The #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1) embarrassed #3 Michigan State (12-2) on a national stage Thursday night, thrashing the Spartans 38-0 in Arlington en route to yet another national championship appearance.
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The national championship game will be played at 8:30 p.m. ET on January 11 in Glendale, Ariz., and broadcast on ESPN.
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The senior quarterback propelled Alabama into the national championship game with his performance against Michigan State in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
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“Once we settled down, we hit some big plays on them, which was really important”, Saban said. “Whenever you have a premier receiver, it changes the way you play the game, call the game”.
Clemson is looking to become the first team in FBS history to finish 15-0.
He got his wish after Alabama defeated Michigan State 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl later in the evening. It was the Spartan’s fourth bowl win in as many seasons, which came after losses in their previous seven bowl games. In fact, the Crimson Tide defense came into the semifinal angry.
“It was gonna take awhile”, he said “Luckily, we’re a defensive team”. “This year we wanted to take the game”.
Oklahoma had only one long drive during the second half – it lasted 10 plays and covered 70 yards – but it ended with an interception that iced the game.
The Alabama win is redemption for last season’s loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff. I thought Jake did a great job. Swinney was a walk-on football player at Alabama. Defense certainly played well. 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.
Jones caught the low-hangtime punt from Jake Hartbarger and produced a nifty 57-yard return for a touchdown.
“I play a lot in our base defense so it felt good running around out there”, Hamilton continued. Watson, who was named the game’s offensive MVP, passed for one touchdown and ran for another. The Spartans also had to win one of their biggest games of the season, at Ohio State, without Cook, who was out with a right shoulder injury.
Mark Dantonio has put together his best class yet at Michigan State and several already have signed and will enroll this semester. Saban said, “I think our defensive front probably affected the quarterback a little bit”. I was not always pleased with the way we prepared for the game. Down the stretch this season, the Tide leaned so heavily on Henry. “You’ve got to pick up the pieces”.
It was a ride that saw Cook help make MSU the best program in the state after years of playing second fiddle to the University of MI, which had spiraled during Cook’s time under center in East Lansing.
Two quarters later, Coker, who had never set foot on the field for a bowl game, had 286 yards and two touchdowns on 25 completions and five misses.
There was discussion of Heisman Trophy winning tailback Derrick Henry being under-utilized in the game, although he did score two touchdowns. “But we kind of knew going in those are run-pass options”. They threw on first and second down. They do a really good job of stopping the run. “I knew they haven’t seen a player of his caliber all year, someone with speed like that”.
“You watch on film those type of skill guys”, Kiffin said. Look out, Clemson, you may get trucked by the super-focused Tide next. “I’m sure our guys will be motivated, trying to do the best they can to play the best they can in the game”.
Don’t start the Michigan State-shouldn’t-have-been-here talk.
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McCaffrey and the mighty Cardinal are still headed into the new year with the Pac-12 champions’ most coveted postseason trophy – and the brightest of futures. Do they have the numbers outside, and do we have the angles to be able to block the people on the bubbles and the smokes?
