What to look for in Saturday night’s Alabama Crimson Tide season-opener
It’s ‘Go Time’ for the Alabama Crimson Tide. What to look for against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
By Ronald Evans | Aug 31, 2024
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Alabama Crimson Tide fans are pumped for the season-opening game against Western Kentucky. The enthusiasm will only be surpassed by how excited the players will be to play a game finally. There are many different opinions about what to expect Saturday night, none of them include giving the Hilltoppers any chance of winning.
In a full, regular-season prediction I provided a couple of days ago I settled on a 42-17 Alabama Crimson Tide win over WKU. I will not waffle on that prediction, but I will add for WKU to reach 17 points, a busted coverage in the Tide secondary must lead to a second touchdown.
It would be easy to guess Alabama’s new offense will put up more than 50 points. That is possible, but I doubt more than 50% of the Tide’s new offense will be used. WKU will likely provide so little resistance to the Alabama rushing attack, that not much will be needed through the air. Some Crimson Tide fans may disagree, but no style points are needed against WKU. Alabama will not chase points, and with new systems on both sides of the ball, Alabama possibly looking ragged at times will be no cause for alarm.
I hope to see what Kalen DeBoer has been preaching for months; consistency. Minimal penalties and no unforced errors; along with consistent intensity and execution will do fine, whatever the final score.
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