Colorado State Rams Vs Alabama Crimson Tide: The Silence Of The Lambs

When the Colorado State Rams enter Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday it will be the second-ever meeting between the two teams.  The last time they met on the gridiron was in 2013.  Florida’s Head Coach Jim McElwain was the Rams’ offensive coordinator at the time.  The Tide won that contest easily.

CSU enters Saturday’s game with a 2-1 record, having defeated last week’s opponent, Abilene Christian, by a score of 38-10.  ESPN’s Matchup Predictor gives Alabama a 97.9% chance of winning the game.

The Rams head coach, Mike Bobo told a local Alabama radio station after breaking down film of The Tide, “It’s pretty scary. It really is scary when you turn on the tape and you’re trying to figure out how you’re going to move the ball offensively, how you’re going to stop them defensively. They’ve got this receiver (Calvin Ridley) that makes big play after big play and then they’ve got these huge running backs. You’re afraid if they give it to them 40 times a game, you might not have a team left. And then they’ve got this quarterback (Jalen Hurts), when he drops back to pass, do you cover him? Do you try to double Ridley? And then Hurts runs.”

Defensively, the Rams are allowing 378.7 yards per game and that’s just about four yards less than Alabama is averaging on offense. Their pass defense is giving up 259 yards per game.  The crowd at Sonny Lubick Field left early during the CSU-Abilene Christian game because it was apparent the Rams were playing down to the level of its opponent.  That’s hardly what I would call “tear ‘em asunder” football.

With the Ram secondary severely outmatched and a defensive line that is not likely to win the shoving match with the offensive line of the Tide, QB Jalen Hurts should have plenty of time to read the field, run through his progressions, and spread the ball around making it inevitable they run up the score for a complete drubbing of the Mountain West Conference team.

The Dawgs of Jawja beat the Irish in South Bend last week.  I’ve always loathed Notre Dame.  You can’t be a lifelong Bama fan and not feel that way.  I remember the arrogance of the Ara Parseghian era and it’s been resurrected by current Head Coach Brian Kelly.  The leprechauns are not expected to compete nationally this year.

Auburn has dreams of dethroning Alabama, winning the SEC Championship and reaching the College Football Playoff, but Auburn failed in their 14-6 loss in Death Valley to Clemson a week ago.

LSU and Mississippi State play in Starkville on Saturday.  Blogger friend and SEC sister Diogenes’ Middle Finger has her prediction for that smashmouth game.

Baker Mayfield and the Boomer Sooners have officially joined Alabama as Playoff favorites by walloping the Bucknuts at home 31-16.  I love a cup of bitter OSU tears.

"Look at that OU guy planting a flag at our 50! That's totally classless!" pic.twitter.com/mZzyMErAhI

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 10, 2017