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CFB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 9/29/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
LA LAFAYETTE
 
ALABAMA
+48  

-48  


69
 
14
Final
56

LA LAFAYETTE (1 - 2) at ALABAMA (4 - 0)
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Week 5 Saturday, 9/29/2018 12:00 PM
Board OpenLatest
173LA LAFAYETTE65.569
174ALABAMA-50.5-48
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
LA LAFAYETTE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games1-2-0.61-21-129.015.0415.7(6.9)0.734.320.3470.0(6.7)0.7
Road Games0-100-11-010.03.0310.0(5.2)1.056.035.0607.0(8.5)1.0
Last 3 Games1-2-0.61-21-129.015.0415.7(6.9)0.734.320.3470.0(6.7)0.7
Grass Games0-100-11-010.03.0310.0(5.2)1.056.035.0607.0(8.5)1.0
LA LAFAYETTE - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)29.015.019.025:4033-206(6.2)19-2768.3%210(7.7)61-416(6.9)(14.3)
Opponents Defensive Avg.3119.721.929:3138-218(5.7)18-2861.8%197(6.9)67-415(6.2)(13.4)
Offense Road Games10.03.013.027:0126-65(2.5)23-3467.6%245(7.2)60-310(5.2)(31)
Defense (All Games)34.320.323.034:2046-263(5.7)15-2362.9%207(8.9)70-470(6.7)(13.7)
Opponents Offensive Avg.31.216.420.931:2940-220(5.5)14-2556.4%193(7.6)65-413(6.4)(13.2)
Defense Road Games56.035.029.032:5947-331(7)16-2466.7%276(11.5)71-607(8.5)(10.8)

ALABAMA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games4-003-13-153.737.0539.5(7.9)1.012.75.0325.0(4.7)2.0
Home Games2-001-12-051.035.5561.5(8.4)0.515.06.5392.0(5.1)1.5
Last 3 Games3-002-12-154.740.0546.3(8)1.012.36.7344.0(4.8)2.0
Grass Games3-002-12-154.740.0546.3(8)1.012.36.7344.0(4.8)2.0
ALABAMA - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)53.737.025.031:0839-205(5.2)20-2969.8%335(11.5)68-539(7.9)(10)
Opponents Defensive Avg.28.618.120.630:1538-172(4.5)19-3260.6%244(7.7)70-416(6)(14.6)
Offense Home Games51.035.525.029:3436-193(5.4)22-3172.6%368(11.9)67-561(8.4)(11)
Defense (All Games)12.75.017.528:5230-108(3.6)18-3946.2%216(5.6)69-325(4.7)(25.5)
Opponents Offensive Avg.31.413.222.630:3337-184(5)20-3359.6%272(8.1)70-455(6.5)(14.5)
Defense Home Games15.06.520.530:2629-151(5.1)22-4747.4%240(5.1)77-392(5.1)(26.1)
Average power rating of opponents played: LA LAFAYETTE 22.3,  ALABAMA 38.8
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
LA LAFAYETTE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/1/2018GRAMBLING49-17W-13.5W -43-31523-30-241136-14716-29-1590
9/15/2018@ MISSISSIPPI ST10-56L34.5L63O26-6523-34-245147-33116-24-2761
9/22/2018COASTAL CAROLINA28-30L-3L62.5U31-23810-18-143056-31112-17-1861
9/29/2018@ ALABAMA            
10/6/2018@ TEXAS ST            
10/13/2018NEW MEXICO ST            
10/20/2018@ APPALACHIAN ST            
10/27/2018ARKANSAS ST            

ALABAMA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/1/2018*LOUISVILLE51-14W-23.5W60O42-22217-26-297126-1620-39-2522
9/8/2018ARKANSAS ST57-7W-36W62.5O44-27820-29-321131-17322-51-2181
9/15/2018@ OLE MISS62-7W-21W70.5U44-21019-28-306237-1157-22-1333
9/22/2018TEXAS A&M45-23W-23.5L58.5O28-10925-33-415028-13023-44-2632
9/29/2018LA LAFAYETTE            
10/6/2018@ ARKANSAS            
10/13/2018MISSOURI            
10/20/2018@ TENNESSEE            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
LA LAFAYETTE: Former Arizona State OC Billy Napier was a great hire at head coach for Louisiana-Lafayette, and he'll have a fun offense to work with in his first year. RB Trey Ragas ran for 813 yards as a redshirt freshman, while Ryheem Malone is one of the conference's best slot receivers. The Cajuns never seemed to settle on a single quarterback last season, although Napier seems intent on choosing one at some point. Like Louisiana-Monroe, Lafayette doesn't have much hope for even a halfway decent defense this year, which limits its ceiling pretty significantly.
ALABAMA: How the West Was Won, starring Nick Saban. Bama is the choice to win the West, even if it returns just 11 total starters. Nick Saban's crew simply reloads, with yet another cache of future NFL first-round picks on both sides of the ball. At QB, the Tide will start either Jalen Hurts or Tua Tagovailoa; both have shown game-altering ability under pressure. Wideouts Jerry Jeudy and DeVonta Smith'who caught Tagovailoa's overtime strike to win the National Championship'will replace Calvin Ridley, while running back Damien Harris remains the workhorse back. There are more questions on defense, which lost Minkah Fitzpatrick, Daron Payne and Rashaan Evans to the NFL. But this is a golden era of Alabama football, and while the Crimson Tide may occasionally stumble, there's no reason to pick against them as West champions yet again.
PREVIEW
No. 1 Tide, Saban face old friend in Ragin' Cajuns' Napier
 

