Smart knows that’s where the narrative will go, especially if the Crimson Tide fall against Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday.
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He’s not the full-time head coach at Georgia until the Tide’s season is over – whether it ends here against Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve, or in the College Football Playoff championship game in Glendale, Ariz., on January 11. Both coaches have a lot of respect for the other, and the game should be a classic.
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Under Saban, the Spartans finally broke through in 1999, falling a game short of a Big Ten title.
At Monday’s Spartan offensive press conference, London chalked the disparity up to a difference in philosophies, at least for this season.
“We’ve needed him to come on and he’s done it”, co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner said.
Which is why Thursday night’s game truly could be a dramatic legacy-changer. No, wait, no, let’s give it to LJ (Scott).’ And (Dantonio) is like, ‘Connor says he can’t do it.’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, let me do it, let me do it, let me do it’. “If you want to play, come on”. His 1,219 yards also led the league, and he scored seven touchdowns. He’s also thrown more touchdown passes and racked up more total yards than anyone in the program’s history.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio isn’t playing the underdog card. Henry produced 978 of those yards after contact, the most in the nation.
“A lot of guys from Ohio didn’t get offers from Ohio State”, said junior left tackle Jack Conklin, a first-team All-American who came to Michigan State as preferred walk-on. The uncertainty unnerved them earlier in the season when they found it hard to get in sync when they’re being replaced after one or two series, but they are used to it now, while pulling for whomever is carrying the ball.
“I’ve definitely been at the low”, he said.
“I didn’t think I got the first down”. “It wasn’t a long conversation because they knew what I could do, and I knew what I could do”. “I mean, that’s just part of football. I’m happy for their families”, Saban said. “These last three years, I guess we’re 36-4”. They still run pro-style offenses.
The play reminded him of a winning touchdown he against rival Poland High as a senior at Hubbard High. “But they are sound in what they do, they’re well-coached, (and) if I had to compare them to anyone, I’d compare them to MI”. But one of the things I didn’t want to be was a distraction to the team or anything like that.
“I see what’s in front of us as a team and when your name is called, get the job done”. We all can do everything. “We’re pretty resilient as a group. We’re all together. Being competitive and hungry is what keeps it going”. In the amount of time it took Smart to agree to a deal at his alma mater, he went from being Saban’s right-hand man to a major recruiting rival. “There is nothing better than visiting with them and seeing their smile light up”. “And then, Coach Dantonio is always going to voice his opinion on who’s carrying the ball best from his standpoint there on the sideline and we’ll go with the guy we think has the hot hand”.
Would Dantonio be able to accomplish that at a place like Alabama? “I wouldn’t even watch my film if I was them”.
At this point, the Spartans are committed to finishing the season with a rotation because changing now isn’t worth the risk. But running Henry plays into what the Spartans do best. “Then amidst all that, you’re trying to get in situation of giving anything away by who’s in the game”.
The Spartans are talented and anyone who doesn’t think so has been hibernating the last three years as they’ve won 36 games, two Big Ten titles and reached the College Football Playoff during that stretch.
Heading into the Cotton Bowl, the Crimson Tide sit as the even-money favorites on the odds to win the national championship at the sportsbooks, with the Spartans last on the list at +650.
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Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett worked under Saban for two seasons with the Miami Dolphins.
