The senior quarterback propelled Alabama into the national championship game with his performance against Michigan State in the College Football Playoff semifinal. The Spartans rank 32nd nationally and lead the conference in 3-point shooting at 39.2 percent.ABOUT ALABAMA (8-3): Shannon Hale (team-best 12.9 points per game) has missed the last three contests with what coach Avery Johnson described as a “private medical situation” in talks with reporters.
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Bama routs Michigan St 38-0; heads to title game
MSU beat Ohio State this November in large part because it was driven not to repeat 2014, to prove it was on equal footing. He made a awful decision by throwing a pass into the end zone despite the fact his target wasn’t remotely open.
“We’d like to enjoy this game for 24 hours, but Clemson’s got a great team”, Saban said Thursday night.
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“I thought they would score and I thought it would be a lot closer game because of the way they could play defense but it didn’t turnout that way”.
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He went on to retween a supporter who mocked Bush, pointing to his own lagging poll numbers. “I spent nothing right, nothing”. The Bush campaign is also shifting resources, cancelling a planned ad-buy in both Iowa and SC to add staff in New Hampshire.
“We can be the best team ever”, Boulware shouted. That quickly gave way, however, to an onslaught in which the Buckeyes amassed 537 yards in their 42-35 comeback triumph. Ohio State tailback Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 230 yards against the Tide last January.
They’re 32 passing yards away from becoming the ninth team to manage 4,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards in the same season.
This MSU team is much better than that one was. “We weren’t good enough to finish it, and that’s the bottom line”, OU coach Bob Stoops said. He ended the day with 16/31 for 187 yards, 1 important third quarter touchdown pass that changed the momentum in the game, and 1 interception. The first, in the second quarter, set Alabama up for a 1-yard touchdown by Henry on the next play for the first points of the game. Against Michigan State, the Crimson Tide surprised everyone by repeatedly putting the game in the hands of quarterback Jake Coker rather than Heisman Trophy-winning running back Derrick Henry. Coker has proven adept at making plays with his feet, too. “It makes it easy”.
McCaffrey was sublime in his Rose Bowl debut, breaking the all-purpose yards record set by Wisconsin’s Jared Abbrederis in 2012.
Henry had 20 carries for 75 yards and two scores, and he now has 2,061 yards this season. Can’t blame Coker for looking at Ridley first. “When you catch them in a certain coverage-which we had caught them in before-their safeties end up having to cover a guy in the slot”, Alabama coach Nick Saban said.
The Crimson Tide got big plays from Jones, the well-tested veteran, and from Ridley, an untested – at least at the national postseason level – rookie. A’Shawn Robinson, Jarran Reed, and Reggie Ragland did a fantastic job clogging up any and every hole that a Spartan back tried to find, and Tim Williams, Ryan Anderson, and Jonathan Allen lived in the backfield all night as well.
The Tide defense has dominated all year and made a statement by holding the Spartans scoreless through the game. The Spartans were held to a season-low 29 yards, and 14 came from backup QB Damion Terry. Watson, who was named the game’s offensive MVP, passed for one touchdown and ran for another.
He got his wish after Alabama defeated Michigan State 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl later in the evening. “First, anyway”, Dantonio said Wednesday. “We’re not done yet”.
“The players are going to take a couple of days off and hopefully forget about football, kind of heal up and get some rest”, Swinney said.
Clemson will present another big challenge, but the Crimson Tide have been controlling teams up front all season.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – With shiny orange confetti stuck to his sweat-soaked face as the celebration after the Orange Bowl rolled along, Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware knew the time was right to make a bold statement.
