Bama's O-line vs. Michigan's D-line

[pmull]

Nice arcticle by RollBamaRoll.

The mismatch in this game that stands out to me is the Michigan defensive line versus the Alabama offensive line. Alabama’s o-line has received a lot of preseason hype this year, and it’s likely deserved. Kouandjio, Steen, Jones, Warmack, and Fluker are all hulking beasts of men. The smallest is Steen at 6’ 3” and 303 lbs. The average size across the line is 6’4” and 314 lbs . If you put the entire o-line on a truck scale, it would weight out at 1571 lbs, which is three quarters of a ton, for those of you marking your scorecards at home. Their job all night will be to push around Michigan’s defensive front.


Michigan switched to a 4-3 base defense last year, with some success, holding their opponents to 1549 total yards rushing on the year, good enough for second in the Big Ten. But three of the four starters on that line are gone, leaving DE Craig Roh, 6’5” 269 lbs.


The replacements are nose Will Campbell, 6’5” 322l bs.; DT Jibreel Black, 6’2” 260 lbs.; and either DEs Frank Clark, 6’2” 228 lbs., or Brennen Beyer 6’3” 290lbs. In 2011, Roh had 21 solo and 11 assisted tackles. Black leads the newcomers with 18 tackles last year.

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[Chechem]

In the title game against LSU, who had the best four man front you’re likely to see in college football, UA gave up 2 sacks. McCarron also had enough protection to complete 67% of his passes. If you think that Michigan’s d-line will pass rush bettter than LSU’s, well, you must be an Auburn fan.

LOL.  Hopefully it'll be as easy as the stats suggest.  Let's just hope those Michigan boys have small hearts too!

[XBAMA]

Dallas Morning News 9/2/2012

scattered around the city of  Arlington, Tx.
on or about the evening of 9/1/2012 these were found in
multiple locations throughout the city
they appear to be what is left of several wolverines
the forensic scientist assigned to the case issued a statement
saying it seems the poor animals were trampled by elephants
an investigation is underway but preliminary results so far indicate
the dead animals  are from Michigan , more to come on
 this story as we get it .

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