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What I was wrong about and what I was right
- Injury: Well, we are already through 25% of the season, albeit the easiest 3 game stretch we will play.
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- LB: Alabama's thin at Wolf linebacker behind Yhonzae Pierre with Desmond Umeozulu and Justin Hill now out
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What's better? What's worse? Tracking Alabama statistical trends through three games
- Through Alabama's first three 2026 games, the article cites PFF tracking of 31 avoided tackles on 125 rushes. Its running backs have eight runs of at least 15 yards but 14 carries stopped for zero or negative yardage, with Hill, Crowell and Brown each having at least three such stops. The combination shows explosive gains alongside drive-disrupting runs, not consistently efficient rushing.
- Alabama's Keelon Russell has a 157.1 passing-efficiency rating, 68.7% completions and 9.2 yards per attempt through three 2026 games; the team has four passing touchdowns. Russell also has seven runs of at least 10 yards. These are the article's early-season production measures, not a quarterback change or a schedule-adjusted forecast.
- Alabama's defense has 10 sacks through three 2026 games, including three by Devan Thompkins, while opposing running backs average 3.3 yards per carry. Opponents have converted 30% of third downs, and Alabama has forced seven turnovers. These are the reported three-game results against an uneven early schedule, not proof every defensive matchup is resolved.
- Alabama's 2026 defensive risks remain visible in the same three-game sample: opposing quarterbacks average 8.5 yards per attempt with a 133.2 efficiency rating, and opponents have scored touchdowns on seven of eight red-zone trips. Those are current aggregate vulnerabilities, not a reported coverage change or a prediction for South Carolina.
- Through three 2026 games, Alabama kicker Conor Talty is 8-for-8 on field goals, with his longest attempt from 45 yards. Alabama has touchbacks on 23 of 28 kickoffs and leads the reported national net-punting table at 48.6 yards on only five punts. The small sample and limited field-goal range qualify the results; they do not establish longer-range certainty.
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Did the Secondary take Drugs before the game?
- QB/WR: I give a lot of credit to Norvell/their OC, along the recognition that QB Daniels and WR Robinson (and that other really fast WR), have some competency and talent.
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Secondary
- QB/LB: That quarterback has never had and never will have another day like that.
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Miss st is ultimate trap game
- Game breakdown: We still have to deal with Sellers and that revamped S Carolina offense first.
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- OL/LB: Alabama starting OL vs.
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- LB: FSU receiver Duce Robinson was a handful for Alabama defense.
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- LB: Mike Norvell winning one P4 game a year but it coming against Alabama is the most hilarious developing subplot in college football
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