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AMEDAYG2:30 p.m. Sept. 18, 20102:30 p.m. Sept. 18, 2010 Duke TV: ABC Duke TV: ABC
Uniting the starsThe absence of two Crimson Tide stars created new ones. The absence of two Crimson Tide stars created new ones.
They will all take the fi eld together Saturday.They will all take the fi eld together Saturday.
2010 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULESept. 4 San Jose State Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 48-3Sept. 11 Penn State Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 24-3Sept. 18 Duke Durham, N.C.Sept. 25 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark.Oct. 2 Florida Tuscaloosa, Ala.Oct. 9 South Carolina Columbia, S.C.Oct. 16 Mississippi Tuscaloosa, Ala.Oct. 23 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.Nov. 6 LSU Baton Rouge, La.Nov. 13 Mississippi State Tuscaloosa, Ala.Nov. 18 Georgia State Tuscaloosa, Ala.Nov. 26 Auburn Tuscaloosa, Ala.
GAMEDAY STAFF• Jason Galloway, GameDay editor• Laura Owens, assistant GameDay editor• Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief• Jonathan Reed, managing editor• Brandee Easter, print-production editor• Emily Johnson, design editor• Chris Jackson, art director• Adam Greene, chief copy editor• Jerrod Seaton, photo editor• Drew Hoover, assistant photo editor
Cover photo: John Michael Simpson
The giants return to playIn the absence of Mark Ingram and Marcell Dareus, Alabama got to improve its depth, but now these two are back. Page 4
INSIDE GameDay|
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Alabama passes its first road test,
shutting Duke out by forcing
five turnovers, while Greg
McElroy had a big day through
the air.By Lake Koelling
2 | RELIVING THE TRADITIONAlabama Athletic Director Mal Moore recounts his career with Alabama, going through as a player, coach and finally the AD.
By Jordan Eichenblatt
GAME INFO: SATURDAY,
SEPT. 18
• Field: Wallace Wade Stadium• Place: Durham, N.C.• Time: 2:30 p.m.• TV: ABC• Radio: 1420 AM (Eli Gold, play-by-play; Phil Savage, color analyst; Barry Krauss, sideline reporter)
Alabama Crimson Tide
(2-0)
Duke Blue Devils
(1-1)
vs
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“Marcell Dareus because we are so deep in our running back posi-tion and Trent Richardson stepped in for Mark Ingram so nicely”
Ben Bradford Sophomore
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“Marcell Dareus because Ingram may still not be 100 percent”
Sean Kearney Senior
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“Mark Ingram because he was the best player in college football last year!”
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“Marcell Dareus because he will clog up the middle end disrupt their running game.”
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AP POLL1. Alabama (52)2. Ohio State (5)3. Boise State (1)4. TCU5. Oregon6. Texas (1)7. Oklahoma8. Nebraska9. Iowa10. Florida11. Wisconsin12. Arkansas13. South Carolina14. Utah15. LSU16. Auburn17. Miami (FL)18. USC19. Stanford20. Michigan21. West Virginia22. Penn State23. Houston24. Arizona25. Oregon State
COACHES’ POLL1. Alabama (55)2. Ohio State (4)3. Boise State4. Texas5. TCU6. Oregon7. Florida8. Nebraska9. Oklahoma10. Iowa11. Wisconsin12. LSU13. Arkansas14. Utah15. Auburn16. South Carolina17. Miami (FL)18. Arizona19. Stanford20. Penn State21. West Virginia22. Michigan23. Houston24. California25. Missouri
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Who will have the bigger impact on Saturday,Marcell Dareus or Mark Ingram?
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Start fast, fi nish slow. (35%)
Play up to its full potential the whole game. (30%)
Start slow, fi nish fast. (25%)
Play down to the level of its competition. (10%)
How will Alabama handle its fi rst road game?
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Q&ABy Jordan EichenblattContributing Writer
No person has contributed to the Alabama football program in as many different ways as Mal Moore. The current UA Athletics director, who has won eight national championships as a player, coach and AD, sat down with GameDay this week to discuss his days at Alabama.
Reliving the tradition with
GD: You have been a part of all of those championships as a player, coach and athletics direc-tor. Is there a Mal Moore statue coming soon?
