The Bulldog Spread

We'll find out this Saturday if the Alabama Crimson Tide can defend against the spread. First year coach, Dan Mullen, (former Florida Gators' assistant coach) has transferred his offensive scheme to the Mississippi Bulldogs. For some it may be a shock to witness the Bulldogs jump onto the Spread bandwagon, but it shouldn't be a surprise for the Tide to stop this offense. When talking about the differences between Mississippi and Florida's spread offense, Nick Saban said, “I think it’s changed relative to the personnel that he has,” he further commented. “I think the core, the philosophy, the zone dive, zone option, counter plays and quarterback reads are the same.” Hopefully stopping this offense won't be too hard since history favors Alabama. The Crimson Tide have more wins against the Bulldogs than any other opponent.

So many of you have probably heard of the recent arrests of three Tennessee players for armed robbery. We all know that arrests are not indicative of the coach or the other players and in fact, even though this hurts me to say anything nice about the Volunteers, the players are innocent until proven guilty. What makes this situation funny (or absurd) is this article released before the arrests that talks about Janzen Jackson (one of the players arrested) learning from his past mistakes. When talking about his previous suspension, Jackson said, "To know that it was my fault, it felt a little bit worse," he said. "It's in the past now so it's back to work." The reason for the suspension has not been disclosed, but I'm sure he'll hit a few more bumps in the road.