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Wrong, wrong, wrong. The mistake that was made is blowing the whistle and stopping the clock on a fumble. The play should have continued. If an Arkansas player recovers, game over. But if an Auburn player recovers, then the ball is placed at the spot of the recovery and they still have to make the kick. Most importantly, THE CLOCK NEVER WOULD HAVE STOPPED. So the refs have to spot the ball, Auburn has to run the field goal team onto the field quickly and snap the ball for the kick while the clock’s running. And because Auburn substituted, Arkansas would have been given time to substitute. No leisurely trotting out the kicker and having him methodically go through his pre-kick routine, as he did, because the clock is running. Tick, tick, tick. The pressure of kicking quickly during a running clock is orders of magnitude greater than with a stopped clock, not to mention the pressure of getting the kicking team on the field while the clock is running.

I agree. I stayed up to watch Washington and Cal and it was like watching paint dry. No excitement at all watching guys running up and down the field at will. Great defense increases the tension on every play and one small mistake can decide the game. That's exciting in my book.

Yep, those handoffs and kneel-downs require rare talent and years of practice. :P

One word: DISARRAY.

Stay classy, Auburn.

Henry's play was a backwards pass because he INTENTIONALLY threw it backwards. The 4th down fumble rule is there because of an NFL play that Kenny Stabler made back in the 1970s with the Raiders. Stabler intentionally fumbled the ball forward on 4th down and his Raider teammates eventually rolled it forward into the end zone before recovering it for the game-winning touchdown. The reason that an option play where the pitch is fumbled is ruled a fumble is because the person RECEIVING the pitch is considered to have fumbled, not the player who made the pitch. In this case, there WAS a fumble on the play by Collins and at that point the 4th down fumble rule was in effect -- if another Arkansas player had picked up Collins' fumble and advanced it, the ball would have been returned to the spot of the fumble.

Alabama outgained both Ole Miss and A&M. Take away the Pick 6's and A&M's punt return and Bama still wins. Take away the -5 TO margin against Ole Miss and Bama blows 'em out. For Ole Miss's first 17 points, they moved the ball a total of 43 yards. For 17 points. They got 14 more on a once-in-a-lifetime bounce and an illegal play that wasn't called. Take al those lucky breaks away and Bama wins easily. Take away the non-offensive TDs against A&M and Bama still wins. Wow, I guess I can have it both ways.

Chubb: 16 carries for 120 yds, 2 TDs against the Sisters of the Poor at home. Henry: 13 carries for 147 yds, 3 TDs against a ranked Power 5 team on a neutral field, plus SEC Offensive Player of the Week. Hmmm....

Alabama's schedule is rated the toughest in the country according to ESPN's FPI. You are ignorant, sir.

And your classless POS coach gets perverse pleasure from running up the score on teams like UT-Martin. What a douche.

Auburn didn't cover in Week 1 either.

SEC records last 2 seasons: Bielema 2-14 Malzahn 12-5 Saban 15-2

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42-13 was pretty funny too!

Articles like this are so stupid. There's no way to know who the best QBs will be. You could have said the same "major uncertainty " thing about Alabama last year and then Blake Sims goes out and wins the SEC. Or about Auburn before Cam Newton's year. Pure drivel.

Yet there's no denying that: 3>2 4>2 5>2 6>2 7>2 8>2 9>2 ... Stop wherever you like!

It has so far.

Alabama 42, Mizzou 13. Stars matter.

And no one picked them to win fewer than 9 or 10 last year -- it works both ways. The key things you can't predict are team chemistry, emerging stars, and returning busts, all of which have a huge impact on the outcomes. It's a huge crapshoot until they play a few games and you can see those things.

For the record, Arkansas came up TWO points short of stunning Alabama last year, not one point (the Hogs would have needed two more points to win the game; one more would only have tied it).

He must have been trying to emulate Woody Hayes at the 1978 Gator Bowl, where he punched a Clemson player and promptly got fired. That was 36 years ago TODAY. What a tool.

Verne has been embarrassingly bad for years but Gary actually has some very insightful commentary. In the Iron Bowl, he correctly anticipated the exact play call before the snap several times. I think he understands the SEC teams and coaches better than any of the ESPN guys.

The real tool in this group is Dave Pasch. His cheerleading for TCU in that TCU vs. Iowa State game was nauseating. You could tell that even Griese was embarrassed by it.

Huh? Anish and Kelly are both guys. And almost all the sideline reporters are women.

I don't like her either. You can tell she has this unspoken disdain for Saban and Alabama (although to nowhere near the level of Tracy Wolfson, who was thankfully replaced by the excellent Allie LaForce this season). And Blackledge wins the prize for knowing the least about the Xs and Os of football than any other former player I've ever heard.

Here you go: Here you go: SCHOOL CAPACITY 2014 AVG % CAPACITY Alabama 101,821 101,534 99.7% Arkansas 72,000 66,521 92.4% Auburn 87,451 87,451 100.0% Florida 88,548 85,834 96.9% Georgia 92,746 92,746 100.0% Kentucky 67,606 57,572 85.2% LSU 102,321 104,909 102.5% Miss St 61,337 61,127 99.7% Missouri 71,004 65,285 91.9% Ole Miss 60,580 61,547 101.6% S Carolina 80,250 81,831 102.0% Tennessee 102,455 99,754 97.4% Texas A&M 106,511 105,123 98.7% Vanderbilt 39,790 34,258 86.1%

Here you go: SCHOOL CAPACITY 2014 AVG % CAPACITY Alabama 101,821 101,534 99.7% Arkansas 72,000 66,521 92.4% Auburn 87,451 87,451 100.0% Florida 88,548 85,834 96.9% Georgia 92,746 92,746 100.0% Kentucky 67,606 57,572 85.2% LSU 102,321 104,909 102.5% Miss St 61,337 61,127 99.7% Missouri 71,004 65,285 91.9% Ole Miss 60,580 61,547 101.6% S Carolina 80,250 81,831 102.0% Tennessee 102,455 99,754 97.4% Texas A&M 106,511 105,123 98.7% Vanderbilt 39,790 34,258 86.1%

What do you have to say now, after that 42-13 beatdown, big mouth? Let's hear the excuses.

Blake Sims should clearly be 1st team over Prescott. Sims has more passing yards, a better completion percentage, better yards per attempt, more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, and a much higher QBR. Plus, when they went head-to-head, Prescott threw 3 INTs and was outplayed by Sims, who won the game. No contest.