With Charleston Southern at home and a trip to Auburn remaining on the schedule before a likely date with Florida in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game, can anyone stop the Tide?
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“That’s the kind of back that he is”.
“It wasn’t like they were fancy blitzes”, Mullen said.
Mississippi State hasn’t been very good rushing the ball, gaining an average of 147.7, 11th in the SEC. He tossed one interception – a pick by Alabama cornerback Marlon Humphrey.
Crimson Tide kicker Adam Griffith opened the second-half scoring with a 42-yard field goal to make it 24-3.
Alabama faced a few trouble early on with Mississippi State Saturday afternoon, but began pulling away thanks to a 60-yard touchdown by Calvin Ridley.
Then there was the fourth-quarter play where Robinson just jumped over the long snapper to smother Trent Domingues PAT attempt. Derrick Henry also continued his impressive play against LSU, running for 210 yards and three touchdowns to give him 589 rushing yards and seven TDs in his last three games. As much as I admire Dak Prescott staying in the pocket, he should have bailed out more times than not once it became clear his offensive line couldn’t block Alabama up front. After the half, head coach Nick Saban said that Drake probably suffered a broken arm but they wouldn’t know for sure until x-rays were done. He has produced at least 280 yards of total offense in all but one game this season. Alabama held Mississippi State without a touchdown for the first time since the 21-3, season-opening loss against Oklahoma State in 2013.
On Mississippi State’s second offensive possession of the game, the Bulldogs marched down the field to the Bama 1-yard line. We have improved every week with a young football team.
Hevesy’s background makes him uniquely qualified to quantify the strength of this Alabama defense. It’s extended beyond just the next game for Mississippi State recently. The punt return was the first of Jones’ career and Alabama’s first since Christion Jones versus Tennessee Chattanooga in November 2013 (75 yards). That being said I’m going to go with the upset on this one and give Prescott his redemption win. “My teammates were finding me and I just wanted to finish”.
This matchup favors Alabama in several facets, including how Mississippi State is allowing 4.7 yards per carry in the SEC this season (not a good sign with Derrick Henry coming to town). Alabama had touchdowns of 60, 74 and 65 yards.
The Alabama defense proved once again why they are one of the best, sacking MSU quarterback Dak Prescott nine times which is second best in school history.
“He’s faster than he looks”, Saban said after the game via SEC Country.
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“Any time you’ve got a quarterback like (Prescott) and you’ve got guys like Wilson who can go up and get it at any time they need a big play, you’ve got to do your job”, linebacker Reggie Ragland said, via ESPN.com.
