He has made tremendous strides in terms of taking care of the football and is now even more fun to watch.
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The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide will roll into Starkville on Saturday to battle No. 17 Mississippi State in a highly anticipated SEC West matchup.
Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara scored two touchdowns and the Volunteers posted their first shutout since 2013.
“He’s a tough guy – he’ll be all right”, Allen said with a grin.
“Everybody just got on their man and I just tried to make a play”, Jones said.
No. 17 Mississippi State (7-3, 3-3) allowed nine sacks – the most in at least 10 years. Henry could not be stopped, rolling over the LSU defense for 210 yards and three touchdowns on 38 carries. He averaged 9.3 yards a carry, racking up 204 yards on 22 carries with two touchdowns. The Gators should easily win against the Gamecocks, but now that the Gators have already clinched the ticket to Atlanta, is this a trap game for the Gators?
“He just was out the gate”, Saban said.
Storyline: Vanderbilt’s biggest offensive explosion this season against an SEC opponent – three touchdowns – amazingly has given the Commodores an outside shot at bowl eligibility.
Notable numbers: Arkansas gained 440 yards total offense and 201 of those yards came on TDs of 52, 80 and 69 yards, the first and third scores as a result of bad pursuit angles taken by LSU defensive backs.
Both of his touchdown runs were longer than 60 yards, and Henry has accomplished the necessary feat of shining during Alabama’s biggest games, which is the most important factor in a Heisman campaign.
Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott tumbles through the air as he is tackled by Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland during Saturday’s game.
There was nothing fancy about the second one. Henry found a seam in the middle of the field and once his 242-pound body hit full speed, nobody was going to catch him before a 74-yard dash to the end zone.
Later in the game, Henry cruised 65 yards for his second score of the game to all but cement his spot in NY City as a Heisman finalist. In that game, Prescott had 303 yards passing, four touchdowns. Prescott has just one interception all season to go along with 25 combined touchdowns through the air and on the ground.
Ryan Anderson was more than surprised that Alabama posted nine sacks in Saturday’s 31-6 win at Mississppi State.
“They didn’t want to sit and play safe defense”, senior center Ryan Kelly said. “To see Derrick going for 70 yards or whatever, you turn around and make sure there are no flags on the play”.
Mississippi State did a lot of things well on offense during the first half – except for get into the end zone.
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Alabama sacked Prescott six times in the first half. The Crimson Tide only has one loss this season, and they control their own destiny, as three straight wins will put them in the SEC Championship game.
