Tuscaloosa,AL- The Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 27-9 win over the visiting Arizona Wildcats...somehow. Junior quarterback Demetrius Fowler followed up a strong showing against Ole Miss with a horrendous performance against what was believed to be a far inferior Wildcat defense. Fowler was 5-19 for a measly 96 yards, throwing for a score and a pick. Thankfully for the Tide running back Doug Vaughn and the defense saved the day. Vaughn ran for 135 yards and a score on 22 carries highlighted by a 57 yard TD run in the second quarter to put Bama up 7-3. The defense again scored a touchdown on a 37 yard pick six and set up another score with a fumble recovery deep in Arizona's side of the field. 'Boy was it ugly. I usually don't care how we win as long as we win, but this was a terrible display of football today. I wouldn't rank us anywhere near the top 25 after that display. We'd have struggled to beat a local high school team today.' said a furious coach Jones following the game.
The road gets much tougher for the Crimson Tide 2-0(1-0) after today as they travel to SEC foe Arkansas 1-1(0-0)next Saturday. Arkansas beat Air Force in week 1 and lost to #25 Texas A&M 31-12 last week. 'It'll be tough for sure. It's never easy to go on the road in this conference and pick up a win. If we play at all like last week, we'll be in for a long day and our guys will be in for a long week of practice.' stated Jones.
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