That type of play is not unusual for Alabama. Saban joined in on the celebration with some dance moves on his own.
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Swinney knows he’s got some secret fans. “I’ve got a lot of people wanting to be in my family by the way”. He was suspended for the first quarter of OU’s 2015 season opener against Akron and for the entire game against Tulsa for unspecified disciplinary reasons.
ICYMI: Jonathan Allen on no team does shutout in the semifinals of #CFBPlayoff: #Alabama does! Alabama is in Swinney’s way of Clemson’s second national title ever, and Swinney’s second national title as a person. Only two teams have rushed for more than 100 yards against Alabama, and they’ve allowed just 44 total rushing yards on 47 carries in back-to-back games against Michigan State and Florida. But I think at this point to be honest with you, more isn’t better. “He’s right”, senior linebacker Dillon Lee said.
Alabama has already beaten LSU when it was ranked No. 2 and knocked off No. 3 Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl last week, but according to Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, Clemson is on another level from anyone else Alabama has faced this year.
There certainly will be more questions about the line and the top-ranked Tigers (14-0) leading up to their matchup next Monday in Arizona with the powerful Crimson Tide (13-1), which completely shut down Big Ten champion Michigan State, 38-0, in the Cotton Bowl last Thursday night.
“I would say the one thing that was advantageous to us was we weren’t anxious about getting a new syllabus or shaking a professor’s hand and trying to figure things out for a semester”, Perry said.
The Clemson Tigers (14-0) needed a little bit of time to shake off Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, but once Dabo Swinney’s team found its rhythm, they dominated the Sooners. After the team went out and started winning every week, the more he said the players got on board.
“He looked pretty good, so, so far so good”, Swinney said Monday during a teleconference. I don’t think they’ve seen that since Johnny Manziel.
Lawson leads the Tigers with 10 1/2 sacks and is tops in the country with 23 1/2 tackles for loss.
The college football season is just about over, with only the national championship game between Alabama and Clemson remaining, but it’s not too early to make a couple of observations. “Obviously they’ve got the Heisman in Henry and he’s a whole different animal”. So it should be fun.
Clemson has a higher scoring average than Alabama, but the gap between the two offenses is much smaller than the one between the two defenses.
“I always told everybody, Alabama’s the smartest state: Four A’s and a B”, Swinney said.
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“They have the best offensive line we’ve seen”, Swinney continued. While he did not post stellar numbers during the regular season (with 2,775 yards and 19 touchdowns), he did finish 25-of-30 passes for 286 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in the semifinal. “Our guys, they’re used to going to school anyway”.