Former Alabama assistant coach Billy Napier will be coming back to Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.

He may not be looking forward to it.

The first-year head coach will bring Louisiana, which has never lined up against a team ranked No. 1 in its history.

The Ragin' Cajuns (1-2) lost their Sun Belt Conference opener last week to Coastal Carolina 30-28. They've already played an SEC opponent, losing 46-10 at Mississippi State on Sept. 15.

"Well, it's humbling," Napier said during his on-campus press conference Monday. "You've got a chance to go play the No. 1 team in the country and coach against the best that's ever done it. So, I think it'll be a great experience for our staff, our players and certainly for me as a first-year head coach."

Napier was one of Nick Saban's reclamation projects after being fired at Clemson, where at age 29 he was once the youngest offensive coordinator in the FBS.

He spent the 2011 season as an Alabama analyst, followed Jim McElwain to Colorado State for a season, was hired by Jimbo Fisher at Florida State only to get a call from Saban a few weeks later and signed on to be the Crimson Tide's wide receiver coach from 2013-16.

So he recruited many of the players now lighting up the scoreboard for the Crimson Tide this season.

"He recruited me," said sophomore wide receiver DeVonta Smith, who hails from Amite, La. "He's a great man. He's over there changing the program around and doing great things."

But he'll be on the opposing sideline Saturday, and Saban isn't known for taking it easy on his former coaches. With last week's 45-23 victory over No. 22 Texas A&M and Fisher, he's 13-0 against his one-time assistants.

"I'm sure he knows a lot of the stuff that we do, so that'll pose an extra challenge for us," Alabama senior tight end Hale Hentges said.

How much of a challenge is the question. Alabama (4-0, 2-0 SEC) set an SEC record by being the first team in league history to score 50-plus points in each of its first three games, and has topped 500 yards of total offense in all four.

Moreover, the Crimson Tide wasn't pleased with how the running game played against the Aggies last week, totaling 109 yards. It's been a point of emphasis in practice this week regardless of the opponent.

Louisiana is led by senior quarterback Andre Nunez, who has completed 72.3 percent of his passes, but has thrown for 541 yards (180.3 average) with four touchdowns and one interception.

Lopez recently set a school record by going 19-for-22 against Grambling for a completion rate of 86.4 percent. He also spreads the ball around to wide receivers Ryheem Malone, Keenan Barnes and Ja'Marcus Bradley, who are all between 9-13 receptions and 122-143 yards. They combined for 1,690 receiving yards in 2017.

"They've done some really good things there this season," Saban said. "I know they're 1-2 record wise, but they have a good quarterback, a lot of good offensive schemes, they present a lot of problems for you defensively in terms of adjustments. They're pretty good at throwing the ball down the field -- a lot of screens and short stuff, kind of RPOs that go with their running game. They've got some pretty decent skill guys that have done a good job at wide receiver.

"Their defense has been very disruptive. They do a lot of movements and stunting and things like that that create a lot of negative plays. This is something that we need to improve on being able to block. So this is something we need to definitely do a better job of and it was something that we had some issue with last week. So, you know, important week for us to get better."

Nevertheless, the Crimson Tide has also never lost to Louisiana, going 8-0 although the last meeting occurred Oct. 6, 1990. At the time, the No. 1 song on the charts was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, while "Ghost" starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg was the top grossing movie.

Alabama won that last meeting 25-6. Overall, the Crimson Tide has a scoring edge of 296-53 in the series.

Alabama has also won 76 straight games against unranked opponents, the longest streak in FBS history. It dates back to 2007, when Napier was in his second year as Clemson's tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator.

"Alabama's the standard in college football, and certainly coach Saban, in my opinion, is the best who's ever done it," Napier said. "And he does that with a tremendous work ethic and self-discipline and sets the tone for the entire organization."

Consequently, Napier knows better than anyone what awaits the Cajuns, who figure to have a tough time doing any Ragin' against the Tide.

"They have tremendous personnel at every position," Napier said. "This is probably the best personnel that they've had, There's no chink in the armor."


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