Griffith kicked five field goals to help propel the Crimson Tide to the SEC West title with a 29-13 victory over rival Auburn.
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He’ll leave dwelling on the past to others.
At the end of the day though, fans said they were just excited to watch college football and have fun celebrating this legendary rivalry. “That’s two years ago”.
“As soon as it happened I was thinking about (the catch against Georgia in 2013)”, Louis said.
The 6-foot-3, 242 pound back had another elite game, rushing 46 times (another Alabama record) for 271 yards and one touchdown.
Henry is now also Alabama’s single-season rushing touchdown leader with 22. “We’d really like for someone else to run the ball”, Saban said, “but it got tough to take him out”. Alabama entered the game No. 2 in the standings for that event.
But before Henry strolled back to the Alabama sideline, the junior turned to Auburn’s deflated student section and waved his right hand.
UA pushed the advantage to 19-6 in the third quarter as Jake Coker made a remarkable escape from pressure and found ArDarius Stewart for a 34-yard touchdown.
After a 55-44 loss to Alabama, reports surfaced that Malzahn had fired defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson and now the same questions have already risen about offensive staff members after 29-13 loss to the same Crimson Tide program Saturday.
AUBURN | There was no late magic this time, no particular play that will be discussed into dust two years from now.
“It certainly made us bear down and continue to compete, because we knew this was going to be a 60-minute game”, Saban said.
Alabama running back Derrick Henry is a frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy award, and he is having an incredible season for the Crimson Tide.
The Auburn Tigers have played two quarterbacks this season, but Jeremy Johnson is expected to get the start Saturday.
While the game stayed close in the first half, Alabama pulled away in the second, securing their second straight Iron Bowl victory. “That’s a good football team”. He threw for 279 yards and ran for 114 to keep the Tigers on track for the playoffs – and moved their record to 12-0 for the first time since their 1981 national championship winning season.
NO. 14 FLORIDA ST. 27, NO. 10 FLORIDA 2: Dalvin Cook ran for 183 yards and two touchdowns, Roberto Aguayo kicked two long field goals and Florida State upended Florida 27-2.
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Smith, who had a career-high 82 yards and his first career touchdown in an Auburn jersey defended his coaches after the loss Saturday and against any possible offseason moves.
