Not only does Alabama have the fewest missed tackles per game (3.4) among Power 5 teams but it has allowed the fewest yards after contact and the ninth-fewest yards after catch. The accolades continue to pile up for the Tigers and #2 Alabama stands in their way for an undefeated season and a national championship.
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“For Clemson to win, the quarterback play has to be really good”. Tahj Boyd, Sammy Watkins, Deshaun Watson. He is also the only FBS quarterback to post a Total QBR of at least 70 in every game this season.
Robert is new to Rubbing the Rock but not to the Clemson Tigers. “What it does is it spreads the defense out”. Or, after the snap with option or packaged plays that allow the quarterback to react to a defense and either run, hand off, or pass. “To me, Deshaun Watson, not just his ability to throw but his ability to run the football Monday night is essential for the Clemson offense”. Saban is 3-0 in National Championship games with Alabama.
“He still insists that I’m not going to be the point guard”, Johnson told AL.com in the spring. If Henry gets going and Coker is solid then it’s likely Alabama can do enough to win. It set up big opportunities in the pass game. Well, not so much Tiger Walk itself as the expression and meaning Coach Swinney hopes the players derive from it. That is, to illustrate to the players how much this community cares about them. So much is made about an SEC bias in college football and the media giving other conferences little chance. Gallman finished with 150 yards and is now the single season(1482) record holder for Clemson after surpassing Raymond Priester’s 1,345 yards. Cam Newton and Johnny Manziel both defeated stout Alabama defenses with that formula, and Watson is the same caliber as both of them.
The motivation to prevent a repeat of previous year is a big part of why Alabama is considered a prohibitive favorite over Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T.
“It all started when I’d go out on the practice field, I’m seeing this receiver coach, I mean, he’s got fire in his breeches, and he’s tough on ’em, but they’re really reacting to him well”, Phillips said. The last time a team moved the football it was Ole Miss and Ole Miss runs the exact same offensive system that Clemson runs. That’s been a good thing.
Junior A’Shawn Robinson has been a dominant force along the Alabama defensive line this season. As a fan base, we don’t take this year’s success for granted. Early it sounds like it was a no brainer, and he was going to play.
“I didn’t expect that type of outcome”, said former Alabama quarterback and current ESPN and SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy.
Swinney said NCAA time restrictions placed on Clemson (although the program received a Wednesday waiver that softened them slightly) due to the university beginning classes Wednesday has had no effect. They loaded the line of scrimmage with safeties and linebackers. When you doubt the Tigers is when they’re at their most unsafe. Of course it helps to have a receiver like Calvin Ridley.
“I’ve always just kind of had that perspective of let’s make sure we enjoy it”, he said. The most recent game between the two was August 30, 2008 when Alabama won by a score of 34 to 10.
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Alexander held opposing number one receivers in check this season. The other corner, Cordrea Tankersley, led the team with five picks and is no slouch, either. “I think they will probably look at that Auburn game and find some areas where they believe they can be successful, so we will have to be ready for them trapping us like Auburn did and we will have to handle the pressure better than we did last Sunday”, Mitchell said. “The thing that’s fun, what makes it fun is you win”. When you’re 14-0 the confidence that this football team is playing with and if they are able to maintain that chip on their shoulder and play that disrespect card. What they did to Michigan State was nothing short of extraordinary. “It took a whole year to get back”, Kiffin said.
