As the old saying goes, “The games you remember are played in November”.
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That would mean the Fighting Irish and the Crimson Tide, with one loss each, would be in and undefeated Iowa and Baylor or Oklahoma State would be left out.
That shadow was Leonard Fournette. For a defense to hold Fournette to 19 carries for 31 yards, it’s beyond impressive. The Alabama secondary isn’t anything to scoff at with an average of only 189.6 yards allowed through the air. Ahead of Utah is a road game at Arizona, home games against UCLA and Colorado, and most importantly a projected Pac-12 championship berth.
Meyer says Barrett will start unless he doesn’t have a good week of practice – his team’s normal policy. The Crimson Tide did not let Fournette get anything all night. They ate the LSU offensive line alive and the Tigers just could not make any holes for Fournette to run through. It happens, happens to the best of us. After all, the ‘Pokes draw both Baylor and Oklahoma at home, where they’re averaging 528.2 yards and a net of 2 turnovers per game. I think he’s the key component, and everything’s sort of built around what he does.
Alabama’s front seven is a menacing and relentless collection of chiseled young men.
LSU quarterback Brandon Harris threw for 128 yards and one touchdown against one interception, and added 20 yards. First things first, MI is going to have to win out the rest of their schedule including the matchup against archrival Ohio State.
“Any time you have an emotional win, you’ve got to get your team to respond the right way and make sure that they’re focused on what they need to do to play just as well the next week or better against a very good Mississippi State team that’s ranked and is a very, very good team”, Alabama coach Nick Saban said. Now potentially the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy, Henry has rushed for 17 touchdowns and 1,254 yards. Not just on the field, but in the draft as well, as only three teams in the National Football League – Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions, don’t have a player from either of these schools. However, Henry is a beast at 6 foot 3 inches tall and 245 pounds.
TCU’s lament: Coach Gary Patterson said after the 49-29 loss to Oklahoma State, “the sky’s not going to be falling”.
For the most part, the defense did a decent job against Alabama quarterback Jake Coker.
Here I am once again talking about special teams. Alabama marched down the field in a matter of two minutes and got a field goal.
I guess we know who the big apple is in the SEC. It has happened way too many times this season. In fact, I wrote an article about it a couple of weeks ago.
“It’s only one game”, he said.
Admittedly, a few voters wait until the Sunday or Monday after the conference championship games to cast their vote, but yours truly votes the week after the regular season ends so emotion isn’t a factor.
“I watch not a snap of football on a Saturday when I’m preparing to play”, he said.
The only way to to stop Saban and the Crimson Tide is simple, and that is beat them.
The Razorback Nation got really loud during its four-overtime victory over Auburn.
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Notes: Miles said be expects fullback J.D. Moore, who went down with an apparent leg injury at Alabama, to miss the remainder of the season. Fournette and the Tigers’ rushing attack probably will flourish down the stretch. Collins is a big reason for that resurgence with his third straight season of 1,000-plus rushing yards – including 108 yards in a 53-52 win over Ole Miss last week.
