Derrick Henry discarded Mississippi State defensive back Kivon Coman on the way to a 65-yard touchdown that put the capper on a 31-6 blowout at Mississippi State on Saturday. While Prescott’s rushing numbers are almost half of what he finished with previous year he’s still the same threat to gain large chunks of yards and build momentum for an otherwise average offense.
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“That’s the kind of back that he is”.
Alabama Coach Nick Saban said he is working to prevent a letdown. He’s faster than people think, and he’s faster than he looks. Prescott has topped 300 yards passing in three straight games, and both of his favorite targets went over 100 yards receiving last week – with Fred Ross making 11 catches for 115 yards and De’Runnya Wilson adding four receptions for 102 yards. Just two of the Bulldogs’ seven quarterback hurries came after the first quarter. They have the best defense in America to go along with it. It is going to be a huge challenge for us. “It’s hard to score if you don’t make a few big plays somewhere along the way”.
Football life for the Crimson Tide won’t get much easier from here on out. The Tide also had a 69-yard punt return touchdown in the second quarter.
Alabama struggled on offense during the first quarter and had ony 40 yards early in the second.
“We’ve got another good game next week and a road game”, Prescott said. “I wanted to do my job”. That block sprung Ridley down the sideline for the score.
Coker completed 15-of-25 passes for 144 yards.
The Crimson Tide have proven they can once again play with the best, the lone loss on the season came at home to Ole Miss. Alabama is coming off an 8-1 start this season with a 5-1 SEC record. I’m proud of our team. “We’ve got a lot of things we can learn from in this game”. The Mississippi State Bulldogs still have a pretty solid team that can pick up wins at home in a comfortable environment.
Alabama sacked Prescott six times in the first half. Alabama is now in the driver’s seat in the SEC West and will probably find themselves in the SEC Championship game against Florida. Sometimes when you rush, you distort the coverage more than when you try to hold them up (for a return), because when you try to hold them up they read you and they all just take off running. Prescott rushed for 16 yards on the next play. With porous defenses in Charleston Southern and Auburn remaining during the regular season, Henry could very well extend his streak to 17 games. They wound up hitting a 40-yard field goal to get their second and last three points of the day. Graves drilled a 39-yard field goal to cut it to 24-6 in the third.
They’ve been largely courtesy of 242-pound tailback Derrick Henry, a deceptively swift open-field runner who scored on runs of 74 and 65 yards against the Bulldogs.
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Alabama’s nine sacks were the most for the program since 1998 against Vanderbilt. Jonathan Allen had a team-high three sacks. In the National Football League, where Saban coached for a long time, just getting pressure makes a big difference because quarterbacks in the National Football League are affected when someone is in their face, even if they don’t get sacked.
