Gators fall to Alabama in SEC Championship
Harris ran for two points and the Alabama lead had narrowed to 29-15 with 5:02 on the clock. There’s not a certain game plan that can give Florida the edge; their offense is simply inferior in every possible way and matchup. “If anyone gets a positive yard we always say it’s too much”. “That’s just our motto”. If Bama can’t run it up against Florida, what chance would they have against a beefier Oklahoma/Clemson/Big Ten opponent in the College Football Playoff?
There’s just a different style and standard Alabama operates by, and that is incredibly hard to match. Saturday’s mangling was no different.
Florida will hope for a huge upset win but it will be as considerable underdogs. “Whether it’s me running the ball, catching the ball, pass-blocking, I’m going to do whatever it takes”.
Henry also broke Herschel Walker’s SEC single-season rushing record Saturday night.
Florida has not been a great offensive team since Will Grier was suspended way back when.
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He’s 6’1 and 188 pounds and, as you can tell, he already looks like a pro in his ability to control his body in the air. “We knew what they were going to do”.
The Gators went deep into the fourth quarter with just three first downs and less than 100 yards of total offense, in fact.
Florida’s defense tried to carry the team as the Gators trailed only 12-7 at halftime, but Henry was relentless as he ran for 189 yards and a touchdown on 44 carries. Coker didn’t turn into a passing machine, but he found ways to make big plays.
After essentially getting a week off with nine carries against Charleston Southern, Henry has carried the ball 90 times in the last two games.
McElwain knows his defense will have to gang-tackle Henry as it did Fournette.
The Gators managed only 3 yards of offense in the second and third quarters.
“They weren’t ready for it”, Coker said with a laugh. Early in the second quarter, Florida took a 7-2 lead on an 85-yard punt return by Antonio Calloway, the longest in SEC Championship Game history. On Florida’s next drive, D.J.
For Henry, he said he’s enjoying this victory more than the one his team got a year ago.
With help from Ridley, Stewart and Mullaney, Coker finished 18 of 26 for 204 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.
And while the win was big for the program and this team, sophomore defensive lineman De’Shawn Hand said there is still work to be done. “At no point do we feel the game is out of reach or we can’t do something about it to change it”.
But the Tide were first to score and they did it with their special teams.
Vernon Hargreaves III and Demarcus Robinson were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, of course, and Jarrad Davis got flagged for roughing the passer and escaped another for throwing down Derrick Henry.