2009: Both teams came to this one undefeated, but Alabama’s 32-13 win removed all doubt as to which was the better team.
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Henry’s lead is hardly safe, however.
The other two are a couple of guys from the 80’s named Herschel and Bo. There’s no longer a conversation for who deserves the Heisman Trophy. He helped the Tide control the clock in the waning moments, as well.
“The speed and the power and really the way Derrick goes, I think it’s a testament to Coach Saban and what they’re committed to doing, year in and year out, ” Gators coach Jim McElwain said. If Henry continues his current pace of 149.8 rush yards per game, he’ll break the Tide single-season record in that category (133.7) set by Bobby Humphrey in 1986. He’s coming, New York.
The miracle touchdown closed the gap to six points going into the final quarter of play.
He ran the ball a school-record 46 times against Auburn for 271 yards. This weekend’s participants at least double the number of times playing in the game of any other team in the league.
The 24th Southeastern Conference football championship pits a surprise victor from the Eastern Division and a Western champ wanting so much more. Next week, they taking on a flagging Florida team in the SEC championship.
Watson could realistically throw for 350 yards and four touchdowns and run for 100 yards and a touchdown against the ACC’s No. 11 defense and give the voters one lasting image if they haven’t already cast their vote.
Alabama quarterback Jake Coker took a late hit from Auburn saefty Rudy Ford. Henry stays modest. The way he runs even his royal Twitter handle KingHenry_2 seems modest – how many kings can you say that about? still he gives it all up to God, his teammates, and his coaches. By the end of the game, it was a completely different plan.
Urban Meyer and Florida started the SEC’s seven-year reign over college football with a national championship in 2006, adding another two years later. The Tide will clinch a spot in the playoffs if they are able to get past Florida like everyone expects. Auburn contained a really bad Bama decision at the 10 yard line, but missed an opportunity for a safety with a missed tackle in the end zone.
Against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Mayfield didn’t look like a quarterback who’d suffered a concussion the previous week. There, Alabama’s Adam Griffith knocked in a 40-yard field goal to knot the game at six. This year, he is considered the frontrunner for the jobs at Georgia and SC. It was his fifth time winning the award this season.
He also topped Alabama’s previous season best of 1,679 yards rushing by Trent Richardson in 2011, and he now leads the country with 1,797 yards on the ground – 56 yards ahead of LSU’s Leonard Fournette – for the season.
McCaffrey accounted for 228 all-purpose yards in Stanford’s last-second win over Notre Dame, which sunk the Fighting Irish’s playoff hopes. His 3,035 yards are just 215 behind the all-time record held by Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders (3,250), who won the Heisman in 1988.
With the regular season being over, fans are wondering about possible staff changes on the way. According to Stanford, that average ranks second all-time among FBS players.
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It won’t be long before I’m going to go into my usual few months where I only have 2-3 cigars because I just don’t want to courageous the cold for over an hour, but tonight I’m going to take advantage of the cool evening air of the Loveliest Village and express some more editorial thoughts on this year’s edition of the Iron Bowl.
