After the play, the referee picked up the flag and said there was no roughing the passer since McDowell hit Coker in the chest.
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These are my 10 takeaways from two games. “I’m proud as hell of them to get where they are”. You can point to Alabama’s front seven and remark on how good it is, but calling it a “front seven” is a lie.
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But seeing the Tide live, it was a team honor the running back received. A team that faced the No. 3 team in the country and annihilated them. If there was any question before this game about whether Alabama could win without a great day from Henry, the answer appears to be yes.
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It’s clear that if Alabama’s defense has a weakness, it’s the secondary, but that’s like someone is only the third-richest person in the world. In by midnight the first two days in town and by 11 p.m. the last two. Since 1999, the beginning of the BCS era, the betting favorite has won 10 of 17 national championship games.
Connor Cook went 19/39 for 210 yards and two interceptions in his final game for the Spartans.
ALA-De. Henry 1 yard rush (A. Griffith kick), 5:36. Defense certainly played well.
And it also shows that Clemson is reaching that phase of its program where it reloads more than it rebuilds.
Michigan State’s 239 total yards were a season low.
Jake Coker began exposing the suspect Michigan State pass defense, and once that happened, Derrick Henry lowered his head and made them pay. But it turned out Coker could beat them in the air.
Coker enjoyed a career night by going 25 of 30 for 286 yards and two TDs.
But don’t let Ridley’s numbers fool you.
Michigan State attempted a reverse, the Spartans used play-making wide receiver Aaron Burbridge under center in a Wildcat formation.
Coker broke open a scoreless tie with Alabama’s first chunk play with a 50-yard pass to Ridley that set up a one-yard touchdown run from Henry. This is no secret.
The only time the Spartans threatened was on their final possession of the first half. But then he did something so unusual. Coker found Ridley in the end zone. Bring your own guts isn’t just a catchphrase for Dabo Swinney. “So you’ve got to pick up the pieces and move forward”.
No wonder his players love playing for him.
These teams have been on a collision course since Clemson and Alabama were ranked 1-2 in the second College Football Playoff rankings.
“Horrible to be a Michigan State fan right now”, Trisha Wickens said.
The Spartans were overmatched by Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, and while I was surprised by how utterly dominated they were, the same problems Michigan State had all season reared their head against Alabama. Watson carried the running load in the early going, finishing with 145 yards on 24 carries and scoring the Tigers’ first touchdown on a 5-yard run.
His cool-handed performances in taking down Ohio State (34-24, 2013) and Iowa (16-13 this season) in Big Ten title games won’t soon be forgotten, nor will the memories from his MVP performance in MSU’s first Rose Bowl win in 26 years.
The second half was an excuse for all those people who chose to stay home and watch football Thursday to instead make an 11 p.m. dinner reservation.
Tide stars young and old contributed to the onslaught. Alabama was here a year ago, getting upset as the No. 1 seed by Ohio State, which went on to win the championship.
There’s another story line to the title game.
But Alabama was simply too much for the Big Ten’s best on this night. They aren’t. Overall all the Power Five conferences are just about equal. Strong hands and stronger will got him that one on replay and he sprinted by everyone with his feet for a 50-yard TD to cap off the third-quarter explosion.
“We’re definitely happy that we put ourselves in this position”, said Jones, who also had a critical interception just before halftime to help keep the shutout intact. And we just got a lot of athletes on the outside.
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Novakov played in two of the most storied Cotton Bowl games in history, as a Notre Dame offensive lineman.
