FOXBORO — As a member of the New England Patriots' practice squad all of last season, he showed some true grit. “I tried not to focus on any doubts,” said Wesley Britt, who never was deemed worthy of a promotion to the team's 53-man active roster last year.
This is just the kind of game Alabama needed, a lightweight opponent offering a chance for an easy win and confidence booster. Right? Those kind of sentiments about Saturday night's game against winless Duke make Crimson Tide coach Mike Shula cringe, and they make him worry.
SITE _ Bryant-Denny Stadium (83,818), Tuscaloosa, Ala. KICKOFF _ 7 p.m. TV _ PPV. RECORDS _ Duke is 0-4; Alabama is 3-2. COACHES _ Duke, Ted Roof (5-26 overall and at school); Alabama, Mike Shula (23-19 overall and at school).
SEC EAST Florida Tailback DeShawn Wynn is questionable for Saturday’s home game against LSU after spraining his right knee this past weekend. Wynn, who has rushed for 354 yards and three touchdowns, sustained the injury in the third quarter of the Gators’ victory against Alabama. Sophomore Kestahn Moore is expected to start if Wynn cannot play.
Coach Urban Meyer learned the ways of the Southeastern Conference after last season's Alabama disaster. The Crimson Tide gave Meyer the most lopsided loss of his head-coaching career, a 31-3 rout not soon forgotten.
