[Tuck4Bama]

No. 16 ARKANSAS (1-0, 0-0) at ALABAMA (2-0, 1-0) 5:45 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa -- LINE: Alabama by 3

-- SERIES: Alabama leads 9-8.

-- GAME WITHIN THE GAME: The Crimson Tide probably won't face another player this year as skilled as Darren McFadden, who can and will run, throw and catch his way through a defense. Sure-handed tackling is a must for Alabama, which will find out a lot about its inexperienced defense Saturday.
-- STAT OF THE WEEK: Alabama has lost its past seven appearances on ESPN.

-- GAME NOTES: Two of the teams' past four meetings have been decided in double-overtime. ... Arkansas did not play last week. ... Alabama is 105-116-6 against ranked teams, and lost all four of its games against ranked opponents last season. ... Five of Arkansas' wins against Alabama have come by three or fewer points. ... Arkansas is 9-6 in SEC openers. ... Alabama has allowed 16 points this season, the fewest in the Tide's first two games since 1989. ... Arkansas WR London Crawford and DE Damario Ambrose attended Davidson High School. ... Last week, WR DJ Hall became the second Alabama player with at least 2,000 receiving yards. He needs 37 receiving yards to break Ozzie Newsome's school record. ... Hall has averaged 20.6 yards on his 10 career catches against Arkansas. ... Alabama RB Terry Grant is the SEC Freshman of the Week for the second straight week after piling up 307 rushing yards and five TDs in two games. ... Arkansas RB Darren McFadden has completed 9-of-12 passes for 124 yards and four TDs, including a 42-yard TD in the Razorbacks' first game, in his career. ... McFadden has 2,911 rushing yards in 26 games, 659 yards away from Ben Cowins' school record. ... In Arkansas' season-opening win over Troy, Arkansas RB Felix Jones compiled 287 all-purpose yards, the third-highest total in school history. ... Against Troy, Arkansas had six plays that gained at least 25 yards and only one was a pass -- and that was thrown by a running back. ... Arkansas has scored in a school-record 136 games. The Razorbacks were last shut out on Nov. 18, 1995, by LSU. ... Arkansas coach Houston Nutt is 5-4 against Alabama. Alabama coach Nick Saban is 3-2 against Arkansas, with all the games coming when he was coach at LSU. ... Alabama is 1-1 on Sept. 15.

-- QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "We have to hit him and set the tone early. If we don't hit him, he will run all over us."

-- Alabama LB Darren Mustin on Arkansas RB Darren McFadden

Alabama notes- al.com

[Stoney]

Alabama has a new coach and a new attitude so throw out the history it's time for Saban Domination.