MM: I hope not (laughs), I am just thankful to have a job. They are everlasting memories I will never forget. My face does not need to be anywhere. The play-ers and coaches deserve all the credit.
GD: What is your favorite mem-ory as a coach and player with Coach Bryant?
MM: That is very hard to do. There are so many. I was not a great player. But, I was very fortunate to have Coach Bryant hire me as a coach early on in my career. I coached for him 19 years. [Because of] six national championships with Coach Bryant, and staying on that staff and my reputation, I was hired to coach at Alabama again where I won another title with Coach Stallings.
GD: What was the biggest dif-ference coaching NFL and col-lege?
MM: Well, in my office nobody ever came to see me. No one ever called me. But here, every-one calls. Everyone constantly wants to talk. And that is why it is so great – with everyone want-ing to be involved from recruit-ing and boosters. That’s what the Sabans missed the most, being involved in every way.
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GameDay: You have been a part of eight national cham-pionships at the University, that’s eight rings. Where are all of those rings?
Mal Moore: Well, they are at my home. I walk past 13 national championship tro-phies with 13 rings on the way to my office, so I don’t need anymore rings lying around.
GD: When Rich Rodriquez announced he was staying at West Virginia, what did you do?
MM: Well, we were in an awk-ward situation with Coach Saban. We could not communi-cate with him because his sea-son with the Dolphins was not over yet. We were desperate. We needed someone fast. It was a key hire, and we wanted a coach who won a championship. Coach Saban never had a sit down with me. We never spoke until his last game on a Sunday when the Colts played the Dolphins. I spoke over the phone with him and Terry on that Monday, and on Tuesday I went to his home and Wednesday he was hired.
GD: You have also created a big expansion to the football stadium. Did you ever imagine it being this big?
MM: Never. As a player we warmed up in the south end zone where there were wooden bleach-ers. We played in front of 35,000 people. Now it is so beautiful.
GD: Out of the eight national championships you have won, which is your favorite?
MM: (laughs) I have never been asked that. But it is so hard. Each one has its own unique memory. But, the most recent one would have to be. Undefeated season and just so much success.
Mal Moore
GD: Eleven years as AD. What has been your biggest struggle?
MM: When we were faced with NCAA penalties. That was a very tough time for everybody – president, coaches, alumni – with what we faced with those penalties. We couldn’t attend a bowl game. No bowl money and scholarships taken away. To sur-vive it was hard.
Bryant Musuem
Above: Mal Moore gameplans with former Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant when Moore was an assistant with the Crimson Tide.
Far Left: Moore posing for a picture when he was a player at the Capstone.
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Left: Moore addresses the media as Ala-bama’s athletics director, a position he has held since 1999.
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XBOX 360 SIMULATION
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ALABAMAALABAMA 38 DUKEDUKE 0CRIMSON TIDE StatisticsCRIMSON TIDE StatisticsTotal Yards: 403Passing: 296 ydsRushing: 107 ydsTurnovers: 2 (2 INTs)Passing: Greg McElroy, 18-of-27, 243 yds3 TDs, 2 INTsTop Rusher: Mark Ingram, 25 rushes, 100 yds, 1 TD, 1 fumbleTop Receiver: Marquis Maze, 4 catches, 97 yds, 1 TD
BLUE DEVIL StatisticsBLUE DEVIL StatisticsTotal Yards: 209Passing: 171 ydsRushing: 38 ydsTurnovers: 5 (2 fumbles, 3 INTs)Passing: Sean Renfree, 15-of-28, 171 yds, 0 TD, 3 INTsTop Rusher: Desmond Scott, 13 rushes, 45 yds, 2 fumbles lostTop Receiver: Tyree Watkins, 4 catches, 76 yds
Compiled by Lake Koelling
Who’s
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Marcus Lattimore – South Carolina’s freshman running back ran for 182 yards and two touchdowns against Georgia.
Ryan Mallett – The Heisman contender has completed 73 percent of his passes in the fi rst two games for more than 700 yards and six touchdowns for No. 12 Arkansas.
N O TTennessee defense – The shutout against Tennessee-Martin the week before last looks like fl uke. The Vols gave up 48 points to Oregon last week; 35 in the second half.
