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Report Card: Grading Alabama’s 24-21 win over Arkansas

Grading Alabama’s 24-21 win over Arkansas

With Saturday’s narrow 24-21 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide move to 6-1 on the season and 4-0 in SEC play.

Despite getting the win, it’s hard to come away from that performance impressed with the Tide. Alabama had every opportunity in the world to balloon their lead, and they just didn’t get it done.

Nevertheless, a win is a win, and Alabama still has all their goals in front of them as they race towards the end of the 2023 regular season.

As the Bama faithful breathe a sigh of relief, let’s look at this week’s report card for the Crimson Tide.

Top quotes from Nick Saban following Alabama’s 24-21 win over Arkansas

Some of Nick Saban’s top quotes following Alabama’s 24-21 win over Arkansas

In what was an ugly second half, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide outlasted the Arkansas Razorbacks, 24-21 from inside Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Alabama did their best to give the game away to the Hogs after building a 24-6 lead in the third quarter. Once again penalties haunted the Tide, two of which helped the Razorbacks keep a drive alive that led to an Arkansas touchdown to close to gap.

Following the win, Coach Saban would speak to the media about his team’s performance on Saturday and what he is hoping to build leading up to next week’s matchup.

Below are some of the top quotes from Coach Saban:

Takeaways from Alabama’s 24-21 win over Arkansas

Top takeaways from Alabama’s ugly 24-21 win over Arkansas

The fans inside Bryant-Denny Stadium breathed a sigh of relief once the clock hit zeros with the Alabama Crimson Tide narrowly escaping the Arkansas Razorbacks 24-21.

In a game where the Crimson Tide led 21-6 at the half and seemingly had the contest firmly in their grasp, the Hogs kept fighting and battled back to make it a one-score game late in the fourth quarter.

Despite their best effort to give the game away, Alabama was able to get the win and move to 4-0 in SEC play, and 6-1 overall.

Let’s take a look at some of the top takeaways from the sloppy win for [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Tide.

Social media reacts to three-point victory over Arkansas in Week 7

See what social media is saying about Alabama’s 24-21 Week 7 win over Arkansas!

It was a solid first half for the Crimson Tide. At the end of 30 minutes, Alabama led Arkansas 21-6. It appeared that things were trending in Alabama’s direction. Even through the third quarter, it still seemed like Alabama would pull away at some point.

That never happened. The Crimson Tide were able to hold on in the whaning minutes of the game. Despite a valiant effort by the Razorbacks to come from behind and win the game, Alabama was able to come away with a 24-21 win.

Roll Tide Wire takes a closer look at how social media reacted to Alabama’s three-point victory over Arkansas in Week 7.

Roll Tide Wire staff predictions for Alabama vs. Arkansas

Staff predictions for Alabama vs. Arkansas

We have reached our favorite part of the week (besides gameday) where the staff here at Roll Tide Wire gets together and provides their game preview and predictions for this week’s matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

This matchup may not garner a lot of national attention but it is an intriguing matchup because of the polar opposite directions that two teams are going in entering the contest.

Alabama has won four straight and is starting to play some of its best ball of the season while the Razorbacks are reeling after four straight losses and have officially reached desperation mode for the 2023 season.

Here are the staff predictions for Alabama-Arkansas!

Keys to Victory: What the Alabama offense needs to do to beat Arkansas

Keys to victory for the Alabama offense against Arkansas

[autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama Crimson Tide will be back inside the confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday after back-to-back road games in the SEC. Up next for the Tide is a date with Sam Pittman and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Alabama (5-1, 3-0 SEC) already has a firm grip on first place in the SEC West and looks to continue their steady improvement this season while Arkansas (2-4, 0-3 SEC) tries to salvage their season as they enter the contest on a four-game losing streak.

The Crimson Tide will need to play well in all three phases and as we do each and every week, here are five things the Alabama offense will need to do well in order to get a victory over the Hogs on Saturday.

Throwback Thursday: The wild finish in 2007 that started Alabama’s winning streak over Arkansas

Throwback Thursday: How Alabama football’s 16-game winning streak over Arkansas got started!

In a couple of days, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama Crimson Tide will look to put together their 17th straight win over the Arkansas Razorbacks when the Hogs travel to Tuscaloosa this Saturday.

As hard as it is to believe, the Crimson Tide have not lost to the Razorbacks under the leadership of Coach Saban who first arrived in 2007.

So how did this incredible winning streak get started for Alabama? On this edition of Throwback Thursday, we are going to show you the incredible finish between Alabama and Arkansas from Coach Saban’s inaugural season in Tuscaloosa before he became the G.O.A.T.

With time running down in the fourth quarter, Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson would connect with wide receiver Matt Caddell for a 3-yard touchdown pass to give Alabama the 41-38 victory over the Hogs.

Take a look!

While this season’s version of the matchup is not likely to provide as much drama and action, it’s always fun when the Tide takes on the Razorbacks.

Stay tuned to Roll Tide Wire for more in-depth coverage of Alabama-Arkansas.

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Everything Nick Saban said on Wednesday of Arkansas game week

Nick Saban was in rare form on Wednesday ahead of Alabama’s Week 7 matchup with Arkansas

Week 7 of the college football season is now here and [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama Crimson Tide are set to host Sam Pittman and the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday morning.

Following his usual Wednesday schedule, Coach Saban would take time following practice to speak to members of the media ahead of the Tide’s weekend contest.

Coach Saban was in rare form on Wednesday afternoon as he met with the media to discuss his team’s preparation for a Razorbacks team that is in desperation mode following four-straight losses, including a three-game skid in SEC play.

Below is everything the seven-time national championship-winning head coach had to say:

What Alabama football fans need to know about the Arkansas Razorbacks

Alabama football fans need to know these five things about the Arkansas Razorbacks

As hard as it is to believe, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama football team are halfway through the 2023 regular season. After some early season struggles, the Crimson Tide are beginning to hit their stride as they enter into the meat of the SEC schedule.

Up next for Alabama is a home game against longtime SEC West foe, Arkansas. The Razorbacks are not having the season that the Hog faithful was anticipating, but they still have enough talent to keep things interesting inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.

As we await kickoff between Alabama and Arkansas in Week 7, here are a few things Alabama football fans need to know about the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Everything Nick Saban said on Monday of Arkansas game week

Nick Saban previews Alabama’s Week 7 matchup with Arkansas

The Alabama football team is coming off a hard-fought road victory in College Station against the Texas A&M Aggies and now has a firm grip atop the standings in the SEC West heading into their Week 7 matchup with the reeling Arkansas Razorbacks.

With the Tide beginning to play some of its best football and the Razorbacks in desperate need of a win, Saturday’s matchup inside Bryant-Denny Stadium should be interesting.

On Monday, the head coach of the Crimson Tide, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] would step behind the podium to meet with members of the media and discuss the upcoming SEC West matchup

Below is everything Coach Saban had to say: