Alabama football notes: receiver Julio Jones Wide it seems you can play against Mississippi in spite of the broken hand

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Darius Hanks not hesitate when asked if you plan to play Julius Jones Saturday against Mississippi.

"Yes, Lord, do," he said.

Four days after breaking his left hand in South Carolina, leader of the Crimson Tide caught passes with both hands during practice Wednesday.A day earlier, tight end Michael Williams said Jones caught passes with only his right hand healthy, but decreased inflammation enough for use both on Wednesday.

"" We assess these things daily,"said coach Nick Saban.""Was able to catch balls hoy.Él has run routes, and he only practice with all other. we will continue to assess its progress."

The injury occurred in the first half against the Gamecocks, but Jones never left the game.

Jones Pile of 118 receiving yards in eight catches, including a touchdown, especially after they broke the bone.

"" I knew when arrived until the sideline and us, "Hanks said."But not to tell the team doctors until later in the game.

Saban said on Monday that he played as soon as he could tolerate pain having had a plate and screw that are implanted in his hand.

The physical nature of the game of Jones' be a largest recipient means that it uses his hands for much more than catch passes.

"" Uses his hands when blocks,"said Saban."Uses his hands to drop out of the narrow coverage, especially who works ejecutan.Mississippi and roughness plays a lot of cover-1, a lot of great coverage, and has to make use of his hands.

"But the catch is something you use his hands with as much as anything and, so far, he has been able to do that."

Saban sees improvement

Now several days they are removed from the loss Saturday in South Carolina, Saban is happy with the way in which your computer is responding to unknown adversity that faces.

"I believe we have a better sense of urgency - a little more intensity with what we are doing," he said."We have worked fairly well.""I believe that when the game comes, everyone has the desire to ganar.Pero I think the important thing is to have the will to prepare to play successfully".

Even so, Saban said that something was missing when you start the game.

"" You have to play for 60 minutes in the game,"said.""Play winning football in this way, personally I am not that we have done throughout the year."

"Always open"

Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy was sacked Saturday seven times, and there are many reasons.

Includes wide receivers not finding open space in the South Carolina high school?

"" At all,"Hanks said on Wednesday."I feel that we are always open for ahí.Me feel as any wideout would say..."We were open, but things were not doing click en.No go our way."

Right guard Barrett Jones said the offensive line will be heat, although some appeared to be sacks of coverage while others should have been thrown when the lock was long enough.

"Jones said that at any time we down looted, we take it personally,".""We want to protect forever, regardless of what happens".

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Alabama football notes: Julio Jones held away from contact, but he makes the imaginary catches

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Julio Jones lined, timeout, then, broke with the line of scrimmage.

Hands up, wide receiver Alabama was ready to carry on the pass, but released ball.

Just three days after breaking his left hand against South Carolina Jones could only simulate the Act of catching a pass in practice Tuesday afternoon.

Wearing the black shirt, reserved for injured players exercise contacts, Jones went through the proposals during the period of display media.

Later, however, his teammates reported imaginary catches, converted into acrobatics.

""I think he was catching passes with one hand,"tight end, said Michael Williams.""Only tells you what type of player that is."

But how many carry on?

A Williams "He catches them all," said laughing.

There was no sign of a plaster or main padding on the left hand that had plates and screws implanted of x-rays revealed the broken bone. What soon returns a depends on when you can tolerate pain catch a pass, coach Nick Saban said on Monday.?

The Saturday 9 9 of the PM evening visit Mississippi isn't out of the possible scenarios in Williams head.

"I knowing in July, no doubt it," he said.I "do not doubt it at all."

Limited Fluker

While Jones went up and movement, the other wounded offensive boot was much less active in practice.

A "very serious" groin injury as Saban nurses called Monday, right tackle Fluker D.J. walked slowly and with a limp to the bicycle exercise, where he worked with strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran.

Saban also said Monday that Fluker could probably be sidelined at least week.Alfred McCullough will replace him in the starting lineup against Mississippi.

In reality sinks

Now three full days are removed from the loss of South Carolina, Alabama is progressing in treatment with its new and different position on the national stage and the Conference.

"Te das account may get beat,", said Williams.

"Is not only shown and win because we are Alabama.Durante long, is how people in ella.Mostramos.Jugamos.Ganamos looked because we Alabama.Pero now, we see in any given night can get beat, especially in the SEC."

Monday, Greg McElroy quarterback said that his mind was still competing with the Gamecocks in his mind.

"In general, we have a rule 24 hours for the win, but losses seem to persist a little more," he said.

"It is decepcionante.La decisions, breeding and reproduction of plays and situations. what happens if we did this here or there?... would the result have been different? I am quite sure, but I think that everyone is very disappointed with what happened and only offers many opportunities to learn and grow".

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Alabama football: Julio Jones has broken hand surgery

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Throw some lesions on the upper part of the insult.

As it turns out, Alabama lost something else that a football game Saban Sur.Nick Carolina Saturday ran down in the list of injuries on Monday which included two big names in the Crimson Tide offensive.

More particularly, the receiver star Julio Jones has a left hand broken that was corrected by surgery the domingo.Se plate and screws used to repair rupture. Coach Nick Saban said the injury occurred in the first half on his evening 8-catch, 118 yards which included a dive at the end of the first half touchdown reception when the hand was already hurt.

"The prognosis for is as soon as he can tolerate using his hand, which will be the Palm of his hand, he is off to play," Saban said."May be three or four días.puede be a semana.No I know." "But on Wednesday, you can probably assess where is and go from there".

