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Alabama Football: Check out the latest Crimson Tide Homecoming Info

By Ronald Evans

WASHINGTON - MARCH 08: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) receives a football helmet during an East Room event to host members of the Alabama Crimson Tide March 8, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama welcomed the 2009 BCS Champion to honor its 13th championship and an undefeated season. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - MARCH 08: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) receives a football helmet during an East Room event to host members of the Alabama Crimson Tide March 8, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama welcomed the 2009 BCS Champion to honor its 13th championship and an undefeated season. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) /
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Check out all the information on the Alabama football game against the Arkansas Razorbacks and the latest schedule of Homecoming events.

It is going to be a rain dampened and event altered Homecoming weekend in Tuscaloosa. The Alabama football game against Arkansas appears to be one of the weekend’s events, least impacted by weather. While it is expected to rain throughout the day in Tuscaloosa, the rain is predicted to break around 7:00 PM CST, with only a 25 percent chance of rain at kickoff.

Popular Homecoming events were canceled due to the steady rain expected. Not taking place this year are the Friday night bonfire and pep rally and the Saturday afternoon Homecoming parade.

The tweet below shows what Saturday will be around a sodden Quad in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama football coach, Nick Saban will not be talking “washout.” Not only is weather as an external condition, not an allowable distraction, Saban has a plan for everything. If the weather forecast is wrong and a hard, steady rain occurs at any point in the game, the Alabama football team already knows how it will respond.

The Crimson Tide may not run up 65 points as it did last season with Tua. The relative inexperience of Mac Jones and possible game conditions may slow down the Alabama football offensive juggernaut. Crimson Tide fans should not worry about Jones. Reports coming out of Tuscaloosa this week have said the redshirt sophomore has looked sharp and has stepped into a leadership role.

Here are the Game Notes as the Alabama Crimson Tide goes for No. 13 in its winning streak against the Razorbacks.

  • ESPN has the broadcast with Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy and Tom Luginbill.
  • CTSN with Eli Gold and John Parker Wilson can be found on the normal group of affiliates, plus Sirius/XM channels 81/81.
  • While the Razorbacks have only two wins, they are an improved team in Chad Morris’ second season. Two of their five losses have been only four-point deficits – against the Texas A&M Aggies and Kentucky Wildcats.
  • The Alabama Crimson Tide has a 16-game Homecoming winning streak. The overall Crimson Tide Homecoming record is 84-13-1.
  • Honored at the game will the 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide National Championship team. Honorary game captains are Rolando McClain, Mark Ingram, Mike Johnson and Javier Arenas.
  • The Crimson Tide has won 30 straight and 47 of its last 48 games in Bryant-Denny.
  • Arkansas Defensive Coordinator, John Chavis has a long history battling Crimson Tide offenses. Chavis, known as ‘The Chief’ has been trying to stop Tide offenses every season, going back to 1989. He has been at Arkansas two seasons and before that at Texas A&M, LSU and Tennessee.

The complete Alabama football Game Notes are available here.

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Action Network has the Crimson Tide as a 32-point favorite. Lines moved very little because of the Tua injury.

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