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CFB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 11/16/2013Line$ LineOU LineScore
ALABAMA
 
MISSISSIPPI ST
-22.5  

+22.5  


52.5
 
20
Final
7

ALABAMA (9 - 0) at MISSISSIPPI ST (4 - 5)
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Week 12 Saturday, 11/16/2013 7:45 PM
Board OpenLatest
381ALABAMA-24.5-23
382MISSISSIPPI ST5252.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
ALABAMA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games9-0+36-34-440.924.9452.7(7)0.810.64.2281.2(4.9)1.6
Road Games3-0+12-12-144.026.7480.7(6.9)1.319.78.0336.7(5.5)1.0
Last 3 Games3-0+13-02-045.026.7461.0(7.4)0.39.04.7287.3(5)2.3
Grass Games8-0+35-34-341.624.5483.5(7.5)0.710.63.5289.9(5)1.6
Conference Games6-0+35-14-142.823.5508.8(7.5)0.812.74.7310.8(5.3)1.8
ALABAMA - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)40.924.924.633:1636-209(5.8)19-2868.9%244(8.6)64-453(7)(11.1)
Opponents Defensive Avg.28.615.220.831:3639-177(4.5)18-3159.8%226(7.4)70-403(5.8)(14.1)
Offense Road Games44.026.725.733:5540-210(5.3)17-3058.4%271(9.1)69-481(6.9)(10.9)
Defense (All Games)10.64.214.426:4330-95(3.2)14-2851.4%186(6.7)58-281(4.9)(26.6)
Opponents Offensive Avg.29.215.120.729:2337-171(4.6)19-3259.5%245(7.7)69-416(6)(14.2)
Defense Road Games19.78.017.026:0533-137(4.2)13-2848.2%200(7.2)61-337(5.5)(17.1)

MISSISSIPPI ST - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games4-5-24-54-529.820.8459.2(6.2)1.327.213.2372.9(5.8)1.4
Home Games4-1+22-33-237.629.4488.8(6.6)0.823.011.6324.2(5.2)1.4
Last 3 Games1-2-11-21-228.315.0462.7(5.7)2.035.716.7389.7(5.8)1.0
Grass Games4-5-24-54-529.820.8459.2(6.2)1.327.213.2372.9(5.8)1.4
Conference Games1-4-32-32-326.216.2454.2(6)1.638.018.4438.2(6.5)1.4
MISSISSIPPI ST - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)29.820.824.333:5241-210(5.1)20-3360.2%250(7.5)75-459(6.2)(15.4)
Opponents Defensive Avg.27.516.521.332:3239-175(4.4)19-3358.3%236(7.3)72-410(5.7)(14.9)
Offense Home Games37.629.426.033:3243-225(5.2)19-3163.4%264(8.6)74-489(6.6)(13)
Defense (All Games)27.213.218.926:0834-142(4.2)20-3162.9%231(7.4)65-373(5.8)(13.7)
Opponents Offensive Avg.32.916.921.328:2838-179(4.7)19-3161.6%252(8.2)69-431(6.2)(13.1)
Defense Home Games23.011.617.026:2832-124(3.9)18-3159.7%201(6.5)63-324(5.2)(14.1)
Average power rating of opponents played: ALABAMA 37.3,  MISSISSIPPI ST 39.8
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
ALABAMA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/21/2013COLORADO ST31-6W-39.5L54U21-6621-27-272126-5124-38-2281
9/28/2013OLE MISS25-0W-14W54U40-25425-32-180125-4617-32-1592
10/5/2013GEORGIA ST45-3W-53.5L59U30-18129-34-296022-1512-22-1601
10/12/2013@ KENTUCKY48-7W-26.5W51.5O44-29922-36-369234-947-18-760
10/19/2013ARKANSAS52-0W-30W48.5O37-35215-24-180039-1657-25-913
10/26/2013TENNESSEE45-10W-28W50O37-20419-28-275128-12713-28-1952
11/9/2013LSU38-17W-14W55P42-19314-20-179031-4316-23-2412
11/16/2013@ MISSISSIPPI ST            
11/23/2013CHATTANOOGA            
11/30/2013@ AUBURN            