Saban said he had an idea when the injury occurred, but could not say anything with certainty.

Is only the latest medical issue that has dealt with the top of the tide trafficking receive threats.He was a star line break as a freshman in 2008 playing most of the season with several injuries pressing, including a hernia deportes.La last season, was a sprained knee suffered early in the second game of the year that limited its effectiveness in most of the season of losing a full game.

And a week ago a knee bruise limited their practice time in South Carolina game.

Now he has a broken hand and a touch of the departure of uncertainty in the 9 p.m. Saturday visit OLE Miss (3-2, 1-1 SEC).

"Obviously played throughout the game, so it may or may not be a problem," said Saban."You can really tell right now."

Per team policy, injured players did reporters.

On the subject heading offensive tackle D.J. Fluker lesion, Saban had more than a timeline for a "" redshirt freshman regreso.El suffered a "very serious" groin injury in the second half in Colombia and lose at least a week depending on the response to treatment.

Up to Fluker is healthy again, starting work belongs to Alfred McCullough, filled of injury of the sábado.Saban McCullough had called the "third swing tackle," played on the left side of the line against the State of Pennsylvania when booting James Carpenter fell on an injured ankle in game.

Center of heading William Vlachos liked what he saw of McCullough against the Gamecocks.

"I think it did a good job coming off the bench so cold in a situation of obvious step."I think we did a good job said Vlachos."He is a valuable man than when someone stops working as such".

The tide of not.8 (5-1, 2-1) has a fairly deep stall receivers, but none have the explosivity or third leading Jones.Receptor SEC averaging 73,3 yards per game, receptions 32 doubles Jones Darius Hanks, total size the leader in the second pass catcher on your computer.

Quarterback Greg McElroy was obviously disappointed learning lesion Jones, taking into account the connection which was developed with the star receiver in the offseason.

"" I saw him in the Hall of training (Monday) morning and was still a bit outside of surgery,"said McElroy.""He is a guerrero.Él will be back and he will give his best effort to return in the field as fast as possible and we look forward to again it to".

Running back Mark Ingram is a close friend of Jones, but did not know about injury until after the end of the game.

"" It is difficult,"said Ingram.""Always pushes on todo.Incluso if he is injured, he probably don't tell anybody until after of the game. & don't seem was injured at all."

In other news the injury, Saban said linebacker Courtney Upshaw "is being slowed by a day or two" of lameness, outside of the field on Saturday, with an injury not specified. lost most of the first four games of the season with a sprained ankle suffered at the opening of the season with the San José State.

Reserve linebacker Chris Jordan continues to the rehabilitation of a disconnection of muscles hamstrings suffered against Florida.Él didn't play in South Carolina.

Behind of July

With Julius Jones potentially marginalized by a broken left hand carried the load?

Player: catch, yards, TDS

July Jones: 32 440, 3

Darius Hanks: 16, 285, 2

Marquis Maze: 14, 199, 1

Marked Preston: 13, 123, 2

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Alabama football notes: Julio Jones plays despite broken hand, but is based on the second half against Mississippi

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, left hand rotates reason Julio Jones to miss the start Saturday night.

It could have been the culprit behind of their early output, however.

Jones broke his left hand in the first half of last week in South Carolina loss, but plays through injury to catch eight passes for 118 yards and a touchdown.

After surgery last week, Jones returned to the starting line-up against Mississippi with a plate and screws in his left hand.

The receiver junior was a Blocker for the greater part of the first possession of having the first pass starts its way on third down on the 20 Mississippi.

Pass from quarterback Greg McElroy was a little high, and came out of the hands of Jones annotation. the tidal area still ended up scoring a touchdown when the rebels were marked to run in kicker Jeremy Shelley on the next play and marking of Preston caught a McElroy touchdown pass three snapshots later.

First capture Jones came in a screen on the right sideline pass and seems tenderly to defend against a Blocker with his hand injured for 8 yards and a first down.Tres plays later, however, left another pass.

Thereafter, went to the bench for the rest of the first half.

In his Thursday night radio show Alabama coach Nick Saban said that Jones would be a game-time decision while never said that it was dropped at any point during the week.

Slow startup

The lessons of the past three weeks made an impact on defence against Mississippi, Alabama at least in his first appearance of the night.

Tide surrendered to long drives to open each of the last three games against Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina.

Mississippi ran three plays and left after receiving the kick out opening.First touch rebels offset only 1 yards in two works of execution and a pass down the third.

The dominant play was not stopped allí.Las first three possessions of Mississippi finished in punts once three touches to earn a combined 7 yards.

The Gators not able to charge during string tide of begins lento.Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson intercepted a pass break room and aim to maintain the Gators outside of the end zone.

Not bear sightings

The votes are in, and the new mascot was selected this week.

But black bear Mississippi students selected to represent the rebels in the days of games was nothing to be found on Saturday in Tuscaloosa.

The school is still months away introduce new mascot who defeated a shark and "Hotty and Totty" vote ended the week pasada.El nickname of Mississippi will remain the rebels, but a disguised black bear will be the incarnation day party, replacing Colonel Reb, who retired in 2003 by the school administration.

Classification of BCS

The first edition of the classification of Bowl Championship Series will be released live hoy.Televisado by ESPN, the most important combination of human polls and team ratings will become public at 8: 15 PM

The formula for the classification is divided into thirds partes.La Survey USA Today coaches and Harris Interactive poll account for two thirds of the equation, while a combination of six surveys team provide the rest.

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