The Rebel passing attack did not prove to be much better, a problem for most Houston Nutt coached teams. Zack Stoudt finished the game 9 of 23 for 71-yards passing and Randall Mackey, the thought starter for the Rebels after spring practices, finished three of seven for 78-yards passing with one touchdown and one interception. Both Rebel quarterbacks were sacked twice.
Aaron Murray was effective for the Bulldogs. He finished the game 17 of 26 for 269-yards passing with two scores and one interception. Murray also added a rushing touchdown in the first quarter.
True freshman Isaiah Crowell got his second career start and another 100-yard rushing game. Crowell rushed 30 times for 147-yards.
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Bama was able to take advantage of a Wilson tipped pass before halftime returning the interception 25-yards for a touchdown making the score at half 17-7.
To start the second half Marquis Maze returned an Arkansas punt 83-yards for a touchdown. From there Arkansas ’ defense seemed to wear down from Alabama ’s ground attack. Alabama was able to rack up 197-yards of rushing to Arkansas ’ 17-yards. Trent Richardson ended with a game high 17 carries for 123-rushing yards.
Tyler Wilson was held to 185-yards passing and two touchdowns.
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The Gators led 31-10 at halftime and were able to cruise through the second half of play. Jeff Brantley’s arm was not needed as Jeff Demps (157-yards) and Chris Rainey (105-yards) provided 262-rushing yards combined. The Gators finished the game with 405-total rushing yards.
Morgan Newton provided the majority of the Wildcat’s 300-yards of total offense. He threw for 124-yards and rushed for a Kentucky game high 50-yards.
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Vanderbilt (3-0) vs. South Carolina (3-0)
A mark of a great team is finding different ways to win and South Carolina did that against Vanderbilt Saturday winning 21-3.
Vanderbilt’s defense was able to stop Marcus Lattimore (20 rushes for 79-yards) and Stephan Garcia (222-yards passing, one touchdown, four interceptions) but more impressively Vanderbilt offense was held to 73-total yards of offensive by the Gamecock defense.
Vandy finished the game with negative four yards rushing after Larry Smith was sacked six times for a loss of 42-yards. Smith and Jordan Rodgers combined for 77-passing yards. Smith left the game in the third quarter but Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin refused to comment on Smith’s status after the game.
Both teams had ball control issues. The Gamecocks fumbled three times but never lost possession. The Commodores fumbled four times losing three possessions.
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Auburn’s defense finally showed up when needed Saturday stopping the Owls 30-14 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
True freshman quarterback Kiehl Frazier (Springdale , Arkansas ) got playing time in the wildcat offense for the Tigers. He finished the game with 31-yards on three rushing attempts but did not attempt a pass.
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The offensive and defensive struggles continued for the Bulldogs Saturday but they held on to win 26-20 in overtime against Louisiana Tech.
MSU’s offense was held to 176-net yards rushing; Vick Ballard rushed for 68-yards on 18 attempts with one touchdown. Chris Relf was held to a 48 percent passing percentage. Not the type of performance Dan Mullen and the Mississippi State faithful were expecting.
Chris Relf threw a 16-yard game winning touchdown to LaDarius Perkins on their second play in overtime.
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LSU (3-0) vs. West Virginia (3-0)
WVU tried to make it interesting in the third quarter but LSU was too much for the Mountaineers winning 47-21.
LSU stormed out to a 27-7 half time lead behind three Garrett Lee touchdown passes. But Geno Smith put on a show throwing for 424-yards and two touchdowns against the Tigers. Smith started the scoring in the second half with his second touchdown pass of the game to Tyler Urban. Just before the end of the third quarter, WVU pulled the score to within six on a one-yard touchdown run by Dustin Garrison. On the ensuing kick Marcus Claiborne returned the kick-off 99-yards for the Tigers.
WVU outgained the Tigers in total yards 533 to 368, but the Tigers were able to get two Geno Smith interceptions and recover two Mountaineers’ fumbles to end critical drives. LSU only lost one fumble and Jarrett Lee did not throw an interception in the game.
Spencer Ware and Michael Ford continued their two back rushing attack for LSU combining for 171-yards with two Ford touchdowns.
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