MISSISSIPPI ST - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/21/2013TROY62-7W-13W58.5O44-23517-27-316026-4717-31-1392
10/5/2013LSU26-59L6.5L54O36-21616-31-252239-22325-29-3401
10/12/2013BOWLING GREEN21-20W-11.5L52U41-24519-25-177129-16020-34-2241
10/24/2013KENTUCKY28-22W-12L54.5U42-15225-37-295040-16019-35-1650
11/2/2013@ S CAROLINA16-34L13L52U35-15028-43-235534-16010-20-1470
11/9/2013@ TEXAS A&M41-51L19.5W69O43-29923-42-257133-9130-39-4463
11/16/2013ALABAMA            
11/23/2013@ ARKANSAS            
11/28/2013OLE MISS            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
ALABAMA: The Crimson Tide won their third national title in four seasons in 2012, and certainly have the personnel to do it again. QB AJ McCarron (2,933 pass yds, 30 TD, 3 INT) led the nation in passing efficiency and still has WR Amari Cooper (1,000 rec. yds, 11 TD). RB T.J. Yeldon (1,108 rush yds, 12 TD) propels the No. 16 ground game (228 YPG), which lost three O-Line starters. For the second straight season, Alabama led the nation in both total defense (250 YPG) and rushing defense (80 YPG), while ranking second in points (10.9 PPG). DE Ed Stinson (3 sacks, 5 QBH) is the lone D-Line starter back, but LB C.J. Mosley (107 tackles, 4 sacks) will dominate again with OLB Adrian Hubbard (7 sacks, 3 FF). CB Deion Belue (40 tackles, 7 PD) and safeties Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (5 INT) and Vinnie Sunseri (54 tackles) are all top-notch.
MISSISSIPPI ST: After starting 7-0, the Bulldogs lost five of their final six contests, all by 14+ points. Senior QB Tyler Russell (2,897 pass yds, 24 TD, 10 INT) ignites the 80th-ranked offense (382 YPG), but won't have any of his top four targets. WR Robert Johnson (164 rec. yds, 2 TD) is the de-facto No. 1, with TE Malcolm Johnson (171 rec. yds, 17.1 YPC, 2 TD) also playing a huge role. A veteran O-Line should allow RB LaDarius Perkins (1,024 rush yds, 8 TD) to thrive again. New DC Geoff Collins (co-DC last year) will blitz frequently with his defense that tallied just 18 sacks (T-100th in FBS). DEs Denico Autry (4 sacks, 42 tackles) and Preston Smith (4.5 sacks, 35 tackles) are solid, and LB Benardrick McKinney (102 tackles) knows how to make stops. But FS Jay Hughes (32 tackles) is the only starter left in the questionable secondary.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI ST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Alabama-Mississippi St. Preview* =================================

No. 1 Alabama (9-0) at Mississippi State (4-5), 7:45 p.m. EDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's Nick Saban doesn't want his players to be in a celebratory mood this week after they impressively passed one of their final tests toward an undefeated regular season.

It also might be difficult to convince his team that it'll get much of a challenge from Mississippi State.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide haven't allowed more than 10 points during their five-game winning streak against the Bulldogs, a dominant string they'll look to continue Saturday night in Starkville.

Alabama (9-0, 6-0 SEC) has three games left between it and its first perfect regular season since 2009, but Saban isn't looking for his players to be relieved after last week's 38-17 win over then-No. 10 LSU.

He'd prefer they focus on what it felt like to physically dominate in a second half in which the Crimson Tide outscored the Tigers 21-0 over the final 27 minutes.

"You cannot take things for granted," Saban said Monday. "There can't be any kind of relief syndrome that, `We got by that game.' I think the most important thing - and I think this last game sort of showed that - the team we want to be is the team we were in the second half, an aggressive team that's trying to control the line of scrimmage. Not a team playing with a lot of anxiety that's worried about making mistakes and errors. We made a lot of mental errors in the first half of the game.

"You've got to be aggressive and you've got to play to win. You can't play to keep from getting beat."

And you can't let the hangover from a big win help get you beat the next week.

Alabama started horribly against Texas A&M following a last-minute victory over the Tigers last season, and suffered their only loss. Now, the Tide visits Mississippi State (4-5, 1-4) trying to keep from being afflicted by that "relief syndrome."

Saban reminded his players of what happened post-LSU last season in the locker room. He reiterated his 24-hour celebration rule also, which gives players a day to savor the win before moving on.

Receiver Kevin Norwood said the Tide just want to keep it going now that one more major hurdle is cleared. He concedes that some of the tension is eased now that the LSU game is out of the way.

"I think everybody's just more, I guess, relaxed after that game," Norwood said. "But at the same time, everybody knows that we must continue to keep this momentum going so we can build for the next game and the next game and the next game after that. I don't think anybody's just relieved. I don't think anybody's satisfied. Everybody's still hungry, everybody wants to go out and compete."

Saban said after the game Alabama finished with its best half of the season against LSU. The Tide outgained LSU 219-67 after halftime and held the Tigers to minus-9 yards in the fourth quarter while scoring two touchdowns.

The result was a seventh-consecutive win by 20-plus points.

Now, Alabama is a 25-point favorite over the Bulldogs and then hosts FCS team Chattanooga before traveling to No. 7 Auburn in the biggest remaining regular season challenge.

If the Tide can win those three and the SEC title game, a shot at a third consecutive national title awaits.

That's the kind of look-ahead scenario Alabama has been pretty good at avoiding under Saban. Looking back isn't much better.

"We're not going to get caught up in this one win," quarterback AJ McCarron said. "It happened to us last year, so we'll be ready to go."

The Tide have been more than ready in their past five meetings against the Bulldogs. Alabama has outscored Mississippi State 155-34 in that stretch, allowing an average of 213.2 yards.

The Bulldogs have scored a total of three points in the first three quarters over the last four contests.

Alabama will be the sixth opponent Mississippi State has faced that's currently among the top 18 in the AP poll, and the results haven't been favorable. The Bulldogs have lost the first five by an average of 16.6 points.

They've given up 85 points the last two weeks in losses to SEC heavyweights South Carolina and Texas A&M. Five turnovers doomed Mississippi State against the Gamecocks before it allowed 446 passing yards against the Aggies.

But the Bulldogs hung around against Texas A&M, scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter of a 51-41 loss, and coach Dan Mullen thinks that helped his team's psyche heading into its matchup against Alabama.

"I'll be honest with you. Earlier in the season we played LSU and fell behind by a couple of scores in the fourth quarter. I think doubt crept in our guys' minds," Mullen said. "They may have thought, 'I don't know, maybe we can't make a comeback.'

"We've erased that doubt. I think you have seen that over the last several weeks with making stops in the fourth quarter on defense. And then the thought becomes, 'Hey, we've fallen behind. That's OK.'"

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