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Alabama vs. Western Carolina fearless prediction and game preview.
Alabama vs. Western Carolina Broadcast
Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: ESPN
Network: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Alabama (9-1) vs. Western Carolina (3-8) Game Preview
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Why Western Carolina Will Win
The Catamounts have just enough offensive depth to keep rotating the backs while spreading around the passing game a bit.
They hardly have a high-powered attack, but they’ve been able to throw in spurts just enough to potentially connect on a big play or two down the field. They’re excellent at moving the chains and great at controlling the clock at times, but more than that …
It’s the elephant in the room. It’s the first game after the Tua Tagovailoa injury.
How will the Bama coaching staff handle playing their top players? How much of a concern will there be about keeping everyone fresh for the Auburn showdown? It’s Nick Saban and it’s Alabama, so nothing changes, but of course what happened in Starkville will be a wee bit of a factor.
At least it’ll be on everyone’s mind.
There’s a chance that the second Bama gets up, everything gets shut down.
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Why Alabama Will Win
To try to put the slightest of positive spins on what happened last Saturday, at least the timing is right.
Had Tagovailoa’s injury happened against Auburn, that would be more of a problem for the College Football Playoff committee. When Tagovailoa suffered an ankle injury against Tennessee, Bama caught a break of being able to give Mac Jones the Arkansas game as a tune-up.
It’s the same thing here. Now Jones and the team will get a full scrimmage to get everything right before next week. Najee Harris and company won’t have any problems ripping through the horrible Western Carolina defense, and Jones can let it go with no worries about any consequences.
Bama can survive a few turnovers, because …
What’s Going To Happen
Obviously Alabama is going to win. It’s just a question of how sharp Jones is.
Expect him to be fantastic.
Expect Bama to rally around the situation, and expect the team to be great for a half as it plays for its fallen leader. And then expect all the backups to be in after halftime.
Bama beat Western Carolina 48-14 in 2014, but this time around …
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Alabama vs. Western Carolina Prediction, Line
Alabama 55, Western Carolina 0
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