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Marquis Maze makes a catch in the back of the end zone during Alabama’s 38-0 simulated victory.
Jordan Jefferson – After an unimpressive week one, the LSU quarterback went 8-for-20 with an interception against lowly Vandy.
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Adding on togreatness
Just days before the beginning of Alabama’s 2010
season opener, the Crimson Tide had
already run into its first two walls of
adversity. The Tide’s
offensive and defensive MVPs
from the 2010 BCS National
Championship victory over Texas
were sidelined.
BY BRITTON LYNNSenior Sports Reporter
bmlynn@crimson.ua.edu
Continued on page 6
Greg McEl-roy hands the ball off to Trent Richardson against Penn State. In the game last week, Richardson had 144 yards rush-ing and 1 touch-down.CW | Jerrod
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Junior running back Mark Ingram went down with a knee injury Aug. 30 and received arthroscopic surgery the next day, while junior defensive line-man Marcell Dareus had already been given a two-game suspen-sion for violating NCAA rules over the summer. Having two of the biggest lead-ers on the team thrown to the sidelines not only shocked the Alabama nation but also caused some questions. Although Tide fans and play-ers were obviously not thrilled to hear the news, perhaps it wasn’t all bad. Alabama is undefeated, and Ingram’s and Dareus’ time out gave other Tide players an oppor-tunity to gain experience, and thus improve the team’s depth. “I think anytime guys get the opportunity to go out and play in a game-like situation, there [are] obviously things that are going to help them grow and mature, and that experience is going to be beneficial, but that is sort of a work in progress,” said head coach Nick Saban. “Every game that you play, you are going to get a little bit better from that stand-point, and hopefully our guys that didn’t have a lot of experience will benefit from the experience. I think that will continue to build as the season progresses.” Despite being unable to play during games, Dareus has not taken a break from helping his team. During his time out, he worked on the scout team going against the offense to prepare them for the Penn State game. “You have to roll with the punches, and it was devasting news when we found out about Ingram and Dareus,” said senior tight end Preston Dial. “Marcell
has earned so much respect from his teammates since he’s been out. He tucked his pride away and was on the scout team all last week pre-paring us for their defensive ends. Someone as skilled as Marcell – he didn’t have to do that, but he put
his selfishness away.” When Dial was asked what it was like going up against such a dominate playmaker during prac-tice last week, he laughed and explained how it wasn’t an easy task, but it challenged him as
a player. “It’s like playing a game on Tuesday and Wednesday,” Dial said. “There’s nothing like seeing that big forearm in front of you. I’m glad that his sentence is up so he can come join us on the other side
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Marcell Dareus (57) with former Tide defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick (95) before a game during the 2009 season.
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of the field. Of course, you have to respect big things with someone with as much motive and passion as he has. We’re excited to have him back, and I’m sure those line-backers are happy to have him back too.” Dareus became a starter last season and worked his way from unknown to star as the season went on, capping the progres-sion with an eye-opening per-formance in the BCS National Championship game. Junior defensive lineman Josh Chapman also expressed his excitement for having Dareus back in the lineup. “With Marcell coming back,
that’s going to help us tremen-dously in pressure,” Chapman said. “He works hard because that’s one thing that he loves to do. By playing on the scout team, I think he was trying to stay in the swing of things. He was helping our offense and helping himself.” Ingram being absent these past two weeks has given sophomore running back Trent Richardson a chance to become a playmaker. Last week, he became the first player to get more than 100 rush-ing yards against the Penn State defense since 2008. He had 92 in the first quarter and easily accom-plished that feat by halftime. Without the Heisman Trophy
winner’s injury, Richardson and other Tide players wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to improve and gain game experience. “Mark went down and everyone had to step up,” said junior wide receiver Julio Jones. “We don’t know when someone’s going to go down, so the next guy has to be ready to play. The depth we have at each position is great for us. Any of those guys can step up and make a play like Kevin Norwood did against Penn State.” While Ingram’s involvement in Duke’s game is expected to be lim-ited, he’s still expected to make an impact on the offense. Dareus, on the other hand, is ready to
immediately come back into the game, since his absence did not involve an injury. “The key for us is that they’ve both proven around here that they are capable play-ers and that they can be very effective,” Saban said. “Mark had a great camp. Injuries are just part of the game. Mark is a very good player, and he’s going to make us better on offense. Marcell is a very good player and he’s going to make us better on defense. Marcell’s attitude has been good play-ing on scout team to prepare our team. In Marcell’s case, he’s just full metal jacket – he’s ready to play for us.” Some of their teammates are also hoping that having the two key players back will bring an emotional lift to the team. “It will help us out a lot,” said senior quarterback Greg McElroy. “It’s fresh faces in the huddle. I’m looking for-ward to them getting back and competing. It’s been tough for them being on the sidelines, so they’re anxious to get back out there.” Alabama gaining both Ingram and Dareus back has built even more confidence within the team. “Anytime you add two play-ers like that back to a team, it’s obviously going to be nothing but improvement,” said junior defensive back Will Lowery. “They’re both tremendous play-ers, and it’s going to definitely help us. In their absence, we had guys that were willing to step up. But, the caliber of game that Ingram and Dareus play is going to be a big step up.”
