Nick Saban lashes out at media that ‘buried’ Bama ‘6 feet under’

For the record, we poked fun at the notion that Bama was done after its loss to Ole Miss.

A handful of snaps often determine high-level, higher-stakes games.

Georgia had no clue how to stop Alabama.

“It really doesn’t matter what you think”, Saban said Monday. Seth Russell threw four touchdowns, and Shock Linwood ran for 221 yards. But it’s one game.

Alabama’s offense wasn’t the only part of its game that was clicking.

Georgia’s Lorenzo Carter, a Norcross grad, had five tackle assists, while Buford grad Dillon Lee posted two tackles and an assist for Alabama. While Henry broke a few solid runs, he didn’t have any others that went the way that one did. Brandon Harris can’t go 4-of-15 for 80 yards with a pick. Nick Saban would like to tell the media that he doesn’t give a damn what they have to say.

“Jake did a great job”, Saban said, and if there’s one indisputable truth about Saban, he rarely uses the term “great” about anything. This time, with receiver Richard Mullaney going in motion, Georgia safety Dominick Sanders got sucked in on the play fake to Mullaney, thinking it was once again a sweep. Just a guy who protects the ball and plays smart.

He had a season-best 23-yard punt return during the second half. The best single unit on the field Saturday was the Crimson Tide defensive front, and they were better than the Bulldog offensive line by a degree which was game-altering. The Bulldogs winning anywhere from 8 or 9 games wouldn’t surprise me. If you’re going to criticize the Bulldogs for losing, you have to also praise them for this. “We know what type of team we have and we just wanted to come in here and make a statement, dominate every phase of the game and I think we did that”. But the Big Ten is not much for meeting expectations this season. Two series later defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick blocked Georgia punter Collin Barber’s boot, snatched up the ball and carried it into the end zone. That left a few space for Coker to hit Mullaney for a big gain. In this instance, the Crimson Tide were able to get Georgia off-balance with the threat of the run, which opened up the big play through the air.

The week where everything gets turned on its head is here – and we’re still early enough in the season that there could be another one.

For just a moment, Alabama’s coach smiled. “We needed them to be extraordinary, and they were”.

Alabama 32, Florida 13 at the 2009 SEC Championship Game. From the sideline angle, it looked like perhaps – maybe – Ramsey thought receiver Terry Godwin was turning around after 10-to-12 yards. His first pass of the second half was picked off at midfield and returned for a touchdown, making the score 31-3. On Saturday alone, we saw how radically things change from one week to the next. There will always be ups-and-downs, but this is the type of offense the talent on the field begs for. Against a secondary that has been as solid as a sinkhole in recent years, Greyson Lambert was 10-of-24 for 86 yards with an interception and Brice Ramsey was 1-of-6 for 20 yards with two interceptions.

It’s entirely possible Georgia will go on to win the SEC East, which would mean the Bulldogs would play for the SEC championship. Two of those three are operational.

21, 1972. The last time Henry failed to score was in the LSU game last season on November. 8, where he rushed eight times for 24 yards. Five minutes into the third quarter, numerous so-called faithful were headed for shelter or home, whichever came first.

Reality check: The Jackets have managed to get swept by Duke and North Carolina in consecutive years. All of this mattered not one whit. His four-touchdown first half gave him six TD passes in his last three quarters. More likely, it’ll be about how Georgia will move forward. They outlasted Wisconsin and won a couple of games they should have against Middle Tennessee and Louisiana-Monroe, but sandwiched between was a tough loss at the hands of No. 3 Ole Miss.