Well, at least to Arlington, where Alabama also thrashed Big Ten champion Michigan State and made it look like child’s play.
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The Tide (13-1) and Tigers haven’t played since. Its final, and perhaps biggest, will come in the national championship game against Alabama’s dominating defense. “Our players, our staff, everybody in our organization has done an outstanding job”, Saban said. But he added that the execution could be better.
In other words, they weren’t comfortable lining everyone up and trying to play a basic brand of football. “You’re in class and you’ve got to game plan”.
“We will see him out there today”, Swinney said.
If Alabama shuts down Clemson’s run game, it will go a long way in helping Alabama win its fourth national championship in seven years. “That’s what we want to do”.
Completing just under 50 percent of his passes, Cook couldn’t get away from pressure all day long and rushed his throws on many occasions. Then obviously, there’s some stuff here and there.
For the second straight year, college football’s national championship teams will face a discrepancy in the number of practice and meeting hours permitted leading up to the CFB Playoff title game.
The Tide is off today before practicing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Tuscaloosa.
Both teams are still in the early stages of the preparations for one another.
“Obviously we’re just really excited to be a part of the National Championship game and really proud of our team for just the work that they’ve put in this season and our staff, to earn the right to be in this game”, Swinney said. The problem is that the Clemson Tigers aren’t a team that Alabama is used to seeing, so it may be hard to muster up those usual feelings of animosity. “And he knows to appeal to their voice of reason and he doesn’t have to give them the rah-rah, but he knows how to touch and serve their hearts and as a result they know how to respond and we got great leadership and great players and you got to coach them and get them to the moment”. “You know, (he) really is a very good rhythm passer, as well as a guy who can sustain plays and extend plays because of his athleticism and ability to scramble”. At the time, coach Urban Meyer said he told his coaches not to wear the team down with the temptation of extra practice hours.
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“This is certainly going to be the most challenging game we’ve had to this point”, Tide coach Nick Saban said. If Clemson (a touchdown underdog to Alabama) becomes the first 15-0 team in Division I college football, $375,000 more in bonus money will be doled out for a final total of $2.095 million.
