Alabama linebacker Keith Holcombe (42) and Alabama linebacker Christian Miller (34) block the punt of Florida punter Johnny Townsend (19) during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in Atlanta.
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Alabama Crimson Tide running back Derrick Henry is the favorite to step up to the podium in New York City on December 12 and accept the Heisman Trophy.
Focusing on this one game alone, there’s no faulting the Florida defense for letting Derrick Henry run for 189 yards, or for giving up a couple of touchdown passes on Jacob Coker deep balls that found their target in spite of double-coverage. He carried the ball five straight times on Alabama’s final drive, picking up two first downs.
Alabama sophomore left tackle Cam Robinson talks about winning back-to-back SEC titles in his first years in Tuscaloosa.
But the only way this season will be considered a true success is Alabama claiming another national title. I don’t think there were a lot of people around the country that thought we would be playing in this football game. He’s always going to keep coming, but will Henry wear down in the playoff? “And as I go back, what these players have done to band together and do what they did for the Gators, it’s pretty darn cool now”.
To the naked eye, Alabama appears to have considerably fewer playmakers than last year’s team that entered the first College Football Playoffs ranked No. 1.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Brandon Doughty threw for 410 yards with three touchdown passes and Western Kentucky came from behind to defeat Southern Mississippi 45-28 in the Conference USA Championship Game on Saturday.
For Stanford, which beat USC 41-22 to win the Pac-12, and Ohio State, which was sitting at sixth, there were no upsets to open the door to the playoff.
Does Alabama catch Oklahoma, the team that most Tide fans seem to most dread? “But what I also see is a guy who has gotten better at a lot of the other things”. Because if you’ve actually watched the Crimson Tide, you know that they aren’t anything special on offense and can not stop a spread offense on defense. He put the Crimson Tide ahead to stay on a 2-yard run late in the first half. The Miami native took a punt 85 yards for a touchdown to give Florida a brief 7-2 lead in the second quarter on Saturday.
“This team had many big games in our league and our division and they responded every time in some hard places to play”. The Alabama defense played phenomenally only allowing 21 yards rushing all game long.
“My main focus is on finishing and helping the team win”, Henry said. “I’m going to do whatever it takes”.
Henry, a 242-pound junior, has 1,986 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns. “It can never be replicated with how Alabama is, but just like Mac did at Colorado State, [Florida is] gonna be a tough team for years to come”.
The Gators, after winning 10 of their first 11 games under McElwain, now have lost two in a row as they wait to officially hear their bowl destination on Sunday. Jake Cooker completed 17 of 26 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown. Alabama has surrendered a nation-leading 78.9 yards per game on the ground.
“We’re a program on the rise”, coach Jim McElwain said. He hit ArDarius Stewart for 32 yards and Ryan Mullaney for nine yards.
Alabama has only one win against a 10-win team, but has racked up plenty of quality Ws, eight against teams with at least eight wins.
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