WATCH: Nick Saban's Press Conference

The Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0) takes on Southern Miss (2-1) this weekend in non-conference play at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Scroll down to read this week's game coverage.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama moved indoors Wednesday to escape the heat. Players were dressed in full pads for the workout. Here are some notes from the media viewing period.

— Terrell Lewis was back at practice but did not appear to be doing much. He was dressed out in pads but spent the majority of practice with his helmet off while the rest of the outside linebackers went through drills.

— Anfernee Jennings and Christopher Allen led the unit followed by Ben Davis and King Mwikuta and Kevin Harris and Jarez Parks.

— Antonio Alfano was once again absent during the viewing period. Today marks three straight weeks that he has been missing from practice.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — After taking Monday off from practice, Alabama hit the field Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s game against Southern Miss. Players were dressed in full pads and worked under sunny, 96-degree weather. Here are some notes from the media viewing period.

— Starting outside linebacker Terrell Lewis was not seen during the viewing period. The redshirt junior left last week’s game with an injured knee but was able to return. After the game, he said he just got “banged up a little.” Lewis was not mentioned during Nick Saban’s injury update Monday.

— Antonio Alfano was once again absent from practice. The freshman defensive lineman does not currently have his name in the transfer portal.

—Alabama’s receivers worked on sled drills during the beginning of the period. Slade Bolden was getting his right hand wrapped but continued in drills afterward.

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Here are a few observations from Saban's Monday Press Conference

- Saban commented on the mental errors and penalties against South Carolina

- Observations: Penalties and mental errors are not winning football and if these mental errors continue, they will not achieve their end goal. Against South Carolina on Saturday, the Crimson Tide had 11 penalties for 92-yards and during the opener against Duke, the Crimson Tide was penalized eight times for 88-yards, between the two games, that is 19 penalties for 180-yards.

- From an injury standpoint, LaBryan Ray is probably out for sure for this game. We’re doing some further testing to see what the situation is with his foot, but it’s undetermined right now as to how long he may be out.

- Observations: Time for another young freshman to step up in Justin Eboigbe. It's really amazing to think that this defense could be starting five freshmen on defense: DJ Dale (DT), Justin Eboigibe (DE), Shane Lee (ILB), Christian Harris (ILB), and Jordan Battle at (S).

- Southern Miss is an explosive team - "They score a lot of points, do a lot of things on offense, top 10 in pass offense, very good special teams, very active on defense, Jaylond Adams on special teams is a very dangerous player, and they are ranked nationally in those areas."

- On Slade Bolden. "He’s a core special teams guy and has really developed nicely for us. He’s done a really good job in that regard. He also was a high school quarterback who we just thought maybe there’s something that we could utilize him in in short yardage, and he does a good job of that. Every time we play a running quarterback, he’s the scout team quarterback on all these kind of things. Just something we thought we could take advantage of. (He) has done a nice job at the receiver position as well. We’re pleased with his development."

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Tua Tagovailoa took home SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance during Alabama’s 47-23 victory over South Carolina over the weekend. The left-hander completed 28 of 36 passes for a career-high 444 yards and five touchdowns. It was Tagovailoa’s first 400-yard game in a Crimson Tide uniform and the first time an Alabama quarterback has thrown for 400 or more yards and five touchdowns in a single game.

This is the second time Tagovailoa has earned the honor this season as he was named the conference’s co-offensive player of the week alongside LSU’s Joe Burrow in Week 1.

Landon Dickerson also earned conference recognition as he was named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the week. The starting right guard played 58 snaps against South Carolina without allowing a quarterback hurry, pressure or sack. He earned an 81 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus.

Dickerson didn’t miss any of his assignment on the day and helped the Crimson Tide roll up 576 yards of total offense that averages out to 8.9 yards per play.

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