The Crimson Tide’s lead had swelled to 24 points, and the final 18 minutes and 24 seconds would be nothing more than a victory lap while the corks popped and New Year’s Eve champagne flowed on the Alabama sideline.
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Feedback Print Jamie Squire/Getty Images Running back Kenyan Drake of the Alabama Crimson Tide ran for 58-yards within the fourth quarter against the Michigan State Spartan. There was a 50-yard TD pass that initiated, and capped, a one-play scoring drive.
Freshman receiver Calvin Ridley got the ball the first two plays, on a reverse run and a short pass for a first down before a pass intended for him that got knocked down at the line. “A couple of those first drives that we had we sort of stopped ourselves”.
The Spartans left Dallas on Friday headed to East Lansing ready to get back to work on Monday with something to prove. “First time in a while we’ve had this happen to us”.
“But, once we settled down, we hit some big plays on them, which was really important”.
“But as we say in the football world, the easy part’s getting back to the top”. So Jake reads what’s the box.
Asked if he took that personally, Smart said the other day, “I would say we all did as a unit”. Do they have numbers outside, and do we have the angles to be able to block the people on the bubbles and the smokes?
Add a point because the greatness of Alabama’s defense, which simply wouldn’t allow the Spartans to do much.
Alabama stretched the lead on Adam Griffith’s 47-yard field goal, and the Spartans squandered a scoring chance just before halftime. Thursday night, the Spartans became the first FBS team to be shut out in a game at AT&T Stadium. “I think it paid off, and we’re looking forward to try to do the same thing for the next game”. “And he did a fantastic job of making some big plays”. The first six plays of the game were run/pass options. Yet with Michigan State bunched in to stop Henry – he gained 75 yards on 20 carries – Coker made precise throw after precise throw. The Tide has nine new starters.
Tide linebacker Tim Williams got the same vibe from Michigan State’s offensive line in the third quarter. Coker threw a ideal deep ball to Ridley for 50 yards to the 1. Senior quarterback Jake Coker completed 25 of 30 passes for a career-high 286 yards, two touchdowns and perhaps most importantly had no interceptions.
“We learned a lot a year ago”, Saban said.
“They wanted to take over the game”, Saban said as the confetti came down.
The No. 2 Crimson Tide will play No. 1 Clemson in Arizona on January 11. Henry, who’s up to 25 touchdowns, has also scored in an NCAA-best 19 consecutive games….
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Clemson entered Thursday ranked 11 nationally in total offense and seventh in total defense.
