Alabama football survives at Jordan-Hare

Auburn answered on the ensuing possession.

Alabama kept giving the ball to Derrick Henry – 14 times in a row to put Auburn away. When Marcus Davis got an opportunity, he reeled off a 20 yard return and set Auburn up at midfield, in a game where field position was precious.

“I’m a little surprised with all the field goals”. Carlson made the 44-yard field goal to give the Tigers a 6-3 lead.

Still, the execution was off for the Alabama football time. “I’ve got to tell you how proud I am of our team and how they’ve competed week in and week out and really invested in each other”. His longest pass play Saturday night 15 yards to Valdez Showers.

“It’s just a good life lesson”, Moore said.

“On changes to Alabama’s offense: The best thing that probably happened to Coach Saban was me getting the Colorado State job so they can get better on offense”. Officially, Griffith is 5 of 6 in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Alabama looked like it might break the game open when Alabama Jake Coker avoided pressure to throw a 34-yard touchdown pass to ArDarius Stewart. The key for Florida is to push Alabama to that breaking point.

The miracle touchdown closed the gap to six points going into the final quarter of play.

Griffith made field goals of 26, 40, 26 and 50 yards in the first half.

Alabama’s defense held Auburn to a punt and a turnover-on-downs on the next two drives, all but sealing Auburn’s fate.

The Buckeyes (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) have won 11 of the last 12 games against MI (9-3, 6-2, No. 10 CFP). He feeds his workhorse running back whenever possible, asks his quarterback only to manage the offense, and relies on the best front seven in college football to play dominant defense.

The junior became Alabama’s all-time single-season rushing leader against Auburn by scampering for a season-high 271 yards and 46 carries. Kelvin Taylor leads the Florida rushing attack with 977 yards and 13 touchdowns and Demarcus Robinson is the top receiver with 47 catches and two touchdowns but he was suspended from last week’s game. It was also his fourth game this season with at least 200 yards and his performance moved him into first place overall in school history with 1,797 total yards.

Henry broke both those records Saturday against Auburn – and yes, he’s better than Richardson. In a post-game interview, Saban said that he knows that Henry is the ticket to victory for the Tide. Compare that to his 13 carries in the final period, during which he rushed for 150 yards and failed to generate positive yardage just twice. Coker was 17-of-26 passing and wasn’t sacked.

“As always, that’s as good a defense as there is in the country year-in and year-out”.

Tigers can’t stop the Tide.

No. 2 Alabama defeated Auburn 29-13, locking up a second straight trip to the SEC Championship Game and a title match with the Florida Gators in Atlanta.

SEC West Champions With the win, the Alabama Crimson Tide secure its second consecutive SEC Western Division crown and heads to the Georgia Dome to face the twelfth ranked Florida Gators for a shot at the BCS Playoffs on the line.

It’s as if Saturday’s 27-2 loss to in-state rival Florida State reminded McElwain of how far the Gators still have to go in the rebuilding process, but the looming conference championship game reminded him of how fast the Gators are moving through the rebuilding process.