They spent countless hours together, breaking down video, scheming plays, devising game plans and ended up winning one Southeastern Conference championship and two national titles. Florida’s current class is rounding out but several top prospects are still on the Gators’ board. The teams meet Saturday at the Georgia Dome in the SEC Championship Game.
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This is a matchup that fans of the SEC have seen before in the title game.
Yet Florida and first-year head coach Jim McElwain have defied expectations lots of times this season.
Tabor chuckled when he heard that McElwain said it’s fun to watch Henry play. “They’ve gotten a lot better”. It’s a huge challenge.
Who has it better than Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, watching his teams play into the playoff… He’s got a really good mind.
McElwain left Alabama for Colorado State following the 2011 season. “We’ve improved as the season’s gone on”. Though the offense was unable to score a single point, they did make drives deep into the red zone multiple times. The sophomore has averaged 10.5 rushing attempts per game since taking over for Grier, but many of those have come on scrambles instead of designed runs.
With just one game remaining, the University of Alabama football game remains in great shape to make the College Football Playoff, coming in at No. 2 in the CFP rankings, a spot it has held for four weeks.
Alabama offensive line coach Mario Cristobal works with his players during football practice, November 25, 2015, at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Setting the stage: The Ducks were a 31-point favorite in the inaugural Pac-12 championship, which remains the largest spread in Power Five conference championship game history.
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.
Chris Harry of GatorZone.com joined Sports Talk Florida Live today to give his insight on the Gators’ slump and whether or not Treon Harris is the best option behind center for Florida.
Third straight year the Falcons and Huskies have met in the MAC title game; split the first two…
-RB Kelvin Taylor posted his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season and sixth of his career, gaining 136 yards on 24 carries against the Seminoles. With 23 yards Saturday, Taylor will become the ninth UF player to record a 1,000-yard season. They have looked anemic on offense as of late, and there defense can only do so much. “Good teams breed good competition, great football”.
After all of the fuss that came after Alabama’s early season home loss to Ole Miss, it ended up being just another year of dominance for Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide.
Alabama’s defense features junior lineman Jonathan Allen, who leads the team with nine sacks, junior defensive back Eddie Jackson, who has five interceptions, and senior linebacker Reggie Ragland, who has a team-high 90 tackles. There is at least one sizeable distraction in the game this weekend; ‘Bama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart is expected to be announced as Georgia’s new head football coach following the game.
“The first thing you have to figure out is how to block them”, Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said. They lost three overtime games in a four-week span to close the regular season, to Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State.
McElwain learned that – and much more – from Saban.
I always said that going to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta was better than any bowl game.
“For us to be where we’re at, that’s pretty cool”. “Hopefully we’re not just a speed bump in the road”.
At first McElwain, then the offensive coordinator at Fresno State, did not believe it was Saban on the other end of the phone.
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