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The burly back continued to build on his legend, finishing the day with 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries.
Postgame fallout: An LSU win at Ole Miss this Saturday would clinch Alabama a share of the Western Division title and advance the Tide to the SEC championship game vs. Florida. Prescott has 25 scores (18 passing) and just one interception in 2015. “That’s college football. You’re going to have to fight your way through adversity”. We dropped about four and five balls on a few of those plays. More of them will give Henry even larger lanes to run through if the trend is able to continue for Coker. However, when it had to happen, Alabama made plays, and Mississippi State did not. The Bulldogs held Alabama scoreless in the first quarter this fall but did not score a touchdown themselves for the first time since the 2013 season opener against Oklahoma State. Henry then got into the mix by breaking a 74-yard touchdown that seemed to suck all of the energy out of the stadium. You can also watch the game live online via CBS’ College Football Live service. He cut it up and accelerated to full speed, racing past the rest of the Mississippi State coverage unit all the way to the end zone. The Bulldogs have won four straight games and will need to play their best football, as Alabama is arguably the best team they have faced this season. I think we’ll see Bo Scarbrough more, or Damien Harris. Mississippi State WR De’Runnya Wilson was injured midway through the fourth quarter and had to be carted off the field. For Mississippi State, freshman defensive lineman Keith Joseph Jr. and his dad Keith Joseph Sr., a former Bulldog, passed away in a vehicle crash earlier this month. Derrick Henry is a beast and of course Alabama is ready to ship off about four or five games from that defense to the NFL.
Henry topped 125 against all six and notched 200 against three of them.
Dak Prescott threw for 300 yards but the Bulldogs never got into the end zone. Because defensive tackle Jon Bullard was blowing up plays in the middle, LSU called running plays that gave room for interior pressure only to give running back Leonard Fournette a lane to bounce outside.
Those are Heisman-type numbers. Henry has rushed over 1,250 yards this season and has scored 17 touchdowns. While Prescott’s rushing numbers are almost half of what he finished with previous year he’s still the same threat to gain large chunks of yards and build momentum for an otherwise average offense.
“That’s the kind of back that he is”, Saban said about the last touchdown. He’s faster than people think, and he’s faster than he looks. No. 2 Alabama (9-1, 6-1) hadn’t recorded that many sacks since 1998 against Vanderbilt.
NOTES: Alabama TB Kenyan Drake suffered a broken arm in the first half, and did not return.
On Alabama’s next possession, quarterback Jake Coker hit Calvin Ridley for a 60-yard touchdown on third-and-5.
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Alabama’s Jonathan Allen had a team-high three sacks while A’Shawn Robinson added 2 1/2 sacks and Ryan Anderson had two. Mississippi State could not manage to avoid giving up big plays.
However, what the Tide does not have is a great quarterback, whilst Mississippi State does, and that may well be what it takes to beat this Alabama football team. Who knows? Somehow, in the face of a mountain of adversity and a laundry list of distractions, the Tigers found a way to beat a quality opponent in BYU.
Quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted.