Week 5 SEC Football Preview & Predictions | Aaron Murray College Football Show

in the sec and i know a lot of people are upset because it's at noon and not the prime time slot but uh it is what it is and that's going to be alabama against mississippi state and and for those that have been following and watching the show and saying thanks for everyone following uh make sure you go like subscribe if you're on twitter go follow us on youtube uh that way you can join in the chat as well but um for those that have followed for the past couple weeks you know i've Covered Mississippi State the past two weeks, one, you know, two weeks ago against USC.

I was on the call there.

Then last week as they took down Missouri was on the call for that.

And it's been really very fortunate to call some two great games and get to see this team live in action.

So excited to see what they can do against the Crimson Tide, who I think are playing at a very high level.

Very high level right now.

They're actually my number two team in the SEC.

So as we usually do, we'll do a little bit of one team's offense against the other team's defense, and then we'll flip it and then get some keys to the game as well.

So let's start first with Alabama's offense against Mississippi State's defense.

This is an offense that is scoring, you know, I think mid 40s every single game this year.

this season they're really coming into their own and obviously it starts with keelan russell at the quarterback position he has been terrific he's my number three quarterback uh in the sec and has just been just very very special in all assets is you saw from day one eye discipline, staying in the pocket, accuracy down the field, his ability to push the ball vertically down the field.

He's doing a lot of really, really good things for a guy that has not played a lot of football.

So it's going to be interesting to see how Mississippi State, who right now is one of the worst defenses in the SEC, and when it comes to pass defense, tries to slow him down.

It's a nightmare.

I mean, these two quarterbacks right now, the difficulty with both of them is obviously the threat of pushing the ball vertically down the field.

The accuracy with some of the intermediate throws.

Now, on top of that, they're both extremely mobile and can beat you with your legs.

So you want to be able to play two high safeties to prevent the explosive play down the field, but then they can just beat you with dings and dunks and then obviously their legs as well.

So it's just, I mean, these are the type of quarterbacks that's an offensive coordinator's dream, really.

because you just don't put him in one box of, hey, he's just mobile, or hey, he's just a thrower.

Both these guys do both things at an elite, elite level.

And the crazy thing is, once again, both these guys are very, very young.

With Siganod, Alabama's offense, man, I've enjoyed seeing this really deep, stable running back.

Daniel Hill's played well.

EJ Crowell's played well.