Life is once again hard for the Crimson Tide players after a dismal showing against a below-average Tulane Green Wave team. One week after dismantling a top 10 Clemson squad, Bama returned to their mediocre ways of shoddy offense and a much too forgiving defense. A few, and I mean few, of the positives from the home opener for Bama were junior cornerback/punt return guru Javier Arenas, freshman running back sensation Mark Ingram, and steady linebacker Rolando McClain. Arenas highlighted a mind-numbing first half with his 4th career punt return for a touchdown, which was listed as an 87 yard return but add the east-west yards to the north-southyards and you are pushing the century mark. The game was over quick for Arenas when he left the game with a concussion due to a bone-jarring hit delivered by a Tulane special teamer. Coincidentally, kicker Leigh Tiffin left the game the exact same way.
Linebacker Rolando McClain ended the night with 14 tackles (9 solo) that helped Alabama prevent Tulane from scoring a touchdown. The Tide has yet to surrender a 6 pointer through 2 games this season. Rolando reminds me of a Latin American immigrant worker on the field, but instead of desperately looking for work, he is looking for tackles. Es el pan nuestro de cada día, Rolando! (it is all in a days work)
Freshman Mark Ingram had the best offensive play of the night with a tough 15 yard run for a score in the second half to put Bama up 20-3. The son of former NFL receiver Mark Ingram continues to impress with every touch of the ball. This freshman just doesn't go down, at least not from one hit.
With all the positives from the game out of the way (yea, that's about it), it is time to turn the attention to the negatives. Where do I begin? Should I start with John Parker Wilson's uncanny ability to overthrow every receiver who has a defender beat down field? Maybe I can start with the poor offensive line performance to control the line of scrimmage against a very understaffed Tulane defensive line. How about I start with negative effects of injuries.
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