Alabama Football Concludes Day Two of Preparations for Ole Miss
9/13/2016 5:54:00 PM | Football
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama football team practiced for two hours in full pads on Tuesday afternoon at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields.
The Crimson Tide continued to work on its gameplan to counter the Ole Miss offense, one of the Southeastern Conference's top-ranked units. Alabama will travel to Oxford this Saturday to take on the Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS. Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will have the call in the booth with Allie LaForce on the sidelines.
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Practice will resume on Wednesday and wrap up on Thursday before the Crimson Tide travels Friday for its first true road test of the 2016 season. Alabama owns the all-time advantage over Ole Miss, 47-11-2 (51-10-2 actual), in a series that dates back to 1894. Head coach Nick Saban is 8-1 in road conference openers during his time with the Crimson Tide and has outscored his opponents, 332-163 (36.8-18.1 ppg) in his first nine seasons at Alabama.
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