Alabama defend-
ers Robert Lester (37),
Will Lowery (29) and
Dont’a Hightower (30) chase
Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden
(1) in last week’s 24-3 victory over the Nittany
Lions. The Crimson
Tide’s pass rush has
been excel-lent the first two games,
but it will likely get
even better with Marcell
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lineup.
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Arkansas has not beaten Georgia since 1993. The Bulldogs will be looking to bounce back from its loss to South Carolina last week. The offense has started slow in its fi rst two games, and they will still be without star wide out A.J. Green, who is suspended for selling a game-worn jersey to an agent. Meanwhile, quarterback Ryan Mallett has catapulted Arkansas into the top 15 with a 400-yard performance last week.
Vanderbilt will be looking to get its fi rst win of the season against the underachieving Rebels.
Florida has beaten Tennessee fi ve straight years, but both teams are having offensive troubles this year.
The Gamecocks will be looking to continue their strong start as they host FCS opponent Furman.
LSU has dominated this conference rivalry, but the teams are more even than usual this year.
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Marcell Dareus, DE
After a two-game suspension, Marcell Dareus now returns to the Tide’s starting roster at defensive end. Defensive MVP in the national championship game, his 2010 season outlook has been met with a lot of high expectations. In his career at Alabama, he’s only had three starts but has played in 22 games. With his 37 career tackles, he’ll be an important play-er in the pass rush against Duke.
Robert Lester, S
In Alabama’s first two games, Lester has managed to snag an interception in both of them and recovered a fumble in the last game. Duke’s passing-oriented offense will challenge Alabama’s sec-ondary, so Lester will need to keep his eyes open for opportunities to give the ball back to the offense.
Mark Ingram, RB
After a knee injury a couple of days before the first game, Ingram hasn’t played yet in the 2010 season. Though his backup, Trent Richardson, has done a fantastic job stepping into his place, the nation is greatly anticipating the return of Alabama’s Heisman Trophy winner. Duke’s defense has only allowed just more than 4 yards per rush so far ths season, so it’ll be up to Ingram and Richardson to break through the front line.
Sean Renfree, QB
This sophomore quarterback has an average of 8.5 yards per attempt, with a 71.1 completion percentage. If Duke wants to have a chance against Alabama’s defense, Renfree will have to keep his eyes downfield and away from Tide safe-ties. He has three interceptions with six touchdowns so far in the 2010 season with 354 yards.
Conner Vernon, WR
Sophomore Vernon already has 310 yards with two touchdowns this season for receptions, and his aver-age is 17.22 yards per reception. In Duke’s air attack, Vernon will be one of the team’s greatest assets. If Renfree can connect with Vernon, Alabama’s secondary will have a lot on its hands.
Matt Daniels, S
Daniels leads the Blue Devils in tackles this year with nine solo tackles and 15 total., two of them for a loss. He’s second on the team in interceptions, having gotten one so far this season. In 2009, as a sopho-more, he was second on the team in tackles, and the two leaders gradu-ated, giving Daniels the bulk of the responsibility.
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